Aleah Chapin (b. 1986 Whidbey Island, WA) is a painter whose direct portrayals of the human form have expanded the conversation around western culture’s representations of the body in art. Described by Eric Fischl as “the best and most disturbing painter of flesh alive today”.
Aleah Chapin (b. 1986 Whidbey Island, WA) is a painter whose direct portrayals of the human form have expanded the conversation around western culture’s representations of the body in art. Described by Eric Fischl as “the best and most disturbing painter of flesh alive today,” she has exhibited in solo and group shows throughout the world, including Flowers Gallery (New York, London, Hong Kong), the Belvedere Museum (Vienna), the National Portrait Gallery (London) and Oceanside Museum (California). Chapin has attended residencies at the Leipzig International Art Program (Germany) and MacDowell (United States). She is a recipient of the Willard L. Metcalf Promising Young Painters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (New York), the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (Canada), a Postgraduate Fellowship from the New York Academy of Art, and won the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery (London) in 2012. She holds an MFA from the New York Academy of Art (New York) and a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle). Chapin’s work has been published extensively, including New American Paintings, Juxtapoz, Art Maze Magazine, London Sunday Times and the Seattle Times, among others. She is also a subject in the BBC documentary titled “Portrait of an Artist”. Aleah Chapin lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Night Bloom is her debut exhibition with Simard Bilodeau Contemporary in LA.