Penelope Przekop



Penelope Przekop is a figurative expressionist painter and writer whose work explores identity, memory, perception, and the inner narratives that shape who we become. Working primarily in acrylic, ink, and pastel, she creates psychologically layered figurative paintings in which women serve as a visual language for questions of concealment and exposure, fragmentation and wholeness, resilience and transformation.

Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States, Europe, and Central America. Paintings are held in the permanent collections of the Fondazione Opera Campana Dei Caduti Museum in Rovereto, Italy, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Caserta, Italy. She received First Place, Juror’s Choice at ARC Gallery’s Mayhem exhibition in San Francisco.

Her writing extends many of these same questions. Przekop is the author of several novels, including Centerpieces, which reimagines the life of Vincent van Gogh and explores the intersection of art, identity, and the need to be seen. Her essay “Is This Art?” was published in International Painting Annual 6 by Manifest Press.



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Selected Exhibition Venues 

  • Moody Jones Gallery – Philadelphia, PA
  • James Oliver Gallery – Philadelphia, PA 
  • The Bailey Art Gallery – Shreveport, LA
  • Red Space Gallery – Cleveland, OH
  • Monkdogz Urban Art – New York, NY
  • Earth Matters – New York, NY
  • ARC Gallery & Studio – San Francisco, CA
  • Galeria Pleyades – Managua, Nicaragua
  • Spazio-Tempo Arte – Lecce, Italy 

Selected Exhibitions & Achievements 

  • 2017 – Phenomenal Woman, Moody Jones Gallery, Glenside, PA (Group Show)
  • 2015 – Full Circle, The Bailey Art Gallery, Shreveport, LA (Solo Show)
  • 2014 – Her Majesty, Red Space Gallery, Cleveland, OH (Solo Show)
  • 2014 – Makeover, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (Two-Artist Show)
  • 2014 – Artspan.com Scholarship Winner, Arts Business Institute, NYC 
  • 2013 – Mayhem, ARC Gallery & Studio, San Francisco, CA – First Place, Juror’s Choice
  • 2013 – Raw, Monkdogz Urban Art, New York, NY (Solo Show)
  • 2010 – Earth Matters, New York, NY (Solo Show)


Permanent Collections

  • Fondazione Opera Campana Dei Caduti Museum – Rovereto, Italy
  • Museum of Contemporary Art – Caserta, Italy 
     

Selected Publications & Projects

  • Centerpieces — Novel exploring Vincent van Gogh, art, identity, and the need to be seen
  • “Is This Art?” — Essay, International Painting Annual 6, Manifest Press
  • Original artwork commissioned for Sean Suile’s XPLOR and Mojo Perry’s Wonderland