Stefanie Heinze
Stefanie Heinze
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Born 1987 in Berlin
Lives and works in New York
Stefanie Heinze’s paintings display ambiguous forms that become recognizable as unexpected subjects. From disembodied body parts, to everyday objects, to animal-like figures, her subjects melt into fantastical backgrounds to create vivid visual worlds, which reveal an interplay between high and low culture. Heinze’s brightly colored, imaginative compositions are tenderly subversive in their details and symbolism, complemented with equally lyrical titles. Pencil, ink, or ballpoint pen drawings – sometimes torn and collaged into multi-layered compositions – form a basis for Stefanie Heinze’s artistic practice, mapping for the opulent language of her paintings. Testing the fine line between abstraction and figuration, Heinze is categorically unique, as she explores new senses and possibilities of representation. Rejecting the pressure for things to align along certain expectations or norms, Heinze thinks of her paintings as a home for visual language to merely exist and belong to what she understands to be a state of being. She refers to her imagery as both mental and bodily experiences that can display a kind of otherwordliness or strangeness, figuring out transformative states of depiction that equally integrate the banal with the unexplainable. Feelings come up that are all too familiar: Uncertainty, insecurity, confusion, shame, excitement, or even disgust. However, "it’s not on me to tell you what to see or feel," she stresses. How do we speak about what we see when we enter a terrain that already left the breakfast table, bypasses art history and leaves us in a state of disorientation.
She currently has a solo exhibition at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin running until March 2025. The artist had further solo exhibitions at Petzel Gallery, New York (2024), Capitain Petzel, Berlin (2022), Petzel, New York (2020), Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London (2021); LC Queisser, Tbilisi (2019); Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf (2019); Mary Boone Gallery, New York (2018); among others. Stefanie Heinze participated in numerous group shows including the Consortium Museum (2023); The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire (2022-23); Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (2022); Boros Foundation at Berghain, Berlin (2020); Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2020); Saatchi Gallery, London (2018); Tanya Leighton, Berlin (2017); Good Press, Glasgow (2016); and Basis, Frankfurt (2015).Stefanie Heinze’s works are held in various collections worldwide, such as the AMA Collection, Venice; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Musée d‘Art Moderne de Paris; MAMCO, Geneva; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; The Hepworth Wakefield, UK; Marguerite Hoffman Collection, Dallas; The Rachofsky Collection, Dallas; Mead Gallery at Warwick Arts Centre, UK; the Delfina Collection, UK; and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin. -
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Stefanie Heinze: Your Mouth Comes Second
Stefanie Heinze first instiutional solo exhibition Your Mouth Comes Second at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin is accompanied by a publication.
The artist's first monograph presents her paintings, drawings, and collages in dialogue with a rich selection of writings: poems by Fid. Fischer and Sophie Robinson, essays by Mason Leaver-Yap and Miciah Hussey, and a conversation between Mason Leaver-Yap and the artist.
