Born in San Francisco, 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, 1968
Lives and works in New York
Solo Exhibitions
2009
303 Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann’, New York
2008
Zwirner & Wirth, ‘Some Pretty Colors’, New York
2007
Orange County Museum, ‘Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone’, Newport Beach CA [travelled to: Contemporary Art Museum, Houston TX; Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus OH; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York]
2006
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Saturday Night Kiss’, Zurich
Crown Point Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann: New Etchings’, San Francisco
2005
303 Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann. Heaven & Hell’, New York
2004
Hauser & Wirth London, Piccadilly, ‘Mary Heilmann’, London
2003
Secession, ‘Mary Heilmann. All Tomorrow’s Parties’, Vienna
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, ‘Mary Heilmann. The Architecture of Heaven’, Dublin
2002
American Fine Arts, ‘Mary Heilmann’, New York
Kenny Schachter Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann: Home’, New York
2001
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Mary Heilmann’, Zurich
Galerie Meyer Kainer, ‘Mary Heilmann’, Vienna
Camden Arts Centre, ‘Mary Heilmann’, London
2000
Oldenburger Kunstverein, ‘Mary Heilmann. Malerei’, Oldenburg/DE
Galleria Marabini, ‘Mary Heilmann’, Bologna/IT
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘Mary Heilmann – Jessica Stockholder’. St. Gallen/CH
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg
1999
Hauser & Wirth, ‘Mary Heilmann. The All Night Movie’, Zurich
1998
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann. Paintings’, New York
Johnson County Community College, ‘Selected Works, 1978-1998’, Overland Park KS
1997
Richard Telles Gallery, Los Angeles
Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, ‘Mary Heilmann. This and That’, Zurich
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Mary Heilmann. Paintings 1973-1997’, Zurich
Wolfgang Häusler, ‘Modern Art: Paintings and Papers’, Munich
Galerie Stadtpark, Krems/AT
1995
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘New Works on Paper’, New York
Zeno X Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann’, Antwerp
1994
Beaver College Art Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann: Paintings, Drawings, Ceramics’, Glenside PA
M Bochum Kunstvermittlung, ‘Works 1971-1994’, Bochum/DE
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Greatest Hits’, New York
San Francisco Art Institute / Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco
1993
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
1991
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
Green Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands FL
1990
Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, ‘Mary Heilmann und Jessica Stockholder’, Cologne
Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘Mary Heilmann: A Survey’, Boston
Fuller Gross Gallery, San Francisco
Robbin Lockett Gallery, Chicago
1989
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
1988
Gallery Mukai, Tokyo
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
Hillman Holland Gallery, Atlanta GA
1986
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York
1983
Clocktower, New York
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco
1981
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
1980
Galerie Hans Strelow, Dusseldorf
1979
Galleri Wallner Fersens, Malmo/SE
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco
1976
Holly Solomon Gallery, ‘The Vent Series’, New York
1974
State University of New York, Stony Brook NY
1973
Henri Gallery, Washington DC
1972
Paley & Lowe Gallery, New York
1971
Paley & Lowe Gallery, New York
1970
Whitney Museum Art Resource Center, New York
Group Exhibitions
2009
The Parrish Art Museum, ‘Mixed Greens: Artists Choose Artists on the East End’, Southhampton NY
2008
Hammer Museum, ‘Oranges and Sardines: Conversations on Abstract Painting’, Los Angeles
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, ‘Angels in America’, Chicago
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, ‘Abstract Vision’, Zurich
Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Whitney Biennial 2008’, New York
Pace Editions 57th Street, ‘New Editions’, New York
Pace Editions Chelsea, ‘Heilmann/Berkenblit’, New York
Matthew Marks Gallery and Greene Naftali Gallery, ‘Painting: Now and Forever, Part II’, New York
Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten, ‘Abstrakt Abstract’, Klagenfurt/AT
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
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
Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, ‘Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism’, Udine/IT
