BIOGRAPHY
Born 1967, Los Angeles, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
1995 University of California, Los Angeles, CA, MFA
1990 Parsons School of Design, NY, BFA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London
Angles Gallery, Los Angeles
2004
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
2003
Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico (catalogue published)
2002
"Kevin Appel: Western Grove," Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001
Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
1999
"Citibank Private Bank Emerging Artist Award," Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1998
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996
Spanish Box, Santa Barbara, CA
1994
Food House, Santa Monica, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2007
"Counterparts: Contemporary Painters and their Influences," Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach (catalogue)
2003
"Seeing Other People," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
"Variance," Angles Gallery, Los Angeles
"Animated Architecture," Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
2002
"Drawing Now: 8 Perspectives," Museum of Modern Art, New York
"New-Economy Painting," ACME, Los Angeles (curated by Nowell Karten)
"We Love Painting: Contemporary American Art from Misumi Collection," Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
2001
"furor scribendi," Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"01.01.01: Art in Technological Times", San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
"Painting at the Edge of the World," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
"Works on Paper," Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
'Next Wave Prints," Elias Fine Arts, Allston, MA
2000
"Do you hear what we hear?" Paul Morris Gallery, New York
"Painting Show," Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Kerlin Gallery, Dublin
"2 x 2, Architectural Collaborations," Berkeley, CA
"Shifting Ground: Transformed Views of the American Landscape," Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
"Against Design," Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (travels: Palm
Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL; Kemper Museum of
Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; catalogue)
"Architecture and Memory," CRG, New York, NY
1999
"Color Volume," Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense C., Denmark
"Down to Earth," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
"DRIVE-BY New Art from L.A.," South London Gallery, London
"The Perfect Life, Artifice in L.A.," Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC
"Local Color," The Harris Art Gallery, The University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
"1999 Biennial," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
"New Paintings from L.A.," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich
1998
"proof.positive." Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles
"Abstract Painting Once Removed," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (catalogue)
"Architecture and Inside," Paul Morris Gallery, New York
"Painting From Another Planet," Deitch Projects, New York
"Paintings Interested in the Ideas of Architecture and Design," Post, Los Angeles
1997
"Inhabited Spaces: Artists Depiction," Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
"In Touch With….," Galerie + Edition Renate Schröder, Köln, Germany
"Kevin Appel, Francis Cape, Jorge Pardo," Janice Guy, New York
"Quartzose: 20 Los Angeles Artists," Galleri Tommy Lund, Odense, Denmark
"Beau Geste," Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"Ten Los Angeles Artists," Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
"Bastards of Modernity," Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996
"Interiors," Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
1995
"Sean Duffy's Chalk Truck," Lemoyne Kennels, Los Angeles
"UCLA MFA Thesis Exhibition," Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
"Pretty," Food House, Santa Monica, CA
1994
"Thanks Again," Food House, Santa Monica, CA
1993
"Germinal Notations," Food House, Santa Monica, CA
"Paintings, Kevin Appel, Steve Hanson, Michael Pavoni," Food House, Santa Monica, CA
1992
Food House at Far Bazaar, Los Angeles
1991
"Burning in Hell," Franklin Furnace, New York
"Kevin Appel, Peter Kamberski," Opus Gallery, Los Angeles
"Paintings," Opus Gallery, Los Angeles
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California
Museum of Contemporary Art, California
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
CATALOGUES & PUBLICATIONS
2004
Ostrander, Tobias, ed., et al. Description Without Place: A Selection of the Works of Kevin Appel. Museo Rufino Tamayo, 2004. (exhibition catalogue)
2003
Mullio, Cara, ed., et al. Trespassing: Houses x Artists. Seattle: Bellevue Art Museum, 2003.
2002
Hoptman, Laura. Drawing Now: Eight Propositions. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2002. (exhibition catalogue)
2001
Ross, David A., et al. 01.01.01: Art in Technological Times. San Francisco: Museum of Modern Art, 2001. (exhibition catalogue)
Fogle, Douglas. Painting at the Edge of the World. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2001. (exhibition catalogue)
1999
Beyer, Steven, ed. and Mark Robbins. Against Design. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1999. (exhibition catalogue)
Kunsthallen Brandts Klæ defabrik. Farve Volumen / ColorVolume. DK-Odense, Denmark, 1999. (exhibition catalog)
Schimmel, Paul, Jeremy Strick, and Jan Tumlir. Kevin Appel. Los Angeles: Museum of
Contemporary Art, 1999. (exhibition catalogue).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
Asher, R. "Kevin Appel," ArtUS, January/February 2007, p. 18 (illustrated)
2005
Tumlir, Jan. "Review: Kevin Appel," Artforum, January 2005
2003
Gleason, Mat. "Art Angelenos," Modern Painters, Spring 2003, pp. 70-75 (illustrated).
2002
Young, Paul. "Art House," Angeleno, May/June 2002, pp. 198-199
Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2002.
Wood, Eve. "Reimagining Painting," Artnet, March 2002
Ollman, Leah. "Scribes of Precision and Obsession," Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2002, p. F29
2001
"Kevin Appel," The New Yorker, October 29, 2001
Johnson, Ken. "Kevin Appel," The New York Times, Friday, October 26, 2001.
Gioni, Massimiliano. "Spotlight: Painting at the Edge of the World," Flash Art, vol. XXXIV, no. 218, May-June 2001, p. 147
Grabner, Michelle. "Painting at the Edge of the World," Frieze, no. 60, Summer 2001, pp. 116-7
"010101:Art in Technological Times," NYArts, January 2001
2000
Painting at the Edge of the World (exhibition catalogue). Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2000, p. 18
Daly, Catherine. "Kevin Appel and Carter Potter", The Sunday Times, Dublin, April 16, 2000
Hartigan, Marianne. "From Memphis to 'Alice in Wonderland,'" The Sunday Tribune, Dublin, April 16, 2000.
