Recent exhibits include Silhouette at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NY, About Space at ArtBridge Drawing Room, NY, and The Triumph of Human Painting at Bull & Ram Gallery, Bushwick. Stopa received a BFA from Indiana University and and MFA from Pratt Institute. He is a contributor to Art In America, The Brooklyn Rail and Whitewall Magazine. His work has been reviewed in Interview Magazine, ArtInfo and New American Paintings.