Born in San Francisco CA, 1940
Studied literature at University of California at Santa Barbara, B.A., 1959-1962
Studied poetry and ceramics at San Francisco State University, 1963
Studied ceramics and sculpture at University of California at Berkeley,
M.A., 1963-1967
Moved to New York NY, 1968
Lives and works in New York NY
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Galerie Barbara Weiss, ‘Home Sweet Home. A Sweet American Song’, Berlin, Germany
Museum Ludwig, ‘Mary Heilmann. Drawings and Prints’, Cologne, Germany
2009
303 Gallery, New York NY
2008
Zwirner & Wirth New York, ‘Some Pretty Colors’, New York NY
New Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone’, New York NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Wexner Center for the Arts, ‘Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone’, Columbus OH (Travelling Exhibition)
2007
Orange County Museum, ‘Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone’, Newport Beach CA (Travelling Exhibition)
CAMH – Contemporary Art Museum Houston, ‘Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone’, Houston TX (Travelling Exhibition)
2006
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Saturday Night Kiss’, Zurich, Switzerland
Crown Point Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann: New Etchings’, San Francisco CA
2005
303 Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann. Heaven & Hell’, New York NY
2004
Hauser & Wirth London, London, England
2003
Secession, ‘Mary Heilmann. All Tomorrow’s Parties’, Vienna, Austria
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, ‘Mary Heilmann. The Architecture of Heaven’, Dublin, Ireland
2002
American Fine Arts, New York NY
Kenny Schachter Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann: Home’, New York NY
2001
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
Camden Arts Centre, London, England
2000
Oldenburger Kunstverein, ‘Mary Heilmann. Malerei’, Oldenburg, Germany
Galleria Marabini, Bologna, Italy
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘Mary Heilmann – Jessica Stockholder’, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg, Germany
1999
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Mary Heilmann. The All Night Movie’, Zurich, Switzerland
1998
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann. Paintings’, New York NY
Johnson County Community College, ‘Selected Works, 1978-1998’, Overland Park KS
1997
Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles CA
Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, ‘Mary Heilmann. This and That’, Zurich, Switzerland
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Mary Heilmann. Paintings 1973-1997’, Zurich, Switzerland
Wolfgang Häusler, ‘Modern Art: Paintings and Papers’, Munich, Germany
Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria
1995
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘New Works on Paper’, New York NY
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
1994
Beaver College Art Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann: Paintings, Drawings, Ceramics’, Glenside PA
M Bochum Kunstvermittlung, ‘Works 1971-1994’, Bochum, Germany
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Greatest Hits’, New York NY
San Francisco Art Institute / Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco CA
1993
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York NY
1991
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York NY
Green Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands FL
1990
Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, ‘Mary Heilmann und Jessica Stockholder’, Cologne, Germany
Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘Mary Heilmann: A Survey’, Boston MA
Fuller Gross Gallery, San Francisco CA
Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago IL
1989
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York NY
1988
Gallery Mukai, Tokyo, Japan
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York NY
Hillman Holland Gallery, Atlanta GA
1986
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York NY
1983
Clocktower, New York NY
