BORN: 1956, Peoria, IL. Grew up in northern California. Currently living in New York.

EDUCATION
1985: YALE SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE, New Haven, CT; M.F.A.Painting;
Faculty: William Bailey, Mel Bochner, Jake Berthot, Bernard Chaet, Andrew Forge
1981 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Cruz, CA; B.F.A. in Painting and Printmaking

ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2004 PAUL KOPEIKIN GALLERY, Los Angeles, CA
KOHLER ARTS CENTER, Sheboygan, WI
MINT MUSEUM, Charlotte, NC
2003 HERTER ART GALLERY, U.MASS., Amherst, MA
PPOW, New York, NY; "New Paintings"
LITTLEJOHN CONTEMPORARY, New York, NY; "New Paintings"
2002 LINDA DURHAM CONTEMPORARY ART, Galisteo, NM
2002 JAMES DAVID BROOKS GALLERY, SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS,
FAIRMONT STATE COLLEGE, Fairmont, WV; "The Divine Fruit",
curated by Deanna Bland; catalogue
2001 PETER MILLER GALLERY, Chicago, IL
2001 LITTLEJOHN CONTEMPORARY and PPOW, New York, NY; catalogue
1999 HANES ART CENTER, ALCOTT GALLERY at the
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hill, NC
PETER MILLER GALLERY, Chicago, IL
LITTLEJOHN CONTEMPORARY and PPOW GALLERY, New York, NY
PETER MILLER GALLERY, Chicago, IL
1997 LITTLEJOHN CONTEMPORARY, New York, NY; catalogue
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE GALLERY, Meadville, PA
1996 LITTLEJOHN CONTEMPORARY, New York, NY; catalogue
PETER MILLER GALLERY, Chicago, IL
LEEDY VOULKOS GALLERY, Kansas City, MO
1994 LITTLEJOHN CONTEMPORARY, New York, NY; catalogue
SARAH MOODY GALLERY OF ART, UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA,
Tuscaloosa, AL; "Inside Out"
1993 LITTLEJOHN CONTEMPORARY, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2004 McNAY ART MUSEUM, San Antonio, CA; "High Drama: Eugene Berman and the
Theater of the Melancholic Sublimes", curated by Michael Duncan; catalogue.
MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART, Boston, MA; "Earthly Delights".
DFN GALLERY, "People, Places, Things", New York, NY
2003 THE PALMER MUSEUM OF ART, Penn State, PA; "Through the Looking Glass:
Women and Self-Representation in Contemporary Art", catalogue.
DFN GALLERY, "The Burbs", New York, NY
WHITE BOX GALLERY, "Woman on Woman", (Delia Brown, Kathleen Gilje, Julie
Heffernan, Sissel Kardel, Alexis Karl, Joan Semmel, Su-en Wong, Lisa Yuskavage)
curated by Claire Jervert, New York, NY.
SARAH MOODY GALLERY, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, and,
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY FINE ARTS GALLERY, Winston-Salem, NC;
"Pixeria Witcheria", curated by Bill Conger of Illinois State University; (catalogue)
2002 DELAWARE CENTER FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS, "Between Still-Life
and Landscape", Wilmington, DE
BENTLEY GALLERY, Scottsdale, AZ; "Contemporary Narratives"—Radcliffe Bailey,
Simon Casson, Lawrence Gipe, Maverick Gonzales, Julie Heffernan, John Walker, Carrie Mae Weems.
KOHLER ARTS CENTER, Sheboygan, WI; "Masquerade"; catalogue.
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS, New York, NY; "American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture".
ACKLAND ART MUSEUM, Chapel Hill, NC;
"Collecting Contemporary Art: A Community Dialogue".
LITTLEJOHN CONTEMPORARY, New York, NY; "Seven Painters".
2001 CARL HAMMER GALLERY, Chicago, IL; "Of Dreams and Dreamers".
2001 SHERRY LEEDY CONTEMPORARY ART, Kansas City, MO; "Fresh"
FIRST STREET GALLERY, New York, NY; "Invited!"
UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, Normal, IL;
"Pixeria Witcheria", curated by Bill Conger. (catalogue)
2000 LITTLEJOHN CONTEMPORARY, New York, NY; "with Phyllis Bramson.
Catherine Howe, Laurie Hogin, Ruth Marten, Alison Moritsugu, and Elena Sisto".
