Heeks Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Willy Heeks, Bristol in Mind, Paintings & Works on Paper, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI May–July
2015 New Philosophies, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2012 My Findings, Ten paintings, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2010/11 Ocean House Paintings, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2009/10 New Paintings, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 Recent Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Intuitions: New Paintings, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2007 Echoes: Recent Paintings, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 Willy Heeks, New Paintings, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2004 Willy Heeks, Paintings & Works on Paper, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Willy Heeks, New Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
Willy Heeks, Poets, Recent Paintings & Works on Paper, Hunter Gallery,
St. George’s School, Newport, RI
2004 Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2001 Willy Heeks: Paintings & Works on Paper, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI
2000 Works on Paper, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
Willy Heeks, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Willy Heeks: Monotypes, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA
Works on Paper, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1999 David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Paintings, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI
1998 Recent Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA,
1997 Paintings & Works on Paper by Willy Heeks, Soma Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Works on Paper, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
New Work Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Willy Heeks Paintings: Wood Canvas Paper, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1995 Works on Paper, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Willy Heeks Paintings: 1986-1993, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College,
Providence, RI, (catalogue)
1995 Barbara Scott Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
1994 David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
Willy Heeks: Selected Works on Paper, 1988-1994, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1993 SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA
1992 David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, 1992 (catalogue) Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam
1989 David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY, 1990 (catalogue) Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam
Works on Paper, Trans Avant Garde Gallery, Austin, TX
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
McNeil Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Works on Paper, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
l987 Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
l986 University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
McNeil Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
l985 Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Inaugural Exhibition, McNeil Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
l984 Protetch/McNeil Gallery, New York, NY
l982 P.S. l, Long Island City, NY
1979 Performance Alive, (with Hubert Kretzschmar and Martin Reimschneider) Nexus Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA, November 9
1979 Four Solo Units, (performance/installation) Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, June
1979 Willy Heeks, The Speaking Eyes, (performance) Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA, April 23
1979 Solo Units, (performance), N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Feb, 23
1978 Situations/Scenarios, (performance), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, Nov 21
1978 Untitled Performance, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1978 Sky’s the Limit, Tent Pole, (performances), Etage, Philadelphia April 27, 28
1977 Notes from Coopers Mills, (performance) Rodman Annex, Philadelphia, PA, Dec 16
1977 “It’s the way it is, it’s the way it always has been, feeling the nerves”, (performance) Nexus Gallery, Phila, PA, April 14
1977 Tem Per Aper Ture, Lever to “Manual” back to” Auto”,(performance), Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA, February, 13
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 “Overgrowth”, curated by Sarah Montross, deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, Lincoln, MA April-Sept.
2015 Living Large: Works from the 1980s: Organized by Julie Sasse, chief curator,
The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona (catalogue)
2012 LIGHT, FIGURE, FORM, Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Summer Group, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2008 Large Scale Abstraction, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Monotypes from the Anderson Collection, deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
2007 Tangible, Benton/Nyce Gallery, Greenport, NY
Year in Review, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2006 Abstract RI, Charlestown Art gallery, Charlestown, RI
Benton/Nyce Gallery, Greenport, NY
Webs, Loops, & Skeins in Modern & Contemporary Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum,
Providence, RI
Nature Interrupted, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA, Elga Wimmer, Curator
2005 "26 Paintings x 26 Painters”, Selections from the Raimondi collection, Vitale, Caturano & Company, Charlestown, MA
2005 PAINT, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 Views of Abstraction, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
Scott White Contemporary, San Diego, CA
Inaugural Exhibit, Sinclair Gallery, (Studio Upstairs), Washington, DC
2003 Eleven Painters, Eleven Views of Abstraction, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Landscapes Seen & Imagined, Sense of Place” Part II, Decordova Museum & Sculpture Park,
Lincoln, MA
2001 David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
2000 Layering, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Bodi Modern Art, Newport, RI
Six Painters, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Mind’s Eye, Booth Contemporary Art, Wakefield, RI, (Organized by Willy Heeks)
David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (catalogue)
1997 The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907-1998” Corcoran Gallery of Art,
Washington, DC (catalogue)
David Beitzel Gallery
Essence, Twenty Abstract Painters," Radix Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Abstractions, Barbara Scott Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Nuance, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
(Ap)praising Abstraction, Art Initiatives, New York, NY, curated by Lester Kane
1995 Optical Consciousness, Gallery Stelling, Leiden, Holland, curated by Willem Sanders
Traveled to Tutti Gallerie, Verduno, Piemonte, Italia (catalogue)
Extraordinary Experience: Ordinary Object, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
New Acquisition, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Abstract Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Paintings from New Jersey Collections, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
1994/95 Creative Collecting: Paintings & Sculptures from the Gift of Mr. & Mrs. William A. Small,"
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
1994 Prints from Experimental Workshop, at Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Prints from Solo Impression, Inc., New York," The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH,
(catalogue)
1993 BOMB Magazine Benefit, Fawbush Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Fantastic Wanderings, Connecticut College, New London, CT
