1963 MFA, Syracuse University
1960 Ryerson Foreign Travel Fellowship
1960 BFA, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Awards
1996 The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Grant
1979 NEA
1968 CAPS
1964 Second Annual Chicago Arts Festival Invitational Exhibition, First Prize
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Kes Zapkus: Painting, a Search for its Essence, Meno Parkas Gallery, Kaunas, LT
2018 Kes Zapkus: New Paintings, Silas Von Morisse Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Kes Zapkus: Drawings and Works on Paper, 1957 - 2017, SLA307 Art Space, New York, NY
2015 Kes Zapkus: Paintings and Drawings, William Holman Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Inaugural Exhibit: Two Large Paintings, SLA307 Art Space, New York, NY
2014 Kestutis Zapkus: Painting Retrospective (1968-2014), The National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
2013-14 Recent Paintings, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2011 Recent Paintings, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2008 Big Paintings 1975–2007, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2007 Mindset-Timeset Variations, Art Sites, (paintings and drawings), Riverhead, NY
2005 Selected Paintings 1993–2005, Icehouse Gallery, Greenport, NY
2001 Paintings & Drawings 1998-2000, Art Sites, Greenport, NY
1995 Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
1989 John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Gallery of the L.T.S.R. Mission, Moscow, U.S.S.R
1989 Children of War, Museum of Art of Lithuania, exhibited in Vilnius, Klaipeda, and Kaunas, L.T.S.R.
1988 John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Children of War, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
1982 John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
1982 Kes Zapkus: Notation/Progression, Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY
1981 John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA retrospective
1979 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1978 Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris
1977 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1975 Paula Cooper Gallery, (paintings), New York, NY
1975 Paula Cooper Gallery, (works on paper), New York, NY
1973 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1971 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1968 Stable Gallery, New York, NY
1966 Kazimir Gallery, Chicago, IL
1965 Kazimir Gallery, Chicago, IL
1962 Ciurlionis Gallery, Chicago, IL
1962 Gres Gallery, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 SERENISSIMA EAST, featuring Polish, Lithuanian and Estonian art from around 1990 to the present day. Centre of Contemporary Aart Znaki Czasu in Torun, Poland
2022 Parallel Time (Paralelinis laikas), Vytautas Kasiulis Art Museum (Vytauto Kasiulio dailes Muziejus), Vilnius, Lithuania, May 21 – October 6,
2019 Contemporary Lithuanian Artists, (curators: Edvidas Zukas & Christian Noorbergen), Espace Commines, Paris
2019 Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids – benefit, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Lithuanian Art: Thinking Through Landscape, The National Museum of China, Beijing
2017 From Realism to the Object: Lithuanian World Art in the Collection of the Lithuanian Expatriate Art Foundation, Vytautas Kasiulis Art Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
2017 Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS - benefit, Metro Pictures, New York, NY
2016 Impossible Blossom: Paintings from the New School Art Collection, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, Johnson Design Center, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, NY
2016 Matter and Conjecture: Kes Zapkus, Stefan Gritsch, Art 3, Brooklyn, NY
2016 The Onward of Art, American Abstract Artists 80th Anniversary, 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Benefit for SLA Artspace, SLA307, New York, NY
2015 Winter Drawing Show, William Holman Gallery, New York, NY
2014-15 Sensory Impact, American Abstract Artists, Morgan Stanley International, Purchase, NY
2013 39 Great Jones, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2011 American Abstract Artists International/75th Anniversary, Galerie oqbo and Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, Germany
2011 American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary, OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2011 Abstraction (Abstraction to the Power of Infinity), Crane Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
2010 American Abstract Artists International, L’astrazione vista da un cosmopolita, Otrano, Italy
2008 40th Anniversary, Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris, France
2008 American Abstract Artists, The Painting Center, NY
2006 Group Show, O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY
2001 Structures, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
2001 Difficult Subjects, Art Sites, Greenport, NY
2001 Structures, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pa
2001 The Faculty Show 2001, Staller Center, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
2001 Structures, The Workspace, New York, NY
2000 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
1999 The Faculty Show 1999, Staller Center, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
1998 Footfalls, (site-specific, large scale, bamboo sculpture) Greenport, NY
1997 The Faculty Show 1997, Staller Center, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
1997 Abstraction Index, Condesco/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY
1995 In Small Dimensions, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
1995 20th Anniversary Exhibition 1974 1994, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
1994 One Hundred Hearts, 45 Greene Street, New York, NY
1994 The Faculty Show 1994, Staller Center, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
1994 Civic Virtues, National Bank Plaza, Charlotte, NC
1992 The Exuberant '80's, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
1992 The Open Work, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Gallery of Art, Novosibirsk, Russia (Bryan Montgomery Collection, London, England: Zapkus drawings and prints)
1992 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary (Bryan Montgomery Collection, London, England: Zapkus paintings)
1992 Stuyvesant Foundation Collection, Sevilla, Spain
1991 The Bryan Montgomery Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
1991 Pictures for an Exhibition, The Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1991 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC
1991 Arco, Madrid, Spain
1990 The Grid: Organization and Idea, Ben Shahn Galleries, The William Paterson College of New Jersey, Wayne, NJ
1989 Belief in Paint, Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, Vt
1989 Sightings: Drawings with Color, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY and Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
