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 explores how our interactions with nature and use of raw material enact change on surrounding environments. The importance of material and process is put forth in his daily studio practice involving anthracite coal, melting blocks of ice as well as the collection and re-use of dust from his reductive painting processes. This is 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.
Andrew Wapinski received his BFA in Painting from Kutztown University in Pennsylvania and an MFA in Painting from The University of Delaware. He continues to exhibit nationally with 13 solo exhibitions and extensive participation in group exhibitions and art fairs throughout the U.S. including the Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL, University of North Carolina Ashville, Asheville, NC, and the Susquehanna Museum of Art, Harrisburg, PA. His work is collected internationally where it is included in multiple corporate, public and private collections. Andrew Wapinski lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is currently represented by Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York, NY and Callan Contemporary in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Demarcation, Mark Borghi Fine Art, Sag Harbor, NY
Intercedent, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
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, Seattle, WA
2018 Transmutation, Callan Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2014 Restructured, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
2011 Permutation, Carspecken Scott 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
2024 Art Miami, One Herald Plaza, Miami, FL
2022 What’s New - Recent Acquisitions, University of Delaware Museums, Newark, DE
Abstract Monochrome Figures, Mark Borghi Fine Art, Sag Harbor NY
2020 On The Surface, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA.Wapinski
Grey / Gray (Matters), 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 Exhibition, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
March Selection, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Sense of Place, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2012 Precious Metals, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
Magnitude 7, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2011 Specific Environments: Landscape as Metaphor, Lincoln Center Galleries, Fort Collins, CO
Annual Small Works Exhibition, 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 Painting, The Showroom at HUB-BUB, Spartanburg, SC
Award Winners 10/Reunion Show, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover DE
Group Exhibition, New Wilmington Art Association, Wilmington, DE
2009 Group Exhibition, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
Language of Line, New Wilmington Art Association, 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 ½ by 11 Project, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA
Invitational Exhibition, Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, DE
New Views: Nature Captured, The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
2007 Small Works, All Gallery, New Haven, CT
Paintings of the Mid-Atlantic, 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, Exhibition Catalog, UNC, Asheville, Essay by Claire Gillman
2018 Bingham Online Interview, Material and Process Based Painting, December 4th, 2018
Create Magazine, Transmutation at Callan Contemporary, Aug 31st, 2018
2014 Washington Post, “Restructured” Exhibition 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 Paintings, Mid-Atlantic Issue, Volume #69
Washington College Magazine, Volume LV, No. 2
Selected Collections
Education
Teaching
AKA Hotel Group, Washington, DC
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
M.F.A. University of Delaware
B.F.A. Kutztown University, PA
2012-2014
West Chester University Visiting Lecturer of Painting
2005-2011
University of Delaware Visiting Lecturer of Painting, Drawing and Design
2005-2007
Washington College, Chestertown, MD: Visiting Lecturer of Painting and Drawing