1993 Paintings from New York, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
1993 Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY
1992 Marsha Fogel Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1992 Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Paper Houses, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1992 In the Spirit of Landscape, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
1992 Focus, 13th Annual Chicago International Art Exposition, curated by Suzanne Ghez,
Renaissance Society
1992 Apocalypse & Resurrection, Amfar Benefit, The Gallery Three Zero, New York, NY, (catalogue)
1992 New Year - New Work, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1992 Works on Paper, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Art for Your Collection XXVIII, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1992 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1991 Five Abstract Painters, Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC
1991 Art for Children's Survival, UNICEF Benefit Exhibition, Crown Point Press, New York, NY (catalogue)
1991 42nd Biennial of Contemporary American Painting, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
(catalogue)
1991 New Work, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Vital Forces: Nature in Contemporary Abstraction, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY
1991 Issues (Drawing), Ruggiero Gallery, New York, NY
l990/9l Organic Abstraction", The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO Dec curated by
Deni McHenry
1990 30th Anniversary Exhibition of the Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Turmac Tobacco Company
BV, Zevenaar, The Netherlands
1990 Experimental Workshop; Recent Editions & Monotypes, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
l990 The Unique Print; the 70's into the 90's, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA,
curated by Clifford Ackley (catalogue)
1990 The Ends of Paintings; the Edges of Abstractions, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA,
curated by David Pagel
1990 Works on Paper, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA
l990 Drawings, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO
1989/90 Works on Paper, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 New Work, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Group Exhibition to Benefit the AIDS Crisis, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Passing the Hat, Fine Arts Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1989 The Reunion of Distant Cousins, Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY, curated by
Meyer Raphael Rubinstein
1989 Exhibition of Award Recipients, American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters, New York, NY
1989 Artists of the '80s: Selected Works from the Maslow Collection, Sardoni Gallery, Wilkes College,
Wilkes-Barre, PA
1989 Life Force: Nature in Abstraction, Lintas Worldwide, New York, NY, curated by Margaret
Mathews-Berenson
1989 Painting & Sculpture by Candidates for Art Awards, American Academy & Institute of Arts &
Letters, New York, NY
1988 Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY
1988 Transcendent, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1988 David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
1988 The Proof, Cone Editions, New York, NY
1988 Works on Paper, Martina Hamilton Gallery, New York, NY
1988 About Painting, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam
1988 Selections from the Collection of Helen Herrick & Milton Brutten, Philadelphia Art Alliance
l988 Ten Americans, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, curated by John Caldwell (catalogue)
1987 Group Show, Cone Editions, New York, NY
1987 Abstract Paintings, New York Studio School, New York, NY, curated by Barry Schwabsky
1987 Four Corners of Abstraction, White Columns, New York, NY
l987 Romantic Science, One Penn Plaza Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Stephen Westfall
1987 Four Painters in New York, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, curated by Michael Walls
l986/87 Willy Heeks, George Korsmit, James Siena, Jeffrey Neale Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Abstract Paintings, Proctor Art Center, Bard College, Annandale, NY
1986 New York Studio School, New York, NY, curated by Barry Schwabsky
l986 Natural Desire, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
l986 Painting: Abstraction Rediscovered, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
l986 Baskerville & Watson, New York, NY
l986 Eclectic, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
l985 Exhibit A: The Brooklyn Federal Courthouse Show, sponsored by the Organization for
Independent Artists, New York, NY
l985 Virtual Garrison, New York, NY
l985 Passionate Abstraction, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
l984 Nature, Dramatis Personae Gallery, New York, NY
l984 Manhattan Art, New York, NY
l984 Invitational, Matthews Hamilton Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1984 Drawing with Respect to Painting, New York Studio School, New York, NY, curated by David Reed
l982 Making It, University of Rhode Island Main Gallery, Kingston, RI
l98l Five Young New York City Artists, Ericson Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Hand-To-Hand Fighting, by Richard Flood, “Salute to the Arts of Italy”, (portraying Nijinsky) Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jan 3
l980 Times Square Show, sponsored by Colab, New York, NY
1980 Sunspots, by Richard Flood and Bricolge, Art on the Beach, collaboration
1979 Scenes from Hand-to-Hand Fighting, by Richard Flood, Bricolage and Willy Heeks in “Variable Landscapes” honoring the exhibition of Isamu Noguchi, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Nov 11
1979 Accumulation/Arrangement, Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Richard Flood
1979 Hand-To-Hand Fighting, A Vaudeville by Richard Flood, A collaboration performance, (portraying Nijinsky) in association with Bricolage Theater Group, Phila Sept 27-29 and Oct 4-6
l978 Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1978 Situations/Scenarios, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, curated by Ron Onorato
1976 No Title, (group exhibition) Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, Pa. January
1975 Photography “75 (group exhibition) Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, Pa. October
MUSEUM & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY BP America, Cleveland, OH
Bed, Bath and Beyond
Boise Museum of Art, Boise, ID
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Corcoran Gallery Art, Washington, DC
Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Dow Jones, Inc., New York, NY
Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Chicago IL
Henry Kaufman & Co., New York, NY
Industrial National Bank, Providence, RI
Inter-Metro Industries Corporation, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Jefferson Bank, Philadelphia, PA
Little Caesar's, Inc., Detroit, MI
Luther Brady Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Maslow Collection, Marywood University, Scranton, PA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
NYNEX, White Plains, NY
Oregon State University, Portland , OR
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
Piper and Marbury, New York, NY
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
Progressive Corporation, Shaker Heights, OH
Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, NJ
Quad Graphics, Suffix, WI
Queen Beatrice of Holland (personal collection) Amsterdam, Holland
Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, NY
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Sherman & Sterling, New York, NY
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, FL
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, St. Francis College, Loretto, PA
Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Williams & Sonoma, Inc., San Francisco, CA