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Hannah Wilke ![Wilke Hero Image](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/wilke-hero-image_171026_153502.jpg) Hannah Wilke selections from S.O.S. Starification Object Series, 1974 Biography Born in New York in 1940, Hannah Wilke grew up in New York City and suburban Long Island, and received a B.F.A. from the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia in 1962. By the middle 1960’s, she had begun making vaginally shaped sculptures, mostly in ceramic, that ranged from raw to elegant. Developing this imagery throughout her career as a feminist statement and also out of interest in its formal possibilities, she went on to explore similarly sensual abstract forms in latex wall sculptures of the 1970s. A pioneer of video and performance art, Wilke staged events in which her own body, often mostly or entirely unclothed, became the vehicle of some of her most radical provocations. Her mother’s illness with cancer, followed by her own, dramatically changed the direction of Wilke’s work, adding a disturbing and powerful dimension to her achievement. She died in 1993, at 52. Using a wide range of unconventional media, including latex and chewing gum as well as photography and film, she paid tribute to predecessors like Marcel Duchamp with humorous irreverence. Her key concern was the body as instrument and object of visual expression. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View CV ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/artistCV/Wilke_Bio_Letterhead_2023-08-14-201102_gzbw.pdf) [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Packet ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/Wilke_Selected-Press.pdf) Select Press Jan 29, 1994 [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke/Press/1994_wilke_nyt_smith.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/archived-press/1994-wilke-nytimes) New York Times Group Show [ An Artist's Chronicle of a Death Foretold ](https://feldmangallery.com/archived-press/1994-wilke-nytimes) Exhibitions [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Burden-Doorway-to-Heaven-1973_2025-08-26-193130_lpzr.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/352-group-exhibition-performance-activist-and-existential-photographs) Sep 2025 – Jan 2026 Group Show [ Performance, Activist, and Existential Photographs ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/352-group-exhibition-performance-activist-and-existential-photographs) [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Warhol-Moonwalk-pink-1987.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/348-group-exhibition-airspace) Oct 2023 – Feb 2024 Group Show [ Airspace ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/348-group-exhibition-airspace) [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke-Ponde-r-rosa-Series-3-Double-Sun-Triangle-Square-Circle-detail-1975.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/thearmoryshow2020) Mar 05 – Mar 08, 2020 Group Show [ The Armory Show 2020 ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/thearmoryshow2020) [ ![](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke_Breast-Plate_no-frame.JPG) ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/344-wilke-force-of-nature-09-19-19-11-30-19) Sep 18 – Nov 29, 2019 Hannah Wilke [ Force of Nature ](https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/344-wilke-force-of-nature-09-19-19-11-30-19) [See All Exhibitions ](/past_exhibitions/hannah-wilke) ![Wilke Intra Venus No 1 1992](/assets/artist_images/Wilke/Wilke-Intra-Venus-No.-1-1992.JPG) Hannah Wilke Intra-Venus No. 1, 1992 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Wilke Intra Venus No 1 1992]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Intra-Venus No. 1, 1992 ![Wilke Brushstrokes January 19 1992 01]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Brushstrokes, January 19, 1992 ![Wilke Brushstrokes January 24 1992]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Brushstrokes, January 24, 1992 ![Wilke Intra Venus Series No 6 February 19 1992 1992 1993]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Intra-Venus Series #6: February 19, 1992 from the "Intra-Venus" series ![Wilke Intra Venus No 10 01]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Intra-Venus Series No. 10: June 22, 1992 from the "Intra-Venus" series ![Wilke Self Portrait With Durer Wings 1976]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Self Portrait with Durer Wing, 1976 ![Wilke S O S Starification Object Series 1974 Glasses In Mouth]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke S.O.S. Starification Object Series, 1974 ![Wilke S O S Starification Object Series 1974 Curlers In Hands]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke S.O.S. Starification Object Series, 1974 ![Wilke S O S Handbeltup 5 X 7 Inches 1974]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke S.O.S. Starification Object Series, 1974 ![Yefman Hero Image]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke S.O.S. Starification Object Series, 1974 ![Wilke Untitled 1974 From Needed Erase Her Series G 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Untitled, 1974 from "Needed Erase Her" series ![Wilke One Car Just Aint Enough These Days 1964]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke One Care Just Ain't Enough These Days, 1964 ![Wilke Wilequinox Ca 1965]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Equinox, 1965 ![Wilke Untitled 1964]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Untitled, 1964 ![Wilke Wiluntitled599 1964]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Untitled, 1964 ![Wilke Wiluntitled665 1960S]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Untitled, 1960s ![Wilke Untitled 1960S]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Untitled, 1960s ![Wilke Intra Venus Tapes 2007 Installation South A](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke/2007-Intra-Venus-Tapes/Wilke-Intra-Venus-Tapes-2007-installation-south-A.JPG) Hannah Wilke The intra-Venus Tapes, 2007 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Wilke Intra Venus Tapes 2007 Installation South A]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke The intra-Venus Tapes, 2007 installation view ![Wilke North Gallery Installation View 2007 1]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke The Intra-Venus Tapes, 2007 installation view ![Wilke North Gallery Installation View 2007 C]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke The Intra-Venus Tapes, 2007 installation view ![Wilke Performalist Self Portraits 1996 01]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Performalist Self-Portraits, 1996 installation view ![Wilke Performalist Self Portraits 1996 06]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Performalist Self-Portraits, 1996 installation view ![Wilke North Gallery Installation View 1994 View E]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Intra-Venus, 1994 installation view ![Wilke South Gallery Installation View 1994 View A]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Intra-Venus, 1994 installation view ![Wilke Intra Venus Tapes 2007 Installation South A](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke/2007-Intra-Venus-Tapes/Wilke-Intra-Venus-Tapes-2007-installation-south-A.JPG) ![Wilke North Gallery Installation View 2007 1](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke/2007-Intra-Venus-Tapes/Wilke-North-Gallery-Installation-view-2007-1.JPG) ![Wilke North Gallery Installation View 2007 C](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke/2007-Intra-Venus-Tapes/Wilke-North-Gallery-Installation-view-2007-C.JPG) ![Wilke Performalist Self Portraits 1996 01](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke/1996-Performalist-Self-Portraits/Wilke-Performalist-Self-Portraits-1996_01.JPG) ![Wilke Performalist Self Portraits 1996 06](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke/1996-Performalist-Self-Portraits/Wilke-Performalist-Self-Portraits-1996_06.JPG) ![Wilke North Gallery Installation View 1994 View E](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke/1994-Intra-Venus/Wilke_North-Gallery-installation-view_1994-view-E.JPG) ![Wilke South Gallery Installation View 1994 View A](/assets/exhibition_images/Wilke/1994-Intra-Venus/Wilke_South-Gallery-installation-view_1994_view-A.JPG) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Wilke Intra Venus Tapes 2007 Installation South A]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke The intra-Venus Tapes, 2007 installation view ![Wilke North Gallery Installation View 2007 1]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke The Intra-Venus Tapes, 2007 installation view ![Wilke North Gallery Installation View 2007 C]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke The Intra-Venus Tapes, 2007 installation view ![Wilke Performalist Self Portraits 1996 01]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Performalist Self-Portraits, 1996 installation view ![Wilke Performalist Self Portraits 1996 06]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Performalist Self-Portraits, 1996 installation view ![Wilke North Gallery Installation View 1994 View E]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Intra-Venus, 1994 installation view ![Wilke South Gallery Installation View 1994 View A]() ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ![](/src/images/arrow-right.svg) Hannah Wilke Intra-Venus, 1994 installation view Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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