Tracy Heneberger

 

Born in New London, Connecticut, 1954

BA, New York University, 1978

Lives in Brooklyn, New York; works in Brooklyn and Beijing.

One–Person Exhibitions:

2003 Pickled Art Center, Beijing (May 3 – June 1)

2002 “Terracing,” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn

“Sculpture,” Museum of New Art, Detroit (November 9 – December 29)

2001 “Constellation,” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn

1999 “Sculpture,” Passage Gallery, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing

1998 “Sculpture,” Gallery Tao, Beijing

1996 “Second Nature,” District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC (catalogue)

1995 “Sculpture, 1990-1995,” Bergens Kuntsforening, Bergen

“Best Intentions,” Galleri Riis, Project Room, Oslo

Two and Three Person Exhibitions:

1999 “Habit: Tracy Heneberger and Scott Ingram,” ReEntry Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

1998 “Underpinnings: Tracy Heneberger, Shelley Himmelstein and Leslye Leaness,” 76 Varick, New York

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2003 “Sweet Tooth,” Copia Museum, Napa, California (February – March)

2002 “Objects of Desire,” Studio 18 Gallery, New York

“Reactions,” Exit Art, New York. Traveled to Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of

Design, Pasadena, California

“Interiors/Exteriors,” Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn

“Blue Space,” Building of Seas and Oceans, Beijing (catalogue)

“Bound: An Exhibit of Artists’ Books,” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn

“Byrdcliffe Outdoor Exhibition 2002,” Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, New York

“Sequence,” Westbrook Artists’ Site, Winterset, Iowa

“Spirit Raising,” Rocking Horse Café, New York (October 28 – November 16)

2001 “Tools As Art: The Hechinger Collection,” curated by Sarah Tanguy. Traveling, 2001 – 2003, to City

Museum, St. Louis, MO; Contemporary Art Center, Virginia Beach, VA; Peninsula Fine Arts Center,

Newport News, VA; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IO; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE;

Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; DeCordova Museum and

Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; Sunrise Museum, Charleston, WV (brochure)

“Elements, 5 Person Metal Sculpture Exhibition,” Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing.

“Elements,” Red Gate Gallery, Beijing

Art Miami, 2001, represented by The Viewing Room, New York

“re fuse,” Westbrook Artists’ Site, Winterset, Iowa

“Up Up & Away,” The Viewing Room, New York

“Brooklyn!” Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida (brochure)

“Deck the Walls, 2001: Art in the American Genre,” Susan Conway Gallery, Washington, DC

“Celestial Musings,” American Center for Physics, College Park, Maryland (brochure)

2000 “selfsellmewellasis,” Westbrook Artists’ Site, Winterset, Iowa

“e-mona,” Museum of New Art, Detroit, Michigan

1999 “Paradise 8,” Exit Art, New York

“Inch Deep/Mile Wide,” Westbrook Artists’ Site, Winterset, Iowa (permanent installation)

“Morir Sonando,” 76 Varick, New York

“LTD, Living the Dream,” Margaret Bodell Gallery, New York

“The Passion/Passions of Art,” Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York

“Fall,” 76 Varick, New York

1998 “New York Centennial Exhibition,” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn

“Zero to One: Subject Meets Object,” Westbrook Artists’ Site, Winterset, Iowa

1997 “The Sculpture Barn,” Pier Show V, Brooklyn

“Violence and Red,” C.C. Initiative Gallery, New York

“Tools as Art: Exploring Metaphor, The Hechinger Collection,” National Building Museum, Washington, DC

“Verge,” Chi Meat Gallery, Brooklyn (brochure)

“Spring View w/6 Artists,” Mary Dungan Gallery, New York

“Warehouse,” Eighth Floor Gallery, New York

1991 “Painting/Sculpture,” Helen Drutt Gallery, New York

“UR,” Kunstraum Project, Blagden Alley Arts Building, Washington, DC

“Gallery Artists,” Helen Drutt Gallery, New York

1990 “Changing Chambers,” International Sculpture Center, Washington, DC

1989 “Sculpture 89: An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture,” Washington Square, Washington, DC

Lectures

1999 Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, December 6 – December 17

Tsing Hua University, Beijing, December 22

1998 Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, May 19 – 20

1997 Portland College of Arts, Portland, Maine, March 17 – 18

National Building Museum, Washington, DC, June 28

1995 Bergens Kuntsforening, Bergen, October 28

Residencies:

2002 Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, June

2000 Art Link Foundry, Beijing, June – July

1999 River Dog Fine Arts Foundry, Chimacum, WA, July – August

Bibliography:

2002 Lasell, Peter, “Tracy Heneberger,” M, The New York Art World, October

Sausser, Nancy, “A Disjointed But Pleasing View of the Cosmos,” The Washington Post, March 14

2001 He Ying, “The Poetry of Metal,” Sculpture Magazine, May (Asian publication, illustrated)

Kane, Loulou, “Art Joins Nature in Winterset Exhibit,” Des Moines Register, September 23

Yi Ying, “Between Technique and Concept,” World Art, #2 (Asian publication, illustrated)

Zhu Qi, “Absoluteness and Experimentalism: Metal Sculpture Art After Industrialization,” Artist Magazine,

April (Asian Publication, illustrated)

Appearances, Number 27, photograph, p. 9

1998 Riley, Charles A. The Saints of Modern Art, p. 161

Metrick, Lenore. “Soaring with Art,” Des Moines Register, September 13 (illustrated)

1997 Chapman, Frances. “The Center of the World”, Waterfront Week, May 15

Moyer, Twylene. “Tracy Heneberger: Second Nature,” Sculpture, March (illustrated)

1996 Oda, Ken. “Tracy Heneberger: Second Nature,” Koan, December (illustrated)

Richard, Paul. “Tracy Heneberger,” The Washington Post, November 24 (illustrated)

Tanguy, Sarah. “Cutting a Path Between Silence and Sound,”Tracy Heneberger, Sculpture, catalogue (illustrated)

1995 Dagsland, Sissel. “Bergens Kuntsforening,” Bergens Tidende, October 26

Ones, Sveinung. “Kuntsforening,” Bergens Arbeiderblad, October 26

Kunst Foreningen, September (cover photograph)

1991 Gibson, Eric. “Ur’ Worth Seeing for Visual Rewards,” The Washington Times, June 20

Lewis, Jo Ann. “Kunstraum: Getting Physical,” The Washington Post, June 9