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Artworks
Stefanie Heinze
Companion, 2022Oil and acrylic on linen
Diptych, each 340.5 x 210.5 cm / 134.1 x 82.9 inches
AMA Collection, Venice -
Artworks
Stefanie Heinze
Into a Patch of Sky, 2022Oil and acrylic on linen
340.5 x 260.5 cm
134.1 x 102.6 inches
Collection Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris -
Works
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Stefanie Heinze<3 2 <3, 2024Acrylic and oil on canvasDiptych, each 279,4 x 171 cm / 110 x 67.3 inches
Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin -
Stefanie HeinzeO.T. (Superior Head) / O.T. (Humble Physique), 2023Ink on paper, collaged, double-sided31.8 x 33 cm
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Stefanie Heinze1 on 1 (2 Face a Covert Bully), 2024Oil, acrylic, and graphite on linen365.8 x 381 cm
144 x 150 inches -
Stefanie Heinze0. (ABB, 2022Oil and acrylic on linenSigned, dated and titled verso195 x 240 cm
76.8 x 94.5 inches
Collection Xiao Museum, Rhizao, China -
Stefanie HeinzeO.T. (HM, DEEPL) + O.T. (NO MATTER HO), 2022Ink, ballpoint pen, pencil and cardboard on paper, collaged, double-sidedSigned, dated and titledPaper dimensions:
14.9 x 20.1 cm / 5.9 x 7.9 inches
Framed dimensions:
24.1 x 29.5 cm / 9.5 x 11.6 inches -
Stefanie HeinzeNight Hag, 2022Oil and acrylic on linenSigned, dated and titled verso195 x 240 cm
76.8 x 94.5 inches -
Stefanie HeinzeNight Notes, 2020-21Oil and acrylic on linenSigned and dated175 x 150 cm
68.9 x 59.1 inches -
Stefanie HeinzeUnderlings II, 2022Oil and acrylic on canvasSigned, dated and titled verso75 x 55.5 cm
21.9 x 29.5 inches -
Stefanie HeinzeF (Rush In), 2022Oil and acrylic on linenSigned, dated and titled verso175 x 145 cm
68.9 x 57.1 inches -
Stefanie HeinzeDer Professor, 2020Oil and acrylic on linenSigned on verso185 x 210 x 4.5 cm
72.83 x 82.68 x 1.77 inches -
Stefanie HeinzeThird Date, 2020Oil and acrylic on linenSigned on verso200 x 130 x 3 cm
78.74 x 51.18 x 1.18 inches
Collection MAMCO - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva -
Stefanie HeinzeOdd Glove (Forgetting, Losing, Looping), 2019Oil and acrylic on linen350 x 280 cm
137.8 x 110.2 inches
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Stefanie HeinzeXVII, 2022Oil and acrylic on linenSigned, dated and titled verso120 x 75 cm
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Stefanie HeinzeO.T. (XVII), 2021Ink and pencil on paper, collagedSigned, dated and titled versoPaper dimensions:
24.3 x 14.8 cm / 9.6 x 5.9 inches
Framed dimensions:
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Stefanie HeinzeA Hollow Place in a Solid Body, 2020Oil and acrylic on linen
DiptychSigned on verso220 x 280 cm / 86.75 x 110.25 inches
Each 220 x 140 x 3 cm / 86.75 x 55 inches
Collection of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami -
Stefanie HeinzeParasol (STICK THER F BOI), 2021Oil and acrylic on linen205 x 290 cm
80.7 x 114.2 inches
Collection of The Hepworth Wakefield, UK -
Stefanie HeinzeTurmoil, 2021Oil and acrylic on linen100 x 80 cm
39.4 x 31.5 inches
University of Warwick Collection, UK -
Stefanie HeinzeInnerspring, 2020Oil and acrylic on linen
DiptychSigned on verso220 x 280 cm / 86.75 x 110.25 inches
Each 220 x 140 x 3 cm / 86.75 x 55 inches -
Stefanie HeinzeRise & Plummet (boy full of ambition), 2019Oil and acrylic on linen275 x 195 cm
108.3 x 76.8 inches
Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, TX -
Stefanie HeinzeRuler, 2019Acrylic and oil on linen230 x 320 cm
90.6 x 126 inches -
Stefanie HeinzeHigh Potency Brood, 2019Oil and acrylic on linen150 x 280 cm
59.1 x 110.2 inches
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Exhibitions
Sweet Sixteen
Celebrating 16 years of Capitain Petzel7 June — 3 August 2024On the occasion of Capitain Petzel’s sixteenth anniversary, the gallery is excited to present Sweet Sixteen, a group exhibition celebrating the artists who have been integral to its program since...ExploreStefanie Heinze
Dimensions of the Fool5 November — 23 December 2022Fooling AroundBy Mason Leaver-YapZero We begin as idiots. Barely part of it, we take nothing in this brand-new world for granted. We receive everything as a...Exploreomelette papier
