SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
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Carol Hepper collection
 

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COLLECTION SUMMARY

Title:     Carol Hepper collection

Dates:     1982-2006 (bulk 1987-2006)

Creator:     Carol Hepper

Physical Description:     2.3 linear feet—3 containers, 3 CD-ROMS (3 MOV files)

Collection number:     MA 43

Language:     Collection material in English.

Repository:     South Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

Abstract:     Collection is composed mainly of gallery invitations, exhibition catalogs, reviews and some press material related to the career of Carol Hepper.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: This collection was donated to the archives by Carol Hepper in 2006.

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to research without restriction.

Copyright Status: Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives. Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from this finding aid.

It is the responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff will provide available copyright information on request. Please note that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003)

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item]. Carol Hepper collection, MA 43, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S. D.

Processing Information: This collection was processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on 31 March 2006.

 

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the subject guide. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

Names:

Hepper Carol, 1953-

Subjects:

Hepper, Carol, 1953- —Exhibitions.
Hepper, Carol, 1953- —Reviews.
Sculpture, American—Exhibitions.
Sculpture, American—Reviews.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

 

Born in 1953, Carol Hepper was brought up in McLaughlin, South Dakota, and received a B.S. in 1975 from South Dakota State University.  She gained national prominence through her inclusion in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s 1983 exhibition, New Perspectives in American Art, and moved to New York City in 1985.  Her work has also been exhibited at the Orlando Art Museum, Worcester Art Museum, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, The Phillips Collection, Walter art Center, and the Art Gallery of Western Australia.  Her work is represented in collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Dannheisser Foundation, among others.  Carol Hepper has been Visiting Lecturer at Brandeis University, Princeton University, the Maryland Art Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, and the School of Visual Arts.

Bibliography:

Hepper, Carol, Carol Hepper, Rapid City, S.D. : Dahl Fine Arts Center, 1987.

Related Material:

Miscellaneous Units, Helen J. Van Zante Endowment Collection, UA 50.8, South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

SCOPE and CONTENTS NOTE

The Carol Hepper collection is composed mainly of gallery invitations, exhibition catalogs, reviews and some press material related to the career of Carol Hepper.

ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS

The Carol Hepper collection is arranged alphabetically.  Materials were arranged by gallery and exhibition.

Box 1.

  1. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art (Ridgefield, CT)—“In the Flesh”, 1996 January 21-May 5

  2. Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art (Ridgefield, CT)—“Innovations in Sculpture, 1985-1988”, 1988 September 24-December 31

  3. Anne Reed Gallery (Ketchum, ID)—“Howard Ben Tre—Lynda Benglis—John Buck,…”, 1995 August 1-31

  4. Boise Art Museum (Boise, ID)—“Fabricated Nature”, 1994 April 9-June 5

  5. Bruce Museum (Greenwiich, CT)—“Women of the American West:, 1985 May 19-August 31

  6. Carol Hepper Studio (New York, NY)—“Exhibition Tour”, 1992-1996

  7. Community of Creativity—A Century of MacDowell Artists (publication) organized by P. Andrew Spahr, 1996

  8. Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati, OH)—“Standing Ground: Sculpture by American Women”, 1987 March 27-May 10

  9. Dahl Fine Arts Center (Rapid City, SD)—“Carol Hepper”, 1987 April 3-30

  10. Dartmouth College Artist-in-Residence (Hanover, NH)—“Wet Paint”, 2000 June 27-July 30

  11. De Cordova Museum and Sculpture Park (Lincoln, MA)—“Spinal Tap”, undated

  12. Elizabeth Leach Gallery (Portland, OR)—“Carol Hepper Recent Sculpture”, undated, October 7-30

  13. Elizabeth Leach Gallery (Portland, OR)—“Carol Hepper Sculpture”, 1995 March 1

  14. Elizabeth Leach Gallery (Portland, OR)—“Carol Hepper Selections 1996-2005”, 2006 February 2-25

  15. Fine Arts Center Galleries—University of Rhode Island (Kingston, RI)—[brochure], undated

  16. Fine Arts Center Galleries—University of Rhode Island (Kingston, RI)—“Elusive Traces”, 1998 February 27-April 4

  17. Forrest D. Brown Conference Center—Bucknell Art Gallery (Lewisburg, MA)—“Hide and Seek”, 1998 August 22-September 5

  18. Frederieke Taylor Tz’art Gallery (New York, NY)—‘Strange Island”, 2000 February 2-March 4

  19. Frederieke Taylor Gallery (New York, NY)—“A Tenth Anniversary Exhibition”, undated, May 17-June 28

  20. Freedman Gallery—Albright College (Reading, PA)—“In the Flesh”, 1995 November 2-December 15

  21. Freedman Gallery—Albright College (Reading, PA)—“Life Forms: Contemporary Organic Sculpture”, 1988 March 15-April 17

  22. Gallery 128 (New York, NY)—“Material Girls”, 1997 October 1-November 1

  23. Hartman & Company (La Jolla, CA)—“Carol Hepper Recent Images”, 1994 November 12-December 10

  24. Harvard University, Dept. of Visual and Environmental Studies (Cambridge, MA)—“Faculty and Guest Speakers, 1999-2000”, 1999-2000