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco CA
1981
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York NY
1980
Galerie Hans Strelow, Dusseldorf, Germany
1979
Galleri Wallner Fersens, Malmo, Sweden
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York NY
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco CA
1976
Holly Solomon Gallery, ‘The Vent Series’, New York NY
1974
State University of New York, Stony Brook NY
1973
Henri Gallery, Washington DC
1972
Paley & Lowe Gallery, New York NY
1971
Paley & Lowe Gallery, New York NY
1970
Whitney Museum Art Resource Center, New York NY
Group Exhibitions
2010
Nyehaus, ‘Swell: Arte 1950-2010’, New York NY
Metro Pictures, ‘Swell’, New York NY
Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, ‘AMBIGU – Malerei im Zwischenbereich/Painting between Abstraction and Narration’, St.Gallen, Switzerland
Artpace, ‘On the Road’, San Antonio TX
De Markten, ‘For Your Eyes Only’, Brussels, Belgium
Zurcher Studio, ‘Devotion’, New York NY
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, ‘Lean’, New York NY
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, ‘Borderland Abstraction’, Omaha N
Vera Munro, ‘High Ideals & Crazy Dreams’, Hamburg, Germany
2009
The Parrish Art Museum, ‘Mixed Greens: Artists Choose Artists on the East End’, Southhampton NY
Oud Vliegveld, ‘The Art of the Real’, Oostende, Belgium
2008
Hammer Museum, ‘Oranges and Sardines: Conversations on Abstract Painting’, Los Angeles CA
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, ‘Angels in America’, Chicago IL
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, ‘Abstract Vision’, Zurich, Switzerland
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Whitney Biennial 2008’, New York NY
Pace Editions 57th Street, ‘New Editions’, New York NY
Pace Editions Chelsea, ‘Heilmann / Berkenblit’, New York NY
Matthew Marks Gallery and Greene Naftali Gallery, ‘Painting: Now and Forever, Part II’, New York NY
Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, ‘Abstrakt Abstract’, Klagenfurt, Austria
The Rose Art Museum, ‘Arp to Reinhardt: Rose Geometries’, Waltham MA
Matthew Marks Gallery and Greene Naftali Gallery, ‘Printing: Now and Forever, Part II’, New York NY
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, ‘WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution’, Long Island NY (Travelling Exhibition)
ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, ‘High Times, Hard Times. New York Painting 1967-1975’, Karlsruhe, Germany (Travelling Exhibition)
2007
Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, ‘Massart Faculty Show’, Provincetown MA
Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, ‘Counterparts’, Virginia Beach VA
Greenberg Van Doren, ‘Women’s Work: Large Scale Painting, 1970-1990’, New York NY
Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism’, Udine, Italy
Parks Exhibition Center, ‘Painting’s Edge’, Idyllwild Arts CA
Galerie Thomas Flor, ‘Short Distance To Now’, Dusseldorf, Germany
Henie Onstad Centre of Art, ‘Nordea’s art collection’, Hovikodden, Norway
Kunstraum Innsbruck, ‘Franz West, Soufflé – eine Massenausstellung’, Innsbruck, Austria
Honor Fraser, ‘Hovering Over the Universe …’ (cur. by Kristin Calabrese), Venice CA
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, ‘Makers and Modelers: Works in Ceramic’, New York NY
David Zwirner, ‘A Point in Space is a Place for an Argument’, New York NY
303 Gallery, ‘Three for Society’, New York NY
De Pury & Luxembourg, ‘Painting as Fact-Fact as Fiction’, Zurich, Switzerland
Honor Fraser, Venice CA
Galerie Mezzanin, ‘Duque / Heilmann / Korty.. ‘, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution’, Los Angeles CA (Travelling Exhibition)
National Museum of Women in the Arts, ‘WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution’, Washington DC (Travelling Exhibition)
Vancouver Art Gallery, ‘WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution’, Vancouver, Canada (Travelling Exhibition)
Millenium Galleries, ‘abstraction. extracting from the world’, Sheffield, England
