SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2025     “Thoughts in Paint”, Selected Works on Paper, Robert Green Fine Art, Mill Valley, CA    Jan.

2024     “Contours of Instinct and Nuance”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR    Sept.

2023     “Willy Heeks: Paintings”, Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA    Feb–Apr.

2019     “Imagemind”, Recent Works on Paper, Robert Green Fine Art, Mill Valley, CA    Nov.

2019     New Works, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR    April

2018     Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA    Oct–Nov.

2016     “Bristol in Mind”, Paintings and Works on Paper, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI    May–July

2015     “New Philosophies”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR    Oct.

2012     “My Findings”, Ten Paintings, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR    June–Sept.

2010     “Ocean House Paintings”, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA    Nov. 2010–Jan. 2011

2009     New Paintings, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR    Nov. 2009–Jan. 2010

2008     “Recent Paintings”, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2008     “Intuitions: New Paintings”, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2007     “Echoes”, Recent Paintings, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

2006     “Willy Heeks, New Paintings”, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA

2004     “Willy Heeks, Paintings and Works on Paper”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

2004     “Willy Heeks, New Monotypes”, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA

2004     “Willy Heeks, Poets: Recent Paintings and Works on Paper”, Hunter Gallery, St. George’s School, Newport, RI

2004     New Paintings, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2001     “Willy Heeks: Paintings and Works on Paper”, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI

2000     “Works on Paper”, David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

2000     “Willy Heeks/Emile Ferrara, THEN and NOW”, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI

2000     SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA

2000     “Willy Heeks: Monotypes”, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA

2000     “Works on Paper”, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

1999     David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1999     “Recent Paintings”, Wheeler Gallery, Providence, RI

1998     “Recent Paintings”, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

1997     “Paintings and Works on Paper”, Soma Gallery, La Jolla, CA

1997     “Works on Paper”, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1997     “New Work”, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

1997     David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1996     “Willy Heeks Paintings: Wood Canvas Paper”, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

1995     “Works on Paper”, David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1995     SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA

1995     Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1995     “Willy Heeks Paintings: 1986–1993”, Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

1995     Barbara Scott Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL

1994     David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1994     “Selected Works on Paper, 1988–1994”, University of Montana, Missoula, MT

1994     Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

1994     Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC

1993     SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA

1992     David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY (catalog)

1992     Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

1992     Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Holland

1990     David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY (catalog)

1989     Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Holland

1989     “Works on Paper”, Trans Avant Garde Gallery, Austin, TX

1989     Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1988     David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1988     McNeil Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1988     “Works on Paper”, David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1987     Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Holland

1987     David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1986     University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

1986     McNeil Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1985     Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

1985     “Inaugural Exhibition”, McNeil Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1984     Protetch/McNeil Gallery, NY, NY

1982     P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024     “74th A-ONE Exhibition”, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, Juror: Lisa Carlsen Sept–Oct

2022     “Rising Tide: Reflections of Surf Art and Culture”, Curator: Jon Baylor, Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown, RI July–Aug

2016     “Overgrowth”, Curator: Sarah Montross, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA April–Sept

2015     “Living Large: Works from the 1980s”, Organized by Julie Sasse, Chief Curator, The Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ (catalogue) Apr–July

2012     “LIGHT, FIGURE, FORM”, Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, NY, NY Oct–Jan

2009     Summer Group, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA July–Sept

2008     “Large Scale Abstraction”, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA March

2008     “Monotypes from the Anderson Collection”, deYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA Jan–Feb

2007     “tangible”, Benton/Nyce Gallery, Greenport, NY Oct

2007     “Year in Review”, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA Nov

2006     “Abstract R.I.”, Charlestown Art Gallery, Charlestown, RI Aug–Sept

2006     “Webs, Loops, and Skeins in Modern and Contemporary Art”, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI Feb–Apr

2006     “Nature Interrupted”, New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA, Curator: Elga Wimmer Feb–May

2005     “26 Paintings x 26 Painters”, Selections from the Raimondi Collection, Vitale, Caturano & Co., Charlestown, MA June–Sept

2005     “PAINT”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR May

2004     “Views of Abstraction”, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM Sept–Oct

2004     Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA Aug–Sept

2004     “Inaugural Exhibit”, Sinclair Gallery (Studio Upstairs), Washington, D.C. June

2003     “Eleven Painters, Eleven Views of Abstraction”, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2003     “Landscapes Seen and Imagined: Sense of Place Part II”, deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA Mar.

2001     David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY Aug.

2000     “Layering”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

2000     Bodi Modern Art, Newport, RI Dec.

2000     “Six Painters”, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA Nov–Dec

2000     David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1999     “Mind’s Eye”, Booth Contemporary Art, Wakefield, RI (Organized by Willy Heeks)

1999     David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1999     “Cleveland Collects Contemporary Art”, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (catalog)

1998     “The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998”, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (catalog)

1997     David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1997     “Essence: Twenty Abstract Painters”, Radix Gallery, NY, NY

1996     “Abstractions”, Barbara Scott Gallery, Miami Beach, FL

1996     “Nuance”, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1996     “(Ap)praising Abstraction”, Art Initiatives, NY, NY, Curator: Lester Kane

1995     “Optical Consciousness”, Gallery Stelling, Leiden, Holland; traveled to Tutti Gallerie, Verduno, Piemonte, Italy (catalog) Oct–Nov

1995     “Extraordinary Experience: Ordinary Object”, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

1995     “New Acquisition”, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1995     “Abstract Paintings”, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

1995     “Paintings from New Jersey Collections”, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ

1995     “Creative Collecting: Paintings and Sculptures from the Gift of Mr. & Mrs. William A. Small”, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA 1994–95

1994     “Prints from Experimental Workshop”, Olga Dollar Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1994     “Prints from Solo Impression, Inc.”, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH (catalog)

1993     BOMB Magazine Benefit, Fawbush Gallery, NY, NY

1993     “Fantastic Wanderings”, Connecticut College, New London, CT

1993     “Paintings from New York”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR

1993     “Benefit Exhibition”, White Columns, NY, NY

1992     Marsha Fogel Gallery, East Hampton, NY

1992     Elga Wimmer Gallery, NY, NY

1992     “Paper Houses”, David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1992     “In the Spirit of Landscape”, Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA

1992     “Focus”, 13th Annual Chicago International Art Exposition, Curator: Suzanne Ghez, Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL

1992     “Apocalypse and Resurrection”, AMFAR Benefit, The Gallery Three Zero, NY, NY (catalog)

1992     “New Year – New Work”, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1992     “Works on Paper”, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

1991     “Art for Your Collection XXVIII”, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1991     “Art on Paper”, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

1991     “Five Abstract Painters”, Nancy Drysdale Gallery, Washington, DC

1991     “Art for Children’s Survival”, UNICEF Benefit Exhibition, Crown Point Press, NY, NY (catalog)

1991     “42nd Biennial of Contemporary American Painting”, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (catalog)

1991     “New Work”, David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1991     “Vital Forces: Nature in Contemporary Abstraction”, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY

1991     “Issues (Drawing)”, Ruggiero Gallery, NY, NY

1990     “Organic Abstraction”, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, Curator: Deni McHenry Dec. 1990–1991

1990     “30th Anniversary Exhibition of the Peter Stuyvesant Collection”, Turmac Tobacco Company B.V., Zevenaar, Holland

1990     “Experimental Workshop: Recent Editions & Monotypes”, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR Oct.

1990     “The Unique Print: The 70’s into the 90’s”, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Curator: Clifford Ackley (catalog) Sept–Dec

1990     “The Ends of Paintings: The Edges of Abstractions”, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Curator: David Pagel

1990     “Works on Paper”, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1990     “Drawings”, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO

1990     “Invited Artists on Paper”, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

1989     “Prints from Experimental Workshop”, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA

1989     “Works on Paper”, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA Dec. 1989–1990

1989     “New Work”, David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1989     “Group Exhibition to Benefit the AIDS Crisis”, Annina Nosei Gallery, NY, NY

1989     “Passing the Hat”, Fine Arts Center, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

1989     “The Reunion of Distant Cousins”, Michael Walls Gallery, NY, NY, Curator: Meyer Raphael Rubinstein

1989     “Exhibition of Award Recipients”, American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters, NY, NY

1989     “Artists of the ’80s: Selected Works from the Maslow Collection”, Sardoni Gallery, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, PA

1989     “Life Force: Nature in Abstraction”, Lintas Worldwide, NY, NY, Curator: Margaret Mathews-Berenson

1989     “Painting & Sculpture by Candidates for Art Awards”, American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters, NY, NY

1988     “Benefit Exhibition”, White Columns, NY, NY

1988     “Transcendent”, David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1988     David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY

1988     “The Proof”, Cone Editions, NY, NY

1988     “Works on Paper”, Martina Hamilton Gallery, NY, NY

1988     “About Painting”, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Holland

1988     “Selections from the Collection of Helen Herrick & Milton Brutten”, Philadelphia Art Alliance

1988     “Ten Americans”, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, Curated by Museum Director John Caldwell (catalog)

1987     “Group Show”, Cone Editions, NY, NY

1987     “Abstract Paintings”, New York Studio School, NY, NY, Curator: Barry Schwabsky

1987     “Four Corners of Abstraction”, White Columns, NY, NY

1987     “Romantic Science”, One Penn Plaza Gallery, NY, NY, Curator: Stephen Westfall

1987     “Four Painters in New York”, Ruth Siegel Gallery, NY, NY, Curator: Michael Walls

1986     “Willy Heeks, George Korsmit, James Siena”, Jeffrey Neale Gallery, NY, NY Dec. 1986–1987

1986     “Abstract Paintings”, Proctor Art Center, Bard College, Annandale, NY

1986     “Natural Desire”, David Beitzel Gallery, NY, NY Oct.

1986     “Painting: Abstraction Rediscovered”, Rosa Esman Gallery, NY, NY Sept.

1986     “Eclectic”, Rosa Esman Gallery, NY, NY June

1986     Baskerville & Watson, NY, NY April

1985     “Exhibit A: The Brooklyn Federal Courthouse Show”, Sponsored by the Organization for Independent Artists, NY, NY

1985     Virtual Garrison, NY, NY

1985     “Passionate Abstraction”, Stephen Rosenberg Gallery, NY, NY

1984     “Nature”, Dramatis Personae Gallery, NY, NY

1984     Manhattan Art, NY, NY

1984     Invitational, Matthews Hamilton Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1984     “Drawing with Respect to Painting”, New York Studio School, NY, NY, Curator: David Reed

1982     “Making It”, University of Rhode Island Main Gallery, Kingston, RI

1981     “Five Young New York City Artists”, Ericson Gallery, NY, NY

1980     “Times Square Show”, Sponsored by Colab, NY, NY

1979     “Accumulation/Arrangement”, Eric Makler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Curator: Richard Flood

1978     Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1978     “Situations/Scenarios”, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, Curated by Ron Onorato

1977     “The Big Show”, Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA

MUSEUM & CORPORATE  COLLECTIONS

American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY BP America, Cleveland, OH

Bed, Bath and Beyond

Boise Museum of Art, Boise, ID

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Corcoran Gallery Art, Washington, DC

Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

Dow Jones, Inc., New York, NY

Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Chicago IL

Henry Kaufman & Co., New York, NY

Industrial National Bank, Providence, RI

Inter-Metro Industries Corporation, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Jefferson Bank, Philadelphia, PA

Little Caesar's, Inc., Detroit, MI

Luther Brady Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Maslow Collection, Marywood University, Scranton, PA 

Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI

Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL

Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

NYNEX, White Plains, NY        

Oregon State University, Portland , OR        

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA

Piper and Marbury, New York, NY

Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR

Progressive Corporation, Shaker Heights, OH

Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, NJ

Quad Graphics, Suffix, WI

Queen Beatrice of Holland (personal collection) Amsterdam, Holland

Reader's Digest, Pleasantville, NY

Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

Sherman & Sterling, New York, NY

Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA

Southeast Banking Corporation, Miami, FL

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, St. Francis College, Loretto, PA

Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL

Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

Williams & Sonoma, Inc., San Francisco, CA