Bio

Brian Kapernekas lives and works in the Chicago area. He has received his B.F.A from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has taught at Northern Illinois University. Recent solo exhibitions include Through Grids and Frayed Fields at 65GRAND, Chicago IL., and Cabin Fever at Proof Gallery, Boston MA., Recent group exhibitions include Paper Per Se at 65GRAND, Chicago IL., With a Capital P, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst IL., Around Flat, curated by Will Staples, at Knockdown Center, Maspeth, NY, Loveland Pass at Gölle Pass Projects, Wuppertal, Germany and Fortress of Solitude at Regina Rex, Queens, New York. Kapernekas received the Artadia: Fund for Art and Dialogue Grant in 2004. His work has been featured in Art Itd, Artslant, The Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times