National Academy Museum, ‘High Times, Hard Times. New York Painting 1967-1975’, New York NY (Travelling Exhibition)
Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, ‘High Times, Hard Times. New York Painting 1967-1975’, Mexico City, Mexico (Travelling Exhibition)
Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, ‘High Times, Hard Times. New York Painting 1967-1975’, Graz, Austria (Travelling Exhibition)
2006
Kunstbuero/Kunsthalle 8, ‘no))) 2’, Vienna, Austria
Museo d`Arte Moderna, Chère Louise: in onore di Louise Bourgeois per il suoi 95 anni’, Ascona, Switzerland
Zeno X Gallery, ’25 years Zeno X’, Antwerp, Belgium
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, ‘Woman’s work. Large Scale Paintings 1970-1990’, New York NY
Weatherspoon Art Museum, ‘High Times, Hard Times. New York Painting 1967-1975’, Greensboro NC (Travelling Exhibition)
American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, ‘High Times, Hard Times. New York Painting 1967-1975’, Washington, DC (Travelling Exhibition)
Crown Point Press, ‘Seasons Club July 2006’, San Francisco CA
Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Infinite Painting. Contemporary Painting and Global Realism’, Codroipo (Udine), Italy
2005
P. S. 1 MoMA, ‘The Painted World’, Long Island NY
White Columns, ‘The Early Show’, New York NY
Gavin Brown, ‘Drunk vs. Stoned 2’, New York NY
Häusler Contemporary, ‘Loveparade 1’, Munich, Germany
Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, ‘POPulence’, Houston TX
Art Gallery of Ontario, ‘The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art, 1950-2005’, Toronto, Canada
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, ‘Extreme Abstraction’, Buffalo NY
Greene Naftali Gallery, ‘Post-Modern’, New York NY
2004
Galerie m Bochum, ‘Grenzüberschreitung’, Bochum, Germany
Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, ‘Mary Heilmann, Jill Moser, Stanley Whitney’, Amherst MA
The Parrish Art Museum, ‘North Fork/South Fork: East End Art Now’, Southampton NY
2003
Galerie Renos Xippas, ‘ON’, Athens, Greece
Meyer Riegger Galerie, ‘There’s no land but the land (up there is just a sea of possibilities)’, Karlsruhe, Germany
2002
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Ten Years Galerie Hauser & Wirth’, Zurich, Switzerland
Häusler Contemporary, ‘Farbe!’, Munich, Germany
48 Wall Street, ‘Art Downtown: New York Painting and Sculpture’, New York NY
Jan Abrams Fine Arts, ‘Objects of Desire’, New York NY
Hauser & Wirth Collection, ‘House of Fiction. Sammlung (3)’, St.Gallen, Switzerland
Trevi Flash Art Museum, ‘Inaugurazione’, Trevi, Italy
2001
Greengrassi Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann – Joanne Greenbaum’, London, England
D’Amelio Terras, ‘Shadow Dancing: 1975-79’, New York NY
Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum, ‘Künstlerräume/Sammlerräume’, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Part Two (1988-1994)’, New York NY
Cheim & Read Gallery, ‘Liquid Properties’, New York NY
M Bochum, ‘Shelter’, Bochum, Germany
2000
Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, ‘The Artist as Curator: Helmut Federle, Georgia O’Keefe, Myron Stout, Marcia Hafif, Mary Heilmann, Haken Rehenberg, Robert Mangold, Blinky Palermo, Howard Hodgkin’, Vienna, Austria
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘Jessica Stockholder – Mary Heilmann (Gemälde aus der Sammlung Hauser und Wirth)’, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Aargauer Kunsthaus, ‘Das Gedächtnis der Malerei’, Aarau, Switzerland
1999
Galleria Marabini, ‘Cosmogram’, Bologna, Italy
Greene Naftali Gallery, ‘Free Coke’, New York NY
1998
Cheim & Read Gallery, ‘Small Paintings’, New York NY
Zeno X Gallery, ‘Shopping the stars’, Antwerp, Belgium
1997
Kunsthaus Bregenz, ‘KünstlerInnen: 50 Positionen zeitgenössischer internationaler Kunst’ (cur. Edelbert Köb), Bregenz, Austria
Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, ‘Abstraction/Abstractions. Géométries Provisoires’, France
Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, ‘Display’ (cur. Mikael Andersen), Copenhagen, Denmark
Wooster Gardens, ‘Drawing and Painting’, New York NY
