Heather Sheehan
1961  born in Mt. Vernon, New York, USA.
lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

solo / 2 person exhibitions + performances / video installations

2024  Sylta, the Whaling Widow Who Wails, die Walfängerwitwe, die weint, Sölring - Sylt Museum & Old Frisian House, Keitum, the island of Sylt, Germany. (+ book)

2023  One Woman, One Stone, Galerija-Galleria Rigo, Muzej-Museo Lapidarium, Novigrad / Cittanova, HR. (+ book)

2023  R(h)einblättern #04, Galerie Floss & Schultz and Schreibraum Köln, Cologne, Germany, curated by Dr. Maria Linsmann-Dege.

2021  Sharpless, Margaret, installationMilton Art Bank, Milton, PA, USA. (book & reading)

2021  Heather Sheehan: a Performative Reading, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, Germany.  
2020  Presence in Absence Pt.1, Galerie Gisela Clement- digital exhibition, Bonn, Germany.
2019  a Weighing/eine Wägung, Galerie Susanne Neuerburg, Hennef, Germany. curated by Ewa Knitter and Pathmini Neuner-Ukwattage. (performance)
2018  I shot myself in Augsburg: self-portrait photography and performance, Claudia Weil Galerie II, Augsburg, Germany.
2017  institutional, Paul-Clemen-Museum, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany. 
2015  alighting, Kunstverein Augsburg, Hohlbeinhaus, Augsburg, Germany. performances: alighting and waterline/receding.
2015  barking the willow, Neue Galerie Landshut, Landshut, Germany, performance: in muddier years.
2014 - 2015  (w)hole, selected art models, Cologne, Germany, curated by Prof. Dr. Anne-Marie Bonnet.
2012  visitors, the tall and the small, Kunstverein Oerlinghausen, Oerlinghausen, Germany, curated by Dr. Gisela Burkamp.
2012  visitors, Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery/Non Profit Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
2011  visitors and other beings, Stadtmuseum Beckum, Beckum, Germany. (catalog)
2011  show it again..., Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany.
2011 visitors and other beings, Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Siegburg, Germany. (poster)  
2011  Wesen, Galerie Ulf Larsson, Cologne, Germany
2009  Das Fremde im Anderen, MultiArt International, Bonn, Germany.
2009  beings, Neue Galerie Landshut, Landshut, Germany.
2008  the joy ahead, Jones & Trübenbach Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
2007  Nike & Co., Art Galerie Scheel, Morsum, Sylt, Germany.
2006  visitors and colormirrors, Galerie Lutz Rohs, Düren, Germany, with Regine Schumann.
2005  each and every, Trinitatiskirche, Cologne, Germany. (video)
2005  Nike & Co., Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany.
2004  2 Chicks from NYC, Projektraum 150 Kubicmeter Largus, Cologne, Germany, with Michelle Jaffé.
2003  soulfood, Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne, Germany. (catalog)
2002  grace, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany
2000  single opening, arthothek des Stadtmuseum Köln, Cologne, Germany. (video) (catalog)
2000  father, Pavillon Schloss Molsberg, Westerwald, Germany.
2000  single opening, Galerie Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany. 
1999  Zwei Amerikaner in Aschaffenburg, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany. (installation, video)
1998  Schmiererei, Second Sunday, Cologne, Germany. (installation, performance)
1998  Janine Mautsch Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
1997  Universal Mother: Made for Arolsen, Museum Schloss Arolsen, Bad Arolsen, Germany (catalog), with Ulrike Rosenbach.
1997  Universal Mother, Galerie Barbara Cramer, Bonn, Germany.
1995  on pink, Hering Raum Bonn, Germany. (performance) (Video Collection of the Kunstmuseum Bonn)
1994  Galerie Barbara Cramer, Bonn, Germany, with Ludwig Wertenbruch.

