Danny Heller uses his masterful technique to play with the idea of representational painting. Deeply grounded in the tradition of Photorealism, Heller is part of a younger generation of painters exploring the environment through that lens. Heller’s paintings distill daily post-war suburban life into snapshots – or recollections – of a place and time.
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EDUCATION
2004 University of California, Santa Barbara; B.A. College of Creative Studies Painting
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Suburban Scenes, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 The Modern Environment, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Wonderland, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Palm Springs Weekend, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Decade Mini Retrospective, George Billis Gallery booth, Modernism Show, Palm Springs, CA
2019 Tiki Modern, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Birth of the Cool, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2018 California Cool, La Fiambrera Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2017 Modern Society, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Modern Leisure, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Midcentury Manhattan, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2015 City Modernism II, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Vintage New York City, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2013 City Modernism, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Future Perfect, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 The LAX Series, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Modernism Revisited, Fullerton Museum, Fullerton, CA
2010 Palm Springs Exhibition, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
2008 Eichlers: A Modern Vision, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2007 Suburbia, Terrance Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2007 L.A. Visions, Art Rental & Sales Gallery at the LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Rising In The Desert – SoCal Artists, J. Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2024 Stocking Stuffer Group Show," George Billis Gallery, Fairfield, CT
2024 21st Century Realism by California Artists,” Hilbert Museum, Orange, CA
2024 Summer Cityscape Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 End of The Century, Hyper Contemporary Gallery, online
2023 Summer Cityscape Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Art Auction XIX and Exhibit, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2022 Summer Cityscape Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Art Auction 2022, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2021 Summer Cityscape Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Art Auction XVIII and Exhibit, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2021 Summer Cityscape Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Westport, CT
2021 Art Auction 2021, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2020 Cult, Group Show, La Fiambrera Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2020 Summer Cityscape Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Art Auction 2020," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2019 Villianess, Group Show, La Fiambrera Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2019 New Releases, WonderGround Gallery, Disneyland, Anaheim, CA
2019 Summer Cityscape Group Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Art Auction XVIII and Exhibit," Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2019 Art Auction 2019, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2018 Space Oddity Group Show, La Fiambrera Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2018 The Cityscape Show VIII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Summer Group Show, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Art Auction 2018, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2017 Punk Group Show, La Fiambrera Gallery, Madrid, Spain
2017 The Cityscape Show VII, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Summer Group Show, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Art Auction XVII and Exhibit, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2017 Art Auction 2017, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2016 The Cityscape Show VI, George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Art Auction 2016, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2015 The Cityscape Show V, George Billis Gallery LA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Summer Group Show, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Art Auction 2015, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2015 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Artists Council Exhibition, Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
2014 California Dreaming: An International Portrait of Southern California, Palazzo della
2014 Provincia di Frosinone, Frosinone, Italy; Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA;
2014 Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2014 The Cityscape Show IV, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2014 Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, George Billis Gallery Booth, Palm Springs, CA
