Career
He is one of the pioneers of holography, and has also worked as an educator, recording engineer, artist, blogger, and actor. He has created portrait holograms of Andy Warhol, President Bill Clinton, Isaac Asimov, New York City Mayor Editor Koch, Prime Minister Edward Heath, Pierre Cardin, Sally Jessy Raphael, John Kenneth Galbraith, Phyllis Diller, Billy Idol, The Smothers Brothers, Philosophy Donahue, and John Cage. His corporate clientele include commissions for Mitsubishi, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Tag Heuer, Goodyear, International Business Machines Corporation and New York University Medical Center.
Sapan has lectured at the School of the Visual Arts in New York City, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Ohio State University, University of Vermont, City College of New York, New York University, and various other schools.
He is running a class at the Institut für Theoretische Physik Graduate School at New York University in the summer of 2015. Sapan, also known as Doctor Laser, has been a professional holographer for 40 years in New York City.
His career began in 1968 working at the first exhibition of holography (created by Bell Labs) at the Time Life building in New York City. He is best known for his holographic portraiture and laser special effects.
Before founding Holographic Studios in 1979, Sapan worked as an assistant recording engineer at Record Plant Studios in New York City, at a time when they were recording with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Alice Cooper, Dizzy Gilespie, B.B. King, Stevie Wonder, Tammy Wynette, George Jackson, Roberta Flack, Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Philharmonic Orchestra.
Sapan produced the laser light effects for the original Studio 54 on Columbia Broadcasting System, the Flock of Seagulls music video, "lieutenant"s Not Maine Talking," and the cult film, Class of Nuke "Econometrica High. He also served as a consultant for the film Vanilla Sky, and did laser effects for the American Broadcasting Company Weekend Special, Jeeter Mason and the Magic Headset. 1977, "Holo-Fame", Museum of Holography, New York City, New York, United States of America
1980, Avant Garde Festival, Pier 92, New York City, New York, United States of America
1987, "Holograms", Gotham Fine Arts Gallery, New York City, New York, United States of America
2005, "Translating Solids: The Holographic Image", Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2010, "Light From The Shore", Solarium Gallery, Knox School, Saint James, New York, United States of America
2012, "Green | Red", Brooklyn Arts Council (The Archway Under the Manhattan Bridge), Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
2012, "Artypes: Portraits", PACS Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
2014, "Magical Art Tricking The Eye", Hudson Guild Gallery, New York City, New York, United States of America
2014, "New York City Makers", MAD Biennial, New York City, New York, United States of America.