Meet & Cake - a group show | April 25 - May 30, 2009

Artists

Karen Heagle is represented by I-20 Gallery in New York.
Born in Tomah, Wisconsin, 1967


Education

Skowhegan, Maine, 1997
MFA, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1995
BFA, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin, 1990
West Surrey College of Art, Farnham, England


Solo Exhibitions

2009
- Volta Contemporary Art Fair, New York

2008
- Karen Heagle: She’ll Get Hers, I-20 Gallery, New York.
- SWAB International Contemporary Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain

2006
- Karen Heagle: Strictly Naturals, I-20 Gallery, New York

2003
- Fierce, 31GRAND, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York

2001
- Puritans, Perverts, and Feminists, 31GRAND, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York

1998
- Karen Heagle: Recent Work, Ray O’Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, Maine


Selected Group Exhibitions and Performances

2008
- The Guys we Would Fuck, curated by Nayland Blake. Monya Rowe Gallery, New York.

2007
- I remember nothing…, SHAG Sehlman Helwaser Art Gallery, New York
- Future 86,
- No New Tale To Tell, 31 Grand Gallery, New York

2006
- Men, organized by Ellen Alfest, I-20 Gallery, New York
- Panic Room, Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
- You have to be almost gifted to do what I do, curated by Oliver Newton and Steven Stewart, Alexander and Bonin
- History Lessons Part III, curated by Monica Moran, Passerby (Gavin Brown Enterprise)

2005
- Culture Vulture, curated by David Gibson, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York

2004
- Rimbaud, curated by Max Henry, I-20 Gallery, New York 2003
- Superheroes, Ruby Green Contemporary Art, Nashville, Tennessee
- Now Playing, curated by John Connelly, D’amelio Terras, New York
- Girls Gone Wild, curated by Katherine Bernhardt, Bronwyn Keenan, New York

2002
- Queer Visualities, curated by Carl Pope, Stony Brook University Art Gallery, New York
- Echo, 31GRAND, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
- See Through, Satellite Project Space, Long Island City, New York Enough About Me, Momenta Art, curated by Deborah Kass, Brooklyn, New York
- Women Paint Women, curated by Rene Calvo, The Harlem Flophouse, New York

2001
- Smirk: Woman, Art, Humor, curated by Debra Wacks, Firehouse Art Gallery, Nassau Community College, Long Island
- Danica Phelps: Trade Two, LFL Gallery, New York
- studio-visit.com - the show, 31GRAND, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York

Selected Bibliography

-Rosenberg, Susan. ”Karen Heagle.” Review. Art In America, April 2009.
- Karen Heagle. The New Yorker, November 25, 2008 4. Salisbury, Brittany.
- Karen Heagle. Arforum.com, artform.com/picks/section=nyc#21486
- Saltz, Jerry. “Looking Back...Sometimes in Anger”, Artnet, January 17, 2007
- Saltz, Jerry. "Moving Arts", Village Voice, January 5, 2007
- Smith, Roberta “Chelsea is a Battlefield: Galleries Muster Groups”, New York Times, July 28, 2006 _Moyer, Carrie. Luscious and Eccentric; Karen Heagle’s lesbian camp and also a new departure in poignancy, Gay City News, Volume 5, Number 9, March 2 – 8, 2006
- Henry, Max. Karen Heagle, “Strictly Naturals”, Time Out New York, Issue 544, March 2 – 8, 2006 -Wagner, James. Karen Heagle at I-20, jameswagner.com, January 28, 2006, 11:25 pm
- Winkleman, Edward. Artist of the Week 01/16/06, edwardwinkleman.blogspot.com, January 16, 2006
-Smith, Roberta. Girls Gone Wild, New York Times, July 4, 2003, p. 31
- Mora, Kimberly. Restrain Yourself! Pornographic Imagery in Feminist Context, NY Arts vol. 7, no. 5, May 2002
- Saltz, Jerry. Something Wild, Village Voice, Dec. 25, 2001, p. 73
- Hamburger, Susan. Puritans, Perverts, and Feminists @ 31GRAND, Waterfront Week, vol. 11.24, Dec. 13, 2001, p. 6
- Wacks, Debra. Smirk: Woman Art Humor. Catalogue
- Frizzell, Deborah. Baudy Burlesque, Raucous Ribaldry, NY Arts, vol. 6 no. 4, April 2001, p. 22
- Watson, Simon. Simon Says: Collect, Artnet.com, Dec. 1, 1999


Collections

- Judith Rothscghild Contemporary Drawings Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York.
- Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, Greece.