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Born in Vancouver, BC, 1951.
Lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
Wanda Koop…On the Edge of Experience
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Seeway
Birch Libralato, Toronto, Canada
Wanda Koop: Decades
Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, Canada
Wanda Koop…On the Edge of Experience
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
FACE to FACE
Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada
VIEW from HERE
Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
BuroDijkstra, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Interweave
Birch Libralato, Toronto, Canada
Deep Bay
Michael Gibson Gallery, London, Canada
WANDA KOOP
Birch Libralato, Toronto, Canada
Paintings by WANDA KOOP
BuroDijkstra, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Hockey Heads
Winnipeg Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Canada
VIEWMASTER
Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, Canada
Green Zone
Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Wanda Koop: Early Works
Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sightlines
University of Winnipeg, Gallery 1C03, Winnipeg, Canada
Wanda Koop: Recent Paintings
Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Wanda Koop: Sightlines
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada (catalogue)
In Your Eyes
Thetis Foundation, Venice, Italy (catalogue)
Sightlines
Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, Canada
Sightlines, New Music Festival, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Canada
Green Room
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Wanda Koop
Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Paintings from “Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms”
Buschlen Mowatt Galleries, Vancouver, Canada
In Your Eyes
Bank of Commerce, Heritage Building, Winnipeg, Canada
See Everything/See Nothing
Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Canada
Green Room
Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
See Everything/See Nothing
Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (catalogue)
See Everything/See Nothing
New Gallery, Calgary, Canada (catalogue)
Wanda Koop: Recent Paintings
Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms
Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
Video Scroll Poems
Plug In, Winnipeg, Canada
Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms, Les cent jours d’art contemporain
Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada (catalogue)
L’immense image
Musée régional de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada (catalogue)
Harbour
VanderLeelie Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
Evening Without Angels
Garth Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Drawings “Notes for Prelude To War”/Notre Dame
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, Canada
No Words – Wanda Koop, Recent Paintings
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada (catalogue)
No Words – Wanda Koop, Recent Paintings
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada (catalogue)
Wanda Koop: Recent Paintings
Garth Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Wanda Koop: Recent Drawings
Extension Gallery, Print and Drawing Council of Canada, Toronto, Canada
Flying to the Moon
49th Parallel Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Northern Suite
Women in Focus, Floating Curatorial Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (catalogue)
Northern Suite
Canada House, London, England (catalogue)
Airplanes and the Wall
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Canadian tour: Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon (catalogue)
Train Series
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Wanda Koop (Fracture)
Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Canada (catalogue)
Preliminary Drawings
Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, Canada
Building in the Pool of the Black Star
Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, Canada
Nine Signs
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada (catalogue)
Wanda Koop: Recent Paintings
London Regional Art Gallery, London, Canada (catalogue)
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Selected Group Exhibitions
It is What it is
National gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
OFF THE WALL
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, Canada
ARENA: Road Game
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
ARENA: The Art of Hockey
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia
Halifax, Canada
Studio Models
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Playing in Traffic
Red Bull Gallery (Archive Gallery)
Toronto, Canada
Scratching the Surface: The Post-Prairie Landscape
Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, Canada
RCA Members in the WAG collection: 1880 to Today
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Bond, Dyck, Koop, and Thorneycroft
Gallery One One One, Winnipeg, Canada
Where She’s At
York Quay Centre (Harbourfront Centre)
Toronto, Canada
rotterdam [inter]nationaal
Artstore – Kunstambassade Rotterdam
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
schilder
RC de Ruimte
IJmuiden, The Netherlands
Summerpeg
Michael Gibson Gallery
London, Canada
Wunderkammer
Lisa Couwenbergh Gallery
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The Shadow of Abstraction
MacKenzie Art Gallery
Regina, Canada
The Last Biennale
Annex Gallery
Winnipeg, Canada
Vitrine
Cite des sciences et de l’industrie
Paris, France
Blind Spot
Gallery 111, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Painters 15
MOCA
Toronto, Canada
Painters 15
Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
Dreamland
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
Five Canadian Artists (Think Canada Festival)
Art Today, Delhi, Amethyst Gallery, Chennai, National Museum of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
Singular Fission
Axe Néo-7 in collaboration with The Diefenbunker,
Canada’s Cold War Museum, Ottawa, Canada
Paintings from a Misshapen Century, 1900-2000
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, Canada
Convergence
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Speed: Visions of an Accelerated Age
Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Canada (catalogue)
Baie-Saint-Paul Symposium
Le Centre D'Exposition De Baie-Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec, Canada
See Everything/See Nothing (European Premiere)
2nd Attic Global Video and Film Festival
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Home Is Where The Heart Is
Westergasfabrik, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Salut au Monde
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands (catalogue)
Dark O’Clock
Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil (catalogue)
Art Hotel
Plug In, Amsterdam Hilton, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Cultural Commentary
Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada (catalogue)
Dialogues, Les cent jours d’art contemporain
Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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Related Experience
The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws , LL.D., (honouris causa)
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada, awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters, Litt. D. (honouris causa)
Member, Order of Canada (C.M.)
