MICHAEL CHAPMAN
Born in 1957 in Inglewood, CA
Resides in Orange County, CA
EDUCATION
Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
1980-83
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002
Jill George Gallery, London, England
2001
Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2000
Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
1999
Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT
1998
Sharon Truax Fine Art, Venice, CA
1997
Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, CA
1995
Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY
Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa Monica, CA
1993
Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY
1992
Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991
Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1987
Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD
2002
London Art Fair, Jill
George Gallery, London, England
2001
Black and White, CS Fine Art, Montrose, CA
The Pool
Show, DNFA Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Trains
of Thought, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
2000
In the Eye of the
Beholder, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica,
CA
1999
New Realism for a
New Millennium, Memorial Art Gallery,
University of
Rochester, Rochester, NY
1998
René Magritte and
Contemporary Art: An Influence of Ideas and Facts, or
the
Puzzle Never Solved,
Museum voor moderne Kunst, Oostende, Belgium
Contemporary
American Landscape, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
1997
Catching
the Shimmer, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY
1996
City of
Vapor: Capturing the Transitory Reality of Los Angeles,
Tatistcheff/Rogers,
Santa Monica, CA
Re-presenting Representation, Everhart Museum,
Scranton, PA
After
Midnight, Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa Monica, CA
Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
Referencing Innocence/Not, Weingart Galleries,
Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
1995
Collector’s Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock,
AR
Terrain,
SOMA Gallery, San Diego, CA
Emulation’s: Quotations From The Source, Riverside
Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1994
Night
Visions, Art Museum at Florida International
University, Miami, FL
New
Realities: Personal Perspectives in Realist Painting,
Tatistcheff/Rogers,
City Art,
Millard Sheets Gallery at the L.A. County Fair Grounds,
Pomona, CA
Two Person Show, Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa
Monica, CA
The Game
Show, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
1993
Fascination with Trains, Hearst Art Gallery, St.
Mary's College, Moraga, CA
A Story
Untold: Contemporary Narrative Painting, Michael
Dunev Gallery,
San
Francisco, CA
The
Anniversary Show, Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa Monica,
CA
Interiors,
Torture Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Collector's Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock,
AR
Highlights
from the Contemporary Art Collection of Brown-Forman
Corporation,
The
Actors Theater, Louisville, KY
Blue,
Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Cityscapes,
400 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA
1992
California
Dreamin', Fresno Metropolitan Museum
Beyond
Realism: Image & Enigma, Southern Alleghenies
Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
Isolation,
Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY
L.A.
Drives Me Wild, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa
Monica, CA
Collector's Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock,
AR
The Dog
Show, Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston, MA
1991
Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY
On The Go,
400 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA
Transportation Images, North Connector Gallery, San
Francisco International
Airport, San Francisco, CA
Selections,
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN
Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
5
California Artists, Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY
1990
Small
Works, Big Talent, Levinson Kane Gallery, Boston,
MA
Car Culture,
101 California Street, San Francisco, CA
Styles,
Strands & Sequences: American Realist Paintings &
Drawings, 1912-1990,
From the Philip
Desind Collection, University Gallery, University
of Florida,
Gainesville, FL
The Real
Thing, Brea Civic & Cultural Center Gallery, Brea,
CA
Urban
Landscapes and Transportation Images, Inaugural
Exhibit Riley Terminal,
John Wayne Airport, Costa Mesa, CA
1989
Compositions, Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
John Thomas Gallery, Fullerton, CA
Juried Show, Brea Civic & Cultural Center
Gallery, Brea, CA
1988
John Thomas Gallery, Fullerton, CA
Juried Show, Brea Civic & Cultural Center
Gallery, Brea, CA
1987
Juried Show, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
Mainstream
America: The Collection of Philip Desind, Butler
Institute of American
Art, Youngstown, OH
1986
Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1985
Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1984
Capricorn Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Juried Show, Butler Institute of American Art,
Youngstown, OH
Juried Show, Long Beach Art Association, Long
Beach, CA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
A.T.& T., Somerset, NJ
Brown-Forman Corporation, Louisville, KY
Centropolis Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA
Dektor Films, Hollywood, CA
Del, Rubel, Shaw, Mason & Derin, Los Angeles, CA
Fletcher-Jones, Las Vegas, NV
Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Washington, DC
Ground Zero, Santa Monica, CA
Hansen, Jacobsen, Teller & Hoberman, Beverly
Hills, CA
Landau Films, Santa Monica, CA
Lightstorm Entertainment, Santa Monica, CA
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Nomura Securities, Philadelphia, PA
Norfolk and Southern Railroad, Richmond, VA
Pacific Capital, Beverly Hills, CA
Payden & Rygal, Los Angeles, CA
Philip Morris, Inc., New York, NY
Roll International, Los Angeles, CA
Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA
Stephens, Inc., Little Rock, AR
The
Art Collection, Union Rescue Mission, Los Angeles, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pring, Dawnya, “Beach Cruising, Michael Chapman paints
his Seaside Experiences,” BRNTWD Magazine,
April, 2002, illustrated
Wong, Jennifer, “Representational Art
Continues to Captivate Modern Audiences,”
Art
Business News, July, 2000, illustrated
“Goings On About Town,”
The New Yorker, review, November 29, 1999
Moss, E. Lynne, “A Transient Reality: The Paintings of
Michael Chapman,”
American Artist,
July, 1999, Cover story and 7 reproductions
Rogers, Terrence, “City of Vapor,”
American Artist,
July, 1998, illustrated
René Magritte and Contemporary Art: An Influence of Ideas and Facts, or
the Puzzle Never Solved,
exhibition catalog, Museum voor moderne Kunst,
Oostende, Belgium, 1998, illustrated
“Diverse Perceptions: Selections from the AT&T Art
Collection,” AT&T Corporate Art Program, 1997
Muchnic, Suzanne, review, “City of Vapor,”
ARTnews,
February, 1997, Vol. 96, No.2
Frank, Peter, review, “City of Vapor,”
LA Weekly,
Nov. 22, 1996, illustrated
Henry, Gerrit, review,
ARTnews,
January 1996, p.127
Karmel, Pepe, review,
The New York
Times, Friday, October 20, 1995
Hemmerdinger, William,
“Previews of Exhibitions,”
ArtScene,
Vol. 14, No. 9, May, 1995, illustrated
Tapley, George, review, “Local Virus,”
Artweek; Vol.
25, No. 19, October 6, 1994, illustrated
Wright, Jeff, review, “Solid Dreaming,”
Cover Magazine;
Vol.8, No. 2, February 1994,
Anderson-Spivy, Alexandra, essay,
Michael Chapman
(exhibition catalog), December 1993,
Tatistcheff and Co., New York, NY
Curbelo, Silvia, “Gallery,”
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Quarterly; Volume 12, No. 45, Autumn 1993; illus.
p.23 and cover
Kapitanoff, Nancy, “Car Culture Without Driving
Narrative,” Los Angeles Times; Calendar Section,
Sunday, November 22, 1992; illustrated.
Pinchbeck, Daniel, “Openings,”
Art & Antiques;
November 1992, illustrated p.23
“Paintings by Michael Chapman,”
The Gettysburg
Review; Volume 5, No. 4, Autumn 1992;
Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA; illustrated
and cover.
Binai, Paul, essay,
Beyond Realism:
Image & Enigma (exhibition catalog); June, 1992;
Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
Curtis, Cathy, review,
Los Angeles Times;
Friday, July 21, 1989
