Claps Bill (United States)

Bill Claps lives and works in New York City. He is a visual artist, filmmaker and writer whose work comments on art history and language. Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, he earned Bachelor of Arts at Harvard University, where he studied painting and art history. He studied painting and drawing at the Art Students League in New York and in Florence, Italy.

His paintings and drawings have been presented in solo and group exhibitions in galleries, museums and institutions in the United States and Europe.

United-States : Salomon Arts Gallery (New York), Priska C. Juschka Fine Art (New York), Aspen Fine Arts Gallery (Aspen, Colorado), Bendheim Gallery (Greenwich, Connecticut), Kismet Gallery (Westport, Connecticut), Exhibit Gallery (Tulsa, OK), International Club (Wellington, FL), Samuel Morse Museum, Pookeepsie (New-York)

Europe : Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica di Palazzo Corsini (Rome), Artgeneve (Geneva), Evartspace, (Geneva), Art Monaco (Monaco), Spazio Garibaldi 77 (Milano), Gallery@1 (Gstaad), R Gallery, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), MOMA Tbilisi (Georgia), Galerie 55 Bellechasse (Paris).

Claps’ works can be found in private collections and foundations in the United States and Europe. He writes for Artspace.com and Exibart Magazine.

Born in Glen Ridge.

Lives and works in New York City.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017

“Artspeak”, MOMA Tbilisi (Georgia)

“Faces No. 3”, Galerie 55 Bellechase (Paris, France)

“Explorations in Morse”, Samuel Morse Museum, Poughkeepsie (New-York, USA)

“Natural Abstractions II”, International Club, Wellington (Florida, USA)

“In Gold We Must”, Rive Gallery (Westport, USA)

2016

 “Natural Abstractions”, Spazzio Garibaldi 77 (Milan, Italy)

“Gilded &  Unframed”, Gallery@1 (Gstaad, Switzerland)

2015

“Recent Works”, Exhibit Gallery (Tulsa, USA)

“Pastoral Landscape, Present Tense”, Solomon Arts Gallery (duo show) (New York, USA)

2014

“Enduring Conundrum”, Evartspace Gallery (Geneva, Switzerland)

“Artspeak”, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Corsini (Rome, Italy)

2013

 “Sum of the Parts”, Art for China Foundation (New York, USA)

2011

“From Line to Pixel”, Solomon Arts Gallery (New York, USA)

2007

 “Recent Works”, Rockwell Fine Art (Westport, USA)

2006

“Figurative Expressions”, Bendheim Gallery (Greenwich, USA)

“Autumn Passage”, Kismet Gallery (Westport, USA)

“Recent Works”, N.Y. Mercantile Exchange  Gallery (New York, USA)

2005

Solo Show, Westport Arts Center (Westport, USA)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

“The Collection”, R Gallery (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)

Cosmosco Art Fair, Galerie 55 Bellechasse, (Moscow, Russia)

Scope Basel, Galerie 55 Bellechasse (Basel Switzerland)

Art St. Tropez, Galerie 55 Bellechasse (Saint-Tropez, France)

2016

“Gallery Artists”, Salomon Arts Gallery (New York, USA)

2015

“Respond”, Smack Mellon Gallery Brooklyn, New York, USA)

"Artspeak Incinerator",(commission during Armory Week) The (un)Fair (New York, USA)

“Artmix”, Evartspace Gallery (Geneva, Switzerland)

“Anniversary Show: 21’st Precinct”, Judith Charles Gallery (New York, USA)

“Made in LIC”, Edison Price Gallery, (Long Island City, USA)

2014

Scope Art Fair, Mark Hachem Gallery, (Miami, USA)

Artgeneve Art Fair (Geneva, Switzerland)

ArtMonaco Art Fair (Monte Carlo, Monaco)

“The Skull Show”, Curated by Carrie Lederer, Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts,  (Walnut Creek, USA) 

“21st Precinct”, Curated by Robert Aloia, 21st Precinct Space (New York, USA)

“Déjà Vu”, NOoSphere Gallery (New York, USA)

“Tribeca Pioneer Artist Benefit Exhibition”, Salomon Arts Gallery (New York, USA)

Select Art Fair (Miami, USA)

2013

“Curate NYC”, Gallery Brooklyn, Brooklyn  (New York, USA)

“Gallery Artists”, Exhibit Gallery (Tulsa, USA)

2012

“2012 Benefit Show”, White Box New York (N.Y, USA)

“Salon Show”, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn (New York, USA)

“10 x 10”, Reis Gallery, Long Island City (New York, USA)

2011

“Curate NYC”, Rush Arts Gallery (New York, USA)

2010

“Concerto of Illumination”, M55 Gallery, (Long Island City, USA)

2009

“Group Exhibition”, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art (New York, USA)

2008

“Vibrance”, Henry Gregg Gallery, Brooklyn (New York, USA)

“Exhibition 19”, 14th Street Gallery  (New York, USA)

2007

“Exhibition 18”, 14th Street Gallery (New York, USA)

“Group Exhibition”, Canco Gallery (Jersey City, USA)

2006

“Oil and Water”, City Lights Gallery (Bridgeport, USA)

”Gallery Artists”, Aspen Fine Arts Gallery (Aspen, USA)

2005

”Gallery Artists”, Aspen Fine Arts Gallery (Aspen, USA)

“Exhibition 16”, 14th Street Gallery (New York, USA)

2004

“Summer Exhibition”, D. D. & B. Gallery, Brooklyn (New York, USA)

“Works on Paper”, Spring Street Studio (New York, USA)

“Small Works”, Washington Square East Galleries(New York, USA)

2003

“Singular Expressions”, D. D. & B. Gallery (New York, USA)

“Small Works”, Washington Square East Gallerie (New York, USA)

2002

“Works on Paper”, Spring Street Studio (New York, USA)

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