MICHAEL NAPPER
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BIO

Born: Pasadena, CA. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009 Photographs: Structures & Devices, curated by Habib Kheradyar, Long Beach City College Art Gallery, CA
2005 flesh / dirt / planets, den contemporary art, Culver City, CA
2002 Monotypes & Drawings, Michael W. Folonis Architect Studio,
Santa Monica, CA
1999 New Paintings, Michael W. Folonis Architect Studio, Santa Monica, CA
1998 Folium, Paintings, Michael W. Folonis Architect Studio, Santa Monica, CA
Ex Sequentia, Paintings, Drawings & Diaries, Sit Still Studio, Santa Monica, CA
1989 Paintings, Earl McGrath Gallery, West Hollywood, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012 space/adversity/motion, den contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Portraiture curated by Chuck Mobley from San Francisco Camerawork, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Delta College, Stockton, CA
ART Beijing, babù gallery, China
Through The Looking Glass, babù gallery, Beijing and Shenzhen, China
re:FORM, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (exhibition and auction benefit for Drug Policy Alliance)
2010 Photo Projects, 3-Person Show, den contemporary art, Los Angeles, CA
2008 RIPE, d.e.n. contemporary art, Culver City, CA
2007 Then and Now Painters and Their Process, Pharmaka Art,
Los Angeles, CA
2006 Out of Line, Idyllwild Arts Center, CA
2005 Monothon 11, Riverside Art Museum, CA
2005 Groundwork, den contemporary art, Culver City, CA
2004 Gallery Group Exhibition, Gallery Saint Germain, West Hollywood, CA
Modus Operandi: 6 Approaches to Abstraction, Michael W. Folonis Architect Studio, Santa Monica, CA
Works on Paper Group Exhibition, Gallery Saint Germain, West Hollywood, CA
Surface Treatments, 3-Person Exhibition, The Exhibition Room, Pomona, CA
Pharmaka, Bedlam Gallery, Los Feliz, CA
Pharmaka, Corridor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Against The Grain, Experimental Photographic Works, Michael W. Folonis Architect Studio, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Virtue & Iniquity, Paintings, Two-Person Exhibition, Michael W. Folonis Architect Studio, Santa Monica, CA
2000 The Landscape, Paintings, Gallery Soolip, Los Angeles, CA
1992 The Store Show, Richard Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

PUBLICATIONS

2011 Through The Looking Glass, Exhibition Catalog, babù gallery
2010 Rotating Gallery: Interview, too much chocolate
2010 Where We Live Now Project, Interview (online)
2009 Merit Award, Portfolio Contest, Black &White Magazine, Special Issue #68, June
2008 Suggestions of Enchantment: Interview with Michael Napper, Visual Candies
2007 Then and Now Painters and Their Process, Pharmaka (catalog)
2005 New Vistas in Landscape Painting, David Pagel. Los Angeles Times, February 11
Around LA Part II, Tyler Green. Modern Art Notes, ArtsJournal.com February 7
2004 The Los Angeles Gallery Report Card: Pharmaka Group Show, Coagula Art Journal, Issue #67, March
2003 X-Ray No. 9, 126 Monotypes in a Boxed Limited Edition, Published by X-Ray Book Co.,Ventura, CA
2002 Dan Fante: Collected Poetry 1983-2000 (American Edition), Poems by novelist/poet/playwright Dan Fante accompanied by the paintings, drawings, and diary pages of Michael Napper, Published by Sun Dog Press, Michigan
2001 Dan Fante: Collected Poetry 1983-2000 (British Edition), Front cover book design by Michael Napper, Published by Wrecking Ball Press, London
X-Ray No. 8, 126 Monotypes in a Boxed Limited Edition, Published by X-Ray Book Co., Ventura, CA