(b. 1975, lives in Minneapolis, MN)       

EDUCATION:

2005    M.F.A. Yale University, New Haven, CT

1998    B.F.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2007   

Like a Broken Record, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY

Jay Heikes: Project Space, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Project Space, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY

2006    

Jay Heikes: The Sixth Re-Telling, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005   

The Hill Upstairs, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY

2003   

Kill Yr Idols, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL

2000   

Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Gus Lucky’s Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

 2008

Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK

2007   

The Office, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY 

Looking Back: The White Columns Annual, Curated by Clarissa Dalrymple, White Columns, New York, NY 

Grit and Vigor, Curated by Rowley Kennerk, Light & Sie, Dallas, TX 

Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

2006   

Project Placement, Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland

Joe Deutch, Jay Heikes, Chris Moukarbel, Kianja Strobert, Jeffrey Wells, Selected by Clarissa Dalrymple, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY

Ordinary Culture: Heikes/Helms/McMillian, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

The Figs Play Fox Dead, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Day For Night: Whitney Biennial 2006, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Jay Heikes, Mark Grotjahn, Richard Hawkins, Shane Campbell Gallery, Oak Park, IL

2005   

All The Pretty Corpses, The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Sticks & Stones, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY

2004  

Emoticons, Guild & Greyshkul Gallery New York, NY

Music/Video, Bronx Museum, New York, NY

I Am The Resurrection, Locust Projects, Miami, FL

The Hill Upstairs, Guild & Greyshkul Gallery, New York, NY

2003   

Don’t Fail Me Now, TBA Exhibition Space, Chicago, IL

Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New Museum, New York, NY

Kill Yr Idols, Project Space, Artists Space, New York, NY   

2001   

Wall to Wall, The Soap Factory Minneapolis, MN

Porn, FGA Space at Joymore, Chicago, IL

Weak Architecture, Minneapolis, MN Midway Contemporary Art     

The Program, FGA Space, Chicago, IL

2000   

Play Dead, Art in Space XIII grant commissioned installation, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN

Celebrity Siblings, 4x Gallery, Portland, OR

1999   

The Enmark Project, Collaboration with Jo DelPesco, Joshua Rowley, and Jen Murphy, Kress Dept. Store, Savannah, GA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Stillman, Nick. "Jay Heikes: Marianne Boesky Gallery." Artforum XLVI, No. 5 (2008): 280-281.

Dault, Julia. "Akimblog: New York City." Akimbo. http://www.akimbo.biz/akimblog/?id=148 (accessed November 7, 2007). 

Falconer, Morgan. "Last Chance: Morgan Falconer on Jay Heikes at Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York." Saatchi Online. http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/2007/11/last_chance_morgan_falconer_on_2.php

    (accessed November 6, 2007). 

Masters, H.G., "ART: Installation, Jay Heikes." Flavorpill.com. http://flavorpill.com/newyork/events/2007/10/24/jay-heikes?context=free

    (accessed October 9, 2007). 

Barliant, Claire. "Emerging Artists: Jay Heikes." Modern Painters October (2006): 58-60.

Aspden, Peter. "Shopping with the Tate." Financial Times Weekend (London), October 14 - 15, 2006.

Miller, Sara Nicole. "Warfare in the Suburbs." Minnesota Daily, August 9, 2006, Arts section.

Ferrara, Annette. "Goth, All Grown Up." Time Out Chicago, December 8-15, 2005.

Lo, Melissa and Valentina Sansone. "Sculpture Forever." Flash Art September (2003).

Fallon, Michael. "Review of Recent Work at Midway Contemporary Art." Art Papers August (2002).

Velez, Pedro. "Review of Use Your Illusion at Vedanta Gallery." Artnet.com, August 2002.

Kalstrom, Jeff. "Review of Wall to Wall at the Soap Factory." New Art Examiner November/December (2001).

COLLECTIONS:

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

The Altoids Collection, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY