BIOGRAPHY
Born in Saint Clair Pennsylvania, Andrew Wapinski is a visual artist whose current practice is rooted in the memories of interacting with the environment of the historic coal mining town in which he grew up. His work places great importance on the physicality of material and its relationship to artistic process. Melting blocks of pigmented ice, hand ground anthracite coal and the collection of dust from his reductive painting processes lay the foundation for Wapinski to investigate interwoven themes of liminal space, reclamation and material significance as they relate to shifting environments and sense of place.
Wapinski received his BFA in Painting from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania and an MFA in Painting from The University of Delaware. Andrew Wapinski lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2022 Mark Borghi Fine Art, Sag Harbor, NY
2021 Compression Series, Artsy courtesy of Cardi Gallery, London, Milan
Regeneration, Globe Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Compression, Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York, NY
New Works, Foster White Gallery, SeaSle, WA
2018 Transmutation, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2014 Restructured, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
2011 Permutation, Carspecken ScoS Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2010 Wasteland, Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
2008 Transformations, Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2007 Sea Fragments, Gallery Siano, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Coastal Interpretations, Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 On The Surface, ASleboro Arts Museum, ASleboro, MA Grey / Gray (MaFers), Divisible Projects, Dayton, OH
2019 SCOPE Miami, SCOPE Miami Beach Pavilion, Miami Beach, FL
Drawings at the Edge of Perception, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Some Place, Taylor Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Drawing Discourse, University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC
2018 SCOPE Miami, SCOPE Miami Beach Pavilion, Miami Beach, FL
Instaselect, Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York, NY
SCOPE New York, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY Spring Selection, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Group Exhibi3on, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA March Selec3on, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Sense of Place, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL 2012 Precious Metals, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
Magnitude 7, Manifest Crea\ve Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinna\, OH
2011 Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, Lincoln Center Galleries, Fort Collins, CO
Annual Small Works Exhibi3on, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Decadence, Crane Art Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
Preja-Vu, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
With Friends Like These, Old School Galleries at Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
The Artist Project, Pier 92, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
2010 New Triumph of Pain3ng, The Showroom at HUB-BUB, Spartanburg, SC Award Winners 10/Reunion Show, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover DE
Group Exhibi3on, New Wilmington Art Associa\on, Wilmington, DE
2009 Group Exhibi3on, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
Language of Line, New Wilmington Art Associa\on, Wilmington, DE Summer in the City, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Paper Trails: Recent Drawings, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
2008 Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water: Science in Art, Susquehanna Museum of Art, Harrisburg,PA 8 1⁄2 by 11 Project, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
Invita3onal Exhibi3on, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE
New Views: Nature Captured, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
2007 Small Works, All Gallery, New Haven, CT
Pain3ngs of the Mid-Atlan3c, Keystone Art and Culture Center, Lancaster, PA
2006 Works on Paper, Fort Worth Art Center, Fort Worth, TX
PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS
2019 Plebeian Deli Interview by Forrest Hines, May 29,
2019, Plebeiandeli.art Drawing Discourse, Exhibi\on Catalog, UNC, Asheville, Essay by Claire Gillman
2018 Bingham Online Interview, Material and Process Based Pain3ng, December 4th,
2018 Create Magazine, Transmuta3on at Callan Contemporary, Aug 31st, 2018
2014 Washington Post, “Restructured” Exhibi\on Review, by Mark Jenkins: July 5th, 2014
2012 Manifest, Magnitude 7, Catalog V64
2009 Studio Visit Magazine, Winter 2009, Volume 5
2008 Artline, Spring 2008, Volume 9, Number 1
2007 New American Pain\ngs, Mid-Atlan\c Issue, Volume #69 Washington College Magazine, Volume LV, No. 2
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Capital One, Wilmington, DE
Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman and Leonard, New York, NY Divisible Projects, Dayton, OH
Hilton Hotels, Orlando, FL
Lancaster Arts Hotel, Lancaster, PA
Scrub Island Resort, Scrub Island, BVI
Swissotel, Chicago, IL
ThinkTank Holdings, Jackson, WY
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
EDUCATION
M.F.A. University of Delaware, Newark, DE Concentra\on: Pain\ng
B.F.A. Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA Concentra\on: Pain\ng
West Chester University, West Chester, PA: Visi\ng Lecturer of Pain\ng
University of Delaware, Newark, DE: Visi\ng Lecturer of Pain\ng, Drawing and Design Washington College, Chestertown, MD: Visi\ng Lecturer of Pain\ng and Drawing