Wanda Koop

Wanda Koop
CM OM
Koop at the Canadian Art Reel Artists Film Festival in 2012
Koop at the Canadian Art Reel Artists Film Festival in 2012
Born 1951 (age 66–67)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Awards Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts
2016
Order of Canada
2006
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
2002
Elected Royal Canadian Academy of Art
2005
Website www.wandakoop.com

Wanda Koop CM OM is a Canadian interdisciplinary painter who lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Life

Koop was born on October 5, 1951 in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Russian-Mennonite parents who had escaped the Russian Revolution.[1] Koop graduated from the Lemoine Fitzgerald School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg in 1973.[2]

In 2002 Koop was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, in 2005 she was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, in 2006 she was appointed a member of the Order of Canada, and in 2016 she received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.[3][4][5][6]

Koop and her mother were the subjects of the 2007 documentary Wanda Koop: In Her Eyes about their visit to the Ukraine, where Koop's mother was born.[7][8]

Work

While still studying at the University of Manitoba School of Art, in 1972, Koop's work was included in an exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.[9] Throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, Koop was the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including the 1985 travelling exhibition Airplanes and the Wall; the 1991 travelling exhibition Wanda Koop: Recent Paintings;[10] and the 1998 exhibit See Everything, See Nothing at The New Gallery.[11] From February 18 to May 15, 2011 her solo exhibition entitled On The Edge Of Experience was shown at the National Gallery of Canada[3] in Ottawa, Ontario.

Koop's work often combines aspects of video, performance, or photography. As Robin Laurence describes in the Spring 2000 issue of Canadian Art, Koop "is interested in expanding the languages of paint and video, integrating them into the complex terms of loss and grief and reclamation." [12]

Community activism

In addition to her art, Koop is an ardent community activist. In 1998 she founded Art City, a community art centre in Winnipeg's West Broadway neighbourhood as a way to bring together contemporary visual artists and inner-city youth.[4][13]

Collections (selection)

  • The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
  • Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
  • The Shanghai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
  • Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
  • Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, QC
  • Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal
  • The Canadian Capital Commission, Ottawa, ON
  • Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, ON
  • Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, ON
  • School of Art Gallery (formerly Gallery One One One), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
  • Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB
  • Esso Avitat, Winnipeg, MB
  • E.D.S. Systemhouse, Winnipeg, MB
  • Novatel Corporation, Toronto, ON
  • Standard Life Insurance Company, Montréal, QC
  • Steinberg Corporation, Montréal, QC
  • Power Corporation, Montréal, QC
  • Air Canada, Montréal, QC
  • Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
  • Shell Canada, Calgary, AB
  • Nova Corporation, Calgary, AB
  • Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON
  • MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
  • Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
  • Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
  • Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, ON
  • Museum London, London, ON
  • Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, PEI
  • Diane Keaton, New York, NY
  • Bill Paxton, USA
  • Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Solo exhibitions

  • 2016 Wanda Koop, paintings + drawings (1984-2016), Galerie Division, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • 2016 Trick Rider, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Canada
  • 2015 VIEW from HERE, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
  • 2014 Interplay, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
  • 2013 Wanda Koop: 1951 - , Division Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2013 Wanda Koop, Galerie Division, Montreal, QC
  • 2012 No News, Galerie Division, Montreal, QC
  • 2012 Interface, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
  • 2011 Wanda Koop…On the Edge of Experience, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
  • 2011 The Studio Room, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
  • 2011 No News, Galerie Division, Montreal, QC
  • 2011 Interface, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON Wanda Koop…On the Edge of Experience, Winnipeg
  • 2011 Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
  • 2011 Wanda Koop: Decades, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, MB
  • 2009 FACE to FACE, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
  • 2009 VIEW from HERE, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
  • 2008 BuroDijkstra, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2008 Interweave, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON
  • 2007 Deep Bay, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON
  • 2006 WANDA KOOP, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON
  • 2006 Paintings by WANDA KOOP, BuroDijkstra, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2006 Hockey Heads, Winnipeg Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, BC
  • 2005 VIEWMASTER, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, BC
  • 2004 Green Zone, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2004 Wanda Koop: Early Works, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, MB
  • 2003 Sightlines, University of Winnipeg, Gallery 1C03, Winnipeg, MB
  • 2002 Wanda Koop: Recent Paintings, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2002 Wanda Koop: Sightlines, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
  • 2001 In Your Eyes, Thetis Foundation, Venice, Italy
  • 2001 Sightlines, Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, BC
  • 2001 Sightlines, New Music Festival, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, BC
  • 2000 Green Room, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
  • 2000 Wanda Koop, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 2000 Paintings from “Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms”, Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, BC
  • 1999 In Your Eyes, Bank of Commerce, Heritage Building, Winnipeg, MB
  • 1999 See Everything/See Nothing, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 1999 Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
  • 1998 Green Room, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 1998 See Everything/See Nothing, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC; New Gallery, Calgary, AB
  • 1997 Wanda Koop: Recent Paintings, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 1997 Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
  • 1996 Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1995 Video Scroll Poems, Plug In, Winnipeg, MB
  • 1994 Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms, Les cent jours d’art contemporain; Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC
  • 1994 L’immense image, Musée régional de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC
  • 1994 Harbour, VanderLeelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB
  • 1993 Evening Without Angels, Garth Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 1992 Drawings “Notes for Prelude To War”/Notre Dame, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
  • 1991 No Words – Wanda Koop, Recent Paintings, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB; Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON; Garth Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 1990 Wanda Koop: Recent Drawings, Extension Gallery, Print and Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto, ON
  • 1988 Flying to the Moon, 49th Parallel Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1987 Northern Suite, Women in Focus, Floating Curatorial Gallery, Vancouver, BC; Canada House, London, UK
  • 1985-86 Airplanes and the Wall, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
  • 1985 Train Series, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 1984 Wanda Koop (Fracture), Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON
  • 1984 Preliminary Drawings, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB
  • 1983 Building in the Pool of the Black Star, Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, MB
  • 1983 Nine Signs, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
  • 1982 Wanda Koop: Recent Paintings, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON
  • 1981 Wanda Koop, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB

References

  1. ↑ "Wanda Koop". canadianart.ca. Canadian Art. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Major Exhibition of Winnipeg artist Wanda Koop opens at the National Gallery of Canada". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. February 27, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Wanda Koop: On the Edge of Experience". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Wanda Koop". ccca.concordia.ca. The CCCA Canadian Artist Database. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ Order of Canada citation
  6. ↑ "The Canada Council for the Arts - Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts". archive.ggavma.canadacouncil.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  7. ↑ Nielsen, Valerie (April 13, 2001). "Wanda Koop: In Her Eyes". CM: Canadian Review of Materials. University of Manitoba. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Wanda Koop: In Her Eyes". www3.nfb.ca. National Film Board. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Wanda Koop - Michael Gibson Gallery".
  10. ↑ "Division Gallery Toronto – Wanda Koop – CV".
  11. ↑ Jacobson, Melody, ed. (2000). Silver: 25 Years of Artist-Run Culture, 1975-2000. Calgary: Alberta: New Gallery Press. p. 113. ISBN 9781895284096.
  12. ↑ Laurence, Robin (2000). "Moving Pictures" (PDF). canadianart.ca. Canadian Art. p. 87. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Art City: About". artcityinc.com. Art City. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
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