Artist
Mary Heilmann
b. 1940, San Francisco, California · American · Based in Bridgehampton, New York
- MA, University of California, Berkeley (1967)
- BA, UC Santa Barbara (1962)
- Painting
- Ceramics
Mary Heilmann is an American painter whose work revitalized abstract painting by fusing geometric structures with casual, expressive brushwork and pop-cultural wit. Influenced by Beat poetry, surf culture, and ceramics, her work rejects rigid formalism in favor of emotional intimacy.
Painting; furniture; ceramics
Gallery Representation
DOCUMENTATION
EXHIBITION IMAGES via Contemporary Art Library ↗Artist Films
Mary Heilmann in "Fantasy" - Season 5 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
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Outside with Jane Panetta: Mary Heilmann
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
How this Painting was Translated into a Massive Mural | Mary Heilmann: Long Line | BEHIND THE SCENES
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1979Save the Last Dance for Me
- 1973The First Small Red Square
- 2005Surfing on Acid
- 2004Heaven
- 1973Little 9 x 9
- 1987Rio Nido
- 1976Chinatown
- 1992The Big Wave
- 2015Sunset
- 1980s onwardChair and Painting Installations
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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