Kevin Chupik

Kevin Chupik was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1967, and graduated from Texas Christian University in 1992 with a B.F.A in Painting and Drawing. After receiving his M.F.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1995,Kevin moved to Las Vegas, where he has been living and working since 1997. Since 2003,he has been teaching painting, drawing and design at the College of Southern Nevada. A lifetime of interest in imagery, history, language, and travel has fed numerous bodies of work, spanning the last two decades. Kevin’s work is amongst private collections throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Artist Statement

Having grown up in the “Cold War” era, the ever-present specter of Soviet domination seemed real. Looking back through the lens of time, our “enemy” then, now seems quite human, even affable to the point of attractive. So these images, which are knitted together by a myriad of quietly placed brushstrokes shaped as squares, squiggles, dashes and dots, seem quite docile, compared our current enemy. Wouldn’t you rather have an enemy that is brooding and sexy?

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007 College of Southern Nevada. Las Vegas, NV
2002 Las Vegas Art Museum, Las Vegas, NV
2002 Winchester Gallery, Las Vegas, NV
1999 Nevada State Legislature, Carson City, NV
1995 M.F.A.Thesis Show, University of Colorado at Boulder
1992 Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, TX
1992 B.F.A. Thesis Show, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX
1990 Inaugural Exhibition, Joe B. Rushing Center Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 College of Southern Nevada Faculty Show, Las Vegas, NV
2008 UNLV/CSN Show, Bridge Gallery at City Hall, Las Vegas, NV
2007 Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
2006 CSN Faculty Show, Las Vegas, NV
2005 CSN Faculty Show, Las Vegas, NV
2004 Contemporary Arts Collective Juried Exhibition, Las Vegas, NV
2004 CSN Faculty Show, Las Vegas, NV
2002 Austin Modern Gallery, Austin, TX
1998 “La Creme” Invitational Show, Contemporary Arts Collective, Las Vegas, NV
1994 Grace Cultural Center, Abilene, TX

Bibliography

“Mad for Mid Mod.” H&D Magazine, Jan/Feb. 2009: 42-53
“Atomic Ranch” Polished Magazine, April 2008: 37-42
“Artful Pursuits” Luxury Las Vegas, Feb. 2007: 128
“Whipping Boys” Mercury Magazine, October 10-16, 2002:34
“Spotlight” Las Vegas Review Journal, Sept. 13, 2002