David Kupferman
"My lyric abstract paintings are celebrations of the mystery, magnitude and dynamism of life, an expression of the infinite flow of light and the expansion of inner consciousness. They work on many levels simultaneously: unity in diversity, space and form, light and color, silence and movement, inner and outer awareness. They are informed by both Eastern and Western aesthetics and philosophy and integrates the two.
They are painted in a spontaneous manner, a kind of joyous improvisational duet with the rhythms of nature, a visual gospel of hymns singing the praise of nature and life. While painting, I listen to Indian Vedic hymns, Indian Ragas or improvisational jazz which helps move the flow of energy where you can feel the rhythms, pulse and vibrating waves of sound expressed in paint. My art becomes a spontaneous performance piece where I improvise along with the musicians as a visual player in the ensemble. The linear, geometric rectangular shapes act as windows or portals that help the viewer move in and out of the picture plane, flowing from outer perception to inner transcendence. They also act as a counterpointal balance to the free flowing gestural strokes of paint. Some of the paintings have references to sea and sky where the boundaries between landscapes and abstracts merge. The ocean and sky are symbols of the all encompassing, infinite flow and power of nature. Many of these paintings were done on or inspired by Cape Cod where sea light has a particular intensity with sublime atmospheric vibrations of lighted skies and rhythmically flowing waves, and also by the expansive Iowa skies over the Plains.
The paintings are both atmospheric and concrete, flowing back and forth between movement and stability. Each new painting is a joyous revelation creating a discrete world unto itself. Available in Boston and Iowa among other locations."
They are painted in a spontaneous manner, a kind of joyous improvisational duet with the rhythms of nature, a visual gospel of hymns singing the praise of nature and life. While painting, I listen to Indian Vedic hymns, Indian Ragas or improvisational jazz which helps move the flow of energy where you can feel the rhythms, pulse and vibrating waves of sound expressed in paint. My art becomes a spontaneous performance piece where I improvise along with the musicians as a visual player in the ensemble. The linear, geometric rectangular shapes act as windows or portals that help the viewer move in and out of the picture plane, flowing from outer perception to inner transcendence. They also act as a counterpointal balance to the free flowing gestural strokes of paint. Some of the paintings have references to sea and sky where the boundaries between landscapes and abstracts merge. The ocean and sky are symbols of the all encompassing, infinite flow and power of nature. Many of these paintings were done on or inspired by Cape Cod where sea light has a particular intensity with sublime atmospheric vibrations of lighted skies and rhythmically flowing waves, and also by the expansive Iowa skies over the Plains.
The paintings are both atmospheric and concrete, flowing back and forth between movement and stability. Each new painting is a joyous revelation creating a discrete world unto itself. Available in Boston and Iowa among other locations."
Museum Collections
Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Boston Public Library Art Collection
Davis Museum, Wellesley College, MA
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Provincetown Art Assoc. & Museum, MA
Stamford Museum & Nature Center, CT
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
The Art Center, Sarasota, FL
The Art Gallery, UNH, Durham, NH
Naples Museum of Art, FL
Krannert Museum of Art, Urbana, IL
Solo Exhibitions
Reece Galleries, New York 2008
Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 13
Crest Jewel, Fairfield, Iowa 11, 13, 14, 16
Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa 10
Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago 07-08
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA 2004
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA 2001-02
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, 2001, 03, 05, 08
Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 2003
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL 2002
Cataumet Art Center, Cape Cod 94, 96, 01, 05
Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia 99
Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL 97, 99
Newton Free Library Gallery, MA 88, 99
