Bio

Kappos received an MFA from the Yale University School of Art in 1997 and a BFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 1995. She lives and works in NYC.

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EDUCATION

1997

MFA, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT

1995

BFA, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

Spooky Action, SHRINE, New York, NY

2022

You You You, SHRINE, New York

Sun Up Sun Down, Lighthouse Works, Fishers Island, NY

2020

Transfigured: Marina Kappos and a film by Maya Deren, Foyer/LA, Los Angeles, CA

2011

Peep Show, China Art Objects, Los Angele, CA

2009

Politicus, The Happy Lion at Rental, New York, NY

2008

Politicus, The Happy Lion, Los Angeles

2007

Marina Kappos, Tokyo Wonder Site, Institute of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, JP

2005

A Murder of Crows, The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA

2003

Yellow Fever, Sutton Lane, London, UK

2002

Flora and Fauna, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY

2001

Panorama, Galeria Marabini, Bologna, IT

1999

Marina Kappos: Fade to Grey, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

White Columns Benefit Exhibition + Auction, White Columns, New York, NY

SHRINE, CAN Art Fair, Ibiza, ES

Death of an Outsider, SHRINE, Los Angeles, CA

2022

Painting As Is II, Curated by Hahn and Tim Wilson, Natalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY

2021

Return of the Dragons, Blossom Market, Chinatown Central Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

Resonant Frequencies, Jonathan Levine Projects, Online Exhibition, Jersey City, NJ

2020

Show Me The Signs, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA

Animal Crossing, Inman Gallery, Online Exhibition, Houston, TX

Connections, SHRINE, Online Exhibition, New York, NY

SHRINE at Intersect Aspen 2020, Aspen, CO

2018

Precurse, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2017

Selections from the Artist Pension Trust, NeueHouse, Los Angeles, CA

2014

Daughter of Bad Girls, Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY

2013

Pet Shapes, China Art Objects, Los Angeles, CA

For Ed: Splendor In The Grass, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2011

MAKE Skateboards, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY

Taguchi Art Collection- Global New Art, Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, JP

Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Brevard Art Museum, Melbourne, FL

The Open Daybook Exhibition, LACE, Los Angeles, CA

2010

Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA

2009

In Bed Together, Royal T, Culver City, CA

Elements of Nature: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA

1999 Ten Year Anniversary Show, China Art Objects Galleries and Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA

2007

Made in California: Contemporary California Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA

Pop Art 1960’s-2000’s, Hachioji Yume Art Museum, Tokyo/Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, JP

Pop Art in USA from Misumi Collection, Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, JP

The Exposed Animal, animal coexistence., KISS Kunst im Schloss Untergröningen Temporäres Museum, Schlossberg, DE

2006

Art Nova, Art Basel Miami Beach with I-20 Gallery, Miami, FL

Joy Pop! Pop Art 1960’s-2000’s, Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo, JP

Men, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY

Telling, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2005

Contemporary Voice, The Contemporary American Art from Misumi Collection, Tottori, JP

The Picture I Carry In My Head, Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

ART out of place, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Norwich, UK

2004

The Night of Olana, New York, NY

The Animal Show, Haunch of Venison, London, UK

2003

After Matisse/Picasso, P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center, New York, NY

The Cat Show, Acme, Los Angeles, CA

Dos Mil Anos Luz (2000 Light), Instituto Oscar Dominguez De Arte Contemporaneo (IODAC), The Canary Islands, ES (catalogue)

Made in California: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans and California State University, Bakersfield, CA

2002

Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now, Low, Los Angeles, CA

California Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA

Officina America/American Atelier, Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna; Museo de San Domenico, Imola; Ex-Pescheria, Cesena; and Palazzo dell’Aregno, Rimini, IT

2001

All American, Bellwether, Brooklyn, NY

I Love New York, I-20 Gallery, New York, NY