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2016 Alexander Castro, “Honest to Bristol,” The Mercury June

2011 Drew Snyder, “Willy Heeks at Scott White Contemporary,” Art Ltd Jan.

2008 John Rapko, “Willy Heeks at Brian Gross Fine Art,” Artweek, Vol. 39, Issue 8 Oct.

2008 Kenneth Baker, “Heeks Changes Techniques to Keep Work Alive,” San Francisco Chronicle, pE10, Datebook Aug. 9

2006 Doug Norris, Review, South County Independent, Exhibit C2 Sept. 7

2006 Robert L. Pincus, Art Review, The San Diego Union Tribune, p.30 July 6

2006 Bill Rodriguez, “Variations and Themes: Webs, Loops and Skeins at the RISD Museum,” The Providence Phoenix, Art, p.16 Mar. 17

2006 Bill Van Siclen, “Engaging Modern Art at RISD Museum,” The Providence Journal, “Art Scene,” p.10 Mar. 2

2004 Diane Armitage, “Views of Abstraction,” THE Magazine of the Arts, Santa Fe Oct.

2004 Kenneth Baker, “Heeks Monotypes at Aurobora Press,” San Francisco Chronicle Aug. 28

2004 Bill Van Siclen, “A Pure Painter,” The Providence Journal, “Art Scene,” p.12–13 Mar. 4

2000 Jennifer Matoney, “Artistic Reunion,” Narragansett Times, Time Out Section pp.1,12 Oct. 27

2000 Megan Southard, “A Portrait of Friendship,” Bristol Phoenix, Section B pp.1,20 Nov. 1

2000 Channing Gray, “Art Scene,” The Providence Journal, p.14 Nov. 9

2000 Kenneth Baker, “Abstractions at Their Own Pace,” San Francisco Chronicle Mar. 11

1999 Ann Landi, “New York: Reviews, Willy Heeks at David Beitzel Gallery,” ARTnews, p.174 Dec.

1999 Mario Naves, “Beauty is Back? Willy Heeks’ Tender, Sensuous Pictures,” The New York Observer, pp.17,19 Sept. 27

1999 Ken Johnson, New York Times Sept. 24

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1999 Peter Pan, “East Coast Notes,” Longboard Magazine, page 150 July

1999 Karen Gavin, “It’s an Abstract World,” South County Independent, pp.B1–B3 Apr. 22

1999 Bill Van Siclen, “Art Review: Willy Heeks, Colorist a Juggler Who Pushes Himself,” The Providence Journal, pp.E1,E8 Apr. 16

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1998 Terrie Sultan, The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects 1907, Catalog Essay, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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1997 George Melrod, “Optical Illusions,” Art & Antiques, p.30 June

1997 Edward J. Sozanski, The Philadelphia Inquirer May 2

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1995 Bill Van Siclen, “Arts Year ’95,” The Providence Journal Dec. 31

1995 Bill Van Siclen, “Willy Heeks Paintings Carry the Weight of His Feelings,” The Providence Journal Apr. 7

1995 Helen Kohen, “Abstractions,” Miami Herald Mar. 3

1995 Sue Scott, “Willy Heeks,” ARTnews, p.126 Feb.

1995 Krisjohn Horvath, Willy Heeks Paintings: 1986–1993, Catalog Essay, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

1995 Willem Sanders, Optical Consciousness, Catalog, Leiden, Holland and Verduno, Italy

1994 John Villani, “Capital Art,” Southern Accents, Vol. 17, No. 5, p.150 Sept.–Oct.

1994 Mary McCoy, “Heeks at Drysdale,” The Washington Post Jan. 22

1994 Barry Schwabsky, “Poised at the Edge,” Catalog Essay, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

1993 William Zimmer, “Art,” The New York Times Oct. 17

1993 Robert L. Pincus, “Heeks Will Drive You to Abstraction,” The San Diego Union Tribune, p.24 May 20

1993 Julia Robinson, “Mindscapes: The Kaleidoscopic Poetry of Willy Heeks,” Art, Entertainment & Travel Magazine Apr.–May

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1992 Michael Kimmelman, “Willy Heeks,” The New York Times Dec. 18

1992 Nancy Stapen, “New Paintings,” The Boston Globe, p.41 Oct. 22

1992 Kay Larson, “Better Light Than Never,” New York, p.79 Mar. 9

1992 Paul Depondt, “Modern Drippings Met Slierten en Cirkels,” de Volkskrant Mar. 5

1992 Thea Figee, “Heeks Citeert Met Veel Respect,” Trouw Mar. 5

1992 Donald Kuspit, “42nd Biennial,” Artforum, pp.121–122 Feb.

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1991 Lee Fleming, “42nd Corcoran Biennial Goes National: Polite Formalities,” New Art Examiner, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp.22–23 Dec.

1991 Kenneth Baker, “Abstract Painting with a Twist,” San Francisco Chronicle Nov. 6

1991 Alice Thorson, “Brushing the Surface,” The City Paper Sept. 26

1991 Andrew Decker, “Auctions: Furniture from Old France, A Queen Kong Diamond, and a Great Gris,” New York, pp.150–152 Sept. 23

1991 Eric Gibson, “Corcoran Puts Painting to Test as Viable Form,” The Washington Times Sept. 6

1991 Paul Richard, “Abstract and Personal: At the Corcoran Biennial, A Passionate Bow to the Past,” The Washington Post, pp.F1,6 Sept. 6

1991 Helen A. Harrison, “The Natural World and Its Mysteries,” The New York Times, p.13 Aug. 11

1991 Roberta Smith, “Huntington,” The New York Times, p.C22 Aug. 9

1991 “Nine Abstract Artists at the Heckscher,” The Long Islander, p.2 June 27

1991 Karin Lipson, “Nature in the Abstract, Around Us and Within,” Newsday, p.86 July 26

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1991 Gregory Galligan, “Steamed-Up Mirrors and Boogie-Woogies,” Art International, Spring/Summer, p.69

1991 Charles Hagen, “Willy Heeks,” Artforum, p.130 Mar.

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1991 Faye Hirsch, “Willy Heeks,” Arts, Vol. 65, No. 6, p.83 Feb.

1991 David Pagel, “The Edges of Abstractions,” Artspace, pp.42–49 Jan.–Feb.

1990 Deni MacIntosh McHenry, Organic Abstraction, Catalog Essay, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO

1990 Terrie Sultan, 42nd Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Catalogue Essay, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

1990 Laura Caruso, “Biology vs. Geometry,” Kansas City Star, pp.H1,5 Dec. 16

1990 Barbara Rose, Editor, “Natural Selection at the Nelson-Atkins,” The Journal of Art, Vol. 3, No. 3, p.19 Dec.

1990 “Goings On About Town – Art: Willy Heeks,” The New Yorker, p.20 Dec. 3

1990 Ruth Gilbert, “Hot Line: The Tops in Town This Week – Art,” New York Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 47, p.38 Dec. 3

1990 Edith Newhall, “Fall Preview – Galleries,” New York Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 35, p.55 Sept. 10

1990 David Pagel, The Ends of Paintings: The Edges of Abstraction, Catalog Essay, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1990 Gregory Galligan, Solo Exhibition Catalog Essay, David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1989 Susan Loving, “Art Took Willy Heeks...,” Bristol Phoenix, pp.1,3 July 20

1989 Miriam Seidel, “Five Artists Exhibit Works on Paper,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, p.42 June 15

1989 Nancy Stapen, “Warm, Sensual Gallery Show a Welcome Respite from Cold,” Boston Herald Jan. 1

1989 Jan Bart Klaster, “Gedateerd Modernisme,” Het Parool (Holland) June 2

1989 Ed Wingen, “Explosieve Abstracties van Willy Heeks,” Kunstbeeld (Holland) May 5

1989 Rob Bouber, “Heeks’ Abstracten,” Dagblad Kennemerland (Holland) May 20

1989 Mark Smith, “Heeks’ Work Consolidates Structure, Chaos,” Austin American-Statesman Apr. 20

1989 John Russell, “The Reunion of Distant Cousins,” The New York Times June 16

1989 Gregory Galligan, “New York Letter: Willy Heeks,” Art International, p.58 Spring

1989 Carter Ratcliff, “Art: Swamp Things,” Vogue, pp.282–288 Apr.

1989 Kenneth Baker, “Willy Heeks,” The San Francisco Chronicle Mar. 2

1989 Peggy Cyphers, “Willy Heeks,” Arts, p.101 Feb.

1989 Meyer Raphael Rubinstein, “Willy Heeks, David Beitzel Gallery,” ETC (Montreal), p.74 Spring

1988 Kay Larson, “Willy Heeks,” New York Dec.

1988 Margaret Moorman, “Transcendent,” ARTnews Dec.

1988 Edith Newhall, “Fall Preview: Galleries,” New York Sept. 12

1988 Jed Perl, “Art,” Vogue July

1988 Edward J. Sozanski, “Styled Spontaneity Marks an Exhibit of Willy Heeks’ Works,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, p.5, Sec. D May 5

1988 Portfolio, Bomb Magazine, pp.28–29 Spring

1988 Jed Perl, “What’s Major? What’s Minor?” The New Criterion, p.58 Mar.

1988 Patricia Lowry, “Carnegie Exhibit Reviews Art of Abstraction,” The Pittsburgh Press Feb. 23

1988 Bill Homisak, “The Unbearable Lightness of the ‘New’ Abstraction,” The Tribune Feb. 14

1988 Kay Larson, “Art,” New York, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp.102–104 Feb. 1

1988 Barry Schwabsky, “Natural, Anti-Naturalism, Painting,” Flash Art, p.102 Jan.–Feb.

1988 Donald Miller, “Abstract Styles: Ten Artists on Display,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jan. 29

1988 John Caldwell, Ten Americans, Catalog Essay, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA

1987 Dan Cameron, “Opening Salvos, Part One,” Arts, pp.89–93 Dec.

1987 Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, “Station to Station,” Flash Art, pp.92–95 Nov.–Dec.

1987 Barry Schwabsky, “Willy Heeks,” Artscribe International, pp.80–81

1987 Stephen Westfall, “Willy Heeks,” Art in America, p.182 Nov.

1987 Ellen Handy, “The Four Corners of Abstraction,” Arts, p.108 Nov.

1987 Ellen Lee Klein, “Willy Heeks,” Arts, p.109 Summer

1987 Meyer Raphael Rubinstein, “Willy Heeks,” Arts, p.99 Summer

1987 Artextreme, No. 7, Cover, pp.4–7 Spring–Summer

1987 John Yau, “Willy Heeks,” Artforum, p.123 Apr.

1987 Ed Wingen, “Willy Heeks: Maakt Explosief Gebaar,” De Telegraaf Apr. 16

1987 Anna Tilroe, “Couleur Locale,” de Volkskrant Apr. 25

1986 Jed Perl, “At the Beginning of the Season,” The New Criterion, pp.65–70 Dec.

1986 Dan Cameron, “In the Realm of the Hyper-Abstract,” Arts, pp.36–40 Nov.

1986 John Pantalone, “Willy Heeks: Paintings,” Art New England, Vol. 7, No. 10, p.18 Nov.

1986 John Pantalone, “What Is Abstract,” Newport This Week, p.19 Sept. 25

1986 Bill Van Siclen, “Fostering Art,” Sunday Providence Journal, pp.A-1, H-1,10 Sept. 21

1986 Dan Cameron, “Ten to Watch,” Arts, pp.40–45 Sept.

1986 Victoria Dunohoe, “A Revitalization of Abstraction: Willy Heeks at Vanguard,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, p.38 May 9

1986 Lillian Bregman, “Willy Heeks at Vanguard,” Philadelphia Magazine, Vol. 77, No. 4, p.31 Apr.

1986 Susan W. Knowles, “Willy Heeks: Painting,” Art Papers, Vol. 10, No. 1, p.62 Jan.–Feb.

1985 Barry Schwabsky, “After the Great Separation,” Arts, pp.22–25 Nov.

1985 Donald Chant Bohn, New Art Examiner, p.57 Summer

1985 Edward J. Sozanski, “Two Views of Abstraction,” The Philadelphia Inquirer Apr. 25

1984 Grace Glueck, “Willy Heeks,” The New York Times, Sec. C, p.20 Mar. 2

1984 Michael Brenson, “Drawing with Respect to Painting,” The New York Times, Sec. C, p.22 Mar. 2

1984 Appearances, No. 10, pp.23–24 Winter

1984 Richard Flood, Editor, Notations: Regarding Today’s Art, Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA, pp.3–16