American painter, Suzanne Caporael, studied at the Otis Art Institute completing both her BFA and MFA. Between 1984-1986 she received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and held her first major exhibition at the Newport Harbor Art Museum and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Caporael’s work ranges from organic to geometric with compositions varying from landscapes to colorful shapes and forms. Her landscapes often deal with the struggle between man and nature. The exploration of the physical world through allegory occupies her currently.

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2003
"Littoral Drift," Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York. (cat.)
2001
“Turnagain Arm and Other Cold Places,” Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago. (cat.)
2000
“Suzanne Caporael: Melt New Paintings” Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles.
“Suzanne Caporael: Works on Paper", Karen McCready Gallery, New York.
1998
“Suzanne Caporael: The Elements of Pigment", The Lemberg Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan.
“Suzanne Caporael: The Elements of Pigment”, Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago. (cat.)
“Suzanne Caporael: The Elements of Pigment,” Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles.
1997
“Suzanne Caporael: Recent Paintings,” In Khan Gallery, New York.
“Suzanne Caporael,” SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, California.
1996
“The Five Kingdoms” and “The Periodic Table of Elements,” Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles and Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago. (cat.)
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco.
1994
“Suzanne Caporael: Paintings,” from the series Inside Trees and Living on Permafrost:Black Spruce, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco.
1993
“Inside Trees,” Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago.
1992
“Suzanne Caporael: Second Nature,” Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco.
1991
“Suzanne Caporael: New Paintings,” Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago.
“Suzanne Caporael: Paintings and Works on Paper,” Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica.
“Suzanne Caporael: New Work,” Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale.
1989
“Suzanne Caporael: Recent Paintings,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco.
“Suzanne Caporael: New Paintings,” Lisa Sette Gallery, Scottsdale.
1988
“Suzanne Caporael: New Work,” Richard Gray Gallery/Superior Street, Chicago.
“Suzanne Caporael: Recent Work,” The Harcus Gallery, Boston.
Krygier/Landau Contemporary Art, Santa Monica.
1987
“Suzanne Caporael Recent Paintings,” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco.
1986
“Suzanne Caporael: Recent Paintings,” Krygier/Landau Contemporary Art, Santa Monica.
“Suzanne Caporael California Viewpoints,” Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara.
1985
“Summer 1985: Nine Artists” (nine one-person exhibitions), Irit Krygier Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles. (cat.)

Selected Public Collections
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
The Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh
High Museum, Atlanta
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
Newport Harbor Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
The JB Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
Yale University, Hartford, CT