CURRICULUM VITAE
DORIS KAPNER
1971
Born in Suffern, New York
Currently lives and works in Lake Norman, North Carolina
EDUCATION
1994
Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
Bachelors of Fine Art in Sculpture, Cum Laude
Apex Technical School, New York, NY
Certificate in Welding Technology
GRANTS/AWARDS
2021
Third Place Award, Justice & Beauty, SouthEnd Arts, The Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC (Juror: Bree Stallings)
2020
Arts & Science Council: Regional Artist Project Grant, Charlotte, NC
Arts & Science Council:Community Supported Art Program
2020 Selected Artist
50 works created for shareholders, Charlotte, NC
Honorable Mention, The Women's Issue 2020, Create Magazine
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Justice & Beauty, SouthEnd ARTS, The Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC
The Invisible Thread, CLTextile Group, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC
2020
Oddities, The Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC
Spring Free For All 2020, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Home Grown, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC
2019
2019 Member Show, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
Fine Contemporary Craft, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
Fall Free For All 2019, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Mud at the Mill, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC
Textures, CLTextile, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC
Bright Ideas, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC
Home Grown, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC
2018
Dark Matter, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
Airing Out The Dirty Laundry, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC
Resist: An Activist Art Show, OBRA Collective, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC
Home Grown, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC
2007
Snap To Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
1998
21st Century, Vanderbilt Museum, Centerpoint, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Vanessa Infanzon, New exhibit explores how art can contribute to justice and social equity, Charlotte Observer, February 8, 2021
Feminine Ceramics By Doris Kapner, Create Magazine, Issue XX Special Mention, May 20, 2020
Suzanne Fulton, Thank You Cornelius For Home Grown Art Exhibit, Cornelius Today, Vol. 15, No.6, March 2020, p. 12
Best Activist Art Show, OBRA Collective, Resist, Creative Loafing Charlotte, October 25, 2018, Vol. 32, No. 36, p. 51
Dark Matter, Seven Days, Vol. 24, No. 04, October 10, 2018, p.78
Moran, Pat, Pièce De Résistance’ Activist Art Show Strikes Notes of Defiance and Hope, Creative Loafing Charlotte, Vol. 32, No. 11, May 2, 2018, p. 22-23
COLLECTIONS
Works held in private collections in New York, North Carolina, Texas, and Washington
RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 - 2020
Art Instructor, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC
1995
Resident Artist Assistant to Lynda Benglis, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Assistant to Gallery Director Anna Kustera, Chassie Post Gallery, New York, NY
Artist Assistant, Lynda Benglis, New York, NY
1994
Artist Assistant, Nancy Davidson, New York, NY
1993
Intern, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
1991
Art Historian Assistant, Julia Ballerini, New York, NY