KEVIN APPEL | CLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM - Institute Residential Fellowship Program - News

Kevin Appel by Lou Mora

Kevin Appel has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA; ACME., Los Angeles, CA; The Suburban, Chicago, IL; Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand; Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY; Wilkinson Gallery, London, United Kingdom; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. His work has been included in group exhibitions at numerous institutions including the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA; Kunstmuseum Brandts, Odense, Denmark; Museum of Contemporary Art Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, among others. Appel’s work is held in the public collections of the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; The New York Public Library, New York, NY; Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; and the Saatchi Collection, London, United Kingdom. Appel received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design in New York. He is a Professor of Art and currently serves as Art Department Chair at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California, Irvine. Appel lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Clyfford Still Museum by Boulder Media House

A committee chose five fellows from different study areas to participate in the Clyfford Still Museum’s (CSM) first Institute Residential Fellowship Program from July 21 to August 11 in Denver. The program focuses on three pillars of study: art, education, and social enterprise.

“Clyfford Still left his collection to an American city, and Patricia Still ultimately chose Denver as its home,” said Joyce Tsai, CSM director. “As CSM embarks on its second decade, we ask how we might draw strength from Still’s extraordinary gift. We have established the Institute Residential Fellowship program to bring artists and thought leaders to Denver to engage with the Museum and its collections.”

Earlier this year, the Museum opened applications for the first fellowship cohort. The first fellows selected to participate include Sarah Faux and Kevin Appel in studio art, Dr. Michael A. Barla and Dr. Heather Kaplan in early childhood education, and Emily Grace King in social enterprise.

“Each fellow belongs to a richly interdisciplinary community, and they share a desire to transform our present and future,” said Tsai. “By bringing the Institute fellows to Denver, we create new avenues for Still’s work to animate the pressing questions of our day.”