Jan Abrams Fine Art, ‘American Women Artists of the Seventies’, New York NY
Parrish Art Museum ‘Sea Change’, Southampton NY
Karen McCready Fine Art, ‘Systematic’, New York NY
Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbour Cultural Center, ‘After the Fall. Aspects of Abstract Painting since 1970’, Staten Island NY
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann, Joan Jonas, Jutta Koether, Monique Prieto’, New York NY
1996
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘The Flying Saucer Project’, New York NY
Thaddaeus Ropac, ‘Abstract Practice’, Salzburg, Austria
Transmission Gallery, ‘A Grapefruit in the World of Park’, Glasgow, Scotland
Monika Sprüth, ‘Malerei II’, Cologne, Germany
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, ‘nuevas abstracciones’, Madrid, Spain
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, ‘Abstrakte Malerie heute. nuevas abstracciones’, Bielefeld, Germany
National Arts Club, ‘Leap of Faith. Gregory Amenoff, Mary Heilmann, Gary Stephan, Michael Volanakis’, New York NY
Thaddaeus Ropac, ‘Passage de l’acte’, Paris, France
1995
Cristinerose Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann and Elizabeth Cannon’, New York NY
Aargauer Kunsthaus, ‘Karo Dame. Konstruktive, Konkrete und Radikale Konzepte von Frauen von 1914 bis heute’ (cur. Beat Wismer), Aarau, Switzerland
Independant Curators Inc., ‘Critiques of Pure Abstraction’ (cur. Mark Rosenthal), New York NY
Zeno X Gallery, ‘Works on Paper’, Antwerp, Belgium
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, ‘Critiques of Pure Abstraction’, Houston TX
1994
Charles Cowles Gallery, ‘About Color’, New York NY
Selby Gallery, ‘Embraceable You: Current Abstractions’, Sarasota FL
Robert Miller Gallery, ‘Abstract Works on Paper’, New York NY
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York NY
Stux Gallery, ‘Reveillon `94’, New York NY
1993
Räume für neue Kunst, ‘Supervision’ (cur. Günther Umberg and Rolf Hengesbach), Wuppertal, Germany
The Drawing Center, ‘The Return of the Exquisite Cadavre’, New York NY (Travelling Exhibiton)
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, ‘The Return of the Exquisite Cadavre’, Washington DC (Travelling Exhibiton)
Santa Monica Museum of Art, ‘The Return of the Exquisite Cadavre’, Santa Monica CA (Travelling Exhibiton)
Forum for Contemporary Art, ‘The Return of the Exquisite Cadavre’, St. Louis MO (Travelling Exhibiton)
American Center, ‘The Return of the Exquisite’, Paris, France (Travelling Exhibiton)
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Der zerbrochene Spiegel’ (cur. Kaspar Koenig and Hans–Ulrich Obrist), Vienna, Austria (Travelling Exhibiton)
Deichtorhallen, ‘Der zerbrochene Spiegel’ (cur. Kaspar Koenig and Hans–Ulrich Obrist), Hamburg, Germany (Travelling Exhibiton)
Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst / Heiligenkreuzerhof, ‘Future Perfect. Lili Dujourie, Ann Hamilton, Mary Heilmann, Pello Irazu, Vladimir Kokolia, Svetlana Kopystiansky, Brigitte Kowanz, Langlads & Bell, Walter Obholzer, Elmar Trenkwalder, Günter Umberg’ (cur. Dan Cameron), Vienna, Austria
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Logge dei Balestrieri, ‘Italia-America: L’Astrazione Ridefinita’ (cur. Demetrio Paparoni), San Marino, Italy
Locks Gallery, ‘New American Abstraction’, Philadelphia PA
1992
Asher/Faure Gallery, ‘Bedroom Pictures’ (cur. Terry Myers), Los Angeles CA
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann, Jack Pierson, Jessica Stockholder’, New York NY
P.S.1 Museum, ‘Slow Art: Painting in NY Now’, Long Island City NY
Michael Klein Gallery, ‘A-Geometry’, New York NY
TRI Gallery, ‘Not Men’, Los Angeles CA
Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, ‘On Condition. Painting Between Abstraction and Representation’, Chicago IL
Robert Miller Gallery, ‘Martha Diamond, Mary Heilmann, Harriet Korman and bernard Piffaretti: Paintings’, New York NY
Sandra Gering Gallery, ‘Shades of Difference (The Feminine in Abstract Painting)’, New York NY
1991
Max Protech Gallery, ‘Stubborn Painting, Now and Then’ (cur. Ruth Kaufmann and Mike Metz), New York NY
