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artist, painter, illustrator




"Works of art are indeed always products of having been in danger of having gone to the very end in an experience, to where man can go no further" Reiner Maria Rilke

"Art is that which is most austere of logic and the last judgement" Marcel Proust

"He who wants to devote himself to painting, must begin by cutting off his tongue," Matisse

"An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture" Jean Cocteau

"All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography" Federico Fellini

"Forget your personal tragedy! We are all bitched from the start and you have to be hurt like hell before you can make real art seriously. Bur when you get the damned hurt, use it - don't cheat with it!" Ernest Hemingway


some of my exhibits prior to my joining to flickr.

2010 "expressionist cartoons" "iron coffins" /constructions/
prints, paintings, miniature constructions
Corner Gallery, Huntington Beach Central library and cultural center, Huntington Beach, California.

2007 "post cards from the front" , miniature wax carvings, constructions, photography
Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, California

2005 "Achtung, Kamera, Aktion!" photography
"Alkek gallery" Texas State University, San Marcos, Tx.

2004 "post cards from the front" miniature wax carvings, photography,
"Firehouse gallery" Grants Pass, Oregon

1992 expressionist portraits of friends and foes"
Ridgecrest college gallery, curated by Prof. Donald Rosenberg, entire collection sold to private collector.


1991 paintings, portraits, mixed media
Huntington Beach Central library gallery

1990 "the fallen one's" expressionist portraits, paintings,
Rogue Community College gallery, Grant's Pass, Oregon


1989 "The Germans", portraits, paintings,
"Rogue gallery" Grants Pass, Oregon

1988 "the fallen one's" paintings,
Ohio State University gallery, Columbus, Ohio

1988 "Silent Screams" paintings, mixed media,
Ohio State University, Newark campus, Ohio

1987 "Reconstructions and Whitewash"*
32 portraits, mixed media, paintings with artist's narrative and lecture.
Norman Feldheym Gallery, San Bernardino, Calif.
*entire collect. sold to private collector.

1985 "Doctors of Death" portraits, paintings, mixed media,
So.West Texas State University gallery, San Marcos Texas.

1979 "mixed emotions" paintings, mixed media,
"Mills House" gallery, Garden Grove, California

1978 "Krikl", recent works on paper and canvas.
"Winchester Gallery" Santa Ana, California

1977 "The art of Stefan Krikl" mixed media on paper
"Santora Gallery" Santa Ana, California.

1976 "Terrorists"* portraits of freedom fighters.
Pepperdine University law school gallery
*original title "freedom fighters" was changed to "terrorists" for the title was misleading.

1975 "expressionist paintings"
Gallerie Lido, Newport beach, Calif.


Exhibitions with other artists:
Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman college gallery -1984
Brand Library and Art Gallery, Glendale, Calif. 1984
Landmark Center Gallery invitational: "Art and the Law"* St .Paul, MN., 1984. * this exhibit resulted in book publication of same title and a traveling exhibit held at various colleges throughout U.S.
Newport Harbor Museum of Art, 1983.
Muchenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, California.
Orange County Center of Contemporary art, Costa Mesa, Calif. 1983.
"Lakeview Museum of Modern Art" at Hartman Center, Peoria, Ill. 1982
"Bradley University art gallery": Peoria, Ill. 1982
"Watson Hall" gallery, Santa Fe, New mexico, 1981
"Llano Estacado" gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1981
"Memphis State University" art gallery, Memphis, Tn. 1980
"Art Center" gallery at Columbia College, 1980