Gus Heinze

Born in 1926 in Bremen, Germany

EDUCATION:

1947-50 Art Students League, New York, studies with Howard Trafton & Robert Ward Johnson; School for Visual Arts, New York, studies with Robert Weaver

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2004
David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
One Plus Two Gallery, London
Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York

2003
Modernism, San Francisco

2002
Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York

1999
Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena

1998
Modernism, San Francisco

1997
Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena

1996
Modernism, San Francisco

1995
Galerie Redmann, Berlin

1994
Modernism, San Francisco

1993
Modernism, San Francisco

1992
Cudahy's Gallery, New York, NY

1991
Modernism, San Francisco

1989
Modernism, San Francisco

1988
Modernism, San Francisco

1985
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco
Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles

1981
M. Shore and Son Gallery, Santa Barbara
William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco

1976
Far Gallery, New York, NY

1973
Gallery 3, Greenwich, CT

1972
Deecey Gallery, Greenwich, CT

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS :

2005
“Winter in Blue,” Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
21st Century Realism,' General Electric Company Corporate Art Program, Fairfield, CT

2004
“Contemporary Landscape Painting,” David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI
25th Anniversary Exhibition” Modernism, San Francisco
“Vertical Arrangements” Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York

2003
"Snow, Paintings of Winter", Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
“Facing Reality: The Seavest Collection of Contemporary Realism,” Neuberger
Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY
“Hot Water” Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
“Contemporary American Realism VI,” M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK

2002
“Historic Sites & Structures,” Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York

2001
“Contemporary American Landscapes,” M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa
“Hudson River” Merrill Lynch Corporate Art Gallery, New York

2000
"Town & Country," Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York

1999
Ghost in the Shell, Photography and the Human Soul, 1850-2000, Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Augenblick und Endlichkeit,  Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
(Photography)
Innovation/Imagination, 50 Years of Polaroid Photography, Anselm
Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco
The Century of the Body: Photoworks 1900-2000, Portuguese Center of
Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
The Triumph of the Fragment,  Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne,
Switzerland (photography)

1998
In Over Our Heads: The Image of Water in Contemporary Art, San Jose
Museum of Art, San Jose

1996
The Cigar, Modernism, San Francisco

1995
Martini Culture, Modernism, San Francisco

1994
Realism '94, Fletcher Gallery, Santa Fe

1993
Tribute, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco
Photorealism Since 1980, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

1992
California Dreamin', Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA

1991
Cudahy's Gallery, New York, NY
The Palm Tree Show; New Paintings by Eleven Artists, Modernism,
San Francisco

1990
Contemporary Realist Painting, Oliver Art Center, California
College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, curated by Dyana Chadwick

1982
Realism Show, Rosenthal Gallery, Chicago
Motor Trends, Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco
Thirty Approaches to Realism, William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco

1978
Art and the Automobile, Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI

HONORS :

1978
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI

1977
First Prize, Marin Society of Artists Inc., Ross, CA

1976
Prize for Painting, Artrium, Santa Rosa College

1975
Best in Show, Friends of Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

BIBLIOGRAPHY :

"Artwalk Returns to San Francisco," Art-Talk, Feb 1988, p. 38.
Bonetti, David.  "S.F. Art World Knows No Season," San Francisco Examiner,
Jun 25, 1991, p. C1.
Gus Heinze.  Introduction by Peter Frank, Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, 1997.
McDonald, Robert.  "Photorealism as Abstraction," Artweek, No. 10, 1985.
Meisel, Louis K.  Photorealism Since 1980, Harry N. Abrams, NY, 1993.
Müller, Katrin Bettina.  "Trash-Kultur und Status-Symbole," Kunst &
Antiquitäten, No. 15417, Oct 14, 1995, Seite B3.
Roche, Harry.  "Critic's Choice," San Francisco Bay Guardian, Jun 28, 1989, p. 57.

2002
Meisel, Louis K. Photorealism at the Milenium. New York: Harry N. Abrams

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Allergan Pharmaceuticals, Los Angeles
Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco
Banker's Life, Des Moines
Bergen/Brunswig, Los Angeles
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Oakland
Salvadore Dali Organization, Spain
Dean Witter Reynolds, San Francisco
GTE Corporation, Thousand Oaks, Ca
Grubb and Ellis Corporation, Oakland
Hancock, Rothert & Bunshoft, San Francisco
Hughes Aircraft Corporation, Los Angeles
Kaiser Permanente, Fontana, CA
Transamerica Corporation, Los Angeles
Transamerica Corporation Realty Group, San Francisco