Parks Exhibition Center, ‘Painting’s Edge’, Idyllwild Arts CA
Galerie Thomas Flor, ‘Short Distance To Now’, Dusseldorf
Henie Onstad Centre of Art, ‘Nordea’s art collection’, Hovikodden/NO
Kunstraum Innsbruck, ‘Franz West, Soufflé – eine Massenausstellung’, Innsbruck/AT
Honor Fraser, ‘Hovering Over the Universe …’ (cur. by Kristin Calabrese), Venice CA
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, ‘Makers and Modelers: Works in Ceramic’, New York
David Zwirner, ‘A Point in Space is a Place for an Argument’, New York
303 Gallery, ‘Three for Society’, New York
De Pury & Luxembourg, ‘Painting as Fact-Fact as Fiction’, Zurich
Honor Fraser, Venice CA
Galerie Mezzanin, ‘Duque/Heilmann/Korty.. ‘, Vienna
Museum of Contemporary Art, ‘WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution’, Los Angeles [travelled to: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island NY; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver]
Millenium Galleries, ‘abstraction. extracting from the world’, Sheffield/UK
2006
Kunstbuero/Kunsthalle 8, ‘no))) 2’, Vienna
Museo d`Arte Moderna, Chère Louise: in onore di Louise Bourgeois per il suoi 95 anni’, Ascona/CH
Zeno X Gallery, ’25 years Zeno X’, Antwerp
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, ‘Woman’s work. Large Scale Paintings 1970-1990’, New York
Weatherspoon Art Museum, ‘High Times, Hard Times. New York Painting 1967-1975’, Greensboro NC [travelled to: American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC; National Academy Museum, New York; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City; Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz/AT]
Crown Point Press, ‘Seasons Club July 2006’, San Francisco
Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, ‘Infinite Painting. Contemporary Painting and Global Realism’, Codroipo (Udine)/IT
2005
P. S. 1 MoMA, ‘The Painted World’, Long Island NY
White Columns, ‘The Early Show’, New York
Gavin Brown, ‘Drunk vs. Stoned 2’, New York
Häusler Contemporary, ‘Loveparade 1’, Munich
Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, ‘POPulence’, Houston TX
Art Gallery of Ontario, ‘The Shape of Colour: Excursions in Colour Field Art, 1950-2005’, Toronto
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, ‘Extreme Abstraction’, Buffalo NY
Greene Naftali Gallery, ‘Post-Modern’, New York
2004
Galerie m Bochum, ‘Grenzüberschreitung’, Bochum/DE
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
Meyer Riegger Galerie, ‘There’s no land but the land (up there is just a sea of possibilities)’, Karlsruhe/DE
2002
Hauser & Wirth Zürich, ‘Ten Years Galerie Hauser & Wirth’, Zurich
Häusler Contemporary, ‘Farbe!’, Munich
48 Wall Street, ‘Art Downtown: New York Painting and Sculpture’, New York
Jan Abrams Fine Arts, ‘Objects of Desire’, New York
Hauser & Wirth Collection, ‘House of Fiction. Sammlung (3)’, St. Gallen/CH
Trevi Flash Art Museum, ‘Inaugurazione’, Trevi/IT
2001
Greengrassi Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann – Joanne Greenbaum’, London
D’Amelio Terras, ‘Shadow Dancing: 1975-79’, New York
Kunstverein St.Gallen Kunstmuseum, ‘Künstlerräume/Sammlerräume’, St.Gallen/CH
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Part Two (1988-1994)’, New York
Cheim & Read Gallery, ‘Liquid Properties’, New York
M Bochum, ‘Shelter’, Bochum/DE
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
Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, ‘Jessica Stockholder – Mary Heilmann (Gemälde aus der Sammlung Hauser und Wirth)’, St. Gallen/CH
Aargauer Kunsthaus, ‘Das Gedächtnis der Malerei’, Aarau/CH
1999
Galleria Marabini, ‘Cosmogram’, Bologna/IT
Greene Naftali Gallery, ‘Free Coke’, New York
1998
Cheim & Read Gallery, ‘Small Paintings’, New York
Zeno X Gallery, ‘Shopping the stars’, Antwerp
1997
Kunsthaus Bregenz, ‘KünstlerInnen: 50 Positionen zeitgenössischer internationaler Kunst’ (cur. Edelbert Köb), Bregenz/AT
Musée d‘Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, ‘Abstraction/Abstractions. Géométries Provisoires’, Saint-Etienne/FR
Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, ‘Display’ (cur. Mikael Andersen), Copenhagen
Wooster Gardens, ‘Drawing and Painting’, New York
Jan Abrams Fine Art, ‘American Women Artists of the Seventies’, New York
Parrish Art Museum ‘Sea Change’, Southampton NY
Karen McCready Fine Art, ‘Systematic’, New York
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
1996
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘The Flying Saucer Project’, New York
Thaddaeus Ropac, ‘Abstract Practice’, Salzburg/AT
Transmission Gallery, ‘A Grapefruit in the World of Park’, Glasgow
Monika Sprüth, ‘Malerei II’, Cologne
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, ‘nuevas abstracciones’, Madrid
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, ‘Abstrakte Malerie heute. nuevas abstracciones’, Bielefeld/DE
National Arts Club, ‘Leap of Faith. Gregory Amenoff, Mary Heilmann, Gary Stephan, Michael Volanakis’, New York
