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Lives and works in New Haven, CT
2006
MFA, Yale University, School of Art, New Haven, CT
2001
BFA, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1976
Born in Kalamazoo, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
The Vesper Project. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Titus Kaphar. New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2013
Titus Kaphar: The Vesper Project. Friedman Benda, New York, NY
2012
Titus Kaphar. SEM-Art Gallery, Monaco
2011
Titus Kaphar: Classical Disruption. Friedman Benda, New York, NY
2009
Reconstruction. Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
History in the Making. Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2008
Painting Undone. Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2005
New Revolution. Yale Art Gallery, Trumbull Gallery, New Haven, CT
2004
Erace-ing Art History. Provisions Library, Washington, D.C.
Visual Quotations, Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, CA
2000
The House That Crack Built. San Jose State University Gallery 2, San Jose, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
11 Dimensions: Titus Kaphar, Demetrius Oliver, Wardell Milan, Louis B. James, New York, NY
2012
Pose/Re-Pose, SCAD Museum, Savannah, GA
2011
Re-Interpreting the European Collection. Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda
Roundabout. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010
Stitches. Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
The Gleaners: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Sarah and Jim Taylor. Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, Denver, CO
Roundabout. The City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Other Than Beauty, Friedman Benda, New York, NY
2009
Your Gold Teeth II. Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Macrocosm. Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
Cancelled. Erased & Removed Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Museum, Kalamazoo, MI
2007
Blur. Arndt & Partner Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Sweet Sweetbacks Baadasssss Song. Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY
Midnight’s Daydream. The Studio Museum In Harlem, New York, NY
My Love Is a 187. The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Salon Nouveau. Galerie Engholm Engelhorn, Vienna, Austria
2006
Lag-Time Line-up. Mumbo Jumbo Gallery, New York, NY
Materiality. Kravet|Wheby Gallery, New York, NY
School Days. Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Edges. Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA
2003
Stop Art Gallery, San Jose, CA
2002
Studio 110, Re-Presenting Ourselves. San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Mountain View City Hall, Mountain View, CA
2001
The African-American Spirit in Contemporary Art. Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose, CA
San Jose State University, Africana Center, San Jose, CA
2000
Black Artists: Creations. San Francisco African American Historical & Cultural Society, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale, CA
...of Subversion and Dominance. San Jose Art League, San Jose, CA
AWARDS
2009
Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Fellowship Recipient, Seattle Art Museum, February
2006
Artist in Residence, The Studio Museum In Harlem, October
2004
Belle Arts Foundation Grantee, January
2001
California Arts Council Grantee, December
Select Press
2013
Morse, Trent. “Titus Kaphar: Friedman Benda,” ARTnews. May 2013.
“Gallery Shows – Titus Kaphar: The Vesper Project”, Blouin Artinfo. February 28,
2013.
“Most Ambitious work to date by artist Titus Kaphar, ‘The Vesper Project’, opens at Friedman Benda”, Artdaily.org. February 28, 2013.
Frank, Priscilla. “Artist Titus Kaphar Talks Memory And Madness In His Latest Installation, 'The Vesper Project'”, The Huffington Post. Feb. 17, 2013.
Bryant, Eric. “History in the Making”, Art+Auction, February 2013.
Crow, Kelly. “Remnants of a Fractured Family”, The Wall Street Journal, February 8.
2013.
2012
Frank, Priscilla. “Titus Kaphar’s Disrupted Histories”, Huffington Post, July 2, 2012.
2011
Donoghue, Katy. “Titus Kaphar”, Whitewall. Issue 23, Fall 2011.
“DC Crushes on… Titus Kaphar”, Dear Chelsea. October 20, 2011.
Lagan, Sarah.“Shock Artist Takes a Scalpel to His Painting,” BDA Sun. September 14,
2011.
Moniz, Jessie. “Re-interpreting Art”, The Royal Gazette. September 14, 2011.
“Artist Attacks Painting”, Bermuda National Gallery. September 7, 2011.
“Reinventing the classics”, The Royal Gazette. September 1, 2011.
Dale, Amanda. “Bermuda National Gallery unveils autumn exhibition”, Bermuda Sun.
