Born in 1967, Tomah, Wisconsin
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Let Nature Take Its Course and Hope It Passes, I-20 Gallery, New York
2009 Volta Contemporary Art Fair, New York
2008 Karen Heagle: She’ll Get Hers, I-20 Gallery, New York.
SWAB International Contemporary Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain
2006 Karen Heagle: Strictly Naturals, I-20 Gallery, New York
2003 Fierce, 31GRAND, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
2001 Puritans, Perverts, and Feminists, 31GRAND, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
1998 Karen Heagle: Recent Work, Ray O’Farrell Gallery, Brunswick, Maine
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 I Killed My Father, I Ate Human Flesh, I Quiver with Joy: a Pasolini Obsession,” curated by Benjamin Tischer, and Risa Needleman, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York.
2012 Art on Paper Biennial, Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, NC
Shake Off the Dust, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York
The Mutable Portrait, Clifford Chance, NYC
2010 Raw State, curated by Marina Ancona, Shelby Street Gallery, Santa Fae, NM
Next Wave Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, curated by Dan Cameron.
Lush Life 3: First Birds (A Few Butterflies), curated by Franklin Evans, Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Invisible Exports, New York.
Elements of Nature: Selections from the Fredrick R. Weisman Art Foundation. City of Lancaster Museum, Lancaster, CA. June-Aug.
2009 Lover, curated by Kate Gilmore and Candice Madey, On Stellar Rays, New York.
2008 The Guys we Would Fuck, curated by Nayland Blake. Monya Rowe Gallery, New York.
2007 I remember nothing…, SHAG Sehlman Helwaser Art Gallery, New York
No New Tale To Tell, 31 Grand Gallery, New York
2006 Men, organized by Ellen Alfest, I-20 Gallery, New York
Panic Room, Deste Foundation Centre For Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
You have to be almost gifted to do what I do, curated by Oliver Newton and Steven Stewart, Alexander and Bonin
2005 Culture Vulture, curated by David Gibson, Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York
2004 Rimbaud, curated by Max Henry, I-20 Gallery, New York
2003 Superheroes, Ruby Green Contemporary Art, Nashville, Tennessee
Now Playing, curated by John Connelly, D’amelio Terras, New York
Girls Gone Wild, curated by Katherine Bernhardt, Bronwyn Keenan, New York
2002 Queer Visualities, curated by Carl Pope, Stony Brook University Art Gallery, New York
Enough About Me, Momenta Art, curated by Deborah Kass, Brooklyn, New York
2001 Smirk: Woman, Art, Humor, curated by Debra Wacks, Firehouse Art Gallery, Nassau Community College, Long Island
Danica Phelps: Trade Two, LFL Gallery, New York