selected group exhibitions + video installations + performances

2023  Arteria Unplugged, Muzej-Museo Lapidarium, Novigrad / Cittanova, HR.

2022  Purple Rain / 2022, Kunstgruppe, Cologne, Germany.

2022  The Schuh Show, Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne, Germany.

2021  Bescherungsauflagen 20-21, Neue Galerie Landshut, Landshut, Germany.

2020-2021  25 Jahre Kunstgruppe, Kunstgruppe, Cologne, Germany.
2020  Cherchez la femme II-– Alle Kleider einer Frau, Galerie Susanne Neuerburg, Hennef, Germany.
2020  Present Perfect Continuous
30 Jahre Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow
Updahl, Germany.
2019  Cherchez la femme I: Mythos, Pathos, Eros, Galerie Susanne Neuerburg, Hennef, Germany. 
2019  
Schönheit !? / Beauty !?, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, Germany, curated by Anne-Marie Bonnet.
2019  WER KANN, DER SOLL, Kunstgruppe, Cologne, Germany.
2018  YOUTOO, Kunstgruppe, Cologne, Germany.
2018  Structures Exhibition & Residency at Newlyn Art Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall, UK.
2017  SeamStress Performance at Ressource Kunst, Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus Schloss Plüschow, Updahl, Germany.
2017  permafrost, Paul-Clemen-Museum, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany.
2017  Kunstwerk LebenCenter for Persecuted Arts, Kunstmuseum Solingen, Germany.
2016  The Pattern Reveals Itself, Claudia Weil Galerie, Friedberg-Rinnenthal, Germany.
2016  Re:Structures, The Exchange, Penzance, UK.
2016  Medicine in Art, MOCAK: Museum of Contemporary Art Krakow, Poland, with M. Abramović, Tadeusz Kantor, Jürgen Klauke, Zoe Leonard, Man Ray, Meret Oppenheim, ORLAN, Kiki Smith, D. Spoerri, VALIE EXPORT, a.o. (catalog)
2016  the snoring princess, Kunstgruppe, Cologne, Germany.
2015  25 Jahre Kunst im Stadtmuseum, Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Siegburg, Germany.
2015  Jahresgaben 2015, Kunstverein Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.
2015  Zartheit, Floss & Schultz, Cologne, Germany.
2014  ON & ON & ON, Kunstgruppe, Cologne, Germany.
2013  Von Anfang an Hiergeblieben, Museum Schloss Arolsen, Bad Arolsen, Germany.
2013  17/13, Kunstgruppe, Cologne, Germany.
2011  Für Sie, Kunstverein Passau, Passau, Germany.
2011  Für Sie, Neue Galerie Landshut, Landshut, Germany.
2007  WaterColours, Galerie König, Hanau, Germany with Hans Peter Adamski, C. Anderson, Joe Barnes, M. Damkröger, Ruppert Eder, Jon Groom, E. Micus, Ivo Ringe, Jerry Zeniuk.
2007  Familybonds, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany with Henry Moore, R. Dijkstra, K. Kollwitz, W. Lehmbruck, Niki de St. Phalle, J. Tinguely, C. Thümler, E. Weible.
2006  Diagnosis (Art)/Diagnose(Kunst), Kunst-Museum Ahlen, Ahlen, Germany and Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany (catalog) with Joseph Beuys, Wim Delvoye, Mona Hatoum, Damian Hirst, P. Piccinini, Marc Quinn, Andreas Serrano, Katharina Sieverding, Rosemarie Trockel, Luc Tuymans, Timm Ulrichs
2005  Kölnkunst in Kleinsassen, Kunststation Kleinsassen, Kleinsassen, Germany. (catalog)

2005  Kunstbad, Keitum, Sylt, Germany (installation, video) curated by Brigitte Scheel, artists include: Jan van Munster, Ivo Ringe, Regine Schumann, Achim Zeman.

2004  Haus Arbeit, Ulrich Mueller Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
2004  Es geht uns gut und danke für den Fisch, Projektraum 150 Kubikmeter Largus, Cologne, Germany.
2002  8 x Pavillon Schloss Molsberg, Emmanuel Walderdorff Galerie, Cologne, Germany (catalog) with Curtis Anderson, Philipp Schönborn, Franz Stähler, Roland Schappert, Julia Schrader, Tobias Gerber, Johannes Schlichting.
2001  Under the Skin/Unter der Haut, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany (catalog) with Cindy Sherman, T. Florschuetz, Tony Oursler, Lim Young Sun, K.Feingold, H. Fuchs, Via Lewandowsky, K. Clarke, G. Schneider, Oleg Kulik, Jake & Dinos Chapman, T. Grünfeld, Eduardo Kac. 
1999  Macht und Fürsorge, Trinitatiskirche, Cologne, Germany , head curator: Matthias Winzen, artists include: Joseph Beuys, L. Bourgeois, R. Dijkstra, M. Dumas, Valie Export, Ann Hamilton, Georg Herold, M. Kippenberger, K. Klapheck, D. Krieg, Tracy Moffat, Pipilotti Rist, C. Sherman, W. Tillmans. (catalog)
1998  Kölnkunst 5, Joseph-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany. (catalog)
1997  Video Flash, Hohenthal und Bergen Galerie, Cologne, Germany. (video)
1993  Die verlassenen Schuhe, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany, curated by Klaus Honnef, artists include: Jim Dine, Allen Jones, Konrad Klapheck, Jürgen Klauke, Yayoi Kusama, Helmut Newton, Meret Oppenheim, C. O. Paeffgen, Daniel Spoerri, Norbert Tadeusz, Antoni Tapies, Günther Uecker, a. o.(catalog)
1991  Second Thoughts, Russell Sage College, New York, USA.
1989  Paper Works of Contemporary Art, 9th Annual International, Imadate Echizen, Japan.
1988  Not Out of Fashion, New York Public Theater, New York, New York, USA. (performance)

collections

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany.
MOCAK: Museum of Contemporary Art Krakow, Poland.

Muzej-Museo Lapidarium, Novigrad / Cittanova, HR.

Schloss Plüschow, Plüschow, Germany.
Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Germany.

lectures and fellowships

2016 John Hargraves and Nancy Newcomb Fellow
2015-2016 MacDowell Fellowship.
2004  Role of the HISK in International Contemporary Art World, Higher Institute for Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium.
2001  single opening, Tag der Medizin, RWTH Universitätsklinikum, Aachen, Germany.
1999  Universal Mother, Freie Kunstakademie Basel, Basel, Switzerland.