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Current and Upcoming
Exhibitions
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HEADS SPACE 2024 Vita Art Gallery, Ventura, CA |
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Arctic Trilogy 2024 CODEX International Book Fair, Oakland, CA |
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2024 A Box of One’s Own: Women Beyond Borders, exhibition and acquisition.
2024 Art, Design, & Architecture Museum University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. |
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Conjuring Rain, 2021-2024 United States Embassy Helsinki, Art in Embassies Exhibition. Helsinki, Finland. Catalog. 2023 |
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Past
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Pressing Issues: Voices for Justice in the Book Arts, “Sonnets of Death and Love” Mary Heebner/Anthony Weller, exhibition and publication Bromer 2022 Booksellers, Boston |
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Prayer Flags & A Tale of LongingArchitectural Foundation Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA September 10 – November 5, 2022 Opening Reception September 9, 2022 from 5:00PM-7:00PM |
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Mary Heebner: Collage and Fine Art Books ANNE BROMER GALLERY, Boston, MA April 30, 2020 - July 30, 2020 with an artist’s talk June 18, 2020 |
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THE MUSE PROJECT July 13 - September 1, 2019 Art, Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB |
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Catching the Light Feb 2 - April 30 2018 SF Center for the Book |
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The Art Fund exhibit, "Bridging Fine Art with Book Arts and Literature" Curated by Danelle Moon, UCSB Special Collections, July 21-September 10, 2017 |
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Edward Cella + Cabana Home TERRA June 1- October 30 2017 |
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Edward Cella Art + Architecture and Cabana Home present Conjuring Rain February 12-Mar 20th 2015 |
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Starting Here: A Selection of Distinguished Artists from UCSB May 17–August 10, 2014 Art Design & Architecture Museum, UCSB |
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Livres du' Artistes d'aujourd'hui New York Center for Book Arts |
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Participant in The International Papermakers Conference July 1–6, 2014 Fabriano Italy |
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Coming in March: A Survey of Artist's Books from Simplemente Maria Press and the Paintings that Inspired Them March 1-30, 2014 Kalamazoo Center for the Book and University of Western Michigan Kalamazoo, MI **Artist Residency at KABC March 5-11, 2014 |
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Extended through March 25, 2014: The Venus Paintings Cabana Home 111 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 This version of the Venus Paintings installation also contains new work made in 2014 |
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Also in February: Silent Faces / Angkor—Mapping the Geography of a Face February 1 - May 28, 2014 Mansfield Freeman Center for South Asian Studies Wesleyan University, CT **Artist Residency at Wesleyan April 5-11, 2014 |
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The Venus Paintings Edward Cella Art + Architecture Nov 2 - Dec 28, 2013 6018 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036 Opening Reception: Sat, Nov 2, 6-8 pm Exhibition Talk with Mary Heebner: Saturday, Nov 16, 5 pm Catalogue is available with an essay by Dr. E. Bruce Robertson Concurrently on view: William Dole: Selected Collages |
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Invisible Realms Encountering the Sacred Westmont College Ridley-Tree Museum of Art Aug 22 - Oct 12, 2013 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara, CA Opening reception Thursday, August 29, 2013 4-6pm |
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CONFLUENCE Curated by Peter Frank Westmont Ridley-tree Museum of Art May 16-June 22, 2013 955 La Paz Road, Santa Barbara, Ca 93108 Opening reception Thursday May 16 4-6PM |
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Mary Heebner: A Survey of Artist's Books from Simplemente Maria Press (1995-2013) and the Paintings that Inspired Them. Chapman University Leatherby Libraries One University Drive Orange, California February 28 - May 30, 2013 Opening Reception February 28, 2013 4-6 PM View the Presentation |
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| CODEX INTERNATIONAL February, 2013 simplemente maria press will have a table at this year's third bienneal Artist's Book Fair, February 10-13 at Craneway Pavillion 1414 Harbour Way S Richmond, CA 94804 Codex is an international event that includes hundreds of exhibitors from all over the world. SMP's artist/writer/papermaker Mary Heebner will be exhibiting artist books and portfolios spanning from 1996 to the present and will be debutiing a new artists book at this year's CODEX that incorporates three different binding styles on one book. |
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Ten Artists to Watch Selected by Peter Frank LA Center for Digital Art (LACDA) December 13-January 5, 2012 Reception Thursday December 13, 7-9pm |
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| Selections - Cabana Home Selections - Opening at Cabana Home September 18 - Novermber 3, 2012 Cabana Home 111 Santa Barbara Street Santa Barbara, CA, 93101 Works by Pedro E. Guerrero, Mary Heebner, Brian Hollister, and Ruth Pastine |
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Figure Fragments: The Part as the Whole Priscilla Bender-Shore, Juror August 27, 2012 - January 18, 2013 Reception: September 6, 2012, 5-8pm Channing Peake Gallery |
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| Exploding the Codex Exploding the Codex: The Theater of the Book Friday, June 15, 6-8 pm The San Francisco Center for the Book MARY HEEBNER-simpemente maria press non-Codex books: A Sacred Geography | Full Lotus | Bayon | Hamlet | Blue Shore of Silence | Island |
