Heidi Wastweet is a leading American Medallist and sculptor who specializes in bas-relief bronzes.  In conjunction with a wide variety of private mints she has produced over 1000 coins, medals, tokens and rare coin replicas since 1987. She was chief engraver for Sunshine Mint for 11 years and lead designer/sculptor for Global Mint for 5 years. In 2001 she opened her own studio and relocated from Idaho to Seattle Washington in 2002. She serves as vice president for the American Medallic Sculpture Association and is current president and founder of Seattle Sculpture Guild as well as a member of FIDEM. She has been shown in Coin World and Coinage magazine and exhibits her non-commission work regularly including the National Sculpture Society in New York and the Norwegian Heritage Museum in Washington. In 2010 she was invited to serve a four year term on the Citizen's Coinage Advisory Commitee for the US Mint in Washington DC.

 

Medal and coin credits include a 7 coin set issued by the Sultanate of Darfur, the Dean's Award for Seattle University School of Law, Alumnus Award for Stephen F. Austin University, Mayo Clinic visiting physicians medal, Stanford University Alumni medal and Island records Willie Nelson portrait. In addition to medalic art she has also created a number of public art pieces including a recent commission for the University of Washington's Medal of Honor Monument in Seattle and eight bronze relief panels for 12 foot high church doors for St. Paul's in Pensacola, Florida.

BIOGRAPHY
Born Redwood City, California, US 1969
Resides Seattle Washington, since 2002

SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITS
2011 Seattle Sculptors Guild, group show, Art Not Terminal Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Art Of The Medal Past And Present, invitational, Brookgreen Gardens, SC
2010 FIDEM Art Medal Congress, group show, Tampere Finland
2009 Sept-Oct, Gage Academy, group show, Seattle WA
2007 Jan, Jade Moon, solo exhibit, Ellensburg WA
2006 Dec-March, Form Space Light Gallery, Pacific NW Sculptors group show, Seattle WA
2006 Nov, SOFA w/Portals Gallery, Chicago IL
2006 July, Sam Day Gallery, "Women by Women" group show, Seattle WA
2005 Nov-Dec, Sam Day Gallery, solo exhibit, Seattle WA
2005 Jun-Aug, Sam Day Gallery, "Women by Women" group show, Seattle WA
2005 Mar, Mercer Island Art Gallery, group show, Mercer Island WA
2005 Jan, Forest Lawn Museum, American Medalic Sculpture Assoc. group show, Los Angeles CA
2004 Dec, Art Spirit Gallery, Small Works Invitational, Coeur d'Alene ID
2004 Oct, Sam Day Gallery, solo exhibit, Seattle WA
2004 Jun-Aug, Nordic Heritage Museum, American Medallic Sculpture Assoc show, Seattle WA
2003 Sept-Dec, Spokane Club, three person show, Spokane, WA
2003 Feb, Raw Space, group exhibit, Spokane, WA
2002 April, Pen and Brush Club, 56th Annual Juried Sculpture & Medallic Art Exhibit, New York NY
2002 Feb, National Sculpture Society, group exhibit, New York NY
2001 Oct, Lake City Playhouse, solo exhibit, Coeur d’Alene ID
2000 Dec, Art Spirit Gallery, Small Works Invitational, Coeur d’Alene ID
2000 Nov, Lake City Playhouse, solo exhibit, Coeur d’Alene ID
2000 Oct, Yoshida's Fine Art Gallery, joint exhibit, Troutdale OR
2000 American Academy of Equine Art, juried exhibit, Atlanta GA
1999 Lake City Playhouse, solo exhibit, Coeur d’Alene ID
1999 Magic of Manito, juried exhibit, Spokane WA
1999 Eastern Washington University, solo exhibit, Cheney WA
1996 Art On The Green, juried exhibit, Coeur d’Alene ID
1988 North Idaho College, school show, Coeur d’Alene ID
1986 Art On The Green, juried show, Coeur d’Alene ID

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
University of Washington, Medal of Honor monument (team project)
St. Paul’s church, Pensacola Church
University of Washington, Suzzallo Library Nobel Wall portraits (team project), Seattle WA
Ninth Street Medical Building, dedication portrait plaque, Portland OR
Cheney High School, portrait of Astronaut Michael Anderson, Cheney WA
City of Coeur d'Alene Fire Station 3, ID

EMPLOYMENT
Special Government Employee, CCAC, US Mint 2010 - 2014
Art director and medallic sculptor for:
Global Minting Co., Las Vegas Nevada, 1998 - 2002
Sunshine Minting Co., Coeur d'Alene Idaho, 1987 - 1998

SELECT MINTING CLIENTS
Stanford University, Stephen F Austin State University, Mayo Clinic, Industrial Light Magic, Bellagio Casino, Boeing, Boston Library, Island Records/Willie Nelson, Children's Miracle, Network, Caesar's Palace, Fur Rendezvous Alaska, Hilton, The History Channel, Idaho Fish and Game, Lewis and Clark Festival, Luxor Casino, Mandalay Bay, Casino, Michigan Ducks Unlimited, New York New York Casino, Treasure Island Casino, US Forest Service, Washington Mint, Folsom State Prison, California Ducks Unlimited, Hoover Dam, Los Angeles Police Department, NC State University

Set of 7 non-circulated coins for the Sultanate of Darfur
Medal presented to Pope John Paul II
Medal presented to President Gorbachev

PUBLICATIONS
Catalog, FIDEM 2010
Catalog, Forest Lawn Museum, LA 2005
Coin World, Oct 2006
COINage, April 2005

MEMBERSHIPS
American Medallic Sculptor Association (AMSA)
 - served as treasurer 2003 - 2009
 - current Vice-President
The International Medal Federation (FIDEM)
Seattle Sculptor’s Guild - founder and president

EDUCATION
Autodidactic Studies:
 
Italy - Florence, Venice, Siena, Rome, Sicily
France - Paris
UK - London
Mexico - Yucatan
Canada - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia 
Spain - Figueras, Granada, Seville
Portugal - Sagres
US - Chicago, Taos, Santa Fe, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Boston
Washington D.C., New Orleans, Denver
Puerto Rico - San Juan