A SANCTUARY
FROM THE MUNDANE
Gallery specializing in Contemporary Art, custom jewelry design, mineral consulting/brokerage, and one-of-a-kind objects.
2024 CASE AWARDS
We are excited to announce that Jewelers of America (JA), the national trade association for businesses serving the fine jewelry marketplace, has awarded Susan Oliver Heard of Heard Gallery a first-place award in the 2024 CASE Awards, the association’s annual jewelry design competition. Heard won the CASE Award in the Retailer Jewelry $10,001 to $50,000 (retail value) category.
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FOUNDED IN 2001
Founded by Susan Oliver Heard, a GIA certified Graduate Gemologist, Applied Jewelry artist, and Graduate Jeweler, mineral dealer, writer, and curator.
Formerly known as Cinnabar, her first opening was September 5, 2013, and featured a solo show for world-renowned photographer George Krause. George Krause: San Miguel Exposed received the choice award for Foto Septiembre.
Cinnabar Gallery has been featured in local and national publications such as Artforum, Sculpture magazine, Garden & Gun, San Antonio Express-News, Rivard Report, and the San Antonio Current.
Following the pandemic, a shift was made to get back to my roots and create a cohesive jewelry line to complement the art consulting business. In Spring 2022, I moved to Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico to create this line of jewelry. Jewelry led to objects and boxes and new bigger ideas. The new development incorporates all the parts of minerals, jewelry, art, and curating. The debut of Heard Gallery In its new form opens at the 20th anniversary of ZONA MACO in Mexico City, February 2024.
