Jo Coupe
Biography
Born 1975, Stoke-on Trent, UK
2003-2005 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College
1994-1998 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Newcastle University
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Crystalline Energy, Rio Tinto Alcan, Lynemouth, Northumberland, UK
2009
Jo Coupe - Supernature, Workplace solo presentation, NADA Art Fair, Miami
Fade Away And Radiate, Workplace Gallery, Gateshead, UK
Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
2006
Give and Take, First-site, Colchester
Electrolysis, Station, Bristol
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Tatton Park Biennial, Cheshire
101 Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
TOMORROW THE FUTURE, Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton, UK
All my favourite singers couldn't sing, Workplace Gallery, UK
2007
Zoo Art Fair (with Workplace Gallery), London
An Archaeology, Project Space 176, London
Dusseldorf Contemporary (with Workplace Gallery), Dusseldorf, Germany
Pulse Art Fair (with Workplace Gallery). New York, USA
2006
Repatriating the Ark (with Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art), Museum of Garden History,
London
Blue Star, Red Wedge, Glasgow International, Glasgow
You shall know our Velocity. BALTIC, Gateshead
2005
Emergency2, Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
Art Caucasus, Tblisi, Georgia
Everything Must Go, Workplace, Gateshead
MA Show, Goldsmiths College, London
Mobile, Fortescue Gallery, London
There is no more butter, Station, Bristol
2004
Yesvember. House Gallery, London
Revenge of Romance. Temporary Contemporary, London
Postgraduate Diploma Show. Goldsmiths College, London
2003
Art 2003 (with Workplace Gallery), Business Design Centre, London
2002
Hothouse, Semi-permanent work, first shown at Grizedale Live, Cumbria
2000
Stuffed, Hancock Natural History Museum, Newcastle.
Small Battles, Mackie Mayor Building, Manchester
Engaged, Site-specific work in toilets, Newcastle
Pattern Transfer, (Collaboration with Tanya Axford) Waygood Gallery, Newcastle
1999
Lead by the Nose. Part of VANE, Newcastle
Study and Stay, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
Great Dutch Painting. Installation as part of the exhibition, City Art Gallery, Leeds.
Field Day. Site-specific works in a field, Northumberland.
VANE Export, Exhibition of artists from the north-east of England, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
1998
Assimilate, Design Works, Gateshead
Commissions
2009
Semi-permanent commission for Rio Tinto Alcan, Newcastle upon Tyne
2002
Uprooted, Permanent commission for Inland Revenue, Newcastle upon Tyne
2002
Hothouse, Semi-permanent commission for Grizedale Forest, Cumbria
2001
Fruitbody, Temporary commission for Locus , Newcastle upon Tyne
Awards and Residencies
2008
Beacon Art Prize, 101 Tokyo, Japan
Artist in Residence, Alcan Aluminium Plc
Artist in Residence, Fermynwoods Country Park, Northamptonshire
2002
Artist in Residence, Grizedale Forest, Cumbria.
Chrisi Bailey Award for Education in Creative Photography, Arts Council of England.
1998
Study and Stay Graduate Bursary, Northern Arts.
Publications
2008
Tatton Park Biennial, Parabola, London, UK (exhibition catalogue)
2007
An Archaeology, Project Space 176, London, UK (exhibition catalogue)
2006
Give and Take, First-site Papers, Colchester, UK (exhibition catalogue)
Repatriating the Ark, Parabola, London, UK (exhibition catalogue)
2002
Camp, Grizedale Books, Cumbria, UK
2000
Engaged, Chew and Show, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (exhibition catalogue)
Reviews and Articles
2007
HaPazura
Give and Take by David Gleeson, Art Papers, Jan/Feb
Blue Star Red Wedge by Susan Mansfield, The Scotsman, 02 May
2006
You shall know our Velocity by Alfred Hickling, Guardian, 01 Feb
You shall know our Velocity by Michael Glover, Times, 14 Jan
Northern Lights by Nick Hackworth, Dazed and Confused, Febuary
Concept for Living,by Brett Tudor Jan
Collections
Private collections UK, Europe, USA
21c Museum
The Progressive Art Collection