Paul Heyer
Apples on Plaid, 2020
Oil, acrylic on polyester
24 4/5 × 21 7/10 × 1 1/5 in | 63 × 55 × 3 cm
signed and dated 2020 verso
Paul Heyer’s paintings and installations invite viewers into dreamlike worlds where beauty, wonder, and strangeness dissolve the boundaries of self-consciousness.
Paul Heyer (b. 1982, Chicago, IL) is a painter and multidisciplinary artist whose work blends Neo-Symbolist sensibilities with surreal imagery, including skeletons, dream landscapes, and uncanny natural motifs. His practice has been presented in solo exhibitions at Chapter NY (New York), Mickey (Chicago), Night Gallery (Los Angeles), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and in group shows at Perrotin (New York), Galería Agustina Ferreyra (Mexico City), and HOME (Manchester, UK). His work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Brauer Museum of Art.