15 Facts About Heidi Zuckerman

Heidi Zuckerman was born on 1967 or 1968 and is an American museum director and curator who is CEO and director of the Orange County Museum of Art in Costa Mesa, California.

Heidi Zuckerman assumed her current position at the Orange County Museum of Art in 2021, managing the construction of its new building.

Heidi Zuckerman attended the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in European history in 1989.

Heidi Zuckerman recalls she "fell in love" with art during her sophomore year, at a gallery show in Philadelphia, when she "became so immersed in what I was looking at that I forgot my current romantic challenges".

For five years until 1999, Heidi Zuckerman was assistant curator of 20th-century art at the Jewish Museum in New York, during which she created the museum's Contemporary Artists Projects series that showcased commissioned artwork in the museum and on its website.

In 1998, Heidi Zuckerman was named a curator at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in California.

Heidi Zuckerman was appointed by the museum to head its MATRIX program, founded in 1978 for the purpose of showcasing new works of artists as soon as they were created.

Heidi Zuckerman was a faculty member in the California College of the Arts' master's degree program in curatorial practice.

Heidi Zuckerman became director and chief curator of the Aspen Art Museum of Aspen, Colorado in 2005, succeeding Dean Sobel.

Heidi Zuckerman oversaw the construction of the museum's new building designed by Shigeru Ban and opened in 2014.

Heidi Zuckerman left her position at the museum in 2019, but said she would provide consulting services on four of the museum's exhibitions through May 2020.

In 2021, Heidi Zuckerman became CEO and director of the Orange County Museum of Art in California, succeeding Todd Smith.

Heidi Zuckerman oversaw the construction of a new building located at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California.

Jacobson and Heidi Zuckerman opened an exhibition and performance space in New York City's Lower East Side named Correct CE.

Heidi Zuckerman purchased a property in Laguna Beach, California, ahead of joining the Orange County Museum of Art in 2021.