Upcoming Exhibitions
Two person exhibition at Reeves Contemporary, NYC opening June 19 - July 25th, 2008
Group exhibition "La vie en Rond" at H29 Brussels, Belgium June 21 - September 20, 2008


TAYO HEUSER

American, born Washington, DC, 1958
Working in Brussels, Belgium and Rhode Island, USA

Education
MFA Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
Post-Graduate study, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
BFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Solo Shows since 1989
2008 Circle and Line, CCOA Project Room, Brussels, Belgium
2008 Tayo Heuser, Ink Release, H29, Brussels, Belgium
2002 Works on Paper, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
1998 Tayo Heuser Sculpture, Wood Gallery, Montpelier, VT
1997 Tayo Heuser Sculpture, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI
1991 Women’s Work, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
1989 Discourses in Bronze, Willoughby Sharp Gallery, New York, NY

Selected group shows since 1990
2008 Circularities Singularities, Spheris gallery, Hanover, New Hampshire
2007 Trace Elements, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Drawing Matters, Chazan Gallery, Providence, RI
2007 NE NOW, Paper New England, Harford, CT
2006 Webs, Loops and Skeins, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
2005 Minimalist Art Now, Mayer Gallery, Elvehejem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2004 Abstraction, Pure and Impure, Main Gallery, University of Rhode Island, Westerly, RI
Paintings and Drawings 1, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Microwave 4, Cristinerose/Josee Bienvenue Gallery, New York, NY
Wall Projects, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Group Show, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Obsessive Patterns, Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
2002 Making a Mark: Artists from the Boston Drawing Project, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
Multiples, Roger Williams University Gallery, Bristol, RI
Compulsion, Court House Center for the Arts, West Kingston, RI
2001 By Hand: Precision, and Repetition in Contemporary Drawing, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Boston Drawing Project Inaugural Exhibition, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Art Faculty Exhibition 3, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI
2000-01 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Pole Art, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
1999 Faculty Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Summer Faculty Show, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Reflections ‘99, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
1998 Seeing Red, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
I Slept/Meditated with Linda Montana, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
1997 Art in a Box, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Sculpture Now ‘97, Washington Square Gallery, Washington DC
1995 New England Carvers, Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University
1994 NESA Triennial Exhibit, Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA
1993 Women in the Visual Art, 1993 Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
Sculpture Now ’93, Washington Square Gallery, Washington D.C.
Personal Journeys, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
1992 Henri’s Choice, Henri Gallery, Washington DC
1991 Figures in Motion, Washington Square Gallery, Washington DC
Towards 2000, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Towards 2000, Hartford University, CT
Bronzes, Willoughby Sharp Gallery, New York, NY
Juxtapositions, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, RI
1990 Annual Group Show, Willoughby Sharp Gallery, New York, NY
Bronzes, Willoughby Sharp Gallery, New York, NY
Gong Show, Real Art Gallery, New York, NY
Prisoners of Art, Co-Lab, Police Building, New York, NY
The Creation of Myth, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY

Selected Public and corporate Collections
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI
Werner Kramarsky Collection, New York, NY
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
Lerner Corporation, Washington DC
Taiyo, Inc. New York, NY
Sanyo Corporation, New York, NY
The Hunt Collection, Pittsburgh, PA

Grants
2002 Rhode Island Council on the Arts, Individual Artist Project grant recipient

Curatorials and Lectures
2006 Rhode Island School of Design Museum, lecture
2005 Cooper Union, NYC, visiting artist and critic
2004 University of Rhode Island, visiting artist
2003 Chester College, New Hampshire, visiting artist

Selected Bibliography
“Minimalist Art Now”, Elvehejem Museum of Art exhibition catalogue, 2005, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Cate McQuaid, “Four Artists’ painstaking processes also fit the pattern”, Boston Globe, Weekend Arts and Performance, April 23, 2004
Jamie Dalglish, “Two Poems by Jamie Dalglish on the work of Tayo Heuser and Helmut Federle”, NY Arts Berliner Kunst, International Edition “November-December 2003, Vol.8, pg.98 “Goings on About Town”, The New Yorker, October 13th, 2003
“Rhode Island’s Most Influential: Visual Arts”, Phoenix, Arts, October 10, 2003
Bill Rodriguez, “Lines of Lines”, Phoenix, June 27, 2003
Bill Van Siclen, “Playing Around with Patterns”, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, June 19, 2003
“Newport Art Museum/Newport, Tayo Heuser: Works on Paper”, Art New England, Volume 23/Issue 5, August–September 2002
Cate McQuaid, “Nervous Energy”, Boston Globe, Art Review, August 30th, 2002
Mary Sherman, “Toale Gallery exhibit draws on Trends”, Boston Herald, Visual Arts, Arts and Culture, Sunday, December 9, 2001
Holly Myers, “By Hand, Embraces Inconvenience”, Los Angeles Times, Art Review, September 19, 2001
Scarlett Cheng, “Look Ma, No Computers”, Los Angeles Times, Sunday, August 26, 2001
“By Hand :Pattern, Precision and Repetition in Contemporary Drawing”, University Art Museum exhibition catalogue, 2001, California State University, Long Beach, CA
“Art on Paper 2000”, Weatherspoon Art Gallery exhibition catalogue, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, cover page
Bill Van Siclen, “Art Wrap Up”, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, January, 1997
“Two RISD Grads at Wheeler”, Eastside Monthly, Providence, RI, January, 1997
Hank Burchard, review of “Sculpture Now”, Washington Post, December, 1996
Steve Starger, review of “New England Carvers”, Journal Inquirer, Willimantic, CT, April, 1995
Terese Karmel, review of “New England Carvers”, The Chronicle, Willimantic, CT, April, 1995
Sally Wells, “Profile”, Rhode Island Monthly, June, 1993
Karen Kassap, “review of “Woman in the Arts”, New Haven Advocate, March, 1993
Michael Welzenbach, review of “Sculpture Now”, Washington Post, December, 1992
Beth Gersh-Nesic, review of “Women’s Work”, Art in New England, March, 1992
Janet Wilson, review of “Figures in Motion”, Washington Post, November, 1991
Bill Van Siclen, review of “Towards 2000”, Providence Journal, Providence, RI, August, 1991