Bio

JOE HEAPS NELSON

Born 1968, Fort Dodge, Iowa
Education: B.A. Art History, University of Pennsylvania

Solo and Two-Person Shows

2010 The Weird Beauty of Spot Maglerhog, with Antony Zito, 120
Orchard Street, New York
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

2010
Seven Year Itch, Leo Kesting Gallery, New York
Power to the People, Feature, Inc., New York
A Communist Gala, Cuchifritos Gallery, New York
Springy Spring Spring, H.O.W. Journal, New York
Fountain Art Fair, presented by Leo Kesting Gallery, New York

2009
Fountain Art Fair, presented by Leo Kesting Gallery, Miami, FL
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; in 2009 to the Shooting Gallery, San Francisco, CA; and in 2010 to Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico)

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

Selected Private Collections

Joel and Mary Abbott, Burlington, VT
Gregory Allen, New York, NY
Sig Anderson, Des Moines, IA
Nellie Appleby, Charlottesville, VA
Laird Archer, San Francisco, CA
D. Thaddeus Archie, Des Moines, IA
Scot Armstrong, New York, NY
Robert Bean, Brooklyn, NY
Kerin Berger, St. Louis, MO
Lauren Bergman, New York, NY
John Berry, Brooklyn, NY
Nadine Blake, New Orleans, LA
Jared Blank, New York, NY
Tom Blim, Montclair, NJ
George Boorujy, New York, NY
Andrea Bucci, Marcellus, NY
Chris Canon, New York, NY
Donald O. Carroll, Brooklyn, NY
Ranieri Cavaceppi and Hillary Dove, Washington, DC
Milagros Cepeda, Freeport, NY
Gloria and Marc Chabot, Baltimore, MD
Ryan and Vicky Clutter, Des Moines, IA
Kate Connors, Brooklyn, NY
Sergio Coyote, Brooklyn, NY
Raphael Denis, New York, NY
Liz Dimmitt, New York, NY
Hank and Wendy Doster, Minneapolis, MN
E-Man, Brooklyn, NY
Sarah Erwin, New York, NY
Zed Christian Ettinger, Rheinbeck, NY
Jubal Fearing, New York, NY
Roy Fisher, Des Moines, IA
James Forbush, Tampa, FL
David Fraser, Grove City, OH
Marlene Friis and Michael Hecht, Brooklyn, NY
Ginevra Galeone, Milan, Italy
Lorenza Galeone, London, England
Charlie Gallagher, Brooklyn, NY
Karen Patterson Gilbert, Englewood, CO
John Ginocchio, Asbury Park, NJ
Daniel Gluck, New York, NY
Maximilian Goldfarb, Hudson, NY
Nick Goldfarb, New York, NY
Donna Goldman, New York, NY
Alejandro González Iñárritu, Los Angeles, CA
C. Gordon Grant, Port Washington, NY
Eliesha Grant, Pensacola, FL
Forrest Gray, Brooklyn, NY
Marc Grubstein, Brooklyn, NY
Roxanne Hale, Los Angeles, CA
Stephan and Julie Hampden, Seattle, WA
James Hedges, New York, NY
Viktoria Hofmann, Hannover, Germany
Philippe and Jelena Holland, Montreal, Quebec
Ellen Howe, New York, NY
James Isherwood, New York, NY
Cedrick Jeanson, New York, NY
Sandy Jerde, Des Moines, IA
Trenton Jerde, New York, NY
Jesse Jones, Brooklyn, NY
Rebecca Jones, Astoria, NY
Zak Jones, San Francisco, CA
Dale Kaplan, Brooklyn, NY
Kevin Karpinski, Minneapolis, MN
Cullen Kasunic, New York, NY
David Krepfle, Berlin, Germany
Clark Kruger, Minneapolis, MN
Reid Kruger, St. Paul, MN
Kris LaManna, Brooklyn, NY
Richard Lamb, Brooklyn, NY
Kasper Larsen, The Bronx, NY
Joan Linder, Buffalo, NY
Travis Lindquist, Los Angeles, CA
John Lyons, New York, NY
Joel Magee, Brooklyn, NY
Neil Magnuson, New York, NY
Eric Manigian, Brooklyn, NY
Handsome Dick Manitoba, New York, NY
Elissa Mastel, Kingston, NY
Tracie Matthews, New York, NY
Dave McClure, Staten Island, NY
John McDevitt, Brooklyn, NY
Steve and Jessica McMillen, Austin, TX
Mark Mickunas, Des Moines, IA
Roberto Molina, New York, NY
Anton Moore, New York, NY
Ev Moore, Minneapolis, MN
Amy Morton, Alexandria, VA
Tina Muller, New York, NY
Iain Murray and Candice Etson, Brookline, MA
Anton Newcombe, Berlin, Germany
Ben Pagel, Brooklyn, NY
Michael Parrish, Brooklyn, NY
Adam Peachy, New York, NY
Cameron Peek, New York, NY
Andrei Petrov, New York, NY
Taylor James Pierce and Masha Turchinsky, Yonkers, NY
Jonathan Podwil, Brooklyn, NY
Jason Pontin and Anne Nelson, Boston, MA
Ron Richter, Brooklyn, NY
Leif Rodriguez, Brooklyn, NY
Eric and Beatrice Romeo, Grenoble, France
Francesca Romeo, Brooklyn, NY
Pedro Rosenblueth, Mexico City, Mexico
Robert Rothstein, Vienna, VA
Richard and Linda Ruble, Des Moines, IA
Jean Marie Salem, West Des Moines, IA
Austin and Pam Salisbury, New York, NY
David Savage, New York, NY
Lulu Savage, Washington, DC
Ben Sehgal, Evanston, IL
Kenai Sehgal, New York, NY
Oliver Sehgal, Budapest, Hungary
Kimberly Sexton, Brooklyn, NY
Tom Shannon, New York, NY
Richard Sigmund, Brooklyn, NY
David Slifkin, Miami, FL
Gladys Small, Raleigh, IL
Vicki Smith, New York, NY
Mark Sonderskov, Brooklyn, NY
Max Spitzenberger, Brooklyn, NY
Andrew Susman, New York, NY
Laura Taylor, Brooklyn, NY
Peter Teraberry, Brooklyn, NY
J.G. Thirlwell, Brooklyn, NY
Sarah Thyre, Los Angeles, CA
Rebecca Weiner Tompkins, Brooklyn, NY
Manfredi Uccelli di Nemi, Miami, FL
Helen Varola, New York, NY
Gerhard Vlcek, Vienna, Austria
Steve Wahl, Des Moines, IA
Leighana Waight, Freeport, NY
Henry Waller, New York, NY
Frank Webster, Brooklyn, NY
John Archer Wells, New York, NY
William T. Wells, Jr., Gloucester, VA
Max Whalen, Brooklyn, NY
Matthew Wilson, Cedar Falls, IA
Helen Wyglendacz, London, England
Tracey Zarubick, Baltimore, MD
Antony Zito, East Granby, CT