{{Short description|German abstract painter (born 1960)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Charline von Heyl | image = | birth_date = {{bya|1960}} | birth_place = Mainz, West Germany | field = Painting | training = | movement = Abstract | works = | patrons = }} '''Charline von Heyl''' (born 1960) is a German abstract painter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prod-images.exhibit-e.com/www_petzel_com/CvH_CV.pdf |title=Charline von Heyl: CV |publisher=Prod-images.exhibit-e.com |accessdate=2013-10-01}}</ref> She also works with drawing, printmaking, and collage. She moved to the United States in the 1990s, and has studios in New York City and in Marfa, Texas.<ref>Stephen Wallis (March 21, 2012), [http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/2012-03/artist-charline-von-heyl-article The Bold Work of Charline von Heyl] ''Architectural Digest''.</ref> == Life == Von Heyl was born in Mainz and spent her childhood in Bonn. Her father was a lawyer, her mother a psychologist.<ref name="wmagazine1">Diane Solway (August 19, 2013), [http://www.wmagazine.com/culture/art-and-design/2013/08/charline-von-heyl-abstract-artist/ Charline von Heyl: In the Abstract] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031233037/http://www.wmagazine.com/culture/art-and-design/2013/08/charline-von-heyl-abstract-artist/ |date=2016-10-31 }} ''W''.</ref> She studied painting at the Hochschule für bildende Künste of Hamburg under Jörg Immendorff, and at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Fritz Schwegler. In the mid-1990s she moved to New York City,<ref>Kirsty Bell (May 2009), [http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/its_own_reality/ Its Own Reality] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121020752/http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/its_own_reality/ |date=January 21, 2013 }} ''frieze''.</ref> where she has a studio in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.<ref>Roberta Smith (April 23, 2015), [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/arts/design/review-charline-von-heyl-dusseldorf-paintings-from-the-early-1990s.html Review: Charline von Heyl, ‘Düsseldorf: Paintings From the Early 1990s’] ''The New York Times''.</ref><ref name="wmagazine1"/>
Since 1997, Charline von Heyl has been married to fellow artist Christopher Wool.
== Work == In 2005, von Heyl's exhibition ''Concentrations 48: Charline von Heyl''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dallasmuseumofart.org/PressRoom/dma_205744 |title=Dallas Museum of Art |publisher=Dallas Museum of Art |accessdate=2013-10-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213113/http://dallasmuseumofart.org/PressRoom/dma_205744 |archivedate=2013-10-04 }}</ref> was held at the Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas, Texas, USA, and in 2009, her work was exhibited in ''Le jour de boire est arrivé'' held at Le Consortium, a contemporary art center in Dijon, France.
In 2011–2012, von Heyl had two major traveling retrospectives. ''Charline von Heyl, Now or Else'' started at the Tate Liverpool in Liverpool, England<ref name="kantor">{{citation|title=Charline von Heyl|journal=Artforum|date=January 1, 2012|last=Kantor|first=Jordan|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2553396831.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011162616/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2553396831.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref><ref name="marcus">{{citation|title=Charline von Heyl|journal=Artforum|date=March 1, 2012|last=Marcus|first=Daniel|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2611537691.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011162641/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2611537691.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Review: Charline von Heyle, Tate Liverpool|date=March 5, 2012|first=Catherine|last=Jones|journal=Liverpool Echo|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-282064295}}</ref> and subsequently traveled to the Kunsthalle Nürnberg in Nuremberg, Germany<ref name="kantor"/> and the Bonner Kunstverein in Bonn, Germany. A second show, ''Charline von Heyl'', was exhibited within the United States at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston<ref name="kantor"/><ref>{{citation|title=Painting like there's no tomorrow: In a too-small ICA show, Charline von Heyl's works vibrate with life and pop with invention|journal=The Boston Globe|date=March 25, 2012|first=Sebastien|last=Smee|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-31004005.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011162619/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-31004005.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref> and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia.<ref name="kantor"/><ref name="marcus"/>
In 2018, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden exhibited the largest U.S. museum survey ever of von Heyl's work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/charline-von-heyl-snake-eyes/|title=Charline von Heyl: Snake Eyes|website=Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden {{!}} Smithsonian|language=en|access-date=2019-10-23}}</ref> Featuring more than thirty large-scale paintings, ''Charline von Heyl: Snake Eyes'' was extended due to its popularity at the museum.
In 2024, von Heyl was among the 18 artists selected by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to create installations for John F. Kennedy International Airport’s new Terminal 6, set to open in 2026.<ref>Hilarie M. Sheets (16 July 2024), [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/arts/design/artists-commissioned-jfk-airport.html Move Over, La Guardia and Newark: 18 Artists to Star at New J.F.K. Terminal] ''New York Times''.</ref>
Her work was included in the 2024 exhibition Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA).<ref name="BAMPFA">{{cite web |title=Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection |url=https://bampfa.org/making-their-mark |website=BAMPFA |access-date=22 April 2026 |language=en |date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
==Reception== Von Heyl was one of six finalists for the 2014 Hugo Boss Prize.<ref>Carol Vogel (December 12, 2013), [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/arts/design/steve-mcqueen-among-6-hugo-boss-prize-finalists.html Steve McQueen Among 6 Hugo Boss Prize Finalists] ''The New York Times''.</ref>
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== Further reading == * [http://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/detail/exhibition_id/142 ''Oranges and Sardines'']. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 2009. * [http://bombsite.com/issues/113/articles/3655 ''Bomb, Number 113''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914172902/http://bombsite.com/issues/113/articles/3655 |date=2012-09-14 }}. Bomb (Interview), 2010. * [http://www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/ouvrage.php?id=1886 ''Charline von Heyl Paintings 1990–2010'']. Les presses du réel, 2010. * ''Parkett, No. 89''. Parkett, 2011. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121017163716/http://www.icaphila.org/exhibitions/von-heyl.php ''Charline von Heyl'']. Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, 2011. * ''Charline von Heyl Now or Else''. Tate Liverpool and Kunsthalle Nürnberg, 2012.
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