Roslindale, MA
About Gary Koeppel:
Gary Koeppel was born in New Jersey and has been living in Boston since 1980. He earned a B.F.A. in Graphic Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and then moved to Boston to start his own commercial illustration firm where he worked with clients such as AT&T, The Boston Globe, and The Massachusetts Audubon Society. In both 2005 and 2006, he received the Viewers Choice Award at the Annual Roslindale Open Studios; in 2006, he also earned third Third Prize in the juried selection.
Gary’s work as a commercial illustrator informs the unified composition of his landscape paintings. His work has appeared in galleries, museums and art shows in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York and Connecticut.

Selected exhibitions
- Concord Art: 22nd Annual Francis N. Roddy Competition - Concord, MA, 2021
- Concord Art Members Juried 1 - Concord, MA, 2021
- Duxbury Art Association, Winter Juried Show, Second Place Oil and Acrylic - Duxbury, MA, 2019
- Off The Wall, Danforth Museum of Art - Framingham, MA, 2011
- Darkness/Light, Cambridge Art Association - Cambridge, MA, 2010
- Northeast Prize Show: Cambridge Art Association - Cambridge, MA, 2010
- Northeast Prize Show: Cambridge Art Association - Cambridge, MA, 2009
- Francis N. Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art Association - Concord, MA, 2009
Education
- Massachusetts College of Art, Master Class with George Nick - Boston, MA,2001
- The New School (Parsons School of Design) , Printmaking, Drawing - New York, NY,1977
- The Maryland Institute College of Art, B.F.A. - Baltimore, MD,1975
Press Accolades
- The Best of America Oils Vol. 2 - 2010
- ArtScope Magazine "Roslindale Open Studios" - September/October 2008