Stan Narten was born in Sofia Bulgaria and immigrated to the United States in 1986, settling in Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville with two Batchelor’s’ degrees in Mechanical and Industrial engineering. While he always practiced drawing and painting, he went on to pursue painting full time after a post-graduation trip to the great museums of Europe. After two years of intensive studio and art history classes and exhibiting in Knoxville, he moved to New York in 2006. He received an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2008 and has had numerous exhibitions since in New York and Paris.
Solo Exhibitions
January 16th 2025 – Threshold – Rosebud Contemporary, NY, NY
May 19th 2016 – World Eater – Kravets|Wehby Gallery, NY, NY
February 22nd 2014 – Jamais Vu – Kravets|Wehby Gallery, NY, NY
May 12th To Jun 19th 2012 – Demon Haunted World – Galerie Richard, Paris, France
Jan 12th To Feb 18th 2012 – The Three Pound Universe – Kravets|Wehby Gallery, NY, NY
April 9th 2009 – Kravets|Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
June 26th 2025 — Poetic Discourse @ Rosebud Contemporary, NY, NY
February 22nd 2024 — Vision of the Invisible @ Rosebud Contemporary, NY, NY
July 13th 2023 — Remembrance of Things Past, with Graham Gillmore and Ebenezer Singh @ Rosebud Contemporary, NY, NY
Jan 2019 Untitled, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
July 2017 Hi-Res, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY
June 2016 Nicole Ripka Gallery, Watermill, NY
June 5 – July 5, 2014 — Kravets Wehby Gallery, NY NY
July 7th to 17th 2012 — Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France
Oct 16th To Dec 30th 2010 — The Incomplete – Galerie Jean-Luc & Takako Richard, Paris, France
April 8th 2010 – Spring2 — Kravets Wehby Gallery, NY NY
June 3rd 2009 – Unframed Acria — 15 Union Square West, NY, NY
June 19th – August 1st 2008 — Stan Narten And Bonnie Collura, Kravets Wehby Gallery, NY NY
Feb 29th – March 15th 2008 — A Number Of Things, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, NY, NY
Selected Publications and Press
Spring 2026 – Forthcoming Annual Publication
August 2025 – White Hot Magazine Chelsea Exhibition Reviews, Liam Otero