Wanda Koop (b. 1951, Vancouver, Canada) is a renowned painter. She has exhibited across Canada and the U.S. as well as in Asia, Europe, and South America. In 2019, The Dallas Museum of Art presented "Concentrations 62: Dreamline," Koop's first major solo museum exhibition in the United States. The National Gallery of Canada mounted a major survey of her work in 2011. Koop has been the recipient of numerous awards, honorary doctorates, and Canadian medals of honor, including the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Order of Canada, in 2006. Her life and work have been the subject of several documentary films. In 1998 she founded Art City, a storefront art centre that brings together contemporary visual artists and inner-city youth to explore the creative process. Koop's work is included in numerous public collections including Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada; Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal, Canada; The Shanghai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada, and many others.
Koop mounted a solo exhibition of new work, Objects of Interest, at Night Gallery, Los Angeles in January 2024. Her subsequent solo exhibition, WHO OWNS THE MOON, opened at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in April of 2024. The artist lives and works in Winnipeg, Canada.
