Jack Hein

Address: 4202 Bucknell Drive, Garland TX 75042

Phone: 682-785-2015

Email: Jhein@udallas.edu

Website: https://www.jackheinceramics.com/

EDUCATION

2026 MFA Ceramics, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

2024 MA Ceramics, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

2023 BFA Studio Art Ceramics, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

2019-2022 Certified Patient Care Technician

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2025 Art director (Summer Art Academy), University of Dallas, Irving, TX

Teaching Artist at Granbury Art Association, Granbury, TX

Ceramics Teaching Assistant, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

2024 Ceramics Teaching Assistant, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

Gallery Assistant, Haggerty Gallery, Irving, TX

2023 Sculpture Studio Assistant, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

2018-2019 Patient Care Technician, John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, TX

AWARDS/GRANTS

2026 Carter Community Artist at Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX

University of Dallas Travel Grant

2025 Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Grant, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

Nasher Sculpture Center Artist Microgrants Finalist, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX

Best in Clay Award, Hard + Soft, International Contemporary Craft Competition+Exhibition, an

international juried exhibition, Contemporary Craft, Denton, TX (jurors: Alicia Eggert and Christine Miller)

Third Place Award, 25th Annual Connection Members Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX (Juror: Jessica Fuentes)

Featured Artist, Beyond The Stroke, Kush Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

NCECA Multicultural Fellowship Award, Detroit, Michigan

2024 Best In Show Award, 24th Annual Connection Members Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX (Juror: Du Chau)

Merit Award, The Fall Art Exhibition, a national juried exhibition, Shanley House Gallery, Granbury, TX (Juror: James R. Spurlock)

University of Dallas Research Grant

2023 Thistlethwaite Travel Grant, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

Second Place Award, Animal Imagery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026 Solo Exhibition, Memory Home, Norman Brown Gallery, Richardson, TX

Solo Exhibition, Hold Between Worlds, Discovery Gallery, Dallas, TX

Solo Exhibition, Taste In Memory, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Museum of Asian Texans, Dallas, TX

Hard + Soft International Contemporary Craft Competition + Exhibition, an International juried exhibition Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX

(Juror: Gabrielle Duggan)

2025 Hard + Soft International Contemporary Craft Competition + Exhibition, an International juried exhibition Meadows Gallery, Denton, TX

(Jurors: Elicia Eggert and Christine Miller)

The Eclectika 2025 Invitational, Eclectika Gallery, Irving, TX

Cain National Art Show, a national juried exhibition, Cain Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX ( Juror: Alejandro Macias)

Earth and Fire, a national juried exhibition, Stifel Fine Arts Center, WV (Jurors: Rebeca Harvey& Sunshine Cobb)

Fresh Ideas, juried exhibition, Lewisville Grand Theater, Lewisville, TX (Juror: Du Chau)

42ND Annual Members Show, Tower Gallery, Grapevine, TX

Abstract to Realism, Member show, Shanley House Gallery, Granbury, TX

Texas Association of Schools of Art, online juried Exhibition (Juror: Ghislaine Ghi Fremaux)

2024 Solo Exhibition, Reincarnated, Thazin Gallery, Yangon, Myanmar

Solo Exhibition, ECHOES, MA Thesis Exhibition, Loggia and Upper Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving TX

Ceramics On The Wall, juried exhibition, Goldmark Cultural Center, Dallas, TX (Jurors: Goldmark gallery committee)

A Journey Through Art, a group exhibition, Kush Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

18th Annual Artists Coalition, Arts Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX (Juror: Easyside Organization)

11th Annual TEXAS Juried Exhibition, Artspace111 Gallery, Fort Worth, TX (Juror: Maggie Adler)

The Fall Art Exhibition, a national juried exhibition, Shanley House Gallery, Granbury, TX (Juror: James R. Spurlock)

24th Annual Connection Members Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX (Juror: Du Chau)

CONVERGENCE, group exhibition, Upper Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, TX

2023 Pressure Points, BFA Senior Exhibition, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

150 Years/ 150 Artists, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts, Fort Worth, TX

Asian Art Exhibition, Mary Couts Burnett Library, Fort Worth, TX

TCU Juried Exhibition, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

BACKYARDCORE, Art Org, Fort Worth, TX

RECESS, Group Show, Art Org, Fort Worth, TX

2022 TCU STUDENT Juried Exhibition, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

Support Capitalism, Small Gallery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX

Agree to Disagree, TCU Student Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

WIRED, TCU Student Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

2021 Animal Imagery, TCU Student Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

2020 3D Visual Artist Showcase Online Exhibition, international

CREATE + PROTECT: Fashioning Safety in Times of Pandemic, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

2019 Student Group Show, Draft Gallery, Kyoto Seika University, Japan

Society of Artists and Art Educators, Moudy Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

Pick A Pin, TCU Student Gallery, Fort Worth, TX

The Crew, TCU Brown Lupton, Fort Worth, TX

Small Animals, TCU Student Gallery, Fort Worth, TX