2014 Art Auction 2014, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2013 The Cityscape Show III, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Palette to Palate, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2013 Kindred, Bold Hype Gallery, New York, NY
2012 The Cityscape Show II, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 The New Real Group Show, Tinney Contemporary, Nashville, TN
2012 Play Me, I’m Your’s art installation, LA Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles, CA
2011 La Luz de Jesus 25 Part 2 group show, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 The Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Perspectives: Selected Artists, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Art Auction and Exhibition 14, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2010 Metro Neighborhoods Poster Contest winner, Metro Transit Authority Los Angeles
2010 A History of Flight, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2010 Foundation Colas 2010 Acquisitions, Foundation Colas, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
2010 As They See It, 941 Geary Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Collector’s Circle Acquisitions 1994-2010, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2009 Los Angeles Currents group show, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Art Auction 13, featured artist, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2009 Open Call, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Art Auction, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Everything But The Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Size Doesn’t Matter, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
PUBLICATIONS
2024 American Art Collector Magazine, "Modern Environments,” April issue
2022 American Art Collector Magazine, "Wonder to Behold,” October issue
2022 American Art Collector Magazine, "Start Your Engines,” October issue
2022 American Art Collector Magazine, "Opportunity and Grit,” July issue
2021 American Art Collector Magazine, "History and Industry,” October issue
2021 American Art Collector Magazine, "Dream A Little Dream,” May issue
2021 Dominic Bradbury. The Secret Life of the Modern House. Ilex. 2021. Cover art
2021 Atomic Ranch Magazine, "Cool Stuff,” Spring issue
2020 Shoutout LA Online, "Danny Heller – Fine Artist,” June 22
2020 CA Modern Magazine, cover art, Summer issue
2019 American Art Collector Magazine, "Midcentury Spaces,” November issue
2019 American Art Collector Magazine, "Hit The Road,” October issue
2019 American Art Collector Magazine, "California Dreamin’,” August issue
2019 American Art Collector Magazine, "Tiki Modern,” July issue
2019 Luxe Magazine, “Modern Take,” May/June issue
2018 Architectural Digest Spain, “Vida De Barrio,” June issue
2018 Cosmopolitan Magazine Spain, “Arte,” May issue
2018 Yorokobu Magazine Online, “Danny Heller retrata el Mid-century Modern, la cara optimista y yanqui de la Bauhaus europea,” April 24
2018 Arquitectura y Diseño Magazine Online, “El cool californiano en Madrid,” March 27
2017 Car Kulture DeLux Magazine, "Curbside Culture," Fall issue
2017 American Art Collector Magazine, "Architectural Aesthetics," December issue
2017 LA Weekly, “Modern Love,” January 6-12
2016 Menrad, Chris, and Heidi Creighton. William Krisel’s Palm Springs: The Language of
2016 Modernism. Gibbs Smith. 2016. Pg 184
2016 California Home + Design Magazine, “Portraits of Summer,” Summer issue
2016 American Art Collector Magazine, "Midcentury Design,” March issue
2016 Society6 Art Quarterly, Winter issue
2016 Palm Springs Style Magazine, "Danny Heller's Palm Springs," Vol.2 Issue 1
2014 American Art Collector Magazine, "Vintage New York City," October issue
2014 Coachella Valley Weekly, "Danny Heller - Retro/Modernism Painter," May 1-7
2013 Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Online, "California Painter Pictures Mid-Century L.A.," Oct. 17
2013 CA Home + Design Magazine, "The Art of Suburbia," Summer issue
2013 Dwell Magazine, "Dwell Scenes," June issue
2013 The Desert Sun, "Sunnylands Family Day Highlights Estate's Modernist Design," Feb. 19
2013 Coachella Valley Arts Scene, "Meet Artist Danny Heller at Hotel Lautner," Feb. 14
2012 Dwell Magazine Online, "The Architectural Paintings of Danny Heller,” Dec. 6
2012 Juxtapose Magazine Online, "Danny Heller Paints Midcentury Architecture Now," Nov. 27
2012 The Desert Sun, "Artist: Painting midcentury homes is like opening a time capsule," Nov. 3
2012 KCET Artbound, “Future Perfect: The Midcentury Modern Paintings of Danny Heller,” Oct. 15
2011 Gore, Janice S. La Luz de Jesus 25: The Little Gallery That Could. La Luz de Jesus Press. 2011. Pg 118
2011 McCallum Theatre Program, cover art, 2011/2012 season
2011 L.A. Daily News Newspaper, “Valley Scenes,” Nov. 19, pg. A4
2011 Atomic Ranch Magazine, "Town & Country,” Winter issue
2010 Southwest Art, "City Scenes,” May issue
2010 CA Modern Magazine, cover art, Spring issue
2009 CA Modern Magazine, "Art Imitates Life,” Fall issue
2008 CA Modern Magazine, cover art, Fall issue
2008 Southwest Art, “Artists To Watch,” October
2008 Atomic Ranch Magazine, "Cool Stuff,” Summer issue
2008 CA Modern Magazine, "Inside Tracts,” Summer issue
2007 New American Paintings #73
COLLECTIONS
Hilbert Museum of California Art, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Palm Springs Art Museum Architecture and Design Center, Palm Springs, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Foundation Colas, Paris, France
Arquette Collection, Los Angeles, CA