{"Id":7443,"Name":"Erik Koeppel","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EContact Info:\u003Cbr /\u003EP.O. Box 325\u003Cbr /\u003EJackson, NH 03846\u003Cbr /\u003EPhone: (603) 383-7062\u003Cbr /\u003EWebsite:\u003Ca href=\u0022http://www.erikkoeppel.com\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E www.erikkoeppel.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EEmail: \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:erik@erikkoeppel.com\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Eerik@erikkoeppel.com\u003C/a\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EErik Koeppel was born in Oregon, and spent his childhood moving with his family through many of the most beautiful landscapes of North America from the Rocky Mountains, to Southern California, to the Appalachian Range. At the age of ten, he settled in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where he drew obsessively from nature, and began to develop a love for the expressive potentials of traditional representation. Erik received his formal training from the Rhode Island School of Design followed by the New York Academy of Art, and an annual apprenticeship in Wiscasset, Maine with his professor and friend, Seaver Leslie. After copying extensively from the Italian Masters, he developed a body of work that has been exhibited and collected internationally, and represented across the United States. Koeppel\u0027s mastery of traditional techniques has led him to become one of very few young contemporary artists whose work is regularly exhibited with historic masters of the 19th and early 20th Centuries. He has hung beside Thomas Cole, Winslow Homer, Edgar Degas, John Frederick Kensett, and George Inness, and has had the distinguished honor of entering many collections including artists of this caliber. \u003Cem\u003EAmerican Artist, PleinAir Magazine\u003C/em\u003E, and other respected publications have covered his progress. \u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEducation:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E2004 New York Academy of Art. Master of Fine Arts in Painting\u003Cbr /\u003E2002 Rhode Island School of Design. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration\u003Cbr /\u003E1999-2004 Painter/Professor Seaver Leslie of RISD, Apprenticeship at his studio\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExhibitions:\u003Cbr /\u003ESolo:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E2010 \u0022Erik Koeppel: The American Landscape\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGroup:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E2012 \u0022The Road to Jackson Show and Sale\u0022 Museum of White Mountain Art at Jackson, NH (exhibition includes Sanford Gifford, Asher B. Durand, and many more.)\u003Cbr /\u003E2nd Annual Plein Air Competition Exhibition, Sagamore Hill, NY\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Classical Contemporary\u0022 at McColl Fine Art, Charlotte, NC\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022International Antiques Fair\u0022 with McColl Fine Art, Chicago, IL\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Wild Land: Thomas Cole and the Birth of American Landscape Painting\u0022 Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, Keene, NH\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Hudson River School and White Mountain Art\u0022 at the New Hampshire Antiques Co-op, Milford, NH\u003Cbr /\u003E2011 \u0022Hudson Valley Contemporary\u0022 at Boscobel House Museum, Garrison, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Winter Wonderland\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery, New York, NY\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Summer Exhibition\u0022 The Banks Gallery Portsmouth, NH \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022White Mountain Art\u0022 Jackson Historical Society, Jackson, NH \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022ARC Salon 2011\u0022 Landscape Finalist\u003Cbr /\u003E2010 \u0022White Mountain Art\u0022 Jackson Historical Society in Jackson, NH \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Winter Scenes\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022ARC Salon 2010\u0022 Landscape finalist\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Take Home a Nude Auction\u0022 at Sotheby\u0027s New York, NY\u003Cbr /\u003E2009 \u0022Institute of Classical Architecture and a Classical America Benefit Auction\u0022 NYC, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Take Home a Nude Auction\u0022 at Sotheby\u0027s in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Works on Paper\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Fete de Swifty\u0022 Mayor Fund Benefit in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022The Hampton Designer Showcase\u0022 with Bradley Thiergartner Interiors in Hampton, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Art for the Young Collector\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in Palm Beach, FL\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Summer Selections\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in Palm Beach, FL \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022ARC Salon 2009\u0022 Landscape finalist \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Erik Koeppel Artist Talk\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Elegant Realism\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY\u003Cbr /\u003E2008 \u0022Small Wonders\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Contemporary Works\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Art Hamptons\u0022 with Wally Findlay Gallery in Bridgehampton, NY\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Summer Salon\u0022 at the NYAA in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Take Home a Nude Auction\u0022 at Phillips de Pury \u0026amp; Company in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E2007 \u0022Singular Creation\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Color Sense\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in Palm Beach, FL \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Art for the Young Collector\u0022 at Wally Findlay Gallery in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u002230th Annual Non-members Exhibition\u0022 at the Salmagundi Club in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Summer Landscapes\u0022 Group Show at the Jameson Gallery in Portland, ME \u003Cbr /\u003EPaul Toner\u0027s Showcase, in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E2006 \u0022Summer Exhibition\u0022 at Jameson Gallery in Portland, ME December \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Invitational Landscape Exhibition\u0022 at Jameson Gallery in Portland, ME \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Open Painting Exhibition\u0022 at the Providence Art Club in Providence, RI \u003Cbr /\u003E2004 \u0022Master Thesis Exhibition\u0022 at NYAA in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022What\u0027s your point?