Wanda Koop

Wanda Koop CM OM is an internationally acclaimed Canadian interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is widely regarded as one of Canada’s most distinguished and inventive painters.

Wanda Koop

CM OM
Koop at the Canadian Art Reel Artists Film Festival in 2012
Born (1951-11-05) November 5, 1951
Vancouver, British Columbia
AwardsGovernor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts
2016
Order of Canada
2006
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
2002
ElectedRoyal Canadian Academy of Art
2005
Websitewww.wandakoop.com

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)
  • Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
  • The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • The Shanghai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
  • Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
  • Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  • Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
  • Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, QC, Canada
  • Arsenal Contemporary, Toronto/Montréal/New York
  • Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, ON, Canada
  • MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
  • Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC, Canada
  • Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  • Museum London, London, ON, Canada
  • Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
  • School of Art Gallery (formerly Gallery One One One), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • The Canadian Capital Commission, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • Esso Avitat, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • E.D.S. Systemhouse, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • Novatel Corporation, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Standard Life Insurance Company, Montréal, QC, Canada
  • Steinberg Corporation, Montréal, QC, Canada
  • Power Corporation, Montréal, QC, Canada
  • Air Canada, Montréal, QC, Canada
  • Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON, Canada
  • Shell Canada, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • Nova Corporation, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • Diane Keaton, New York, NY, USA
  • Bill Paxton, USA
  • X4 Collection, Toronto, ON, Canada

Solo Exhibitions
  • 2019 Concentrations 62: Wanda Koop: Dreamline, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
  • 2019 Notre-Dame de Paris, Galerie Division, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • 2018 Wanda Koop: Reflect, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY, USA
  • 2018 Standing Withstanding, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
  • 2018 Unseen Seen, Galerie Division, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • 2017 In Absentia, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • 2017 Wanda Koop: VIEW from HERE, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 2016 In Absentia, Division Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 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, Canada
  • 2015 SEEWAY, The Embassy of Canada, Washington DC, USA
  • 2015 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC, USA
  • 2014 Interplay, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada
  • 2013 Wanda Koop: 1951 - , Division Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2013 Wanda Koop, Galerie Division, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • 2012 No News, Galerie Division, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • 2012 Interface, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada
  • 2011 Wanda Koop: On the Edge of Experience, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • 2011 Wanda Koop: On the Edge of Experience, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 2011 The Studio Room, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada
  • 2011 No News, Galerie Division, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • 2011 Interface, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada
  • 2010 Wanda Koop: Decades, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 2010 Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2009 FACE to FACE, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Canada
  • 2009 VIEW from HERE, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada
  • 2009 FAX, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 2009 Diabolique, Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
  • 2008 BuroDijkstra, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2008 Interweave, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2007 Deep Bay, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON, Canada
  • 2006 WANDA KOOP, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2006 Paintings by WANDA KOOP, BuroDijkstra, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2006 Hockey Heads, Winnipeg Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, BC, Canada
  • 2005 VIEWMASTER, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, BC, Canada
  • 2004 Green Zone, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2004 Wanda Koop: Early Works, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 2003 Sightlines, University of Winnipeg, Gallery 1C03, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 2002 Wanda Koop: Recent Paintings, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2002 Wanda Koop: Sightlines, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
  • 2001 In Your Eyes, Thetis Foundation, Venice, Italy (2001 Venice Biennale)
  • 2001 Sightlines, Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • 2001 Sightlines, New Music Festival, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, BC, Canada
  • 2000 Green Room, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • 2000 Wanda Koop, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 2000 Paintings from “Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms”, Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • 1999 In Your Eyes, Bank of Commerce, Heritage Building, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 1999 See Everything/See Nothing, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 1999 Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada
  • 1998 Green Room, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 1998 See Everything/See Nothing, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC; New Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • 1997 Wanda Koop: Recent Paintings, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 1997 Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 1996 Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
  • 1995 Video Scroll Poems, Plug In, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 1994 Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms, Les cent jours d’art contemporain; Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
  • 1994 L’immense image, Musée régional de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada
  • 1994 Harbour, VanderLeelie Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  • 1993 Evening Without Angels, Garth Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 1992 Drawings “Notes for Prelude To War”/Notre Dame, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC, Canada
  • 1991 No Words – Wanda Koop, Recent Paintings, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB; Oakville Galleries, Oakville, ON; Garth Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 1990 Wanda Koop: Recent Drawings, Extension Gallery, Print and Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 1988 Flying to the Moon, 49th Parallel Gallery, New York, NY, USA
  • 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, Canada; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, Canada; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada; Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
  • 1985 Train Series, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 1984 Wanda Koop (Fracture), Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • 1984 Preliminary Drawings, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 1983 Building in the Pool of the Black Star, Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 1983 Nine Signs, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • 1982 Wanda Koop: Recent Paintings, London Regional Art Gallery, London, ON, Canada
  • 1981 Wanda Koop, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Group Exhibitions (Selection)
  • 2019 America Will Be!: Surveying the Contemporary Landscape, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
  • 2019 Shallow Mirror High Tower, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
  • 2019 Bonavista Biennale, FLOE, NL, Canada
  • 2017 Sticky Fingers, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY, USA
  • 2016 Trick Rider by Wanda Koop, Freya Björg Olafson and Ridley Bent, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 2015 Her Now: Six Painters from Quebec and Canada, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • 2014 Transformation of Canadian Landscape Art: Inside and Outside of Being, Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an, China
  • 2013 100 Masters, Only in Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 2012 Oh, Canada, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCCA), North Adams, MA, USA
  • 2011 My Winnipeg, la maison rouge, Paris, France
  • 2011 De geest van het huis,Molenpag 11, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2008 ARENA: The Art of Hockey, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS, Canada
  • 2007 Studio Models, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • 2007 RCA Members in the WAG collection: 1880 to Today, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 2006 rotterdam [inter]nationaal, Artstore – Kunstambassade Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2006 schilder, RC de Ruimte, IJmuiden, The Netherlands
  • 2004 Wunderkammer, Lisa Couwenbergh Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 2004 Vitrine, Cite des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France
  • 2002 Painters 15, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
  • 2001 Five Canadian Artists, (Think Canada Festival) Art Today, New Delhi, India; Amethyst Gallery, Chennai, India; National Museum of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
  • 1997 See Everything/See Nothing, (2nd Global Video and Film Festival) Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1996 Home Is Where The Heart Is, Westergusfabrik, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • 1995 Salut au Monde, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands: touring The Netherlands and Germany
  • 1989 Off the Beaten Track, organized by Ace Art, Winnipeg, MB, Canada for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland: touring to the Sea Gate Gallery, Dundee, Scotland
  • 1986 Songs of Experience, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • 1979 Form and Performance, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
  • 1972 Winnipeg Under 30, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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. "Wanda Koop: On the Edge of Experience". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  4. "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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