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= Stuart Rapeport is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. =

Life
Rapeport was born in Los Angeles, Ca, in 1948. He studied art at California State College Northridge and Cal State Los Angeles. His teachers included Walter Gabrielson, Peter Plagens, Leonard Edmondson, and Robert Smith.

Trained as a painter, Rapeport often veers off the course of his conceptual 2-D works of art by creating sculptural works made of wood. Rapeport explores the intersection of humor and art history in his work. In the late 1960s, Rapeport was included in exhibits from the Arco Center for the Arts and the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art. The Newport Harbor Art Museum juxtaposed his art creations containing text and images. An exhibition of paintings by Rapeport titled "Luck of the Draw" was exhibited in Santa Monica by curator Molly Barnes in 2022. The paintings were inspired by the almost forgotten history of the Santa Monica gambling ships of the 1930’s (Noir Afloat: Tony Cornero and the Notorious Gambling Ships of Southern California by Ernest Marquez, 2011). An article titled Real and Imaginary Bridges by Julie Rico for Arcade Project Zines highlights Stuart's work over many years of L.A. and other luminaries in the art world. See Real and Imaginary Bridges

Rapeport has created ‘how to’ videos for YOUTUBE with photographer Eric Minh Swenson. A favorite of thousands is the video titled ‘painting a minimal painting and How to paint a minimal painting. You can find another popular video on assemblage in the "how to paint" series.

His wife, Amy Inouye, is a graphic designer and volunteer working with the Southern California Architectural preservation and history organizations.