open as .pdf file

VALERIE HEGARTY

• Born 1967 in Burlington, VT
• Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

• 2002 MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1995 BFA, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
• 1989 BA, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• 2007
  Incoming Fog, CTRL gallery, Houston, TX
  View From Thanatopsis, Museum 52, London, England
• 2006
  Seascape, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
• 2005
  Landscaping, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
• 2003
  12x12 Room Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
• 2002
  At the Edge—Innovative Art in Chicago, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• 2007
  On Being an Exhibition, Artists Space, New York, NY (October 10 – December 22)
  Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari, New York, NY
  Baroque-Ademia, curated by Barbara Goldfarb Tepperman, Nassau Country Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY
  The Ordinary Fantastic, Milliken, Stockholm, Sweden
  Domestic Irony: A Curious Glance Into Italy’s Private Collections, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
  In the Belly of the Whale, curated by Patrick Callery, Tracy Williams Ltd., New York, NY
  Keep The Change, Rush Foundation and Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York, NY
  Summer Group Show, D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
  Til I Die, Spencer Brownstone, New York, NY
• 2006
  Denial is a River, The Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
  Mid-Life Crisis, Salander O’Reilly, New York, NY
  25 Bold Moves, House of Campari, New York, NY
  Among the Trees, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
• 2005
  Odd Lots Curated by Cabinet Magazine White Columns, NY
  Greater New York, PS1, Long Island City, NY
  No Apology for Breathing Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY
• 2004
  Conceptual Realism, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  9x, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  Voice of Site, Tokyo, Japan
  Play Pen, The Drawing Center, NY, NY
  Smack Mellon Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
  Stray Show, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
  Small Victories, Modest Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
  AIM 24, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
• 2003
  MakeBELIEVE, MN Gallery, Chicago, IL
  You Sure about this Place? Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, IO
  Really Real, Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
• 2002
  Stray Show, MN Gallery, Chicago, IL
  Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
  You Sure about this Place? The Pond, Chicago, IL
  Graduate Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 2001
  Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
  Modest Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
  Subject/Picture, The Optimistic, Chicago, IL
• 2000
  13 Alumni Artists, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT
  Valerie Hegarty & Melody Saraniti, Pilsen East Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
• 1999
  Transcending Limits: Moving Beyond Mainstream and Margin, Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX
  
• 1998
  Emerge: First Annual Juried Exhibition of Emerging Bay Area Artists, Gen Art SF, San Francisco, CA
  Countdown 2000, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA

AWARDS / GRANTS

• 2007
  First New York City Campari Commission
• 2005
  PS 122 Space Program, NY
• 2004
  Rema Hort Mann Foundation grant, NY, NY
  Public Art Fund: In the Public Realm, NY, NY
  Marie Walsh Sharpe Space Program, NY, NY
  BCAT, Rotunda Gallery Video Residency, Brooklyn, NY
  Smack Mellon Artist’s Studio Residency, Brooklyn, NY
• 2003
  Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
  Artist in the Marketplace: Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
  Community Arts Assistance Program grant: City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council
• 2002
  Artists Fellowship Award: Illinois Arts Council
  Special Assistance Grant: Illinois Arts Council
  John Quincy Adams Fellowship: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• 2000
  Trustee Scholarship (full merit scholarship): School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  Community Arts Assistance Program grant: City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council
  Odyssey Travel Grant: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Smith, Roberta. “In These Shows, the Material is the Message.” The New York Times. August 10, 2007.
• Garwood, Deborah. “Striking a Pose for the Sake of Art”, The New York Sun, July 19, 2007.
• Mendelson, Meredith. “Paper Pushers.” ArtNews, May 2007, p.150.
• Sumpter, Helen. “Valerie Hegarty”, Time Out London. April 23, 2007.
• Hall, Emily. “Valerie Hegarty”, ArtForum, December 2006, p. 311
• “An Hour in SoHo”, New York Magazine, October 2, 2006.
• Comita, Jenna. “Louisville Sluggers”, W Magazine, July 2006, p. 113
• Kimmelman, Michael. “Inspiration from Real Estate Rejects”, The New York Times, September 9, 2005
• Sholis, Brian. “Valerie Hegarty”, Artforum.com, March 24, 2005.
• Falkenstein, Michelle. “National News: Never Mind About Pencils—Drawing Center director Catherine de Zegher continues to expand her approach to the medium”, Art News, November 2004, p.58
• Gilman-Sevcik, Tim and Frantiska. “Playpen”, Flash Art, October 2004, p.81.
• “PlayPen”, The New Yorker, July 12&19, 2004, Art, P.24.
• Herzog, Julia P. “AIM24—Artists in the Market Place, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY”, Art Nexus, No. 54 Volume 3 Year 2004, P. 176-177
• Hannum, Terence, Online Review-Green Bathroom, Chicago MCA, April 2003.
• Hixson, Kathryn. “...you sure about this place?” Sioux City Art Center Publication, April 2003.
• Rodrigues, Julie. “Setting the Stage”, Chicago MCA Website, April 2003.
• Gitlen, Laurel. “Use and Abuse, Art and Aftermath”, University of Illinois at Chicago, Gallery 400, At the Edge: Innovative Art in Chicago, December, 2002.
• Ronell, Avital, Phillips, Lisa, Donadio, Emmie (Ed.); 13 Alumni Artists; Middlebury College Museum of Art, 2000.