1989 Sightings: Drawings with Color, Calouste Gulbekian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
1989 Sightings: Drawings with Color, Museo Barjola, Gijon, Spain
1989 Sightings: Drawings with Color, Casa Revilla, Valladolid, Spain
1988 Sightings: Drawings with Color, Instituto de Estudios Norteamericanos, Barcelona, Spain
1987 Group Exhibition, Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY
1987 Group Exhibition, Exhibition Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
1986 Law and Order, Leo Castelli Gallery, John Weber Gallery, and Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
1986 2nd Biennal de la Havana, Centro Wifredo Lam, Havana, Cuba
1986 Gallery Group, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Comino a Cuba, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
1985 Gallery Group, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Labor Intensive Abstractions, organized by P. S. 1 at The Clocktower, New York, NY
1984 Art as Social Conscience, Bard College, New York, NY
1984 Maximalism, Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, NJ
1984 Gallery Group, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Artists Call Against Intervention in Central America, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Christmas Invitational, AIR Gallery, New York, NY
1983 Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, Part One, The Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
1983 Terminal New York, NY, Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn, NY
1982 Zero Nuclear, Parson School of Design, New York, NY
1982 Drawing - New Directions, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
1982 Ten Artists from New York, NY, Sunny Savage Gallery, Boston, MA
1981 Peter Stuyvesant Collection, The Provencial Beijnhof, Hasselt, Belgian Limburg
1981 Group Show, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1981 Drawings, Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts - benefit, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
1980 American Drawings in Black and White: 1970 1980, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1980 Group Show, Okun Thomas Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1980 Color in Colorado, Aspen Center for the Visual Arts, Aspen, CO
1979 Art on Paper 1979, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1979 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1978 Group Show, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1978 Project Rebuild, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
1977 Art for Your Collection, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1977 Drawings and Prints New York, NY, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
1977 Contemporary Collection, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1977 Critics' Choice, Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, and Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, NY
1977 Drawings of the 70's, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1977 Paintings, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1976 Perspective '76, Freedman Art Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
1976 Fortieth Annual Exhibition, Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, OH
1976 Group Show, Paula Cooper Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1976 Approaching Painting: Part Three, Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York, NY
1976 Group Show, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1975 Recent Work, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
1975 A Change of View, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
1975 Drawings, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1975 Drawings, Dootson-Calderhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
1975 Spring Group Show, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1975 Painting Endures, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
1974 Drawings and Other Work, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1974 Vera List Selects, Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT
1974 Fall Group Exhibition, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1974 Painting and Sculpture Today, 1974, Contemporary Art Center of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN and The Contemporary Arts Center and Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH
1974 Spring Group Exhibition, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1973 Art for Your Collection, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1973 Options 73/30: Recent Works of Art, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
1973 New American Abstract Painting, Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, DeKalb, IL
1973 33rd Biennial Exhibition, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1973 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1972 Gallerie Simone Stern, New Orleans, LA
1972 New York, NY Abstract Painting, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1972 New York, NY Painting, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, NY
1972 New York, NY '72, Paula Cooper Gallery Exhibition, Greenwich, CT
1971 Art for Your Collection, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1971 Paula Cooper Gallery Exhibition, Windham College, Putney, VT
1971 Work on Paper: 31st Annual Exhibition of the Society for Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1971 Three-man show, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, (with Ruda and Diao)
1970 Drawing Exhibition, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
1970 Critics' Choice, New York, NY Council on the Arts (touring exhibition)
1970 Painting and Sculpture Today, The Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1969 Eight Painters, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
1969 Painting Annual, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
1968 Some Younger American Painters and Sculptors, The Museum of Modem Art, New York, NY (touring exhibition)
1965 Invitational Exhibition, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
1965 Invitational Exhibition, Society of Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1964 Signal: Six Artistes Americains de Paris et d'Amsterdam, Centre Culturel Americain, Paris
1958 Hyde Park Art Center, Hyde Park, IL
1958 Chicago and Vicinity, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Works in Collections
Joseph Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
Anthology Film Archives, New York
Museum Boijmans Van Beunignen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Lithuanian National Museum of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
The Stuyvesant Foundation, Belgium
The Gallery of Art, Novosibirsk, Russia
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
The New School Art Collection, The New School, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida
University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
The Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
