Biography

Kylie Heidenheimer (b. Gainesville, Florida) alternates density and atmosphere across surfaces and depths in her abstract paintings. She has a BFA from Washington University, St. Louis and an MFA from CUNY Hunter College. Her work has been the subject of solo shows at Private Public Gallery, Hudson, NY; Galerie Gris, Hudson, NY; Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York, NY; Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH; The Italian Academy at Columbia University, New York, NY and J.C. Flowers, New York, NY. She has participated in group exhibitions at Icebox4, Brooklyn, NY; Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY; 56 Henry, New York, NY; Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, NY; O’Flaherty’s, New York, NY; Furnace Art on Paper Archive, Falls Village, CT; UT Knoxville, Knoxville, TN and the Irwin J. Miller School of Architecture, Columbus, IN. Heidenheimer was a 2025 & 2024 visiting artist at St. Mary's College of Maryland and a 2020 & 2016 Yaddo guest. She has also attended residencies at Blue Mountain Center, The Millay Colony and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Heidenheimer won a 2021 New York Studio School Mercedes Matter Award and a 2020 Jason McCoy Gallery Drawing Challenge. She co-curated the 2019 exhibition Incise, Echo and Repeat at The Abrazo Gallery, New York, NY and has written for Two Coats of Paint. Heidenheimer’s work has been cited in The New York Times and is in non-profit and private collections in the United States and Australia. She lives and works in New York.