Koplin Del Rio

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1994 “Paintings and Drawings”, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993 “Beyond the Mirror’s Reflection”, University of Akron, Akron, OH
1990 "Bill Vusanovich and Kathryn Myers", Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009 “Draw the Line” Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2008 “Not Without Form”, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
2008 “About Face: Portraiture Now”, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2006 “Eighth Annual Realism Invitational”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY and
San Francisco, CA
2005 “Seventh Annual Realism Invitational”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 “Drawings VII”, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 "Drawings VI", Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Perception of Appearances: A Decade of American Contemporary Figurative Drawing",
The Frye Museum, Seattle, WA
2000 "Drawings V," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 "Contemporary American Realist Drawings", The Jalane and Richard Davidson Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1998 "Drawings IV", Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Flowers in February", Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1997 "1997 Collector's Show", The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
"The Art of Collecting", Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
"Flowers in February", Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1996 "Flowers in February", Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
"Gallery and Invited Artists," New York, NY
"Large Drawings", The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR (catalog)
"American Realism", Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
"1996 Collectors Show", The Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
“The Figurative Show”, Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Inaugural Group Exhibition", Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Hand, Eye, Heart, Mind: Figurative Drawings", Golden W. College, Huntington Beach, CA
1994 “Parallax Views”, Contemporary Realist Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Flowers in February”, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1993 “Drawings III”, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“10th Year Anniversary Show”, Sherry French Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
“Group Show”, Sherry French Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1992 “Drawings II”, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“National Drawing Invitational”, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
“Flowers”, Chicago Botanical Society, Chicago, IL (prize)
“Group Show”, Margulies Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1991 “Contemporary Midwestern Landscapes”, The Gallery, University Club, Chicago, IL
1990 “The Figure: Selections from the Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection”,
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
“Environment Exhibition”, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
“Monochrome/Polychrome: Contemporary Realist Drawings”, Florida State University
Gallery & Museum, Tallahassee, FL (catalog)
1989 "Art of the ‘80s from the Collection of Chemical Bank”, The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
1987 “15th UCL Competition & Exhibition”, Union League Club, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Works on Paper”, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
1986 "Contemporary Works on Paper”, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 “Works on Paper”, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Chicago & Vicinity Show”, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (purchase prize)

COLLECTIONS:
Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
Steve Martin, Los Angeles, CA
The Hess Collection, Napa Valley, CA
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, MA
Kemper Group, Long Grove, IL
Certified Collateral Corporation,
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL
Amerada Hess Corporation, New York, NY
Chemical Bank, New York, NY
McDonald’s Corporation, Oakbrook, IL
AT&T, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2008 Forestieri, Susanne, “Drawing Power”, Las Vegas Weekly, Sep. 4
2004 Procter, Kenneth, “Throwing Light on the Subject”, Drawing, Fall, p.34
2000 Pagel, David, "Realism and Imagination Coexist in 'Drawings V,'" LA Times, Aug. 25
1996 Dunlap, Doree, "Out of the Closet", OC Weekly, March 22-March 28, p. 23
1995 Gimelson, Deborah, "Art Notebook: Contemporary Realist Drawings", Architectural Digest, July, pg. 24-32
1993 Pagel, David, "Galleries - Art Reviews", LA Times, Aug. 7
Shinn, Dorothy, "Vuksanovich show at UA is Magnetic", The Beacon Journal, Oct. 30, p. C5
1992 "National Drawing Invitational", The Arkansas Arts Center, Exhibition Catalog
Lynch, Kevin, "American Realism Thriving", The Capital Times, Oct. 15

Kohen, Helen l., and Elisa Turner, "Boca's Gallery Center is One-Stop Art Mart",
The Miami Herald, Sat., Nov. 28
1990 "Monochrome Polychrome - Contemporary Realist Drawings", Florida State University,
Exhibition Catalog
Artner, Alan, "Two Artists, Two Views of the Human Figure", The Chicago Tribune,
Fri., March 16
1989 Zeaman, John, "Art to Grace the Office Wall", The Record, Sun., March 12
1985 Artner, Alan G., "Craft Mans the Ship in Chicago and Vicinity Show",
The Chicago Tribune, Sun., May 12, Section 13
Thorson, Alice, "Chicago and Vicinity Show", New Art Examiner, Oct.