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada, Art Creates Change:
Wanda Koop in Conversation with Robert Enright
Recipient of numerous awards from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Manitoba Arts Council
Founder / Honourary Chair, Art City (Inner-city visual arts youth centre), Winnipeg, Canada
Member, Royal Academy of Arts (R.C.A.)
Recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal
The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada, awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters , Litt. D. (honouris causa)
Manitoba Arts Council Foundation, Innovations Award in Art Creation, Winnipeg, Canada
Exhibition organizer, 4 Dutch Artists, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Guest Artist in Residence, The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, New Music Festival, The St. Norbert Arts Centre, Winnipeg, Canada
Founding Member, West Broadway Development Corporation,
Winnipeg, Canada
Project Leader, West Broadway Neighborhood Revitalization Committee,
Winnipeg, Canada
Film and Video Project – Documentary, National Film Board of Canada
(Ottawa)/Buffalo Gal Pictures (Winnipeg)
Traveled extensively in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Brazil,
Ukraine and India.
Japan Fund Award
Coordinator, Bounce Project, Rotterdam/Winnipeg
Contributing Editor, Canadian Art Magazine
Rotterdam Kunst Stichting, Studio Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Founder, Rotterdam Apartment Co-operative, The Netherlands
Arts Advisory Panel, Manitoba Arts Council
The Canada Council, Paris Studio
Graduated, University of Manitoba, 4 year DFA |
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Selected Collections
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
The Canadian Capital Commission, Ottawa
The Shanghai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal
Gallery One One One, University of Manitoba
Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg
Esso Avitat, Winnipeg
E.D.S. Systemhouse, Winnipeg
Novatel Corporation, Toronto
Standard Life Insurance Company, Montréal
Steinberg Corporation, Montréal
Power Corporation, Montréal
Air Canada, Montréal
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
Shell Canada, Calgary
Nova Corporation, Calgary
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna
Glenbow Museum, Calgary
Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton
Museum London, London, Ontario
Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown
Diane Keaton, New York, USA
Bill Paxton, USA
Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Selected Bibliography
Anderson, Jack. “Famous Winnipeg artist Koop offers "stunning show" to Reginans.” The Leader Post (Regina), February 8, 2002.
Asahi Shimburn. June 27, 1996. Tokyo, Japan.
Asahi Evening News. June 20, 1996. Tokyo, Japan.
Border Crossings, The Language of War. Issue No. 89, 2004
Bovey, Patricia, “The Encyclopedia of Manitoba.” Great Plains Publications, 2007.
Brydon, Anne. Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms. Exhibition Brochure. Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 1995
Brydon, Anne. “Green Room.” Canadian Art, Spring 1996, p. 89.
Burnett, David and Schiff, Marilyn. “Recent Painting.” Canadian Contemporary Art, 1983.
Cameron, Ann. “Beyond Landscape: The Painting of Wanda Condon (Koop).” Arts Manitoba, Vol. 1, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1977, pp. 15-17.
Davis, Kate. Foreword. ‘Sightlines’ exhibition catalogue, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, 2002
Dault, Gary Michael. “Portrait of An Artist, Koop, The Big Picture.” The Wealthy Boomer. Vol. 2, No. 2, 1999, pp. 62-68.
Dault, Gary Michael. “Landscapes underline Koop’s mastery.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), October 21, 2000.
Dault, Gary Michael. “Deconstructing the Essence of a City.” The Globe and Mail
(Toronto), November 23, 2002
Dault, Gary Michael, “Images distorted by TV glitches.” The Globe and Mail
(Toronto), April 10, 2004
Dault, Gary Michael, “Exhibit A: Translated TV Moments.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), October 27, 2006
Dault, Gary Michael, “A waste-not theory of painting.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), September 27, 2008
Dault, Gary Michael, “VIEW from HERE” Exhibition catalogue, Michael Gibson Gallery (London, ON) May, 2009
Dictionaire l’Art Moderne Contemporain. Paris: HAZAN, Paris, 1992.
