Valerie Hegarty

Installation view of Hotel Lobby, West Loop, 2002, at Gallery 400, Chicago.
Paper, cardboard, paste, paint, fabric, 16 x 30 x 100 feet.

Installation view of Hotel Lobby, West Loop, 2002, at Gallery 400, Chicago.
Paper, cardboard, paste, paint, fabric, 16 x 30 x 100 feet.

BIOGRAPHY

Born: Burlington, Vermont, 1967
Resides: Brooklyn, New York
Education: School of the Art Institute of Chicago (M.F.A., 2002); Academy of Art College, San Francisco (B.F.A., 1995); Middlebury College (B.A., 1989)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2003
“12x12 Room,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.

2002
“At the Edge—Innovative Art in Chicago,” Gallery 400, Chicago.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2004
“AIM 24,” Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, New York.

2003
“MakeBELIEVE,” MN Gallery, Chicago.
“Really Real,” Gallery 312, Chicago.

2002
“Stray Show,” MN Gallery, Chicago.
“Group Exhibition,” Gallery 2, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Also 2001.
“You Sure about This Place?” The Pond, Chicago. Traveled. Catalogue.
“M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition,” School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

2001
“Group Exhibition,” Modest Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago.
“Subject/Picture,” The Optimistic, Chicago.

2000
“13 Alumni Artists,” Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vermont. Catalogue.
“Valerie Hegarty and Melody Saraniti,” Pilsen East Art Gallery, Chicago.

1999
“Transcending Limits: Moving Beyond Mainstream and Margin,” Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin.

1998
“Emerge: First Annual Juried Exhibition of Emerging Bay Area Artists,” Gen Art SF, San Francisco.
“Countdown 2000,” 1078 Gallery, Chico, California.

Selected Bibliography

2003
Rodrigues, Julie. “Setting the Stage,” mcachicago.org (April).
Hannum, Terence. “Valerie Hegarty at the Museum of Contemporary Art,” panel-house.com (April).