Ivy Haldeman
Biography
Double Figure, Lean Close, Fingers Brush, Eyes Closed, 2023
From titanic anthropomorphized hot dogs, to phantom skirt-suits and strolling fingers, Ivy Haldeman has spent over a decade cultivating a practice in painting and multimedia sculpture that flexes the psychic power of slippage and transfiguration. Blending elements of psychoanalysis, character study, and visual sociology, Haldeman creates work interested in the mechanisms of commodity fetishism and the interior subjective. Across her work, colossal figures, depicted in clean lines and graphic styling, are cast against the brilliance of titanium dioxide. Their range of physical and emotive states—sensual relaxation, withdrawn repose, casual ennui, electric self- assertion—exemplify Haldeman’s fluency in gestural language, and enrich her figures’ concurrent investments in labor and capital. Interweaving consumerist tropes, ironic conceit, and sensitive, humanist rendering, Haldeman’s practice probes the depths of our capacities of self-recognition.
Ivy Haldeman (b. 1985, Aurora, Colorado) currently works and resides in New York City. Haldeman received a BFA from Cooper Union in 2008, and her recent solo exhibitions include François Ghebaly (2024, 2020); Tara Downs (2023, 2021, 2018); Yuz Museum (2022) and Capsule Shanghai (2019). Her work has been exhibited in numerous group exhibitions, including at Petzel Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Fredericks & Freiser, the Frans Hal Museum, and Paul Kasmin Gallery, among others. Haldeman and her work have been featured by the New York Times, Cultured Magazine, W Magazine, Brooklyn Rail, the New Yorker, and Artforum.
Ivy Haldeman (b. 1985, Aurora, Colorado) currently works and resides in New York City. Haldeman received a BFA from Cooper Union in 2008, and her recent solo exhibitions include François Ghebaly (2024, 2020); Tara Downs (2023, 2021, 2018); Yuz Museum (2022) and Capsule Shanghai (2019). Her work has been exhibited in numerous group exhibitions, including at Petzel Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Fredericks & Freiser, the Frans Hal Museum, and Paul Kasmin Gallery, among others. Haldeman and her work have been featured by the New York Times, Cultured Magazine, W Magazine, Brooklyn Rail, the New Yorker, and Artforum.
Works
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Two Suits, Elbows Locked, Wrists Bent, Pedal Left (Azurite Blue, Mauve), 2023 -
Double Figure, Face to Face, Head Tilt Right, 2023
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Double Figure, Lean Close, Fingers Brush, Eyes Closed, 2023
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Two Figure, Hand to Mouth, Fingers Curl, Toes Press Against Shin, End to End, Glance Back, 2023
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Two Suits, Sleeves Spread, Torso Down, Look Right (Pyrrole Orange, Cobalt Blue), 2023
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Two Suits, Elbows Lock, Lilt Right, Wrists Together (Compose Green, Ultramarine Blue), 2023
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Bikinis, Beyond Edge, Straight Ahead, Tilt Back (Don), 2023
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Bikinis, Lower Near Touch, Turn Right, Backgrounded (Franklin), 2023
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Bikinis, Upper Tossed, Diagonal Pull, Bottom Corner Tumble (Emily), 2023
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Hand Hold, Index Up, Fruit Bends, Breeze, 2023
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Hand Hold, Thumb Splits Peel, Hand Covers, Peels Flail, 2023
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Cuffs, Flat Palm to Palm, Indices Enter Sleeves, Thumb Peeks, 2023
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Two Figures, Two Ends, a Foot Peeks, Head Rests Mid Bun, Arm Wraps, Temple to Knuckle, Point, 2022
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Two Suits, Face Left, Sleeves to Collars, Skirts Touch, 2022
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Two Suits, Sleeves Up, Jacket Bottom Blown, Skirt Kick (Blue, Yellow), 2021
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Colossus, Forearms Up, One Eye, Hands Hold Do (Coiffure), 2021
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Two Suits, Sleeve to Hip, Lapel Facing Lapel, Sleeve Out Cuff Bent (Blue, Yellow), 2020
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Heels, Double Peel Grip, 2020
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Colossus, Lips, Two Fingers Enter Left, Toes Touch Top, 2020
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Colossus, Head Leans Right, Hand Supports Bun, Face Covered, 2020
Installation Views
Installation view, Ivy Haldeman, The Agreement, The Fool, and The Storm, 2024
François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, USA
Exhibitions
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Ivy Haldeman
The Agreement, The Fool, and The Storm January 13 - February 17, 2024 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los AngelesFrançois Ghebaly is proud to present The Agreement, The Fool, and The Storm at the gallery’s Downtown Los Angeles location, the newest exhibition by the American visual artist Ivy Haldeman....Read more -
Ivy Haldeman
Hello, the Future Is Certain September 12 - October 10, 2020 2245 E Washington Blvd., Los AngelesIvy Haldeman’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles invites viewers into a world of stiletto clad hot dogs, strolling hands, slithering banana peels and jockeying power suits. Rendered in clean...Read more
Press
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Notions of Slippage
Evan Pricco, Juxtapoz, June 11, 2024 -
How the Painter Ivy Haldeman Critiques Consumerism With Hot Dogs
Genesis Belanger, Interview, July 3, 2023 -
In Her Light-Drenched Waterfront Studio, Ivy Haldeman Paints Toward an ‘Empathetic Pang,’ Pausing for Noodle Breaks
Katie White, Artnet, May 30, 2023 -
Consider the Hot Dog: Ivy Haldeman on an American Icon
Sarah Bochicchio, Art Papers, April 20, 2022 -
Ivy Haldeman: Hot Dogs, Power Suits, and Freudian Slippage
Anni Irish, Observer, May 26, 2021 -
In the Studio With Ivy Haldeman, the Painter Who Makes Hot Dogs and Empty Suits Human
Steph Eckardt, W Magazine, May 6, 2021 -
Hot Diggity: Why Ivy Haldeman Paints Hot Dogs
Karen Robinovitz, Cultured Magazine, May 5, 2021 -
Hello, the Future Is Certain: Ivy Haldeman @ François Ghebaly, Los Angeles
Juxtapoz, October 6, 2020 -
Ivy Haldeman: The Interesting Type
Alex A. Jones, The Brooklyn Rail, October 3, 2018
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