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| IAPMA (International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists) and Friends of Dard Hunter Conference, The Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Education Cleveland, Ohio October 17-21, 2012 Mary will be exhibiting large watermarked paper |
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| PERSISTENCE AT SBCC'S ATKINSON GALLERY January 23, 2012 – February 16, 2012 |
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An exhibition celebrating Amanda Degener and Bridget O'Malley, founders of Cave Paper at Minnesota Center for Book Arts |
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| View from Here: Santa Barbara Artists in the Permanent Collection October 1, 2011 – January 1, 2012 |
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| Double Trouble: an exhibition of four artist-couples curated by Nancy Gifford at The Arts Fund, Santa Barbara November 11, 2011 - January 14 2012 |
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TOPO / GRAPHY |
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| Black Island / Isla Negra Carl Cherry Art Center 4th at Guadalupe, Carmel, CA January 11 - February 19th 2011 Mailer |
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| Third Biennial Codex International Book Fair University of California, Berkeley Asuc Pauley Ball Room February 6-9, 2011 |
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39 NOW |
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FACE / VASE: PARALLEL FEATURES |
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| "New - Used - Borrowed" Chapman University’s Guggenheim Gallery Reception: July 10, 2010 • 5 — 8pm Show Dates: 7/5 — 7/30/2010 One University Drive, Orange, California 92866 • 714 997 6729 |
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| International Mail Art Exhibition (in honor and memory of Judith Hoffberg) Armory Center for the Arts Pasadena. June 27 - August 22, 2010 curator Jay Belloli |
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| "Intimacies/Intimismos" The West Coast Debut Edward Cella Art + Architecture 6018 Wilshire Blvd. (Across street from Broad/LACMA) March 4 - April 17 Opening Reception Saturday March 6, 6:00-9:00pm Mar 20: "Women in the Arts" lecture by Judy Larson, director Reynolds Gallery, Westmont College; Former Director National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC Saturday, April 4: An afternoon poetry reading with Enrico Mario Santí and Mary Heebner Saturday, Apr 17: LA ART WALK - Closing reception |
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| "Storylines: Narrative Works from the Permanent Collection" University Art Museum, UCSB, California July 8 - Sept 13, 2009 Curator: Elyse Gonzales Gallery Talk "Mary Heebner and Harry Reese," August 27 |
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"Exhibition of gallery artists" |
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| "Neighbors: 17 Santa Barbara Artists" Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9 3-6pm Sylvia White Gallery |
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"Intimacies Intimismos" January 9 - February 28, 2009 The
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute (Cached Page) |
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"The Visual Word" February 5 - March 7, 2009 Coastline Community College Art Gallery |
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| EDGE - curated by Ro Snell
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"Made in Santa Barbara - Contemporary Photographs" July 1 - October 7, 2007 Santa
Barbara Museum of Art |
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"Welcome to Our Neighborhood" group exhibition March 1 - April 22, 2007 Edward Cella Art + Architecture |
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| "Strata" — Travels in Patagonia July 27-October 19, 2006. see
the work |
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| UCLA
Fowler Museum exhibition: “Mani Wall and A Sacred Geography: an
installation of paintings, the artist book by Mary Heebner and Sienna
Craig with photography by Macduff Everton" |
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All
Things Flow Sara Lee Artworks & Projects |
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"Full
Lotus: Bodhisattvas at Ayutthara" Cerritos Public Library for the Better Together: Creating Partnerships for Community Learning conference, presented by the Cerritos Public Library's clioinstitute. April 8 through 11. Bodhisattvas at Ayutthaya installation |
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Shakespeare
as Muse Schneider Museum of Art Southern Oregon University July 2 - September 18, 2004 Opening Reception: July 1, 5-7 pm Shakespeare as Muse, curated by Josine Ianco-Starrels, focuses on artists inspired by the works of William Shakespeare. See Mary's Hamlet project series |
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| AGL: Above Ground Level Ruth Bachofner Gallery Bergamot Station Arts Center August 7 - September 4, 2004 Opening Reception: August 7, 5-7 pm Above Ground Level is a group show curated by artist Stephen Robert Johns. It showed at the Ruth Bachofner Gallery in Santa Monica, CA and at Los Angeles International Airport. See Mary's Above Rivers, Wetlands, Weathering, and Geomancy series |
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| BLUE,
2004 Including work from the Isla Negra, Weathering, Laguna Salada, Wetlands, and Seeking the Open Heart series. Appeared at Sullivan Goss: An American Gallery in Santa Barbara, California. |
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| Dreamers,
2004 Works on paper in the Dreamers series. Appeared at the Zen Center in San Francisco, California. |
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| A Sense a Place,
2003 Featured work in the American West, Southeast Asia, and Lascaux series. Appeared at the College of Creative Studies gallery at UC Santa Barbara. |
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| Ancient Presences, 2002 Featured work from the Dreamers, Sleeping Stones, Cycladic, and Angkor series. |
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