August 31, 2011.
Fourneaux, Marie-Emilie. “Artist File: Titus Kaphar”, Luxe-Immo. April 2011.
Laster, Paul. “Review: Titus Kaphar, ‘Classical Disruption’”. Time Out New York. March
15, 2011.
Cirincione, Janine. “Around the World in 80 Days: The Peripatetic Collectors Monique
and Max Burger”, The Art Economist. Volume 1 Issue 2, 2011.
McClure, Diana. “Painterly Power Plays”, DaWire. February 23, 2011.
2010
Jenkins, Rupert. “The Gleaners. Contemporary Art from the Collection of Sarah and Jim
Taylor Colorado”, Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, 2010.
Mizota, Sharon. “Art Review: ‘Stitches’ at Armory Center for the Arts”, Los Angeles
Times, May 21, 2010.
Cheng, Scarlet. “Unconventional ‘Stitches’ at the Armory Center for the Arts”, Los
Angeles Times, May 16, 2010.
2009
Palazzoli, Daniela. “Post-Black Wo.Men: Return to History”, Inside 21. Autumn, 2009.
“Fall Preview”, Art Ltd: Fall Preview Issue. September/October, 2009.
Douglas, Sarah. “Summer in the City: Group Shows”, Art Info. July 24, 2009.
Carlson, Michele. “History in the Making: Titus Kaphar Cuts Up to Rebuild”, Art in
America, May 20, 2009.
Psyllos, Steven. “Creative Time”, GIANT. May 1, 2009.
Miller, Brian. “Titus Kaphar”, Seattle Weekly. April 22, 2009.
“Seattle Museum Honors Titus Kaphar”, Huliq News. April 21, 2009.
Hamilton, Kerry Campbell. “Titus Kaphar: a fresh view of American History”, Seattle Art
Museum Examiner. April 15, 2009.
Graves, Jen. “Titus Kaphar, Pushing His Own Damn Boat”, The Stranger Slog. April 13,
2009.
“Seattle Art Museum Honors Titus Kaphar, Inaugural Fellowship Recipient, With a Solo
Exhibition”, Artdaily.org. April 12, 2009.
Large, Jarry. “Painter challenges history with Seattle Art Museum exhibit”, The Seattle
Times. April 6, 2009.
Shiloh, Ramon. “Seattle Art Museum Honors Titus Kaphar”, Colors. March 30, 2009.
Goldin, Thelma. “Elsewhere: Art Beyond the Studio Museum”, The Studio Museum in
Harlem Magazine. Spring 2009.
2008
“Titus Kaphar: Painting Undone”, Savannah: SCAD Exhibitions. 2008.
Harvey, Phillip. “The View From Now Trends In the Idiom of Young African American
Artists”, The International Review of African American Art. Volume 22, No 2,
2008.
Hersh, Allison. “Cut and Paste”, Savannah Morning News. March 15, 2008.
Wall, Katie. “Kaphar Challenges Traditional Perspectives”, The SCAD Chronicle.
March 7, 2008.
2007
Schwendener, Martha. “Three Contemporaries, Each With a Different Way to View the
Past”, The New York Times. August 11, 2007.
Kim, Christine Y. “Artists in Residence 2006-2007, Midnight’s Daydream”, The Studio
Museum in Harlem. 2007.
“Blur: Titus Kaphar, Wardell Milan II, Demetrius Oliver” Checkpoint. September/
December 2007.
Psyllos, Steven. “Midnight’s Daydream”, Trace. January 2007.
2006
Vogel, Carol. “Warhols of Tomorrow Are Dealers’ Quarry Today”, New York Times. April
15, 2006.
2005
“The Art of Cut-and-Paste”, The Yale Bulletin & Calendar. December 16, 2005.
2004
“Erace-ing Art History”, Provisions Library. Spring, 2004.
“From the Margins of Art History, a Painter’s Minority Report”, Washington Post. April
11, 2004.
“KPFA Radio Interview”, Berkeley and Washington, D.C.. February/April, 2004.
2003
“Artist Repaints History’s Blackout”, San Jose Mercury News. December 7, 2003.