Bio

Kylie Heidenheimer’s abstract paintings have been described as “repositories of matter and metaphors for space”.  Born in Gainesville, Florida, she grew up in St. Louis.  The light and color in the paintings of Rembrandt and Morris Louis at the art museum there became objects of lifelong captivation.  While an art restoration intern in Berlin in 1979, she chose to make painting her sole commitment.  Heidenheimer’s solo exhibition RIFT, took place in September 2009 at 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel in New York City.  Another solo show BURSTS, ATMOSPHERE AND STASIS, was at Ohio Northern University in 2008 (catalog available) and at Columbia University’s Italian Academy in 2007. Heidenheimer has lived and worked in New York City since 1983.  She earned an MFA from Hunter College, and has attended artist residencies at Blue Mountain Center, The Millay Colony, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Byrdcliffe Artist’s Colony and the Anderson Center.  She’s participated in group exhibitions and flat file programs at Pierogi, Sideshow Gallery, Condeso/ Lawler Gallery and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in New York as well as many other venues nationally.  Heidenheimer has a BFA from Washington University. 

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009        RIFT, 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel, New York, NY

2008        BURSTS, ATMOSPHERE AND STASIS, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH

2007        BURSTS, ATMOSPHERE AND STASIS, Italian Academy, Columbia University, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2010         POWER TO THE PEOPLE, Feature Inc., New York, NY

                BRING YOUR OWN ART, X-Initiatives, New York, NY

                PIEROGI FLAT FILES, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY (2005 - present)

2009         ALONZO DAVIS FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                CELLPHONE UNIVERSE, Hotel Tides Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ

                STAYIN’ ALIVE, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY 

2008         COSMOLOGICAL MAP, Ides of March Biennial, ABC No Rio, New York, NY

                WALK-INS WELCOME, Curcio Projects at Umbrella Arts, New York, NY

2007         PAINTING AS DISCLOSURE, E32 Projection Series at 5C, New York, NY

2006         BI-ANNUAL EXHIBITION, The Anderson Center, Red Wing, MN

2005         METHOD BECOMES PRACTICE, Manhattan Borough President’s Office, New York, NY

                BABES: CELEBRATING THE MANY ASPECTS OF WOMAN, Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY

                MATZO FILES, PS 122, NYC (flat files)

                FLAT FILES, The Matzo files, Streit’s Matzo Factory, New York, NY

2004        SHARED, Streit’s Matzo Factory, New York, NY

2003        MERRY PEACE, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

                INTERSECTION; SUFFOLK AND WALL, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY

2001        WARMING TRENDS, Mascot Studio, New York, NY

2000        FRESH PRODUCE, Charas Arts Center, New York, NY

1999        EMERGING ARTISTS (works of 4 Artists), Art Galleries at the Sheldon, St. Louis, MO

1998        UNNATURAL SELECTION, THE TRANSFORMATION OF NATURE IN ABSTRACTION,

               Bill Dougherty, Jeremy Kidd, Madeleine Hatz, Kylie Heidenheimer, Giles Lyon, Tom McGlynn,

               Carolanna Parlato, Gary Petersen, James Siena, Raritan Valley Community College, 

               Long Branch, NJ (catalog)

1997       ABSTRACTION INDEX, Condeso/ Lawler Gallery, New York, NY

1996        INDEPENDENTS BIENNIAL, Charas Arts Center, New York, NY

1995        MAXIMUM CAPACITY, Art Initiatives, NYC

1991        FIRST DECADE OF THE MFA PROGRAM, Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, NYC        

               (catalog)

1989      REFERENTIAL ABSTRACTION, Thomas Hunter Gallery, Hunter College, NYC

Selected Bibliography

2009         Open Studio Press, Open Studio, Boston, MA, third edition, (two color images)

                Kalm, James, 2009 Chelsea Opener, Kalm Report, video

                Mattera, Joanne, Water, Water Everywhere, Joanne Mattera Art Blog

                Butler, Sharon, Places to Go, Two Coats of Paint Blog

                Nalley, Jon, Widening Rift, Leaves of Glass Blog

                Alonzo Davis Fellowship Exhibition listing, Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia, PA,   

                (mention)

2008        Maine, Stephen, essay, Lost and Found in Space, in exhibition catalog,

                Bursts, Atmosphere and Stasis, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH (11 color plates)

                Spradlin, Larry, NYC Artist Exhibits at ONU, The Ada Herald, Ada, OH, April 4, front

                page, print edition, (color photo)

                Maine, Stephen, Oh, Fickle Taste!; or, the Return of the Tenth Street Touch; Cora

                Cohen, Elizabeth Cooper, Kylie Heidenheimer, Joel Longenecker, Melissa Meyer, Rob

                Nadeau, Jackie Saccacio and Wendy White, Painting's Edge residency program, guest

                critic lecture, Idyllwild, CA, July 3  (2 projected images)

                Gardner, James A Blast from the Past, (review of "Ides of March"/ "Cosmological Map"),

                New York Sun, NYC, March 27

                Gulden, Amy Chase, Gallery: Kylie Heidenheimer, Apartment Therapy, NYC,

                March 20 (9 color images)

                Toledo Blade, Toledo, OH, listing, ONU exhibition, March 13

                Lima News, Lima, OH, listing, ONU exhibition, print edition, March 14

2007         Griggs, Linda, Painting as Disclosure, E32 Projection Series online video archive, Sept 07

                Hunka, George  listing, Columbia Univ. exhibition, Superfluities Blog, June 22 (color image)

1999         Riddle, Mary Ellen, review of Eure Gallery exhibition, The Virginian-Pilot/ The Coast, Nags

                Head, NC, November 7, p. 16, (b/w photo)

                WNET TV, St. Louis, MO, Sheldon Galleries exhibition walk-thru, December 1999

1998         Shwabsky, Barry, Abstract Painting Though Not Entirely (review of Unnatural Selection),

                The New York Times (NJ Edition), October 25, 1998

1998         Unnatural Selection, exhibition catalog, Raritan Valley Community College, Long Branch,

                NJ, essay by Tom McGlynn

1991        First Decade, exhibition catalog, Hunter College, NYC, 1991, essay by Sanford Wurmfeld

Residency Awards

2006        Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN

2005        Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

2003-99   Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA (2003, 2001, 2000, 1999) 

2000        Byrdcliffe Artists Colony, Woodstock, NY 

1986        Edna St. Vincent Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY

Teaching/ Other

2008        Artist Talk, in conjunction with solo exhibition, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH

1999        Guest Artist, art history class at Sweet Briar College, VA 

1998        Adjunct Lecturer, drawing and art appreciation classes, Spring semester, Bloomfield College,

               Bloomfield, NJ

1997        Guest Artist, art appreciation class, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ

1996       Painting Instructor, Castle Hill Community Center, Bronx, NY

1979        Internship, Art Restoration, Museen fur Preussicher Kultur Besitz, Dahlem, Germany

Collections

                MMHC Center, New York, NY (purchased privately as gift to not-for-profit organization)

                Private collections in the New York/ Greater New York area.  Also Massachusetts, Chicago, 

                Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

Education

               MFA Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY

               BFA Painting, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

               New York Studio School, New York, NY

               Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA