Christine Nobles Heller

Cooperstown, NY 13326

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Recent Awards and Residencies

2018     Publication of suffrage print portfolio Women Vote! to celebrate the 2017 Centennial of the vote for women in New York State.

2017     Master Printer Tim Sheesley, Corridor Press, Otego, NY- invitation to print a lithographic edition of suffrigist leaders.

2015     The Studios at Key West, Key West, FL, awarded an artist residency, January 2015.

2014     City of Denver, Urban Art Fund, awarded a grant to complete a 44’ mural, Denver, CO.

2014     Brookland Middle School, Washington, DC, Finalist for a site-specific Public Art Mural.

2013     Roanoke College, Artist in Residence, awarded the Copenhaver Scholar-in-Residence grant, Salem, VA.

2012     Sculpture Space, Utica, NY, Two-month Artist Residency.

2012     Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), Amherst, VA, One-month Artist Residency.

2011     NYFA - MARK 11 Professional Development Program.

2009   NYFA – SOS Grant to complete an edition of prints at VanDeb Editions, New York, NY

Selected Collections

Agnes Gund, President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.

Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY.

Carlton College, Northfield, MN.

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

New York Public Library, Spencer Collection, New York, NY.

Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Collection, Northampton, MA.

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.

Murals, Banners and Solo Exhibitions

2018     Portraits of Syrian Refugees, Six Banners- each 10’ x 4’, First Presbyterian Church, Cooperstown, NY.

2018     Portraits of Syrian Refugees, Six Banners- each 10’ x 4’, Sanctuary of Temple Beth El, Oneonta, NY.

2017     Truth is the Only Safe Ground to Stand Upon: NY State Suffragists, Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY.  

2017     Truth is the Only Safe Ground to Stand Upon: NY State Suffragists, The History Center, Ithaca, NY.

2017     Truth is the Only Safe Ground to Stand Upon: Portraits of NY State Suffragists, CANO, Oneonta, NY.

2016     A Story of Their Own: Refugees in Crisis, 10’ x 43’ mural, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY.

2016     Procession, 30” x 43’ canvas frieze, Smithy Gallery garden, Cooperstown, NY.

2016     Start With The Body, Paintings by Christine Heller, Earlville Opera House, Earlville, NY.

2015     Kids, Color, Kinetics: a 60’ mural, Key West Montessori Charter School, Key West, FL.

2014     The Aztecs: 10’ x 40’ mural funded by the Urban Art Fund, City of Denver, CO.

2013     Line / Body / Action / Time, 10’ x 26’ mural, Roanoke College, Salem VA.

2013     Anatomy of Time: Line / Body / Action, 10’ x 100’ mural, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY.

2013     Man Alone, 10’ x 20’ mural, Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art, Utica, NY.

2012     Man at Beginning, 10’ x 14’ mural, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.

2011     Us/ Them, an installation, War: Materials Part 2, Time and Space Limited, Hudson, NY.

2009     Into the Crosscurrents, paintings, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY.

2008     Stories in Black and White, works on paper, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY.

2007     Mission Accomplished, a 40’ high installation, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY.

2007     Mission Accomplished, installation and The Lives of Children, a painting series, Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY.    

2007     In Our Name: Iraqi Children in War, an installation, Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY.

2006     In Our Name: Iraqi Children in War, an installation, Daniel Arts Center, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Great Barrington, MA.

2005     America Comes Home, an installation, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA.

2005    Cut, Weld, Rip, Wrap, Shape, Drill, Paint, Paintings, / Sculptures 1979-2005, Emma Willard School, Troy, NY. 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 2019     Black and White,  Henry March Gallery, Cooperstown, NY.

2017     And the Children Spoke, Cherry Branch Gallery, Cherry Valley, NY.

2017     Migration – Immigration, Cherry Branch Gallery, Cherry Valley, NY.

2017     Artists Stand UP, Walt Meade Gallery, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY.

2016     About Face, Christine Heller, Gary Bower, Michael Ferris, Art Garage, Cooperstown, NY.

2015     Painting on the West Side, Grant Residency Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY.

2013     Here and Now, Exhibition with 2011 NYFA Mark Alumni, Exhibit A, Corning, NY.

2012     Push/Pull, 21’mural ‘Figure Drawing’, a collaborative work with 2x2 Collective, Pratt MWP School of Art, Utica, NY. 

2012     Backlash, Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY.

2012     Skin Hides, a collaborative work with 2x2 Collective, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ.

2012     Made in NY 2012, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY.

2011     Victory for Tyler:Works on Paper + Posters 2011, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA.

2011     BookMARKs, Menschel Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY.

 2011     Fall Faculty Mix, Columbia Greene Community College, Hudson, NY.

2010     FRACKING: Art and Activism Against the Drill, Exit Art, New York, NY.

2007     The First 5 Years, Storefront Artist Project, MCLA, North Adams, MA.

2005     Politics as Usual: 8 Artists on USA Foreign Policy, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY.

2005     Paper Show 2, Empty Set Project Space, Pittsfield, MA.

2005     Impressions ­– 3 person painting show, Deborah Davis Fine Art, Hudson, NY.

2005     TRANSFORM, Storefront Artist Project, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA.  

2002     Paintings: Christine Heller & Judith Orseck Katz, Deborah Davis Fine Art, Hudson, NY.

2001     2001-2002 Group Show, Deborah Davis Fine Art, Hudson, NY.

2001     Sculpture Space in NYC, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

1997     Art Discovery ’97, Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY.

Selected Lectures and Panels

2018`    Women’s Studio Workshop, Slide Night on Book Arts with Maureen Cummins, Rosendale, NY.

2017     The History Center in Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY.

2017     Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY.

2016    SUNY Oneonta, A Story of Their Own mural, Oneonta, NY.

2015     Key West Montessori Charter School, Key West, FL.

2013     Roanoke College, Artist in Residence Gallery Talk, Roanoke, VA.

2013     MWP Museum of Art,  Biennial Exhibition, Utica, NY.

2012     MWP Art Institute, Easton Pribble Lecture Series, Utica, NY.

2012     PrattMWP School of Art Gallery, Utica, NY.                                                          

2012     Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA.

2012     Sculpture Space, for PrattMWP School of Art students, Utica, NY

2007     Sanctuary for Independent Media, Troy, NY.                     

2007     Hudson Opera House, Panel: “Issues in the Iraq War”, Hudson, NY.

2006     Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Great Barrington, MA.

2005     Lichtenstein Gallery, Pittsfield, MA. 

2005     Emma Willard School, Troy, NY.