CURRICULUM VITAE

DORIS KAPNER

1971

Born in Suffern, New York

Currently lives and works in Lake Norman, North Carolina

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EDUCATION

1994

Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY

Bachelors of Fine Art in Sculpture, Cum Laude

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Apex Technical School, New York, NY

Certificate in Welding Technology

GRANTS/AWARDS

2021

McColl Center Studio Artist, The McColl Center, Charlotte, NC

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META Mural Residency, Brand the Moth, Charlotte, NC

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Selected Artist for Gift Boutique, Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit, Charlotte, NC

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Third Place Award, COSO Biennial 2021,  VAE Raleigh, Raleigh, NC 

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Third Place Award, Justice & Beauty,  SouthEnd Arts, The Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC 

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2020 

​Arts & Science Council: Regional Artist Project Grant, Charlotte, NC

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Arts & Science Council:Community Supported Art Program

2020 Selected Artist

50 works created for shareholders, Charlotte, NC

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Honorable Mention, The Women's Issue 2020, Create Magazine

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

Labyrinth, Brand the Moth, The Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, NC

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COSO 2021 Biennial, VAE Raleigh, Raleigh, NC

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Mud at the Mill, Cornelius Arts Center, Cain Center for the Arts, Cornelius, NC

The Invisible Thread, CLTextile Group, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC

Justice & Beauty, SouthEnd ARTS, The Brooklyn Collective, Charlotte, NC

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2020

Oddities, The Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC

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Spring Free For All 2020, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC

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Home Grown, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC

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2019

2019 Member Show, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC

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Fine Contemporary Craft, Artspace, Raleigh, NC

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Fall Free For All 2019, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC

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Mud at the Mill, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC

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Textures, CLTextile, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC

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Bright Ideas, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC

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Home Grown, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC

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2018

Dark Matter, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT

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Airing Out The Dirty Laundry, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC

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Resist: An Activist Art Show, OBRA Collective, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC

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Home Grown, Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC

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2007

Snap To Grid,  Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

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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

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Feminine Ceramics By Doris Kapner, Create Magazine, Issue XX Special Mention, May 20, 2020

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Suzanne Fulton, Thank You Cornelius For Home Grown Art Exhibit, Cornelius Today, Vol. 15,  No.6, March 2020, p. 12

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Best Activist Art Show, OBRA Collective, Resist, Creative Loafing Charlotte, October 25, 2018, Vol. 32, No. 36, p. 51

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Dark Matter, Seven Days, Vol. 24, No. 04, October 10, 2018, p.78

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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

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1995

Resident Artist Assistant to Lynda Benglis, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA

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Assistant to Gallery Director Anna Kustera, Chassie Post Gallery, New York, NY

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Artist Assistant, Lynda Benglis, New York, NY

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1994

Artist Assistant, Nancy Davidson, New York, NY  

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1993

Intern, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY

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1991

Art Historian Assistant, Julia Ballerini, New York, NY