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Exhibitions
2024
“Artists of Hawaiʻi” Downtown Art Center, Honolulu (Group)
“Hōʻeu Mana- Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea” Thomas Square, Honolulu (Group)
“The Location of Up and Down” Aupuni Space, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Solo)
“Hoʻokahe Wai, Hoʻoulu ʻĀina: Kalo and Community” East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Group)
“Soft Landing” Kaiao Space, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Group)
“The Corner Show” D.D.D.D, New York (Group)
“Fruga Art Trail” Fruga, Rab, Croatia (Residency/ Group Exhibition)
2023
“Raw Material” My Pet Ram, New York, USA (Three Person)
“Honolulu New Painting Invitational” University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Group)
“In Flux” Rupture Exhibit, London, United Kingdom (Group)
“Pau Hana On The Grass”, The Wireworks Project, Derbyshire, United Kingdom (Two Person)
“The Morality of Attention”, Terrace Gallery, London, United Kingdom (Group)
“Star Rats” Espacio Gallery, London, United Kingdom (Group)
2022
“Painting Labs” 6 Broadley Street, London, United Kingdom (Group)
“Now: 2022” Gerald Moore Gallery, United Kingdom (Group)
“Ways to Hold Up an Idea” Slade School of Fine Art, London, United Kingdom (MFA Degree Show)
“Fruga Art Trail” Fruga, Rab, Croatia (Residency/ Group Exhibition)
“Substructure” SET New Cross, London, United Kingdom (Three Person)
“Why Don’t You Dance?” ASC Gallery, London, United Kingdom (Group)
2021
“Pocket Lint: Navigating the Planetary” Aupuni Space, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Two Person)
“Amphorae” Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Cyprus (Residency/Group Exhibition)
“Kainoa Gruspe at the Narrow Gallery” Narrow Gallery, London, United Kingdom (Solo)
2020
“Why Are You Painting?” Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Group)
“IBGYBG” The Function Suite, London, United Kingdom (Group)
“Fresh Winds International Art Biennial” Suðurnesjabær, Iceland (Residency/Group Exhibition)
“Slade Runner” ASC Gallery, London (Group)
2019
“Five People Offer Things for Viewing” Pacific Guardian Center, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Group)
“Songs From a Backyard Near You” Aupuni Space, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Solo)
“iBiennale MMXIX: Artropocene” Ycenter For Visual Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group)
“Some Paint to Look at” ARS Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Solo)
“Finger Paintings” Treehouse, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Solo)
2018
“Good Paintings” Aupuni Space, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Solo)
“Raw Material” Aupuni Space, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Group)
“Contact Zone” Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group, Featured Artist)
2017
“Drawings” ARS Cafe Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (Group)
“Small Wonders” Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art. Annapolis, Maryland (Group)
“Maybe Later” Art Gallery, Hawaii Pacific University. Kaneohe, Hawaii (Two Person)
“Cuz We Bored” Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Group)
“Systems: Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition” The Art Gallery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Group)
“I Don’t Know How I Feel, But I Feel You” Windward Community College, Kaneohe, Hawaii. (Group)
“Contact 3017, Hawaii in a Thousand Years” Honolulu Museum of Art School, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group, Featured Artist)
“Kino: Depictions of the Body” Apuni Place, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group)
“ARS Presents: Reem Bassous, Kainoa Gruspe, Maya Caldwell” ARS Cafe Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group)
“Readymade Place” Commons Gallery, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group)
2016
“Politic’d” Gallery 214, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group)
“Mixed Media Miniature No.19” Koa Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group)
“Across Generations” Artisan Cafe, Hawaii State Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group)
“Hawaii Humane Society Fund Raiser” Satoru Abe Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group)
“Aimless and Indifferent” The Outpost Gallery at Hound and Quail, Honolulu, Hawai’i (Solo)
2015
“Underexposed” The Outpost Gallery at Hound and Quail, Honolulu, Hawai’i (Group)
Education
2022
MFA - Slade School of Art, University College London
2017
BFA - University of Hawai’i at Manoa (Painting)
2019
“Kainoa Gruspe and Tommy Hite” FLUX issue 36: Utopias
Print Publication
Web Based Publication
Web Based Publications
2021
“Challenging the Boundaries of Paint with Kainoa Gruspe” AMMnextgen
https://www.ammnextgen.com/article/challenging-the-boundaries-of-paint-with-kainoa-gruspe/
2019
“Kainoa Gruspe: Hello! Here’s Some Paint” Hawaii Public Radio. https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/post/kainoa-gruspe-hello-here-s-some-paint#stream/0
2017
“Young Guns: Brushes Loaded” Hawaii Public Radio.
http://hawaiipublicradio.org/post/young-guns-brushes-loaded
“Systems: 2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition” Hawai’i Public Radio.
http://hawaiipublicradio.org/post/systems-2017-bachelor-fine-arts-exhibition
“100 Layerz: Discussion Between Jan Dickey and Kainoa Gruspe” The Dematerializer. https://www.thedematerializer.com/single-post/2017/05/21/100layerz
“This New Exhibit is Putting Art on the Menu at Artizen by MW” HonoluluMagazine
2016
“People of Manoa: Kainoa Gruspe” Kaleo Web Newspaper.
“Kainoa Gruspe” Contrast Magazine
http://contrastmagazine.com/kainoa-gruspe/