Rate My Professor Fabian Lopez

Fabian Lopez serves as Assistant Professor of Art at Skidmore College, specializing in painting and drawing. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, he earned his BFA in drawing and painting from California State University, Long Beach, and his MFA in painting from Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Philadelphia, where he received the Future Faculty Fellowship, a full scholarship recognizing his promise as future faculty. As part of his graduate studies, he was an MFA candidate at Tyler School of Art Rome. Before his current appointment at Skidmore College, Lopez taught at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, and Rowan University, developing his teaching alongside his artistic practice.

The artist's work has been presented in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the United States and Italy. Solo shows include A Certain Romance at Courthouse Gallery, Lake George, New York (2016); Slow-Wave (Roma) at Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy (2015); Slow-Wave at PØST, Los Angeles, California (2013); and Sleepwalkin’ at Artspace Liberti, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2012). Select group exhibitions feature Made in Granville: Exhibiting artists works participated in the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency at CollarWorks Gallery, Troy, New York (2018); Victory for Tyler, juried by Anthony Elms, at Icebox Projects, Philadelphia (2015); Ballet X at Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia (2013); Dirty Pretty Things at Gallery 102, Philadelphia (2012); Refuse Reuse: Language for the Common Landfill at Crane Arts, Philadelphia (2012); and Insights at University Art Museum, CSU Long Beach (2006). Lopez completed artist residencies at the Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency (2018), Collar Works (recent), and independent residencies in Rome (2014, 2015, 2019), Florence and Barcelona (2017), and London (2014). His paintings appear in New American Paintings Issue 122 (2016, juried by Sarah Montross) and Issue 104 (2013, juried by Nina Gara Bozicnik). Features and reviews of his work and writings, including on Dona Nelson’s exhibition, have been published in Title Magazine, The Artblog, Newsworks.org (WHYY-PBS), Painters’ Table, and Knight Arts.