About Me
Heidi Dehncke majored in Illustration and also studied both painting and photography at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. She won several art contests as a child and teenager and began doing professional renderings and projects for publication shortly after her time at Pratt.
Eventually, Dehncke received her MS in Journalism from Columbia University and transformed her art. She worked as a video producer, journalist, photographer and editor. Along with the creativity necessary for editing video she was also able to employ her design and photography talents. She worked as a producer for “InSport”, About.com, PLUM TV, and more. She also produced, directed and was the filmmaker for “Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11,” which premiered on The Sundance Channel in 2006.
Dehncke’s photography has appeared and placed in several national juried competitions as well as several publications. She describes her photography as energizing and dramatic and focuses on captivating imagery effected by light and shadow. This includes images that she finds particularly inspiring for her to paint and interpret.
Her photography influences her painting. Dehncke has been painting for years and is pursuing painting as her primary creative endeavor.
In 2019 she had the opportunity to move back to New Jersey and pursue her fine art painting with even more vigor. This also greatly coincided with the beginning of Covid. She usually works in acrylic or oils and the size of the canvas depends on how she envisions the finished art. She paints in a modern impressionist style and mostly paints nature.
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Art Exhibitions, Awards, Photography & Video
A R T/ P A I N T I N G 2023:
Evercore Artist Empowerment Award 2023, New York, NY.
Evercore has partnered with CUE Art Foundation to recognize and support artists at a critical point in their career. Each six-month engagement at Evercore’s New York City offices provides a platform for the artist to present a solo exhibition of their work, and in turn creates an unparalleled opportunity for the Evercore community to experience and engage with contemporary art.
A R T/ P A I N T IN G 2022:
-Artist's Vision 2022 Exhibition - Marin Society of Artists-Honorable Mention - 1/15/2022 - 3/14/2022 https://shows14.wixsite.com/mysite/artists-vision-2022
-Landscapes and Seascapes, 2022 - Online Exhibition – March 3, 2022.
Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
-All Art You Do – Red Bluff Art Gallery, Red Bluff, CA. Online Exhibition March 28th, 2022, through June 28th, 2022
- Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Vision ’22, online and their Facebook page starting Saturday, February 26th.
-Official Selection - London International Creative Competition
-InSpire Art Gallery and Studio: Dunellen, NJ - Color My World
-RIWS - Artist's Choice - July 1, 2022 - LINK
-Exhibizone's Earth Day 22'
-SCORE'S "Call of the Wild" https://sfvacc.org/call-of-the-wild-2022
-Rhode Island Watercolor Society - Anything Goes
-Lakeland, Florida's Art Guild - 50th Annual Melvin Art Exhibition
-Contemporary Gallery Online, ALL LANDSCAPE - 3rd Place
-MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA - Self Expression -- The Artist's Truth
-The Center For Contemporary Art-Member Show (Bedminster, NJ) - Summer 2022
-Ellarslie Open 39/Trenton City Museum - June 25 - https://ellarslie.org/ellarslie-open-39/
-"Awake" online group show at www.hmvcgallery.com
-Included in the Artists Equity Tri-State / Philadelphia - 2022 Members Show 10/22/22 - 11/23/22 - Community Arts Center - Wallingford, PA
https://www.artistsequity.org/
-Honorable mention for Fusion Art's - 5th Annual Women Artists Art Exhibition
October 15, 2022 – January 14, 2023
https://www.fusionartps.com/5th-annual-women-artists-art.../
-Eureka #4 (acrylic on canvas, 36" x 48") included in the Rhode Island Watercolor Society's Show "World of Wonder" https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=riwatercolor...
and https://rhodeislandwatercolorsociety.wildapricot.org/page...
A R T/ P A I N T IN G 2021:
-Invited to Studio Channel Islands Collector’s Choice 2021.
-Diversia:Earth - 2021|Online Group Exhibition (April, 2021). https://www.exhibizone.com/p/diversia-earth-2021.html
-Invited - Long Beach Island Arts and Sciences Foundation - plein air exhibition
-"The Second Half," Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, California
https://www.laslagunaartgallery.com/current-show
-Winner, Contemporary Art Gallery Online, 2021 Painting/Drawing Competition (One of several winners) https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-htVkBn/i-K2gfZm5/A
-Included: Rhode Island Watercolor Society's Online show "Spring Forward." (other media category) Which is featured online https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=riwatercolor&set=a.10160824043619392
-Special Recognition in the Light Space Time's Online Show "Landscapes" Art Exhibition 2021 https://www.lightspacetime.art/landscapes-art-exhibition-2021-painting-other-media-category/
-Invited - Wickford Art Association's, RI - Let It Flow exhibit-fluid media.
-Featured in Observica magazine, Elite Edition 2021 https://www.observica.com/p/ee2021.html
-Featured in Gallerium Exhibition 11/20-12/20 2021 https://www.gallerium.art/p/believe-2021.html?name=heidi-dehncke-fisher
-Featured Artist Showcase, LightSpaceTime Online Gallery 12/15/21 - https://www.lightspacetime.art/heidi-dehncke-artist-showcase/
A R T / P A I N T I N G S 2020:
-Exhale, Basking Ridge, NJ – March 2020
P H O T O G R A P H Y:
-Finalist, London Photographic Association 2005
-Published, Addict Lab - Voyage Issue - Alcatraz Photo & Essay 2006
-Finalist, Half Moon Bay Coastal Arts League National Photography Show 2006
-Published, Addict Lab - Heritage Issue - The Gates Photo and Essay 2006
-2014 - Michael H. Kellicutt International Photo Show; 2014 - Through A Lens
http://www.kellicutt.org/Shows/2014/DisplayBook/large-22.html
Video Work:
1986 - 1989 - Segment Producer/Photo Editor, Lifestyles of The Rich & Famous, Syndicated
1989 - 1991 - Feature Producer, InSport, Syndicated to NBC
1992 - 1994 - Co-Filmmaker, Humane Productions, For: "Women of War; A Forgotten Story."
2000 - 2001 - Segment Producer, The Saturday Early Show, CBS
2000 – 2002 – Videographer/Editor for Richard Cohen for The Lasker Foundation and Schepin’s Eye Research Institute.
2002 - 2003 - Co-Producer, PLUM-TV, The South Fork
2003 - 2006 - Filmmaker/Director - "Dust To Dust:The Health Effects of 9/11." For The Sundance Channel.
2006 - 2011 - Producer/Director/Videographer/Editor - About.com (Under The NY Times Ownership)
2012 - Co-Producer/Videographer/Editor - "Glimmers In The Desert," documentary for CollapseNet.com
2012 - Producer/Videographer - CBS News Productions/USA Today/Rand McNally, "Best of The Road."
2013 - 2017 - Independent projects including editor of Carolyn Gage: On Stage and Off, winner of 8 independent film awards.
2017 - 2019 - Multimedia Producer/Editor – Autism Speaks, New York, NY