Sidney Janis Gallery, ‘The New Abstraction’, New York NY
Pace Prints, ‘New Editions’, New York NY
Renee Fotouhi Fine Art, ‘J.F.K. In Memorium, Mythology and Denial’, East Hampton NY
1990
Shoshana Wayne Gallery, ‘The Ends of Painting. The Edges of Abstraction’, Santa Monica CA
Lawrence Oliver Gallery, ‘Mary Boocheever, David Diao, Stephen Ellis, Mary Heilmann, Ika Huber, Stephen Westfall’, Philadelphia PA
Marc Richards Gallery, ‘Geometric Abstractions’, Santa Monica CA
Ohio University School of Art, Athens OH
1989
The Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘The Whitney Biennial’, New York NY
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, ‘Restructure. Subverting the Grid’, Summit NJ
Shea & Beker Gallery, ‘Diagrams and Surrogates’, New York NY
University Art Museum, University of California Santa Barbara, ‘Abstract Options’, Santa Barbara CA
Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York NY University, ‘A Debate on Abstraction’, New York NY
Thomas Segal Gallery, ‘Expressive Abstractions’, Boston MA
Gallery 1709, St. Louis MO
1988
Instituto de Estudios Nordamericanos, ‘Sightings. Drawing with Color’, Barcelona, Spain
Pratt Institute, ‘Sightings. Drawing with Color’, New York NY
Saxon Lee Gallery, ‘Among Them, But Not Of Them’, Los Angeles CA
Robin Lockett Gallery, Chicago IL
Tom Cugliani Gallery, New York NY
M-13 Gallery, ‘The Spirit of Logic’, New York NY
1987
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Sculpture’, New York NY
Seattle Art Museum, ‘Clay Revisions: Plate, Cup and Vase’, Seattle WA
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, ‘40th Biennial of American Contemporary Painting’, Washington DC
1986
Wright State University Art Gallery, ‘The Use of Geometry in the 80s’, Dayton OH
Fred Hoffmann Gallery, Venice CA
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Drawing Show’, New York NY
1985
Blum Helman Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann, Janice Tchalenko, Betty Woodman’, New York NY
Holly Solomon Gallery, ‘Anniversary Show’, New York NY
1984
Baskerville and Watson Gallery, ‘Brilliant Color’, New York NY
Katonah Gallery, ‘Forms that Function’, Katonah NY
1983
Douglas College Gallery, Rutgers University, ‘Women Artists Retrospective’, New Brunswick NJ
University Art Gallery, University of South Florida, ‘Precious Objects’, Tampa FL
Central Washington University Gallery, ‘National Drawing Invitational’, Ellensberg WA
1980
Holly Solomon Gallery, ‘Three More’, New York NY
Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis MO
1979
Freedmann Gallery, Albright College, ‘Small Is Beautiful’, Reading PA
1978
Holly Solomon Gallery, ‘Gold / Silver’, New York NY
Bronx Museum of the Arts, ‘Personal Vision: Places / Spaces’, Bronx NY
1977
P.S.1 Museum, ‘The Painting Show’, Long Island City NY
Sarah Lawrence College, ‘Painting: 75, 76, 77’, Bronxville NY
Museum of Modern Art (Members Gallery), ‘Maps’, New York NY
Holly Solomon Gallery, ‘The First Two Years’, New York NY
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco CA
Galerie Alexandra Monett, ‘Patterning and Decoration’, Brussels, Belgium
1976
Yale School of Art, ‘Choices’, New Haven CT
Sarah Lawrence College, ‘Non-Collectible Art from the Collection of Horace and Holly Solomon’, Bronxville NY
1975
112 Greene Street, ‘Suzanne Harris, Mary Heilmann, Harriet Korman’, New York NY
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York NY
1973
Contemporary Arts Center, ‘Options’, Cincinnati OH
Museum of Modern Art (Members Gallery), ‘Landscape’, New York NY
Kenan Center, ‘Ten Artists Who Happen To Be Women’, Fredonia NY
1972
The Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Whitney Annual’, New York NY
Kunsthaus Hamburg, ‘American Women Artists’, Hamburg, Germany
Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘Grids’, Boston, MA
Newark Museum, ‘Painting and / or Sculpture’, Newark NJ
1971
The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘Women Artists’, Ridgefield CT
The New Gallery, Cleveland OH
Grants and Prizes
2009
Artist of the Year, First Annual Art Awards
2006
The Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation Award