Thaddaeus Ropac, ‘Passage de l’acte’, Paris
1995
Cristinerose Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann and Elizabeth Cannon’, New York
Aargauer Kunsthaus, ‘Karo Dame. Konstruktive, Konkrete und Radikale Konzepte von Frauen von 1914 bis heute’ (cur. Beat Wismer), Aarau/CH
Independant Curators Inc., ‘Critiques of Pure Abstraction’ (cur. Mark Rosenthal)
Zeno X Gallery, ‘Works on Paper’, Antwerp
Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, ‘Critiques of Pure Abstraction’, Houston TX
1994
Charles Cowles Gallery, ‘About Color’, New York
Selby Gallery, ‘Embraceable You: Current Abstractions’, Sarasota FL
Robert Miller Gallery, ‘Abstract Works on Paper’, New York
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York
Stux Gallery, ‘Reveillon `94’, New York
1993
Räume für neue Kunst, ‘Supervision’ (cur. Günther Umberg and Rolf Hengesbach), Wuppertal/DE
The Drawing Center, ‘The Return of the Exquisite Cadavre’, New York
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, ‘The Return of the Exquisite Cadavre’, Washington DC
Santa Monica Museum of Art, ‘The Return of the Exquisite Cadavre’, Santa Monica CA
Forum for Contemporary Art, ‘The Return of the Exquisite Cadavre’, St. Louis MO
American Center, ‘The Return of the Exquisite’, Paris
Kunsthalle Wien, ‘Der zerbrochene Spiegel’ (cur. Kaspar Koenig and Hans–Ulrich Obrist), Vienna
Deichtorhallen, ‘Der zerbrochene Spiegel’ (cur. Kaspar Koenig and Hans–Ulrich Obrist), Hamburg
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
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Logge dei Balestrieri, ‘Italia-America: L‘Astrazione Ridefinita’ (cur. Demetrio Paparoni), San Marino/IT
Locks Gallery, ‘New American Abstraction’, Philadelphia
1992
Asher/Faure Gallery, ‘Bedroom Pictures’ (cur. Terry Myers), Los Angeles
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann, Jack Pierson, Jessica Stockholder’, New York
P.S.1 Museum, ‘Slow Art: Painting in NY Now’, Long Island City NY
Michael Klein Gallery, ‘A-Geometry’, New York
TRI Gallery, ‘Not Men’, Los Angeles
Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, ‘On Condition. Painting Between Abstraction and Representation’, Chicago
Robert Miller Gallery, ‘Martha Diamond, Mary Heilmann, Harriet Korman and bernard Piffaretti: Paintings’, New York
Sandra Gering Gallery, ‘Shades of Difference (The Feminine in Abstract Painting)’, New York
1991
Max Protech Gallery, ‘Stubborn Painting, Now and Then’ (cur. Ruth Kaufmann and Mike Metz), New York
Sidney Janis Gallery, ‘The New Abstraction’, New York
Pace Prints, ‘New Editions’, New York
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
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
New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, ‘Restructure. Subverting the Grid’, Summit NJ
Shea & Beker Gallery, ‘Diagrams and Surrogates’, New York
University Art Museum, University of California Santa Barbara, ‘Abstract Options’, Santa Barbara CA
Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York University, ‘A Debate on Abstraction’, New York
Thomas Segal Gallery, ‘Expressive Abstractions’, Boston
Gallery 1709, St. Louis
1988
Instituto de Estudios Nordamericanos, ‘Sightings. Drawing with Color’, Barcelona
Pratt Institute, ‘Sightings. Drawing with Color’, New York
Saxon Lee Gallery, ‘Among Them, But Not Of Them’, Los Angeles
Robin Lockett Gallery, Chicago
Tom Cugliani Gallery, New York
M-13 Gallery, ‘The Spirit of Logic’, New York
1987
Pat Hearn Gallery, ‘Sculpture’, New York
Seattle Art Museum, ‘Clay Revisions: Plate, Cup and Vase’, Seattle
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
1985
Blum Helman Gallery, ‘Mary Heilmann, Janice Tchalenko, Betty Woodman’, New York
Holly Solomon Gallery, ‘Anniversary Show’, New York
1984
Baskerville and Watson Gallery, ‘Brilliant Color’, New York
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
Greenberg Gallery, St. Louis
1979
Freedmann Gallery, Albright College, ‘Small Is Beautiful’, Reading PA
1978
Holly Solomon Gallery, ‘Gold/Silver’, New York
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
Holly Solomon Gallery, ‘The First Two Years’, New York
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco
Galerie Alexandra Monett, ‘Patterning and Decoration’, Brussels
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
Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
1973
Contemporary Arts Center, ‘Options’, Cincinnati OH
Museum of Modern Art (Members Gallery), ‘Landscape’, New York
Kenan Center, ‘Ten Artists Who Happen To Be Women’, Fredonia NY
1972
The Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Whitney Annual’, New York
Kunsthaus Hamburg, ‘American Women Artists’, Hamburg
Institute of Contemporary Art, ‘Grids’, Boston
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
2006
The Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation Award
