Born in 1951, Vancouver, Canada. Lives and works in Winnipeg, Canada.
EDUCATION
2009
Doctor of Law (honoris causa), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
2007
Doctor of Letters (honoris causa), Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, Canada
2002
Litt.D. (honoris causa), University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
1973
Diploma in Fine Art, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Flowers for Sonny Boy, Blouin Division, Montreal, Canada
WHO OWNS THE MOON, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
Objects of Interest, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Eclipse, Night Gallery, No.9 Cork Street, London, United Kingdom
2022
Lightworks, McMichael, Kleinburg, Canada
Love Knot, Blouin Division, Toronto, Canada
2020
HeartBeat Bots, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
STEMS Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
BREAKING NEWS, Patel Division Projects, Toronto, Canada
2019
Concentrations 62: Dreamline, The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Notre-Dame de Paris, Galerie Division, Montreal, Canada
Bonavista Bienale, Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada
2018
Wanda Koop: Reflect, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Standing Withstanding, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
UNSEEN - SEEN, Galerie Division, Montreal, Canada
2017
In Absentia, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Wanda Koop: VIEW from HERE, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
2016
Wanda Koop, paintings + drawings (1984-2016), Galerie Division, Montreal, Canada
Trick Rider, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Canada
2015
VIEW from HERE, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
2011
Wanda Koop…On the Edge of Experience, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
2009
FACE to FACE, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada
2002
Wanda Koop: Sightlines, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
2001
In Your Eyes, Thetis Foundation, Venice, Italy
2000
Green Room, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
1998
See Everything/See Nothing, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; New Gallery, Calgary, Canada
1996
Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms/Paintings for Brightly Lit Rooms, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
1991
No Words – Wanda Koop, Recent Paintings (traveling), Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB; Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Canada; Garth Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1988
Flying to the Moon, 49th Parallel Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Northern Suite, Women in Focus (traveling), Floating Curatorial Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; Canada House, London, Canada
1985-6
Airplanes and the Wall (traveling), Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
1983
Building in the Pool of the Black Star, Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, Canada Nine Signs, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Afterglow, curated by Night Gallery, Acquavella, Palm Beach, FL
Arcadia and Elsewhere, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Art Basel Miami Beach, presentation with Night Gallery, Miami, FL
Frieze London, presentation with Night Gallery, London, United Kingdom
The Moon and I, Grimm Gallery, New York, NY
Celebrating Canadian Women Artists, Mayberry Fine Arts, Winnipeg, Canada
2022
Road Trip, The Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Girl Meets Girl, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway
Micro-, Macro-, Megascapes, Collaborations, Copenhagen, Denmark
Lines in the Snow: Contemporary Canadian Drawing, New Art Projects, London, United Kingdom
2021
Wanda Koop & Richard Nonas, Fergus McCaffrey Gallery, Saint Barthélemy, France
Road Trip, Blouin Divison, Montreal, Canada
Reset, 330g, Saskatoon, Canada
Smile! Emotions at work, Musée d’art de Joliette, Joliette, Canada
a wave in other words, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Canada
A year from now, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, Canada
A Thought Sublime, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
North by Northeast: Contemporary Canadian Painting, Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Souvenir, two-person exhibition with Oli Epp, Blouin Division, Montréal, Canada
2020
Majeure Force, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
This Sacred Vessel, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
The Armory Show, Night Gallery booth, New York, NY
Inaugural Exhibition, Blouin Division, Montreal, Canada
2019
Painting Nature with a Mirror, Musée d’arte contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Shallow Mirror High Tower, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
America Will Be! Surveying the Contemporary Landscape, The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2018
Art Los Angeles Contemporary with Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Frieze New York, Night Gallery booth, New York, NY
Appareillage, Galerie VU, Quebec City, Canada
Not Too High, Not Too Low, Division Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2017
Art Toronto 2017, Division Gallery booth, Toronto, Canada
Sticky Fingers, Arsenal Contemporary New York, New York, NY
2016
Trick Rider by Wanda Koop, Freya Björg Olafson and Ridley Bent, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Winnipeg, Canada
2015
Her Now: Six Painters from Quebec and Canada, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
2014
Transformation of Canadian Landscape Art: Inside and Outside of Being, Xi’an Art Museum, Xi’an, China Actual, Actual Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
2013
100 Masters, Only in Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
2012
Oh, Canada, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCCA), North Adams, MA
2011
My Winnipeg, la maison rouge, Paris, France
2001
Five Canadian Artists, (Think Canada Festival) Art Today, New Delhi, India; Amethyst Gallery,Chennai, India; National Museum of Modern Art, Mumbai, India
1994
Dark O'Clock, Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil; Plug In Inc., Winnipeg, Canada
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2016
Recipient of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts Member, Order of Manitoba (O.M.)
