Karen Heagle

Born 1967 in New York City

 

Karen Heagle was born in Tomah, Wisconsin. She was educated at the University of Wisconsin and received her MFA at the Pratt Institute. Recent group shows include The Guys We Would Fuck, curated by Nayland Blake, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York; No New Tale to Tell, 31 Grand, New York; Men, curated by Ellen Altfest, I-20 Gallery; You Have to Be Almost Gifted to Do What I Do, curated by Oliver Newton and Steven Stewart, Alexander and Bonin, New York; and Panic Room, the Deste Foundation of the Arts, Athens. Her works are in many collections, including the Judith Rothschild Contemporary Drawing Collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She lives and works in Brooklyn.



Karen Heagle, Death Valley, 2008, Acrylic and ink on paper, 51.5 x 55 inches