Kevin Appel

Kevin Appel (born 1967) is an American artist based in Los Angeles.

Appel was born in Los Angeles. He established his BFA from Parsons School of Design, New York City in 1990 and his MFA from the University of California in 1995. He is a Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies at the University of California Irvine.

Appel's artwork relates to both abstract painting and architecture. It describes the slow and messy psychiatry of the home and home and the psychological effects of that. Appel's abstract painted surfaces tally up approximations of architectural surfaces, and utter paint. His current paintings are large abstractions painted upon large scale printed photographs.