Enright, Robert, “The Palette of Collected Knowledge: Wanda Koop's Green Zone”, “Green Zone” –City Press. Wanda Koop, 2008
Enright, Robert, “The Winnipeg Alphabestiary”. Arts Manitoba Inc., 2008
Enright, Robert, “The Big Picture. ”Canada’s Best: Cardiff, Wall, Koop, Snow, Ashevak
Time Magazine , December 1, 2003.
Enright, Robert. “A Lifetime in the Making: The Experience of Memory in the Art of Wanda Koop”. ‘In Your Eyes’ exhibition catalogue, Thetis Foundation, Venice, 2001
Enright, Robert. Afterword ‘In Your Eyes’ exhibition catalogue, Thetis Foundation, Venice, 2001
Enright, Robert. “The Beauty of Longing: A Conversation with Wanda Koop.” Border Crossings Magazine, Fall, 1996, pp. 12-23.
Enright, Robert. “Thinking Big: The Bold Art of Wanda Koop.” Canadian Art, Premiere Issue, Fall 1984, pp. 36-41.
Enright, Robert. “Wanda Koop's big enigmas.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Fall, 1997.
Fuglem, Terry. “Notes on the Viewmaster Series.” ‘Viewmaster’ exhibition catalogue, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg , 2005
Fulton, Keith Louise. “Airplane Series: Wanda Koop.” Prairie Fire, Vol. VI, No. 3, September 1985, pp. 31-39.
Gault, Charlotte Townsend. Vanguard. Publication of the Vancouver Art Gallery, November 1983.
Geijutsu, Shincho. Sept 1996, Tokyo, Japan.
Godfrey, Stephen. “For Artist Wanda Koop, Big is Beautiful.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), June 24, 1985.
Goldberg, Brianna. “Room and Reward.” The National Post, 09 July 2007.
Grande, John. “Wanda Koop: Green Zone April 3-24/ Andrea Szilasi: mirror May 1-22.” Vie des Arts, #195 SPRING 2004.
Halkes, Petra. “Scratching the Surface” Review Art Papers Magazine. 2008.
Halkes, Petra. Aspiring to the Landscape: On Painting and the Subject of Nature. University of Toronto Press. 2005.
Halkes, Petra. Parachute, January 1998.
Halkes, Petra. Border Crossings, 2003.
Hannon, Eleanor. “Wanda Koop, Building in the Pool of the Black Star.” Arts Manitoba, September 1983.
Heath, Terrence. Wanda Koop, Airplanes and the Wall. Exhibition Catalogue. Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1985.
Heath, Terrence. “Three Prairie Pieces: Winnipeg Under 30.” Arts Canada, Feb/Mar 1973, pp.74-80.
Heath, Terrence. “Graffiti on the Wall.” Border Crossings Magazine, Fall 1985, pp. 28-29.
Hoek, Els. Portrait of an Artist: Wanda Koop. Exhibition Catalogue. Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Lethbridge, Canada, 1991.
Irvin, Sherri and Busby, Cathy. “Escape Fantasies: Survival in the Diefenbunker.” C Magazine, Winter 2000/2001
Koop, Wanda. “Wanda Koop in Venice (Visual Essay).” Border Crossings Magazine, Fall 1993, pp. 41-47.
Laurence, Robin, “Green Zone: Wanda Koop’s Images of War and Reclamation”, “Green Zone” –City Press. Wanda Koop, 2008
Laurence, Robin. “In the Line of Fire.” Georgia Strait, April 12, 2001.
Laurence, Robin. “Wanda Koop: The View From Here.” ‘Viewmaster’ exhibition catalogue, Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg , 2005
Laurence, Robin. “Wanda Koop: In Your Eyes”. ‘In Your Eyes’ exhibition catalogue, Thetis Foundation, Venice, 2001
Laurence, Robin. “Wanda Koop: See Everything/See Nothing.” CVphoto, #51, Summer 2000, pp. 7-14.
Laurence, Robin. “Moving Pictures.” Canadian Art, Spring 2000, pp. 82-87.
Laurence, Robin. See Everything/See Nothing. Exhibition Catalogue. Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 1998.
