VELVET DA VINCI
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Andy CoopermanARTIST'S STATEMENTI remember as a boy opening an Edmund Scientific Supply catalogue to the page featuring paramecium cultures. The text described an entire world—invisible to the unaided eye—whirling away in a single drop of cloudy pond water. The notion that a complete universe could exist, literally at my fingertips, changed the way that I looked at everything. And it's from this perspective, through the lens of curiosity and examination that I most enjoy peering.It is my aim, through my work, to offer a compelling reason for others to enter into the investigative process. The scale of jewelry is particularly well suited to this pursuit, allowing me to build dense and portable microcosms that draw one near, engendering intimate interactions. The visual vocabulary that I choose is grounded in science. It relies on the combination and juxtaposition of industrial and naturally occurring forms such as accreted skins and rivets, or strapped and braced skeletal forms, to create metaphors for growth, decay and repair. These metaphors, I believe, offer insight into the wider and deeper issues that confront, confound and excite us throughout our lives. People should discover more about one of my pieces each time they pick it up. VELVET DA VINCI SHOWS100 Brooches -- Brooches by U.S. and international artists based on the book, 500 Brooches 200 RINGS -- Rings from 200 International Artists Andy Cooperman & Lola Brooks -- In Celebration of MAG's 60th Anniversary CHESS -- Contemporary Chessmen by International Makers FERROUS -- A collaborative exhibition by Velvet da Vinci and crafthaus New West Coast Design: Jewelry + Metalwork Sweden + USA -- Touring group show from Sweden and the US The Pendant Show -- Celebrating 500 Pendants and Lockets by Lark Books West Meets West -- New Jewlery and Metalwork from Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, U.K. COUNTRY OF RESIDENCEUSA SELECTED EXHIBITIONSSELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Portals, in conjunction with visiting artist program.Central College, Pella, IO, 2004 2004.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS All School Exhibition, Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX, 2006 100 Brooches, Nationally touring exhibition, 2006 Metalisms, Metropolitan State College Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO, 2005 Northwest Visits the Northeast, Society for Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA 2005 200 Rings, Velvet daVinci Gallery touring to Obsidian Gallery, 2004 Big/Little, Oakland Crafts and Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2003 Chess, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, touring to Vennel Gallery, Scotland, Crafts and Council Shop, Victoria and Albert Museum, England, 2003 The Art of Gold, touring nationally, 2002 Contemporary Metalsmiths, Oklahoma State University, 2001 Marked By Media, Edinboro University, PA, 2000 The Ring, Mobilia Gallery, touring nationally, 2000 Sweden + USA, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, touring to Galleri Metallum, Sweden, 1999 Intrusions and Obfuscations, Susan Cummins Gallery, CA, 1999 Icons of the Twentieth Century, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis MO, 1999 Torch Songs, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, 1998 Unexpected Settings, Goldman's Jewelers, Seattle, WA, 1998 SELECTED PUBLICATIONSAmerican Jeweler Ridges and Ripples, American Jeweler, June 1999 Marketing the Mystery, American Jeweler, February 2001 Design Challenge: Buried Treasure, American Jeweler, June 2002 Jewels of Art, American Style Magazine, Fall 2000 With This Ring, Artisan Northwest, Winter 2006 Small Worlds, Artisan Northwest, Spring 2006 From the Inside Out, Lapidary Journal, November, 1996 Granting a Wish, Lapidary Journal, June, 2000 The Many Faces of Shibuichi: Alloying, ingoting and Working with Shibuichi, Lapidary Journal, July, 2000 Metals Magnet, Lapidary Journal, January, 2001 10 Fortunate Fiascos, Lapidary Journal, May, 2006 Observations, Metalsmith, Spring, 1996 Commissions, Metalsmith, Spring, 2003 Reviews, Metalsmith, Winter, 2004 Exploiting the Random, Ornament Magazine, Spring, 1996 Top |
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