Erik Leighton Koeppel, Fine Art
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Erik Leighton Koeppel
88 Van Reypen St. Apt. 4F
Jersey City, NJ 07306
(201) 239-9330
erik@erikkoeppel.com
www.erikkoeppel.com

Representation:

      Wally Findlay Galleries in New York, Palm Beach, and Barcelona 2007-8
      Jameson Gallery in Portland, ME 2006-2007

Exhibitions:

      “Singular Creation” at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY 2007
      “Color Sense” at Wally Findlay Gallery in Palm Beach, FL 2007
      “Young Collectors Exhibition” at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY 2007
      “30th Annual Non-members Exhibition” at the Salmagundi Club in New York, NY 2007
      “Summer Landscapes” Group Show at the Jameson Gallery in Portland, ME 2007.
      Paul Toner’s Showcase, in New York, NY 2007
      Group Show at Jameson Gallery in Portland, ME December 2006
      Invitational Landscape Exhibition at Jameson Gallery in Portland, ME June 2006
      Open Painting Exhibition at the Providence Art Club juried be Brian Shure in Providence, RI 2006
      “New England Exhibition” at the Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable, MA 2002
      “Master Thesis Exhibition” at NYAA in New York, NY 2004
      “What’s your point?” Metal-point Drawing Exhibition at NYAA in New York, NY 2004
      “Hatching, the Art of Mark Making” at NYAA in New York, NY 2004.
      Selected for RISD Senior Class Invitational Exhibition in Providence, RI 2002.
      Five Person Show at the ISB Gallery in Providence, RI 2002.
      RISD Departmental Senior Show at the Woods-Gerry Gallery in Providence, RI 2002.

Commissioned Work:

      Leonard Porter Studio, LLC. New York, NY 2007
      Executed am under-painting of ecclesiastical portrait commission from Father Boniface Ramsey
      for St. Christopher’s Church, Staten Island, NY.
      Trinity University Church, Dublin, Ireland 2005 - 2006
      A year long government commission. Painted ten 9ft x 8ft and twelve 9ft x 5ft multi-figure
      murals with surrounding decorations from designs by Raphael with artists Levent Tuncer and
      Brian Maguire to be on permanent display in the church.

Teaching:

      Atelier of the New York Academy of Art, Instructed figure drawing and painting, 2007.
      Susan Dryfoos, Private tutorial in painting and drawing for RISD Trustee, summer 2004-2005.

Education:

      Edward Schmidt and Leannart Anderson. Post-graduate critiques 2005.
      New York Academy of Art. Master of Fine Arts in Painting, 2004.
      Rhode Island School of Design. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration 2002.
      Painter/Professor Seaver Leslie of RISD. Apprenticeship at his studio. Summer 1999-2007.