15 January — 5 March 2022Karla Black, Andrea Bowers, Joe Bradley, Isabella Ducrot, Jadé Fadojutimi, Hadi Fallahpisheh, Anna Gaskell, Georgia Gardner Gray, Stefanie Heinze, Charline von Heyl, Sanya Kantarovsky, Maria Lassnig, Marcel Odenbach, Pieter Schoolwerth,...ExploreInfinite Games... 2
Jadé Fadojutimi, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Stefanie Heinze, Jacqueline Humphries, Rodney McMillian, Sarah Morris, Seth Price, Pieter Schoolwerth, Amy Sillman, Monika Sosnowska, Wim Wenders26 February — 17 April 2021Capitain Petzel is pleased to present the second iteration of Infinite Games , extending the concept of the group show initiated at the gallery late last year, which reflected on...ExploreInfinite Games
Jadé Fadojutimi, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Stefanie Heinze, Jacqueline Humphries, Sanya Kantarovsky, Rodney McMillian, Sarah Morris, Virginia Overton, Laura Owens, Jorge Pardo, Seth Price, Pieter Schoolwerth, Wim Wenders21 November 2020 — 30 January 2021The exhibition takes its starting point from a recent project initiated by Capitain Petzel during the Corona lockdown called Rhizome. Among the works presented online and later at the gallery...ExploreStefanie Heinze
Odd Glove26 April — 8 June 2019Gallery Weekend Berlin Saturday, April 27 – Sunday, April 28, 11 am – 7pm Capitain Petzel presents the first solo exhibition of Berlin based artist Stefanie Heinze. The starting point...Explore
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External Exhibitions
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Stefanie Heinze
'Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes' (Group Show), The Hepworth Wakefield
November 23, 2024 – April 21, 2025 23 November 2024Forbidden Territories will mark 100 years of ‘Surrealism’, since its origins in 1924 with the publication of the ‘Surrealist Manifesto’ by the poet and critic...Read moreStefanie Heinze
'Your Mouth Comes Second', Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
October 31, 2024 – March 16, 2025 31 October 2024Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo presents three solo exhibitions: Silent Studio by Mark Manders; Your Mouth Comes Second by Stefanie Heinze; and Hearsay by Bekhbaatar Enkhtur...Read more
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Press
Art Frame: "Prima del linguaggio, al centro di tutto. Viaggio nella poetica di Stefanie Heinze"
Francesco Liggieri, 15 November 2024Monopol: "Was mit und nach der Sprache kommt" (Stefanie Heinze)
7 November 2024PAPER Magazine: "Stefanie Heinze Interviews Stefanie Heinze (Again)"
Justin Moran, 5 June 2024Das Wetter: "Aus der Betonnische"
Fid. Fischer, 28 March 2024Artnet: "Stefanie Heinze Paints Richly Ambiguous Worlds. Collectors Are Obsessed"
Taylor Dafoe, 11 December 2023CULTURED MAG: "STEFANIE HEINZE IS REORDERING REALITY"
Chiara Di Leone , 31 December 2022KUNSTFORUM: "Stefanie Heinze: Dimensions of the Fool"
Jens Asthoff, 16 December 2022MONOPOL: "Zur Malerei von Stefanie Heinze. Die Dimensionen des Narren"
Oliver Koerner von Gustorf, 15 December 2022Plus Magazine: "Stefanie"
Christopher Chow, 1 June 2022Spike: "The Downward Spiral: Zombie Figuration and the Death Ritual" (Stefanie Heinze) (Peter Schoolwerth)
Dean Kissick, 14 October 2021Collection Issue: "Stefanie Heinze"
Donna Salek, 24 September 2021Wall Street International "Stefanie Heinze. Stories of the imaginary"
13 May 2021Paper Magazine: "Stefanie Heinze Interview About "Frail Juice" at Petzel"
Justin Moran, 23 October 2020BLAU: "Stefanie Heinze"
Oliver Körner von Gustorf, 19 October 2019Texte zur Kunst: "FAIL BETTER: Colin Lang on Stefanie Heinze at Capitain Petzel, Berlin"
Colin Lang, 1 June 2019Sleek: "Introducing the Berlin artist transforming symbolic objects into dark social critique" (Stefanie Heinze)
26 April 2019Art in America: "Stefanie Heinze"
Alina Cohen, 1 March 2018Artnews: "Stefanie Heinze"
Alina Cohen, 1 March 2018Vice: "Stefanie Heinze: Hallucinatory Paintings Depict the Bodily Impossible"
Kevin Holmes, 4 April 2016
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