ARTISTS
PORTIA HEIN
American, Born in 1971
Lives and works in Los Angeles
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EDUCATION
2000 M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
1993 B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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SOLO EXHIBITONS
2008
Portia Hein, Tony Wight / Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Recent Works, Link Contemporary Art, Claremount, CA
2005
It’s gonna take a lot a love to change the way things are, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Jardin des Plantes, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
2003
Portia Hein, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITONS
2008
The Nature of L.A., Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
Tree Service, domestic setting, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Rogue Wave, LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA
The Hammer Museum Curates at the Fox Studios, curated by James Elaine, Fox Studios, Los Angeles. CA
Fata Morgana, Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, Cologne, Germany
Public Park, Scoops, curated by John Pearson, Los Angeles, CA
2006
L.A. Now: Emerging Artists, Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris, France
[keep feeling] Fascination, curated by Julie Joyce, Luckman Gallery, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Plainer: Contemporary Landscape in Southern California, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
New American Talent, curated by Aimee Chang, Arthouse at the Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX (traveling exhibition)
El Dorado, Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles, CA
Hello Sunday, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY
Brussels Art Fair – Dominiqe Fiat, Paris, France
Pulse Art Fair - Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Step Into Liquid: Contemporary Watercolor Painting in Los Angeles, Pasadena Museum for California Art, Pasadena, CA
Honeymoon with Romeo, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Untitled, Working People’s Cultural Palace, Beijing, China
The Great Outdoors, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Pacific Lines, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
LA Times, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
The World In Their Eye, University Art Gallery, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
White Box Network, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA
Not Too Loose and Not Too Tight, DCKT Contemporary, New York, NY
FIAC – Anna Helwing Gallery, Paris, France
2004
Wicked Thicket, Mixture Contemporary, Houston, TX
Nature, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
ScopeCircle Committee for Emerging Art Exhibition, Christie’s Auction House, Beverly Hills, CA
Basel Miami Beach – Anna Helwing Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2003
Papers, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
The Great Drawing Show: 1550 – 2003 A.D., Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
ACME.@Inman, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
25 Annual Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Benefit Art Auction, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Mother’s Day, curated by Holly Myers, Women’s Club of Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Serendipity, curated by Anna Kunz, Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sweet Anarchy, Coleman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
More! More! More!, curated by Laura Owens, Owens Studio & Chicago Project Room, Los Angeles, CA
Grounded, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
1999
Sixty-First Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
Contemporary Realism, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Dwelling Spaces, Group Exhibition Series, Chicago, IL
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RESIDENCIES
2000
Atlantic Center for the Arts (selected by and studied with Master Artist Brice Marden) New Smyrna Beach, FL
1999
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
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BILIOGRAPHY
2007
Ollman, Leah. “The Good Type of ‘Rogue,” Los Angeles Times, July 6, pE22.
Nys Dambrot, Shana. “Rogue Wave 07: 12 Artists from Los Angeles, Art Review, August, p.126
Melrod, George, Rogue Wave’07:12 Artists from Los Angeles, art ltd., September, p. 16
Ehrenreich, Ben. “Fata Morgana.” Galerie Schmidt Maczollek, catalogue
2006
Joyce, Julie.”[keep feeling] Fascination,” Luckman Gallery at California State University Los Angeles, fold out catalogue
Chang, Aimee. “New American Talent,” Arthouse at the Jones Center for Contemporary Art, catalogue
Frank, Peter. “Museum Pick: Plainer: A Contemporary Take on Landscape,” LA Weekly, March3-9
Grenier, Meredith. “Exhibiting Vision,” Daily Breeze, Feb. 5, p. B-1
2005
Jones, Leslie. “Liquid Los Angeles,” Pasadena Museum of California Art, fold-out catalogue
Myers, Holly, “State of the Art 2005,” LA Weekly, Oct. 28-Nov. 3
2004
Jones, Leslie. “Step into Liquid,” Art on Paper. July/Aug., pp.40-45.