Born in 1982, Olympia Fields, IL. Lives and works in Chicago, IL.
EDUCATION
2009
MFA, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY
2004
BA, Columbia University, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Paradise, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2023
RIVERS, Chapter NY, New York, NY
2022
CHICAGO, Soccer Club Club, Chicago, IL
2021
Naked, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Fall Picnic, Chapter NY, New York, NY
2019
Born, Mickey, Chicago, IL
Blue Boy, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Chicago Works, organized by Erin Toale and Omar Kholeif, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2016
Every Day is Halloween, Chapter NY, New York, NY
I Am The Sky, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Omo Valley, Chapter NY, New York, NY
2013
The Sun Can’t Compare, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Young and Full of Cum, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Moreover: 50 Paintings, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2023
Mickey, Mickey Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago, Baader Meinhof, Omaha, NE
2022
My Life in the Metaverse, curated by Dr. Omar Kholeif, Manarat Saadivat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2021
3.0, Chapter NY, New York, NY
The Long Dream, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2020
Just Connect, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Majeure Force, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
THEM, Perrotin Gallery, New York, NY
Paul Heyer and Kembra Pfahler, Condo NY, Emalin Gallery, Hosted by Chapter NY, New York, NY
2018
Expired Attachment, MX Gallery, New York, NY
Sky Above Clouds, Curated by Meredith Darrow and Olivia Davis, Performance Ski, Aspen, CO
Condo Mexico City, Chapter NY and Dan Gunn at Agustina Ferryra, Mexico City
2017
Spaghetti Dress for World Peace, Park View, Los Angeles, CA
La Movida, HOME, Manchester, United Kingdom
Eternal Youth, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Eric Schmid is an Idiot, What Pipeline, Detroit, MI
2016
Paul Heyer, Jeanette Mundt, Jesse Wine, Andrea Rosen, New York, NY
Chicago and Vicinity, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL
2015
Mouth as is a Haunted House, Beautiful Gallery, Chicago, IL
Survival is not enough, Rodeo Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2014
On the Blue Shore of Silence, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York, NY
Real Time and Outer Life – Part 1, Young Art, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Invagination: Write to Life, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Dirty Funk, ACME, Los Angeles, CA
Hot German Painting, Hans Eisler Nail Salon, Brooklyn
I Know That I Am Awake, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Any Form may be Transformed into Another, New York, NY
Midnight in Malibu, Meulensteen Gallery, New York, NY
Private Life, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Invagination, New York, NY
2009
Disco Divine, Proof Gallery, Boston, MA
Whitney’s Biennial, Cream Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Desired Constellations, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY
Digital Politics, Brooklyn, NY
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2009
Catwalk Artists Residency, Hudson, NY
2008
Andrew Fisher Fellowship
2005
Atlantic Center For the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2000
Charles R. Standen Award for Artistic Excellence
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019
Orit Gat, “Condo New York,” Art Agenda, July 8
Natalie Pashaie, “Paul Heyer: 'Blue Boy'," Art Now LA, June 21
Mark Sullivan, “Paul Heyer Again at Night Gallery,” The New Masters, June 8
2018
Tom Wawzenek, “Paul Heyer Blurs Lines Between Reality and Fantasy @ MCA,” Third Coast Review, February 6
Jason Foumberg, "Who Made That? Out Of The Woods," Chicago, January
Ivan Ost, “MCA Explores a Higher Plane with Paul Heyer,” The Chicago Maroon, January 25
Austen Tosone, “Artist Paul Heyer Reveals Stories Behind Five Artworks From His Latest Exhibition,” Interview, January 17
2017
Bailey Calfee, “A Guide To All The Best Museum And Gallery Openings This Winter,” Nylon, December 26
Christopher Knight, “At Park View gallery, a spellbinding trip into a world turned upside down,” Los Angeles Times, October 9
Editors at Contemporary Art Daily, “‘A Spaghetti Dress for World Peace’ at Park View,” Contemporary Art Daily, October 22
Thomas Duncan, “Spaghetti Dress for World Peace at Park View,” Carla, September 12
Michael Shaw, “‘A Spaghetti Dress for World Peace’ at Park View,” Art Scene, September
Eliot Reichert and Erin Toale, “Breakout Artists 2017: Chicago’s Next Generation of Image Makers”, New City Art, May
2016
Beverly Western, “Outside the Art World Bubble at Night Gallery’s ‘I Am The Sky’”, Artillery, April 26
2015
Andrew M. Goldstein, “8 Rising Stars to Watch”, Artspace, September 19
2014
Catherine Taft, “Review: The Sun Can’t Compare,” Artforum, January
2013
“Ten Questions About Painting,” Flash Art, June
2012
Emily Weiner, “I Know That I Am Awake”, Artforum Critics’ Picks, February 8
2011
Kate Wolf, “Art Los Angeles Contemporary: The Fair in Three Parts,” ArtSlant, February 2