  25. Hill Gallery (Birmingham, MI)—“Carol Hepper Sculpture”, 1992 April 7-May 2

  26. Hill Gallery (Birmingham, MI)—“Carol Hepper Sculpture and Drawing”, undated, July 19-August 13

  27. Hill Gallery (Birmingham, MI)—“Carol Hepper Sculpture 1993”, 1993 May 22-June 26

  28. Hill Gallery (Birmingham, MI)—“Donald Sulton—Richard Nonas—…”, undated, June 13-Jul 31

  29. Hill Gallery (Birmingham, MI)—“Inaugural Exhibition”, 1995 June 28

  30. Hill Gallery (Birmingham, MI)—“John Duff—Carol Hepper Sculpture 1996”, 1996 January 12-February 17

  31. Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries (Hanover, NH)—“Wet Paint” [contains 2 CD-ROMs], 2000 June 27-July 30

  32. Horodner Romley Gallery (New York, NY)—“5 Gestures”, 1994 April 27-May 28

  33. Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc. (Long Island City, NY)—“Critical Perspectives”, 1982

  34. Margulies Taplin Gallery (Boca Raton, FL)—“Abstraction”, undated, September 2-30

  35. Margulies Taplin Gallery (Boca Raton, FL)—“Carol Hepper Sculpture—Wesley Kimler Paintings”, 1993 December 2-31

  36. Marlborough Chelsea (New York, NY)—“L.C. Armstrong, Carol Hepper, …”, 2005 January15-February 15

  37. Maryland Institute College of Art—Decker Gallery (Baltimore, MD)—“Carol Hepper Translucency & Light”, 2002 November 8-December 15

  38. Mead Art Museum, Amherst College (Amherst, MA)—“Some Assembly Required” by Trinkett Clark, 2006 January 20-May 7

Box 2.

  1. Memorial Art Gallery (Rochester, NY)—“Extreme Materials”, 2006 January 29-April 9

  2. Michael H. Lord Gallery (Milwaukee, WI)—‘Carol Hepper Sculpture”, 1994 June 24-July 30

  3. Mississippi Museum of Art (Jackson, MI)—“Lynda Frese—Work in Progress: Carol Hepper, Sandy Skoglund, Andrew Young”, 1995 May 19—July 29

  4. Molissa Fenley (New York, NY)—“Open Dress”, undated, February 9-19

  5. Morris R. Williams Center for the Arts—Lafayette College (Easton, PA)—“Carol Hepper Reverse Osmosis”, 2000 [MOV Files—1 CD-ROM (3 MOV files)]

  6. Andaman Sea—Hepper, selections 06—Mead Art Museum, 2006

  7. Neuberger Museum of Art—Purchase College (Purchase, NY)—“Biennial Exhibition of Public Art”, 1997 May 10-October 26

  8. North Dakota Museum of Art (Grand Forks, ND)—“Bugs and Such”, 2004 November 9-January 11

  9. Orlando Museum of Art (Orlando, FL)—“Skin/Deep”, 1995 August 10-November 5

  10. Phillips Collection (Washington, DC)—“A Dialogue with Nature—Nine Contemporary Sculptors”, 1992 October 10-1993 October 10

  11. Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc. (New York, NY)—“Annual report, 1987-1988” (Carol Hepper, p. 26), 1987-1988

  12. Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR)—“Material Identity”, 1993

  13. Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (Portland, OR)—“Carol Hepper Portland Paintings”, 1999

  14. Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (Portland, OR)—“Landmark—PICA’s 10th Anniversary Visual Exhibition”, 2005 June 10-Jul 16

  15. Reviews, 1989-2006

  16. Rosa Esman Gallery (New York, NY)—“Carol Hepper”, 1988 October 21-November 19

  17. Rosa Esman Gallery (New York, NY)—“Carol Hepper”, 1991 March 16-April 20

  18. Rosa Esman Gallery (New York, NY)—“Carol Hepper Recent Sculpture”, 1989 October 21-November 18

  19. Rosa Esman Gallery (New York, NY)—“New Sculpture by Carol Hepper”, 1988 October 20

  20. Rose Art Museum—Brandeis University (Waltham, MA)—“Breakdown”, 1992 March 21-April 26

  21. Rosenberg & Kaufman Fine Art (New York, NY)—“Sculptors Draw”, 1998 September 9-October 10

  22. Sculpture (publication)—“Carol Hepper Sheds Her Skin” by George Melrod, pp. 24-27, 1989 May/June

  23. Sculpture Center (New York, NY)—“The Sculptural Membrane”, 1986

  24. Sculpture Center (New York, NY)—“Natural Inflections Inside/Outside”, 1987 November 10-December 1

  25. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, NY)—“New Perspectives in American Art: 1983 Exxon National Exhibition” by Diane Waldman, 1983

  26. Soma Gallery (La Jolla, CA)—“Carol Hepper”, 1998 February 20-March 28

  27. Southeastern Massachusetts University College of Visual and Performing Arts—Art Gallery (North Dartmouth, MA)—“Nomadic Visions”, 1988 January 25-February 19

  28. Twentieth Century American Sculpture at the White House (Washington, DC)—“Exhibition II”, 1995

  29. Vaughn & Vaughn (Minneapolis, MN)—“Carol Hepper”, 1989 October 28-December 2

  30. Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts—University of South Dakota (Vermillion, SD)—“South Dakota Sculpture Invitational Exhibition”, 1984 Oct, 10-31

  31. Worcester Art Museum (Worcester, MA)—“Insights: Carol Hepper”, 1992 February 6-April 26

  32. Workspace @ Dolgenos Newman & Cronin LLP (New York, NY)—“Sculptural Imagery”, undated, April 12-June 6

Box 3.

  1. Jacksonville Art Museum (Jacksonville, FL)—“Nature of Sculpture”, 1991 June 6-August 25

  2. The Chronicle Review (publication)—“Undulation—Works of Violence and Solace”, pp. B19, 2002 December 6

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