"Cool Colorists," dside magazine, Issue 54, April 2000
Sozanski, Edward J. "Along the Fuzzy Boundary Between Design and Art," The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 13, 2000, p. A11
Colpitt, Frances. "Kevin Appel at Angles Gallery," Art in America, February 2000, p.137
Against Design (exhibition catalogue). Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, 2000
Schimmel, Paul, Jeremy Strick, and Jan Tumlir. Kevin Appel (exhibition catalogue). Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000
1999
Hickey, Dave. "Top 10 of 1999," Artforum, December 1999
Melrod, George. "Young at Art," Los Angeles Magazine, November 1999, pp. 98-100
Sullivan, John J. "Art for Architecture's Sake," Metropolis, 1999, pp. 66-71
Marriner, Robin. "L.A. Revisited," Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 25, 1999, pp. 23-27
Walsh, Anne. "House X Artists," X-Tra, Volume 3, no.1, 1999, pp. 19-20
Knight, Christopher. "Kevin Appel's Paintings Offer Insight from the Inside Out," Los Angeles Times, October 15 1999, p. F28
Farquharson, Alex. "Drive By: New Art From Los Angeles," Frieze 48, Sept/Oct 1999, pp. 112-113
Chung, Karen. "Appel Core," Wallpaper, July/Aug 1999, p. 58.
Dobrzynski, Judith H. "In Olympics of Art World, Anything for an Edge," New York Times, June 17, 1999, pp. B1-4
Pagel, David. "Home Vision," Los Angeles Times, June 4, 1999, p. F17
Darwent, Charles. "Vacant and Proud of It," The Independent, May 9, 1999, p. 6
Rawsthorn, Alice. "L.A. Story," Vogue, April 1999, pp. 79-82
Fulcher, Dana. "Drive-by-New Art from L.A.," Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue 22, 1999
Mendenhall, Lauri. "Projects for Pleasure," Coast Orange County, April 1999, p. 58
The Perfect Life, Artifice in L.A. (exhibition catalogue). Durham: Duke University Museum of Art, 1999
Greenberg, Blue. "Artifice Makes Arty Reality in Duke Exhibit," Durham Herald, April 16, 1999, p. 4
Gora, Susannah. "L.A. in DUMA," Recess, April 16, 1999, p. 4
Kaufmann, Susan. "Student Curators Bring Home to Duke a Perfect Image of L.A.," The News & Observer, April 13, 1999
Bartolucci, Noah. "Student-Curated Show Takes A Critical Look at LA Myths," Duke Dialogue, 1999
Curtis, Cathy. "Formal Boundaries Take Some Life From 'Biennial,'" Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, March 2, 1999, p. F12
Curtis, Cathy. "Method, Madness," Los Angeles Times, Orange County, February 24, 1999, p. F1-5
Walsh, Daniella. "Art made for the pure joy of it," Orange County Register, February 14, 1999, p. 28
Dubin, Zan. "What It's All About," Los Angeles Times, Orange County Calendar, February 6, 1999, pp. F2-22.
Ben Yehuda, Eron. "Young At Art," Newport Beach/Costa Mesa Daily Pilot, Datebook, February 5, 1999, p. 2
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1998
Dewan, Shaila. "What's So Great About Painting," Houston Press, October 29 - November 4, 1998, pp. 59-60
Johnson, Patricia C. 'Abstract Artists Redraw Boundaries of Painting," Houston Chronicle, October 7, 1998, pp. 1D-3D
Friis-Hansen, Dana. Abstract Painting Once Removed (exhibition catalogue). Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1998, pp. 44-45
Relyea, Lane. "Virtually Formal," Artforum XXXVII, No. 1, September 1998, pp. 126-173
Pagel, David. "Visual Stimulation in L.A.: Paintings From Another Planet," Flash Art XXXI, 201 Summer Issue 1998, pp. 116-220
Darling, Michael. "Kevin Appel," Frieze 41, Summer 1998, p. 88
Cotter, Holland. "Painting From Another Planet: New Paintings From Los Angeles," The New York Times, July 24, 1998, p. E35
Joyce, Julie. "Kevin Appel," Art Issues 53, 1998, p. 40
Pagel, David. "Fresh Outlook," Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, February 13, 1998, p. F23
Maslon, Laura Stevenson. "Art Chatter About Art Matters…," Art-Talk, October 1998, pp. 42, 44
1997
DiMichele, David. "'Bastards of Modernity' at Angles Gallery", Artweek April 28, 1997, pp. 22-23
Tanner, Marchia. "Ten Los Angeles Artists' at Stephen Wirtz Gallery," Artweek, April 28, 1997, p. 22
Hainley, Bruce. "'Bastards of Modernity', Angles Gallery," Artforum, March 1997, pp. 98-99
Kandel, Susan. "Art Reviews: Modernist Montage," Los Angeles Times, February 7, 1997, pp. F16-F30
Bonetti, David. "Gallery Watch", San Francisco Examiner, February 28, 1997
Helfand, Glen. "Ten Los Angeles Artists," San Francisco Bay Guardian, February 19, 1997
Young, Paul. "Bastards of Modernity," Buzz Weekly, February 14-20, 1997, p. 19
1996
Wilson, William. "Wry and Witty Observations Decorate Images of 'Interiors'", Los Angeles Times May 1, 1996.
1995
Darling, Michael. "Pretty at Food House," Artweek, March 1995
1993
Darling, Michael. "Paintings," Picturebook, January 1993