2000 THE KOREAN BIENNIAL, ("Self-Portraiture"), Korea, curated by Tom Finkelpearl.
ART IN GENERAL, New York, NY; curated by Joan Semel.
2000 THE ART MUSEUM AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Miami, FL;
"American Art Today: Fantasies and Curiosities" curated by Dahlia Morgan;catalogue.
ARTEMESIA, Chicago, IL; "Reconfiguring the Heroic".
NEWHOUSE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, SNUG HARBOR ART CENTER, Staten Island, NY; "Go Figure", curated by Lily Wei; catalogue.
NORTON MUSEUM OF ART, West Palm Beach, FL; "The Enduring Figure in
Contemporary Art".
BARD COLLEGE, The Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Annandale-
on-Hudson, NY; "Looking Back", curated by Lisa Hatchadoorian.
ADAM BAUMGOLD FINE ART, New York, NY; "Quirky".
TEACHING POSITIONS:
1998 - MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY, Montclair, NJ; Ass’t Prof. of Fine Arts
1994-98 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, University Park, PA;
Assistant Professor of Fine Art
1996 BOSTON MUSEUM SCHOOL, Boston, MA;
Visiting Artist, Four Artists Program
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tempe, AZ; Visiting Artist
1992-3 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Greensboro, Visiting Asst. Professor
Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts
1992 UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA AT BLOOMINGTON; Director of
Florence, Italy, and Abroad Drawing Program
1991-2 UNIVERSITY OF INDIANA, Bloomington, IN; Visiting Asst. Professor of Fine Arts
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2002 THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS, New York, NY; Nominee
1996 NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS; Individual Artist’s Grant
1995 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS; Individual Artist’s Grant
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; College Faculty Research Grant
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; Institute Research Grant
1994 HILLWOOD ART MUSEUM, (NYSCA); Project Residency Grant
1993 CENTRE DE RECHERE ET MEDIATION VALENCE, Valence, France; Art III
1990 SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, Skowhegan, ME;
Painting Fellowship
1988 P.S.122, New York, NY
1987 P.S.1, INSTITUTE FOR ART AND URBAN RESOURCES, Long Island City, NY;
Artist-in-Residence and Studio Grant
1986 FULBRIGHT-HAYES, Grant to West Berlin/Annette Kade Grant for the Creative
and Performing Arts
1985 ELY HARWOOD SCHLESS MEMORIAL, YALE COLLEGE, New Haven, CT;
Prize for Highest Achievement in Painting

SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA
The Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University, PA
The Prudential Corporation, NJ
The Progressive Corporation, OH
Wake Forest University Collection of Contemporary Art, NC
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Persis Corporation/Twigg-Smith Collection, HI
Twin Farms, VT
Columbia Museum of Art, SC
Knoxville Museum of Art, TN
Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
ARTNER, ALAN G.: "Julie Heffernan’s Deft Self-Fictions", Chicago Tribune,
September 28, 2001, C Section 7, page 35.
"Open and Shut: Heffernan’s Paintings Hold Back as Much as
They Reveal", Chicago Tribune, Friday, April 12, 1996.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 19, 1997, p.2E.
"Self-Portrait Exhibit Plays Tricks With Mind’s Eye", ("Masquerade
at J.M.Kohler Arts Center), Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/4/02.
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BELL, DR. J.BOWYER: "Julie Heffernan Recent Paintings at Littlejohn", REVIEW
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Indianapolis, IN; November 1991.
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