Laurence, Robin. Recent Work: Wanda Koop. Monograph. Burnaby Art Gallery, Canada, 1992.
Long, Timothy. “Placing Desire”. ‘Sightlines’ exhibition catalogue, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, 2002
Mayes, Alison. “A Vast Hurrah.” Winnipeg Free Press, Thursday, September 9th, 2010, p. D-1
Mays, John Bentley. “Contemporary Arts in Manitoba.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), August 27, 1977.
Mays, John Bentley. “Wanda Koop, Olga Korper Gallery.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 1984.
Mays, John Bentley. “Wanda Koop, Train Series at Olga Korper Gallery.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Thursday, June 27, 1985.
Mays, John Bentley. “Trophies of a Hunt for Personal Identity.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), July 6, 1990.
McAlear, Donna. “Wanda Koop (Condon) S.U.B. Gallery.” Vanguard. Publication of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada, March 1982.
McAlear, Donna. Flying to the Moon. Monograph, Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Canada, 1987.
Muench, Heidi. “Arts as Affirmation, An Interview with Wanda Koop.” Herizon Magazine, Vol. 5, March 1987.
Murray, Joan. The Best of Contemporary Canadian Art. Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton, Canada, 1987.
National Film Board of Canada, In Her Eyes, One hour film documentary, 2000.
Nemiroff, Diana and Bradley, Jessica. Songs of Experience. Exhibition Catalogue. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1987.
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, A Bibliographical Dictionary. Edited by Jules Heller and Nancy G. Heller. Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London, 1995.
Patton, Andy. No Communication between the Living and the Dead. Exhibition Catalogue. Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada, 1981.
Perry, Art. “Grand Scope.” The Province (Vancouver), March 1987.
Rans, Goldie. “Wanda Koop: London Regional Art Gallery, May 7 to July 11.” Parachute, October 1982, p. 40.
Reid, Mary. ‘Wanda Koop… On the Edge of Experience’ exhibition catalogue, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 2010
Reid, Mary. “Koop’s videos are silent… all the moments recorded are found”, “Green Zone” –City Press. Wanda Koop, 2008
Richardson, Letia. “A Visual Tribute to Marta Danyiewicz.” Canadian Women’s Studies, Vol. 7, No. 3, Fall 1986.
Robertson, Sheila. “Massive Airplane Paintings Chilling.” The Star Phoenix (Saskatoon), Canada, Vol. 1, 1986.
Scott, Michael. “Irresistible memory landscapes confronted by hard realization.” Vancouver Sun, April 12, 2001
Shuebrook, Ron. “Form and Performance.” Arts Canada, May/June 1979, pp. 32-35.
St.Gelais, Therese. “On le Seriet du Transport.”Parachute, July, Aug., Sept., 1998, pp. 8-10, 52.
Taylor, Kate. “My Work is from my Life.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Tuesday, January 22, 1991.
Taylor, Kate. “Koop Draws Power from Bits and Places.” The Globe and Mail (Toronto), Thursday, February 25, 1993.
Thompson, Grace. Northern Suite. Exhibition Catalogue. Floating Curatorial Gallery at Women in Focus, Vancouver, 1987.
Tippet, Maria. By a Lady, a History of Canadian Women Artists. Penguin Canada, 1992.
Tousley, Nancy. “Travel Fuels Artists Work.” Calgary Herald, May 16, 1998.
Tousley, Nancy. “Chinese Series Transcends Image.” Calgary Herald, August 21, 1987.
Tousley, Nancy. “Signs Point to Art on a Scale Nearing Sculpture.” Calgary Herald, Saturday, August 20, 1983.
Vesely, Carolin. “Passionate Eye.”Winnipeg Free Press, Thursday, December 30th, 2004, p. D-1
Walker, Susan. “Drawing on an Unusually Colorful Past.” Toronto Star. Sunday, November 16, 1997, p. 12.
Wanda Koop Documentary. Midday, CBC Television, 1991.
Whiteway, Doug. “Artist Works on Heroic Scale.” Winnipeg Free Press, November 14, 1985.
Williams, Megan. “Wanda Koop, In Your Eyes.” Herizons, Vol. 15, No. 2, Fall 2001, pp. 24 - 26.
Younger-Lewis, Greg. “Chaotic, beautiful India alters Koop outlook.” Winnipeg Free Press, November 20, 2001. |
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