David Heinrichs is a queer Metis beadwork artist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

His Metis family names include Poitras, Champagne, Fisher, and Grant. He is a citizen of the Manitoba Metis Federation and member of the Two-Spirit Michif Local.

With an academic background in biological sciences and a passion for connection with land and plant kin, David incorporates these knowledges into his beadwork through selection of plants and an attempt to convey environmental knowledge through the designs and patterns.

Thinking about the flowers and plants that go into a pattern creates an opportunity to learn even more about how, where, and when they grow.

As a queer man, creating beadwork allows him to subvert colonial gender roles and expectations while creating beadwork for the women in his life.

His work has been shown in the Remai Modern (Saskatoon, SK), C2 Centre for Craft (Winnipeg, MB), and Galerie Buhler Gallery (Winnipeg, MB), and is currently on exhibit at the Musée cantonal d'archéologie et d'histoire in Lausanne, Switzerland.