Alfred Krupa MFA prof., also known as Freddy Krupa, born June 14, 1971, is a contemporary Croatian painter, teacher, master draftsman, book, and art artist.
The pioneer of the New Ink Art movement in the West. Author of the New Ink Art Manifesto (1996).
Ranked 15th in the index of certified French and Francophone painters by Paris-based i-CAC (Indice de Cotation des Artistes Certifiés).
According to the exhibition database Artfacts.net, Krupa is currently the most-shown Croatian visual Artist.
Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon / General Dictionary of Artists from Berlin consider A.F. Krupa as one the leading representative of Modern European ink painting.
Internationally multi-awarded.
Krupa's works are represented in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York (MoMA Manhattan Artists Book Collection), TATE - London (Special Library Collection), the Silesian Museum - Katowice, Poland, in the International Watercolor Musem in Fabriano, Italy, the National Watercolor Museum (Museo Nacional de Acuarela Alfredo Guati Rojo) - Mexico City, Mexico, in the Cabinet of Graphics of the Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Museum of Modern Art both in Zagreb, Croatia, as well as another museum/public and private collections in Australia, Myanmar, France, Albania, UK, Chile, Lithuania, Germany, USA, Bulgaria, BiH, Guatemala, Serbia, Hungary, and Croatia.
The specialized international press widely covers his work (Aesthetica Magazine, Arte Al Limite Magazine, Art Market Magazine, Art Reveal Magazine, CreativPaper Magazine, WhiteHot Magazine for Contemporary Art, Widewalls, Artist Portfolio Magazine, Hypebeast, YV Art Spot, Lens Magazine and others).
