BIOGRAPHY
Born 1975, Princeton, NJ
Lives and works in Minneapolis
EDUCATION
1994 – 1998 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, BFA
2003 – 2005 Yale University, New Haven, CT MFA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, September 16 – October 23, 2010
Madrid, Gallería Marta Cervera, February 19 - March 27th, 2010
2008
Rome, Schiavo Mazzonis Gallery, Eroding Rainbow, January 28 – March 14, 2009
2007
Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, September 7 – December 16, 2007
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, October 13 – November 10, 2007
2006
Chicago, Shane Campbell Gallery, Jay Heikes: The Sixth Re-Telling, November 11 – December 20, 2006
2005
New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, The Hill Upstairs (installation in the administrative office), October, 2005 – January, 2006
2003
Chicago, Vedanta Gallery, Kill Yr Idols, February – March 2003
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Madrid, Gallería Marta Cervera, June 10 - July 15, 2010
New York, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, The Mass Ornament, curated by John Rasmussen, June 24 – August 13, 2010
New York, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, \ (Lean), March 12 – April 24, 2010
2009
Madrid, Gallería Marta Cervera, Ostras Voces Otros Ámbitos, June 4-July 18
New York, Guild & Greyshkul, On From Here, February 5 – 8, 2009
2008
Zurich, Galerie Francesca Pia, Depositions, January 19th – March 1, 2008
London, Barbican Art Gallery, Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, March 6 – May 18, 2008
2007
New York, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, The Office, November 29 – December 22, 2007
New York, White Columns, Looking Back: The White Columns Annual, curated by Clarissa Dalrymple, November 16 - December 21, 2007
Dallas, Light & Sie, Grit and Vigor, November 15 - December 22, 2007, curated by Rowley Kennerk
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, September 29, 2007 – January 6, 2008
2006
Geneva, Analix Forever, Project Placement, December 1, 2006 – January, 2007
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Joe Deutch, Jay Heikes, Chris Moukarbel, Kianja Strobert, Jeffrey Wells, Selected by Clarissa Dalrymple, October 26 – November 25, 2006.
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Ordinary Culture: Heikes/Helms/McMillian, August 11 – November 19, 2006
Los Angeles, David Kordansky Gallery, The Figs Play Fox Dead, March – April, 2006
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Biennial 2006: Day For Night, March 2 – May 28, 2006
Chicago, Shane Campbell Gallery, Jay Heikes, Mark Grotjahn, Richard Hawkins, January – February 2006
2005
Chicago, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, All The Pretty Corpse, November – December 2005
New York, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Sticks & Stone, June – August 2005
2004
New York, Guild & Greyshkul Gallery, Emoticons, November – December 2004
New York, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Music/Video, October – December 2004
Miami, Locust Projects, I Am The Resurrection, May – June 2004
New York, Guild & Greyshkul Gallery, The Hill Upstairs, March – April 2004
2003
Chicago, TBA Exhibition Space, Don't Fail Me Now, October – December 2003
New York, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, March – December 2003
New York, Artists Space, Kill Yr Idols, March – April 2003
2002
Chicago, Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Watery, Domestic, November – December 2002
Strasbourg, France Musee d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Video Topiques: Music/Video, October 2002 – February 2003
Chicago, Vedanta Gallery, Use Your Illusion, July – August 2002
Minneapolis, Midway Contemporary Art, Recent Work, May – June 2002
2001
Minneapolis, The Soap Factory, Wall to Wall, July – September 2001
Chicago, Porn, FGA Space at Joymore, May – June 2001
Minneapolis, Midway Contemporary Art, Weak Architecture, April – May
2001
Chicago, FGA Space, The Program, March – May 2001
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
Javier González Panizo, "Jay Heikes en la Galería Marta Cervera," REVISTA CLAVES DE ARTE, March 12,
Óscar Alonso Molina, "Jay Heikes," Arte y Parte, 2010, p.136
Elena Vozmediano, "Jay Heikes envuelve el vacío," El Cultural, April 9, 2010, pp. 28 -29
2009
Porter, Jenelle in Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation. (London: Phaidon Press Limited, 2009), pp. 146-147.
2007
Stillman, Nick. "Jay Heikes," Art Forum, January 2008.
White, Roger. "Jay Heikes at Marianne Boesky," The Highlights, November, 2007.
Dault, Julia. "Akimblog: New York City," Akimbo, November 7, 2007.
Falconer, Morgan. "Last Chance: Morgan Falconer on Jay Hiekes at Marianne Boesky, New York," Saatchi Online, November 6 2007.
HGM. "Jay Heikes," Flavorpill.com, October 9 – 15, 2006.
2006
Barliant, Claire. "Emerging Artists: Jay Heikes," Modern Painters, October 2006, p. 58-60, ill.
Aspden, Peter. "Shopping with the Tate," Financial Times Weekend (London),
October 14 - 15, 2006, p. 1
Miller, Sara Nicole. "Warfare in the Suburbs," The Minnesota Daily, August 9, 2006
2005
Ferrara, Annette. "Goth, all grown up," Time Out Chicago, December 8-15, 2005
2003
Lo, Melissa and Valentina Sansone. "Sculpture Forever," Flash Art, September 2003
2002
Fallon, Michael. "Review of Recent Work at Midway Contemporary Art," Art Papers, August 2002
Velez, Pedro. "Review of Use Your Illusion at Vedanta Gallery," www.artnet.com, August 2002
2001
Kalstrom, Jeff. "Review of Wall to Wall at the Soap Factory," New Art Examiner, Nov/Dec 2001
COLLECTIONS
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Altoids Collection, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York