Samuel KaplanPainter Samuel Kaplan was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, where he first studied fine art at the Brooklyn Museum "After-School" program. Upon graduating from Manhattans' H.S. Of Art & Design, Mr. Kaplan furthered his education receiving a B.F.A. in 1976 from Parsons School of Design, whereupon he continued his fine art studies of "European" oil painting techniques at the Art Students League.

Samuel taught design courses at Parsons School for more than decade starting in the late 1980s and subsequently became an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

Since 1989 Mr. Kaplan's figurative landscapes have appeared at gallery exhibitions in Washington, D.C., Soho, Madison Avenue and on East End of Long Island, including a one-man show in 1990 at the Cafe Americano Gallery (TriBeCa, NYC), 1994 Faculty Exhibition (Parsons School), 1996 Millennium Gallery (East Hampton), 1998 Sundance Gallery (Bridgehampton, NY). 2009 Alumni Exhibition (Parsons School).

In the summer of 1993 Mr. Kaplan introduced the first fine-art WallScape's to appear downtown on lower Broadway (at Tower Records). With the display of two 15' x 20' canvases that featured the cover art of Pearl Jam and Billy Joel.

The 2015 Art Basel Miami exhibition (Princess Anne ArtSpace) has featured artwork that has been created by Samuel Kaplan over the span of the last decade.
Today he has returned to the New York art scene, with an exhibition of his current work at SOHarlem's Xgallery.