Heidi Brueckner is a Professor of Art at West Valley College in Saratoga, CA where she has taught for over 23 years. She holds a BA in Art and a BA in Art History from University of CA, Santa Cruz; and an MFA in Painting from University of Kansas. In 2020-21, Brueckner won 12 first place awards among others, which included the Italian International Prisma Art Prize and the Faber Birren Color Award. She was also a finalist for the 2022 7th Edition Boynes Emerging Artist Award. During the last few years, she has participated in over 100 group shows and has had 15 solo and small group exhibits. Her work has been written about in publications and online art sources such as Art Seen Magazine, All She Makes Magazine, Visionary Art Collective, Create! Magazine, The Huts Magazine, ILikeYourWorkPodcast.com, GearBoxGallery.com, 48 Hills News, NotRealArt.com, Subo Art Magazine, The Pacific Sun, and the Vassar Review. Recent 2022-23 solo shows include Buckham Gallery in Flint, MI; Abington Art Center in Jenkintown, PA; Gearbox Gallery in Oakland, CA; East Central College Gallery in Union, MO; Crossing Arts in Brainerd, MN; and Kirkland Art Center in Clinton, NY. Upcoming solo exhibitions in 2023 25 include; Delaplaine Arts Center in Frederick, MD; Crary Gallery in Warren, PA; Grants Pass Art Museum in Grants Pass, OR; Dalton Gallery in Rock Hill, SC; and Thelma Sadoff Arts Center in Fond du Lac, WI. In August 2023, she will attend the Wildacres Residency in Little Switzerland, NC.