Ed Kaplan
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Biography
Ed Kaplan was born on Long Island in 1971, and currently resides in Queens, New York. He received his degree in Advertising Art and Design, but considers himself a he self-taught painter. For the past 20 years he has designed and executed fine art paintings and commissions, as well as murals and custom airbrushed automobiles. Shortly after completing a series of portrait paintings, painted on actual television screens, entitled “Televised Insanity”, he began to pursue his current subject matter, the urban landscape.
Solo Exhibitions:
May- June 2016 “Urban Landscapes” Amherst Town Hall, Amherst Massachusetts
April 2016- May 2016 “Urban Landscapes” Elusie Gallery Easthampton, Massachusetts
December-2015- February 2016 “Urban Landscapes” Living Arts Studio Northampton, Massachusetts
October 2014- January-2015- “Urban Landscapes” Odradeks Coffee Shop Queens, New York
April 2013-“Televised Insanity” Freddyʼs Backroom Brooklyn, New York February-April 2013- “Urban Landscapes” LIC Market L.I.C, New York February 2013- “Urban Landscapes” Harlem, New York
Group Exhibitions:
November 2015-January 2016- “Portraits and Identity” Deerfield Arts Bank South Deerfield, Massachusetts
July 2015- “A3’s Juried Show” A3 Gallery, Amherst, Massachusetts
May-June 2015- “LandEscapes” Deerfield Arts Bank South Deerfield, Massachusetts
April-May 2015- “Black & White & Read All Over” Deerfield Arts Bank South Deerfield, Massachusetts
February 2012- “Brucennial 2012” New York, New York
December 2011- “Kew Gardens 100 Tile Project” Permanent installation at the Kew Gardens, New York Long Island Railroad Station Queens, New York
November 2011- “Kew Gardens Home” The Center at Maple Grove Queens, New York
January 2011- Prince George Gallery New York, New York February 2010- “Brucennial 2010” New York, New York December 2008- Monster Gallery Brooklyn, New York November 2006-R2 Gallery New York, New York
Commissions:
Wayne Reynolds
Public collections:
Mural- Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12 New York, New York