2009
The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, LL.D. (honouris causa)
2007
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters, Litt. D (honouris causa)
2006
Member, Order of Canada (C.M.)
2005
Member, Royal Academy of Arts (R.C.A.)
2002
Recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal
The University of Winnipeg, awarded the degree of Doctor of Letters, Litt. D. (honouris Causa)
2000
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
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada, Art Creates Change: Wanda Koop in Conversation with Robert Enright
1974-09
Recipient of numerous awards from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Manitoba Arts Council
1998-16
Founder/Chair, Art City (Inner-city visual arts youth centre), Winnipeg, Canada
1997-00
Founding Member, West Broadway Development Corporation, Winnipeg, Canada
1996-98
Project Leader, West Broadway Neighborhood Revitalization Committee, Winnipeg, Canada
1997-99
Film and Video Project – Documentary, National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa) / Buffalo Gal Pictures (Winnipeg)
1994
Japan Fund Award
Coordinator, Bounce Project, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Winnipeg, Canada
1992-94
Contributing Editor, Canadian Art Magazine
1993
Rotterdam Kunst Stichting, Studio Rotterdam, Netherlands
Founder, Rotterdam Apartment Co-operative, Netherlands
1992
Arts Advisory Panel, Manitoba Arts Council
1991
The Canada Council, Paris Studio
1972
Graduated, University of Manitoba, 4 year DFA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019
Arteaga, Agustín et al. Concentrations 62 – Wanda Koop, Dreamline, Dallas: The Dallas Museum of Arts, 2019.
2014
Koop, Wanda. Wanda Koop. Winnipeg: Wanda Koop, 2014.
2013
Belisle, Julie et. al. The Painting Project
2012
Laurence, Robin. Interface. London, ON: Michael Gibson Gallery, 2012. Koop, Wanda. Seeway. Winnipeg: City Press, 2012.
2011
Aisemberg, Paula et al. My Winnipeg: guide of the artistic scene. Lyon: Fage, 2011, p. 153-154.
2010
Reid, Mary. Wanda Koop… On the Edge of Experience. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2010.
Reid, Mary and Beavis, Lynn. Face to Face: Wanda Koop. Richmond: Richmond Art Gallery, 2010.
2008
Enright, Robert. Wanda Koop: Green Zone. Winnipeg: City Press, 2008.
2007
Bovey, Patricia. The Encyclopedia of Manitoba. Winnipeg: Great Plains Publications, 2007.
2005
Koop, Wanda. Viewmaster. Winnipeg: Wanda Koop Fine Art Reproductions, 2005.
Halkes, Petra. Aspiring to the Landscape: On Painting and the Subject of Nature. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2005.
2002
Koop, Wanda and Long, Timothy. Wanda Koop: Sightlines. Regina: Mackenzie Art Gallery, 2002.
2001
Enright, Robert. Wanda Koop: In Your Eyes. 3 volumes. St Norbert: St Norbert Arts Center, 2001.
2000
In Her Eyes. National Film Board of Canada. (Film documentary) 2000.
1998
Laurence, Robin. See Everything/See Nothing. Exhibition Catalogue. Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 1998.
1995
Koop, Wanda. Foreword, in Bounce. St Norbert, Canada: St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, pp. 8-9 (Published for a group exhibition held at the St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, Ace Art, Plug In Gallery., Video Pool and other sites in Winnipeg. June -July, 1995 and travelling to Open Space, Victoria, Canada).
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.
1994
Gravel, Claire. Wanda Koop, L'immense image. Rimouski, Québec: Musée Régional de Rimouski, 1994. (Published for the exhibition Wanda Koop, The Big Picture, held at the Musée Régional de Rimouski, November 24 -January 29, 1995 and the exhibition Paintings for Dimly Lit Rooms, held at the Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal, September 1 - October 16, 1994) 64 pages.
Dahle, Sigrid. A Way of Seeing in Dark O'Clock. Winnipeg: Plug In Editions, 1984. pp. 64-69 (Published for a group exhibition curated by Wayne Baerwaldt, held at the Museum of Modern Art, São Paulo, Brazil. October 10 -December 6, 1994 and Plug in Inc., Video Pool and Ace Art, Winnipeg, January 12 -February 21, 1995).
1992
Lawrence, Robin. Recent Work: Wanda Koop. Burnaby Art Gallery, 1992. (Published for an exhibition held at the Burnaby Art Gallery, January 9 -February 21, 1995).
Tippet, Maria. By a Lady, a History of Canadian Women Artists. Penguin Canada, 1992.
1991
Patton, Andy. No Communication Between the Living and the Dead, pp. 18-26. and Hoek, Els.
Portrait of an Artist, pp. 6 -10 in Wanda Koop. Lethbridge: Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1991. (Published for an exhibition held at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, January 26 - March 10, 1991 and Oakville Galleries, September 14 -October 27, 1991) 42 pages.
1989
Frohwer, Ron and Kisil, Gerry. Off The Beaten Track: New Canadian Art. Winnipeg: Ace Art, 1989 (Published for a touring group exhibition held at The Collective Gallery, The Wine Emporium and The Gilded Balloon Theatre at the 1989 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland) pp. 7, 11, 16, 27.
1987
Dahle, Sigrid. A Multiplicity of Voices: Work by Manitoba Women Artists. Winnipeg: Gallery
1.1.1., School of Art, University of Manitoba, 1987 (Published for an exhibition held at Gallery 1.1.1., and Plug In Gallery, March 4 -29 1987) pp 4, 18-19.
Thompson, Grace. Northern Suite. Exhibition Catalogue. Floating Curatorial Gallery at Women in Focus, Vancouver, 1987.
Madill, Shirley et al. 1987: Contemporary Art in Manitoba. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery,(Published for a national touring exhibition held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, August 20 – October 18, 1995) pp. 14, 95, 91.
Murray, Joan. The Best of Contemporary Canadian Art. Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton, Canada, 1987 Reid, Mary. ‘Wanda Koop… On the Edge of Experience’ exhibition catalogue, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 2010
Thomson, Grace Eiko. Wanda Koop, Northern Suite. Vancouver: The Floating Curatorial Gallery at Women in Focus, 1987. (Published for an exhibition held at the Floating Curatorial Gallery at Women in Focus. March 11 -April 25, 1987) 12 pages.
Thomson, Grace Eiko and Fulton, Keith. Wanda Koop Northern Suite. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery and London: Canada House, 1987 (Published for an exhibition held at Canada House, London, England. September 22 -November 10, 1987) 16 pages.
McAlear, Donna. Wanda Koop: Flying to the Moon. Calgary, Canada: The Nickle Arts Museum, (Published for an exhibition held at the Nickle Arts Museum in 1987) 4 pages.
1986
Nemiroff, Diana and Bradley, Jessica. Songs of Experience. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada. (Published for a group exhibition held at the National Gallery. May 2 -September 1, 1985).
Koop, Wanda. Wanda Koop, Airplane Drawings. Winnipeg: Wanda Koop, 1985 (Published for an exhibition held at the Brian Melnychenko Gallery, Winnipeg. December 8, 1985 - January 17, 1986) pp. 4-5, 8-9.
Borsa, Joan. Another Prairies. Toronto: The Art Gallery at Harbourfront. Toronto 1986 (Published for a touring group exhibition held at The Art Gallery at Harbourfront in 1986).
Holubizky, Ihor. New Perceptions in Landscape. Toronto: The Art Gallery at Harbourfront. 1986.
(Published for a group exhibiton held at the Art Gallery at Harbourfront in 1986).
1985
Heath, Terrence. Wanda Koop, Airplanes and the Wall. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery. (Published for a touring exhibition held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. November 10, 1985-January 5, 1986) 28 pages.
1984
Koop, Wanda. Wanda Koop. Winnipeg: Wanda Koop, 1984 (Published for an exhibition held at the Olga Korper Gallery. November 10 -28, 1984). 16 pages.
1983
Newman, Eva. Nine Signs: Wanda Koop. Calgary: Glenbow Museum. 1983 (Published for an exhibiton held at the Glenbow Museum, August 18 -October 30, 1983) 32 pages.
1979
McGibbon, Mildred. Forum and Performance. Winnipeg: The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 1979 (Published for a group exhibition held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 1979).
1975
O'Brien, Paddy. Young Contemporaries. London: London Regional Art Gallery, 1975 (Published for a touring group exhibition held at the London Regional Art Gallery, 1975).
SELECT PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston, Canada
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, New York
Caldic Collectie, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The Canadian Capital Commission, Ottawa, Canada
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada
Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, Canada
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Department of External Affairs, Ottawa, Canada
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, Canada
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
Gallery 1C03, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada
Gallery One One One, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Canada
Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
Hart House Collection, Toronto, Canada
Humber College, Toronto, Canada
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, Canada
MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montréal, Canada
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
Museum London, London, Canada
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Canada
The Shanghai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada