KEVIN APPEL was born, lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his BFA from Parsons School of Design in New York in 1990 and his MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995.

Kevin has had numerous solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally, which include Miles McEnery Gallery in NYC, Christopher Grimes Gallery in Santa Monica, ACME., Los Angeles, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, Wilkinson Gallery, London, England, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, among others.

His group exhibitions include “Endless House: Intersections of Art and Architecture,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; “XL: Large-Scale Paintings from the Permanent Collection,” The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar, Poughkeepsie, NY; “Black/White,” LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA; “Los Angeles Nomadic Division ‘Painting in Place,’” Farmers and Merchants Bank, Los Angeles, CA; “Painting Two,” Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand; “Kevin Appel, Canon Hudson, Betsy Lin Seder,” Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “LANY,” Peter Blum Gallery, New York, NY; “Beta Space: Kevin Appel and Ruben Ochoa,” San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA; “L.A. NOW,” Galerie Fiat, Paris, France; “California Modern,” Orange County Museum of Art, Newport, CA; and “Drawing Now: Eight Propositions,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, among others.

Appel’s work may be found in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; the Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN; The New York Public Library, New York, NY; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; the Misumi Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; the Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; the Logan Collection, Vail, CO; and the Saatchi Collection, London, England.

Kevin was in town for his installation of works at the ADAA ART SHOW up through March 3rd with Miles McEnery Gallery and he stopped by Brian’s apartment in Brooklyn and they chatted about painting, jazz, architecture and more.