\u0022 Metal-point Drawing Exhibition at NYAA in New York, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Hatching, the Art of Mark Making\u0022 at NYAA in New York, NY\u003Cbr /\u003E2002 \u0022The New England Exhibition\u0022 at the Cape Cod Art Association in Barnstable, MA\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022RISD Senior Class Invitational Exhibition\u0022 in Providence, RI \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Five Person Show\u0022 at the ISB Gallery in Providence, RI.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022RISD Departmental Senior Show\u0022 at the Woods-Gerry Gallery in Providence, RI \u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHonors and Awards:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E2012 Judge, Teaching Studio of Art 2nd Annual Plein Air Competition, Sagamore Hill, NY \u003Cbr /\u003E2011 Hudson River Fellowship, Senior Fellow, Hunter, NY 2010 and 2011\u003Cbr /\u003EArt Renewal Center Salon Landscape finalist 2009, 2010, and 2011\u003Cbr /\u003E2009 Hudson River Fellowship: one month residency in Hunter, NY 2009\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERepresentation:\u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EWally Findlay Galleries in New York City, Palm Beach, and Barcelona 2007-12 \u003Cbr /\u003EMcColl Fine Art Charlotte, NC 2012\u003Cbr /\u003EThe Banks Gallery, Portsmouth, NH 2010-12\u003Cbr /\u003ENew Hampshire Antiques Co-op, Milford, NH 2012\u003Cbr /\u003EJackson Historical Society, Jackson, NH 2010-12\u003Cbr /\u003EJameson Gallery in Portland, ME 2006-7\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPublications: \u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E2012 \u0022Techniques of the Hudson River School Masters with Erik Koeppel\u0022, DVD, Streamline Publishing.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Nature\u0027s Palette\u0022 Cover, and Saturday Feature by Tom Eastman, The Conway Daily Sun. July 14\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Old Time Relationship\u0022 Cover The Telegraph Magazine by Jake Berry, Sunday June 17\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022(Upfront) The Old is New Again\u0022 by Barbara Coles, New Hampshire Magazine, August \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022On the Road To Jackson...\u0022 by Cynthia Melendy, Ph.D., The MountainEar, June 14, \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Erik Koeppel: Informed and Inspired by the Hudson River School\u0022 by Steven Doherty in PleinAir Magazine August 2012 \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022What Better Place to Paint?\u0022 by Kristi Garofalo, Union Leader, April 10th\u003Cbr /\u003E2011 \u0022The Malzahn Collection\u0022 by Mathias Anderson, Fine Art Connoisseur, December issue\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Revisiting the Hudson River School\u0022 by John A. Parks, American Artist: Plein Air Painting, Fall Issue\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Landscape Painting in the 19th-Century Tradition\u0022 by Stephen Doherty, PleinAir Magazine, Fall Issue\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022PleinAirMagazine\u0027s Publisher\u0027s Invitational\u0022 PleinAir Magazine, Fall Issue\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Hudson Valley Contemporary: Works on Paper\u0022 catalogue \u003Cbr /\u003EArt Renewal Center International Salon Catalogue \u003Cbr /\u003E2010 American Painting Video Magazine, Fall issue, \u0022The Hudson River Fellowship\u0022\u003Cbr /\u003EArt \u002B Auction, January Issue\u003Cbr /\u003EArt Renewal Center International Salon Catalogue \u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Erik Koeppel, The American Landscape\u0022 catalogue, Wally Findlay Gallery\u003Cbr /\u003E2009 Art \u002B Auction, December Issue\u003Cbr /\u003E\u0022Erik Koeppel, Kickin\u0027 it Old School\u0022 Manhattan Magazine, November Issue\u003Cbr /\u003EArt Renewal Center International Salon Catalogue \u003Cbr /\u003EQuest Magazine, November Issue\u003Cbr /\u003EQuintessential Style Magazine, Fall Issue\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EStatement: \u003C/strong\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EIn the act of painting, I have sought to discover that highest knowledge of Beauty, poetic and philosophical, that has been the common thread between all of the Great Masters of Art. I have spent hours staring at the finest masterpieces in museums worldwide in an effort to decipher that meditative effect that distinguishes greatness from proficiency, and have made the creation of that sentiment my central goal as an artist. Following this path has led me to study deeply the sciences of philosophy, design, linear perspective, anatomy, color, optics, architecture, botany, light and atmosphere with respect to their purposes in art, and I have built a foundation of consistent formal principles that work in harmony to illuminate meaning in painting. As my subject, I have chosen the universal human condition in this world, and have sought wherever possible to discard the sociopolitical fashions of contemporary culture in favor of those enduring sentiments that we all encounter in life. It is my belief that to experience the Beauty of our existence here in this magnificent landscape is the only way to happiness. My intention as an artist is to share that Beauty.\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":false,"HasRelationships":false,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":true,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":44}