ACME.
6150 Wilshire Blvd., Spaces 1 & 2
Los Angeles, California 90048
t 323.857.5942 f 323.857.5864
www.acmelosangeles.com
KURT KAUPER
Born 1966 in Indianapolis, IN
Lives and works in New York, NY
EDUCATION
1995
1988
MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
BFA, Boston University, Boston, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
2007
2005
2003
2000
1999
1997
ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Everybody Knew That Canadians were the Best Hockey Players, Deitch Projects, New York,
NY
Deitch Projects, New York, NY
ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Deitch Projects, New York, NY
ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY (Two Person exhibition with Judie Bamber)
ACME., Santa Monica, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2005
2004
20 Years of ACME., ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Works of Paper, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Private Future, curated by Michael Cline, Marc Jancou Contemporary, New York, NY
Sea Change, Rio Honda College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA
Private(dis)play, curated by Jamie Adams and Katharine Kuharic, Center of Creative Arts,
Saint Louis, MO
Out of Shape, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Celebrity, curated by Marilu Knode, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Face Value, Sam Francis Gallery/Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA
NeoIntegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Fung Wah, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
Superstar, Kunsthalle, Wien
Postmodern Portraiture, The Logan Collection, Vail, CO
Tete a Tete, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
Honeymoon with Romeo, Groeflin/Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
Image/Text, G.A.S.P., Boston, MA
The Charged Image, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
Monument to Now, Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1990
Sheʼs Come Undone, Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
When I Think About You I Touch Myself, curated by David Humphrey, New York Academy of
Art, New York, NY
Singing My Song, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Crosscurrents: Contemporary Art from the Neuberger Berman Collection, Henry Art Gallery,
Seattle, WA
Reverie: Works from the Collection of Douglas Cramer, The Speed Art Museum, Louisville,
KY
Chére Paintre, Liebe Maler, Dear Painter, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
By The Hand of the Father, Luckman Gallery, California State University,
Los Angeles, CA
Mask or Mirror? A Play of Portraits, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Painting and Illustration, Luckman Gallery, California State University Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, CA
Chére Paintre, Liebe Maler, Dear Painter, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Chére Paintre, Liebe Maler, Dear Painter, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Supernatural Playground, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Post L.A. Cool, curated by Michael Duncan, San Jose Museum of Art,
San Jose,CA
Enough About Me, curated by Deb Kass, Momenta, Brooklyn, NY
Form Follows Fiction, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
Casino 2001, First Quadrennial of Contemporary Art, Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuele Kunst
(SMAK), Gent, Belgium
Before They Became Who They Are, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Acquisitions, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
Greensboro, NC
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
In Your Face, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Painting From Another Planet, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Transience and Sentimentality, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Two-person exhibtion with Judie Bamber, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY
Be Specific, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Subject/Object, Cerritos College of Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
Realm of Morpheus: Dream Image in Art, Nexus Foundation for Todayʼs Art, Philadelphia, PA
Self-Portrayal, Post, Los Angeles, CA
Vital Signs, L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
ACME., Santa Monica, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
House of Styles, TRI Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paper Presence, Jan Abrams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Small Works, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Figuratively Speaking, Jan Abrams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Hot Crop, Claremont McKenna College Gallery, Claremont, CA
Figures, Faces, and Body Parts, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
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2008
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“Vrai et faux: les portraits de célébrités,” art press, December 2000, pp. 33-35.
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SELECTED AWARDS
2001
1999
1995
1993
1989
1988
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
Kay Nielsen Memorial Award for Drawing
Kay Nielsen Memorial Award for Drawing
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT