Vandat ek kan onthou wou ek prentjies maak. D.H. Lawrence het nie verniet gesê die menslike siel het skoonheid broodnodig nie. Ons is so gemaak. Die heimlike droom om voltyds te skilder is bewaarheid toe die Nasionale Filmraad in 1979 sluit en Susan sê sy hou aan met werk - net vir drie jaar - en ek moet voltyds skilder.
There is a clarity, an essence, a singular truth that informs all I do - I want to make beautiful things. I want people to feel good. Maybe beautiful is not the right word. Perhaps it's not the kind of beauty that is conspicuously, but the kind you come across unknowingly, almost unexpectedly - a beauty that is more than a visual charm.
| 1946 | Born in Potchefstroom district |
| 1967: | BA (Fine Arts) University of Pretoria |
| 1969: | Began work as an artist and animator at the National Film Board |
| 1972: | House 191 |
| 1974: | Ateljee MF Weavind Park is built |
| 1979: | The National Film Board closes down
Start of career as a full-time artist
Beuster-Skolomowski Gallery: SKOENLAPPER ONTHOU
West Gallery SA Arts Association (N Tvl): BEELD VAN ;N JEUG: DUIF EN PERD |
| 1983: | Cultural Office, University of Pretoria: PORTRETTE VAN MENS EN MENSWEES |
| 1987: | Gilde Gallery: Works in oil, on paper and for the first time, in clay. Tapestries by Susan Heyns |
| 1990: | Christa Joubert Productions: MICHAEL HEYNS (Collage TV1)
House 194 |
| 1992: | Old Arts Building, University of Pretoria: 25 JAAR (a retrospective) |
| 1993: | Kunsuniek Annual Exhibition |
| 1994: | Friends of the Pretoria Art Mueseum, Cafe Palette Pretoria Art Museum: EK WORD GELITTEKEN |
| 1995: | Gilde Gallery: 'N KLOMPIE BLOMME |
| 1996: | SA Arts Association (N Tvl): GELUIDE VAN ALLEENWEES |
| 1999: | Tina Skukan Gallery: 30 JAAR GETROUD: 30 WERKE |
| 2000: | Pretoria Arts Association: VAN VISSE EN BLOMME |
| 2001: | Brooklyn Gallery: 1979 - 2001
Pieter Cilliers Productions: MICHAEL AND SUSAN, HUIS 191 AND 194 (Kunskafee, Kyknet, DSTV) d'Cor Gallery: Work in oil on board and canvas |
| 2003: | Pretoria Arts Association and The Art Gallery: Launch of artist diaries |
| 2005: | Michael Heyns @ Schweickerdt: RAME WAARVN MENSE NIE HOU |
| 2007: | Launch of MICHAEL HEYNS KRONOLOGIES | CHRONOLOGICAL |
| 2008: | www.michaelheyns.co.za |
| 2009: | With the 30 JAAR exhibition, Michael Heyns @ Schweickerdt becomes Gallery Michael Heyns |
| 2011: | Gallery Michael Heyns moves to House 194 Weavind Park
60 + 5 = 65: MICHAEL HEYNS KRONOLOGIES | CHRONOLOGICAL (and the diaries as a set) publishes second edition |
| 2014: | Gallery Michael Heyns: WELKOM TERUG MICHAEL |
| 2014: | Gallery Michael Heyns: SAAMLOOP MET VIS |
| 2015: | Halifax Art Johannesburg: SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 2016: | Alice Art Gallery: GRANATE IS NIE ALTYD ROOI NIE |
| 2016: | Johann van Heerden's Art Gallery: SOLO EXHIBITION |
| 2017: | Association of Arts Pretoria: I STILL WANT TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL THINGS |
| 2018: | Association of Arts Pretoria: DIE GEBREEKTE MENS |
| 2022: | Gallery Michael Heyns: 46@76 EXHIBITION |
| 2023: | Gallery Michael Heyns: 1 of 15 Years EXHIBITION |
| 2023: | Gallery Michael Heyns: Ek wil dit nog sê na 44 jaar 2023 EXHIBITION |
