Bio
JOE HEAPS NELSON
Born 1968, Fort Dodge, Iowa
Education: B.A. Art History, University of Pennsylvania
Solo and Two-Person Shows
2009 Good Cheer, Gawker Artists, New York
2007 Mistakes Were Made, 40 C, New York
2006 Imported Expatriates, with Jim Zellinger, Waldemar A. Schmidt Art
Gallery, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA, curated by Matthew Wilson
2005 Joe Heaps Nelson/Antony Zito, Zito Studio Gallery, New York
2004 Always Ready, Superfine, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Cheerleaders, XVI, New York
2000 Heaps Variety Pak, XVI, New York
1999 Life, New York
Suite, New York
1995 Luna Lounge, New York, curated by J.G. Thirlwell
1994 L2 Express, New York
1993 Joe Heaps Nelson and Jean Marie Salem, The Furnace, Des Moines, IA
Selected Group Shows
2009
Governor’s Island Art Fair, New York
Coco 68, Brooklyn
Gallery 506, Beacon, NY
Old School, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn
Fountain Art Fair, presented by Leo Kesting Gallery, New York
Bad Moon Rising, Boots Contemporary, St. Louis, MO, curated by Jan Van Woensel
2008
Fountain Art Fair, presented by Leo Kesting Gallery, Miami, FL
NADA Art Fair, presented by Whitehot Magazine, Miami, FL
Governor’s Island Art Fair, New York
Works on Paper, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York
Grand Opening, Leo Kesting Gallery, New York
22 Years on Mars, Tompkins Square Gallery, New York
2007
Fountain Art Fair, presented by Capla Kesting Fine Arts, Miami, FL
‘Patafysika/Betes Sauvages, Sensei Gallery, New York
Guild of the Black Eagle, Hochbaum Studio, New York
Draw, Lombardi Gallery, Austin, TX, curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey
(show traveled in 2008 to Stolenspace, London, England and in 2009 to the Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA)
2006
Art and Place I: Place as Muse, Center for the Living Arts/Space
301, Mobile, AL, curated by Clayton Colvin
Monumental, Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Tiny is Good, Art at Large Gallery, New York
Visual Residue, CB’s 313 Gallery, New York
2005
Sideways View with Ear to the Ground, Zito Studio Gallery, New York
Art for the Heart of New Orleans, Spring Gallery, Brooklyn
Art View 2005, City Museum, Washington, DC, curated by Margaret Bodell
Art for Food, a benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina, Kerrigan
Campbell Art + Projects, New York
Expo Arte Jovem Brasileira, Espaco Conves, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Vacuum the Earth, CSV Cultural Center, New York
2004
Art from Marz, Tompkins Square Gallery, New York
Help Computer, CB’s 313 Gallery, New York
Make Way for 200 More Conservative People, M3 Projects, Brooklyn
Red Dive “Urban Country Fair” Benefit, Eldridge Street Settlement, New York
2003
Big Cheers/Big Trees/Big Stuff, Garden Gallery on Dean, Brooklyn,
curated by Peter Ketcham
In My Backyard, Susan Bickford’s yard, Yarmouth, Maine
Dumbo Artists Preservation Society, M3 Projects, Brooklyn
2002
BS II: The Return of Burning Sensation, CB’s 313 Gallery,New York
Girls Girls Girls, Mastel + Mastel Gallery, Brooklyn
Untitled, CB’s 313 Gallery, New York
Cabrini Medical Center Benefit Auction, National Arts Club, New York
Strength in Numbers, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn
Anxious, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn, curated by Helen Varola
2001
I Love NY Benefit, Kagan-Martos Gallery, New York
2000
Nerve Center,Gallery 113,New York,curated by Antony Zito
52 Artists We Like, Wall Street Viewing Room, New York, curated by
Margaret Bodell and Caroline Kerrigan
Burning Sensation, CB’s 313 Gallery, New York
1998
Local Color, Henry Street Settlement, New York, curated by Gregory Allen
1996
Lascaux Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Aliquippa Arts Festival, Aliquippa, PA
1993
Very Special Arts Benefit Auction, Iowa State Historical Society,
Des Moines
1992
Des Moines Now, The Furnace, Des Moines
Heritage Gallery, Des Moines