Painter, Draftsman
Chris Capoyianes
55 Artworks
Chris Capoyianes
United States
Credentials
- Experienced Artist
« A snake slithers through the boughs of an apple tree. Two hounds guard a threshold. Such tales of yore yield rich subject matter for Chicago-based artist Chris Capoyianes. »
Chris Capoyianesis an American painter and draftsman with national exposure. His works often depict stories from the bible, interpreting these legends with a sardonic sense of humor to plumb the metaphorical scope of biblical archetypes for today’s world. Chris often places these figures in a carnivalesque setting, heightening the drama of the original scenes while also calling attention to the general performativity of narrative and the interplay between real and imagined. Working primarily in monochrome, his work has a strong graphic quality that plays into the seeming duality of the subject matter: light, dark, good, evil, foreground, background.
I Know You Are, But What Am I? / New York - New York, United States
Self Portait Exhibition - STP / New York - New York, United States
With a Capital P: Selections by 6 Painters / Elmhurst Art Museum - Elmhurst, IL, United States
Stretch out the Cramp / Green Door - Chicago, IL, United States
STP Group Show / Milk Gallery - New York, United States
The Chicago Show / 56 Downing St - Brooklyn, NY, United States
The Smile Behind The Mask / Heaven Gallery - Chicago, IL, United States
GIFC Chicago / Western Exhibitions - Chicago, IL, United States
You Don’t Always Have To Be Who They Want You To Be, You Know / Baby Blue Gallery - Chicago, IL, United States
House Warming at Green Door / Green Door - Chicago, IL, United States
The Dating Game / Green Door - Chicago, IL, United States
BFA Show / Sullivan Galleries - Chicago, IL, United States
Planned Parenthood + Standing Rock Benefit / The Beer Diviner - Troy, NY, United States
FeGallery Grand Opening / Apt. Gallery - Chicago, IL, United States
Soko Space Gallery / Fine Arts Building - Chicago, IL, United States
Art is a Cat 2 / John Phillips Space - Chicago, IL, United States
Rotland Press - Plague Review Series 1
Saint Mason Gallery - Archive 00
Art Maze Magazine- Winter Edition 11
Art Maze Magazine- Spring Edition 12
Art Maze Magazine- The Devil On The Boards: In Conversation With Chris Capoyianes
Powers, Bill- Office Magazine, “Serve the People Lucien Smith”
Goldstein, Caroline- Artnet, “Plunge Into the Madcap Delirium of Chicago Imagists at a Brooklyn Brownstone With These Photos”
Hawbaker, KT- Chicago Tribune, “Sweet, sweet fantasy, baby”
Voyage Chicago- “Check out Chris Capoyianes’s Artwork”
New American Paintings- Midwest #137
Voyage Chicago- “Meet Christopher Capoyianes of Green Door in Pilsen”
New American Paintings- Midwest #125
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