Thayer Academy Gallery, Braintree, MA 97
Swansborough Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 95, 96
Galerie Mourlot, Boston 92
Visual Images Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 84, 85
Unity Gallery, MIU, Fairfield, IA 79, 82
Harold Ernst Gallery, Boston, 74, 75, 76
Boston Psychoanalytic Institute 76
The French Library of Boston 75
Harvard University, Cambridge 71
Group Shows & Gallery Representation (partial list)
ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA 14-
Crest Jewel, Fairfield, IA 10-
Moberg Gallery Des Moines, Iowa 11-
Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM 05
Walker Fine Art, Denver 04-05
Royal College of Art, London, works on Paper Show,
Cynthia Corbett Gallery 2001-03
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA 98-01
Lydon Fine Art, Chicago 2001-04
Kent Gallery, Key West, FL 2002-05
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA 80, 2000
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA 95-06
Reece Gallery, New York 88-03
Cape Museum of Fine Art, Dennis, MA 94, 95, 02, 03, 04
Crieger-Dane Gallery, Boston 2000
Philadelphia Museum Gallery, 93
Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago 93-98
Hokin-Kaufman Gallery, Chicago 92-93
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach 93-95
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco 92-95
Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago 89-95
Allene LaPedes Gallery, Santa Fe 88-89
Joel Kessler Gallery, Miami Beach 93-95
Jill George Gallery, London 91-2000
Thumb Gallery, London 86-91
New Art Center, Newton, MA 80, 92, 93
The Ralls Collection, Washington, DC 93-02
Galerie Keller, Paris 86
Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 92-93
William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis 92-2000
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 88-89
Andrea Marquit Gallery, Boston 91-2000
Richard Green Gallery, New York 88-89
Ianetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco 88-89
David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC 85-93
Starr Gallery, JCC, Newton, MA 87, 91, 93
Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY 83-86, 93
Wallace-Wentworth gallery, Washington, DC 85-87
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York 85-89
MoosArt Gallery, Miami 84-86
Ingber Gallery, New York 83-84
Benjamin-Beattie Gallery, Chicago 79-82
Aaron Berman Gallery, New York 81-82
Midtown Gallery, New York 77
Getler/Pall Gallery, New York 77-79
Impressions Workshop Gallery, Boston 77
Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC 77-81
Institute of Contemporary Art, Auction, Boston 74
Corporate & Private Collections (Partial list)
The Federal Reserve Banks, Chicago & Boston
J.P.Morgan Bank, Los Angeles
First National Bank of Boston
City Federal Savings & Loan, New York
Bank Of New England, Boston
Anatole Hotel, Dallas
Johns Hopkins Univ. Hospital, Baltimore
Fidelity Investments, Boston
NMB Bank, Chicago
The Gillette Company Headquarters, Boston
Sheraton Hotel, Los Angeles
Boston University Medical Center
Frieden & Hirsch, Miami
Dr. Deepak Chopra
Manny Ramirez, Boston Red Sox
Embassy Suite Hotel, Philadelphia
Bain & Company, Boston
Harris Bank, Chicago
Marriott Hotel, Dallas
Fiduciary Trust Company, Boston
Winthrop Financial Associates, Boston
Dr. John Hagelin, Fairfield, IA
J.N. Phillips Glass Co., MA
Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, MA
Sustainable Living Building, MUM, Fairfield, IA
Astrazeneca R & D, Waltham, MA
Coverys, Seattle. WA
Manulife Financial, Boston
United Fire, Cedar Rapids, IA & Los Angeles
Laboure College, Milton, MA
Associated Grant Makers, Boston
Edward M. Kennedy Health Center, Framingham, MA
Whidden Hospital, Everett, MA
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Awarded Grants
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2000
Change, Inc. Robert Rauschenberg’s artist foundation grant 1999
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation emergency grant 1999
Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant 1988
ANCHOR magazine article, May 20016, Issue #5, https://view.publitas.com/still-harbor-anchor/anchor_issue-05/page/54
Subject of one-hour Television Documentary
Impact: David Kupferman C3TV, MA 1994
Born in Boston, son of artists Ruth Cobb and Lawrence Kupferman. Studied and apprenticed to his father, Head of the Dept. of Painting, at the Massachusetts College of Art and with sculptor Mirko at Harvard University. Attended the University Of Wisconsin, Madison and MERU, Switzerland.
Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
Boston Public Library Art Collection
Davis Museum, Wellesley College, MA
McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Provincetown Art Assoc. & Museum, MA
Stamford Museum & Nature Center, CT
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
The Art Center, Sarasota, FL
The Art Gallery, UNH, Durham, NH
Naples Museum of Art, FL
Krannert Museum of Art, Urbana, IL
Solo Exhibitions
Reece Galleries, New York 2008
Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 13
Crest Jewel, Fairfield, Iowa 11, 13, 14, 16
Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa 10
Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago 07-08
Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA 2004
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA 2001-02
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, 2001, 03, 05, 08
Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 2003
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL 2002
Cataumet Art Center, Cape Cod 94, 96, 01, 05
Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia 99
Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL 97, 99
Newton Free Library Gallery, MA 88, 99
Thayer Academy Gallery, Braintree, MA 97
Swansborough Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 95, 96
Galerie Mourlot, Boston 92
Visual Images Gallery, Wellfleet, MA 84, 85
Unity Gallery, MIU, Fairfield, IA 79, 82
Harold Ernst Gallery, Boston, 74, 75, 76
Boston Psychoanalytic Institute 76
The French Library of Boston 75
Harvard University, Cambridge 71
Group Shows & Gallery Representation (partial list)
ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA 14-
Crest Jewel, Fairfield, IA 10-
Moberg Gallery Des Moines, Iowa 11-
Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM 05
Walker Fine Art, Denver 04-05
Royal College of Art, London, works on Paper Show,
Cynthia Corbett Gallery 2001-03
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA 98-01
Lydon Fine Art, Chicago 2001-04
Kent Gallery, Key West, FL 2002-05
Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA 80, 2000
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA 95-06
Reece Gallery, New York 88-03
Cape Museum of Fine Art, Dennis, MA 94, 95, 02, 03, 04
Crieger-Dane Gallery, Boston 2000
Philadelphia Museum Gallery, 93
Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago 93-98
Hokin-Kaufman Gallery, Chicago 92-93
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach 93-95
Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco 92-95
Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago 89-95
Allene LaPedes Gallery, Santa Fe 88-89
Joel Kessler Gallery, Miami Beach 93-95
Jill George Gallery, London 91-2000
Thumb Gallery, London 86-91
New Art Center, Newton, MA 80, 92, 93
The Ralls Collection, Washington, DC 93-02
Galerie Keller, Paris 86
Rice/Polak Gallery, Provincetown, MA 92-93
William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis 92-2000
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 88-89
Andrea Marquit Gallery, Boston 91-2000
Richard Green Gallery, New York 88-89
Ianetti-Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco 88-89
David Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC 85-93
Starr Gallery, JCC, Newton, MA 87, 91, 93
Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY 83-86, 93
Wallace-Wentworth gallery, Washington, DC 85-87
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York 85-89
MoosArt Gallery, Miami 84-86
Ingber Gallery, New York 83-84
Benjamin-Beattie Gallery, Chicago 79-82
Aaron Berman Gallery, New York 81-82
Midtown Gallery, New York 77
Getler/Pall Gallery, New York 77-79
Impressions Workshop Gallery, Boston 77
Fendrick Gallery, Washington, DC 77-81
Institute of Contemporary Art, Auction, Boston 74
Corporate & Private Collections (Partial list)
The Federal Reserve Banks, Chicago & Boston
J.P.Morgan Bank, Los Angeles
First National Bank of Boston
City Federal Savings & Loan, New York
Bank Of New England, Boston
Anatole Hotel, Dallas
Johns Hopkins Univ. Hospital, Baltimore
Fidelity Investments, Boston
NMB Bank, Chicago
The Gillette Company Headquarters, Boston
Sheraton Hotel, Los Angeles
Boston University Medical Center
Frieden & Hirsch, Miami
Dr. Deepak Chopra
Manny Ramirez, Boston Red Sox
Embassy Suite Hotel, Philadelphia
Bain & Company, Boston
Harris Bank, Chicago
Marriott Hotel, Dallas
Fiduciary Trust Company, Boston
Winthrop Financial Associates, Boston
Dr. John Hagelin, Fairfield, IA
J.N. Phillips Glass Co., MA
Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA
Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, MA
Sustainable Living Building, MUM, Fairfield, IA
Astrazeneca R & D, Waltham, MA
Coverys, Seattle. WA
Manulife Financial, Boston
United Fire, Cedar Rapids, IA & Los Angeles
Laboure College, Milton, MA
Associated Grant Makers, Boston
Edward M. Kennedy Health Center, Framingham, MA
Whidden Hospital, Everett, MA
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Awarded Grants
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 2000
Change, Inc. Robert Rauschenberg’s artist foundation grant 1999
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation emergency grant 1999
Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant 1988
ANCHOR magazine article, May 20016, Issue #5, https://view.publitas.com/still-harbor-anchor/anchor_issue-05/page/54
Subject of one-hour Television Documentary
Impact: David Kupferman C3TV, MA 1994
Born in Boston, son of artists Ruth Cobb and Lawrence Kupferman. Studied and apprenticed to his father, Head of the Dept. of Painting, at the Massachusetts College of Art and with sculptor Mirko at Harvard University. Attended the University Of Wisconsin, Madison and MERU, Switzerland.
