Tara Kopp
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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts in Painting, 2009
Advanced Certificate in Art and Design Education Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture 2006
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Portal: Governors Island, Governors Island, New York, NY
2017 Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, New York, NY
2017 “Still Lives” Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
2016 “Model Lives” Silas Von Morisse/ Art 3 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 “With Amazing Scenes Like These” Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 "There’s No Place Like..." Online Exhibition, Curated by Krista Scenna of Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 "Gowanus Artist Group Exhibition" 313 Butler Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2016 "Domesticity" Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
2016 "Northern National Art Competition" Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, WI
2016 “Painting and Seeing” UNCW Art Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2016 "Open (C)ALL: Up for Debate" BRIC Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2015 "Art from the Heart" Gowanus Loft, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Courtney Jordan
2015 "New Directions '15" Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. Juried by Janet Bishop, Curator at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
2015 “Behind Doors and Through Windows: Reflections on Contemporary Domestic Life” Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
2015 “80th Annual National Exhibition” Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
2015 “Strange Paradise” First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2015 "Art by America: A Review of 2-Dimensional Contemporary Art" The Art House, Chicago, IL 2015 "Art and Soul | Soul Struck" SPACE Gallery, Denver, CO
2015 “20” x 20” x 20”: A National Compact Exhibition” LSU Union Art Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA. Juried by Brooke Davis Anderson, Executive Director of Prospect.3 in New Orleans. *2nd Place Winner
2015 “Muse” Friday Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 “Losing Love” Core New Art Space, Denver, CO
2015 "Nor Easter: The NBMAA 45th Annual Juried Members Exhibition" New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
2015 "Icebreaker 6" Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO. Juried by Lauren Wright
2014 "10th Annual Small Works Show" 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Juried by Bill Carroll 2009 “Pratt In Venice” Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019 Center K-12 at Pratt Research Open House, Nancy Ross Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Center K-12 Fellowship exhibition, Nancy Ross Project Space, Brooklyn, NY 2014 DICE exhibition at BAM Fischer, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Studio Pedagogy: “The Imperative of Teaching,” a group exhibition with Kim Beck, Adam Brent, Nina Katchadourian, Sheila Pepe and students. Curated by Tara Kopp and Aileen Wilson. Bergen Community College Gallery, Paramus, NJ
2012 Pratt Summer Design Exhibition at Dekalb Gallery
2011 DICE exhibition, Nancy Ross Project Space
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Elephant Magazine “Tara Kopp Portrays the Tensions in Modern Life Through Doll-Like Characters by Rebecca Fulleylove, April 27 2020
2016 Brooklyn Magazine "Gallery Rounds: Heavily BK" by Paul D'Agostino, Sept. 26, 2016 2016 The New York Times, "Things to Do in the Hudson Valley" June 11- July 31, 2016 2016
"Trending: Contemporary Art Now!" Women's Caucus for Art, Exhibition Catalog. Hosted by the Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, juried by Elizabeth Garvey, Simon Garvey Art Access and Exhibition Director Karen Gutfreund, Artist/ Curator. Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 6, 2016)
2016 Front Art Space, OPEN 15, Exhibition Catalogue, New York, NY
2015 The Advocate, "20"x20"x20": Small art has sizeable impact in juried LSU exhibit" July 23, 2015
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2021 Faculty Development Grant, “Home Sweet ......” Domestic Life During the Pandemic, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2016 2nd Place Winner, Painting and Seeing, UNCW Art Gallery, Wilmington, NC 2015 2nd Place Winner, 20” x 20” x 20”: A National Compact Exhibition, LSU Union Art Gallery
2015 Koch Cultural Trust Grant Award
2014 People's Choice Award, 10th Annual Small Works Show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Art and Design Education, Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, NY Visiting Assistant Professor. Spring 2017 to present
UNDERGRADUATE/ GRADUATE COURSES ADE 405/ 621 Saturday Art School I
ADE 406/621b Saturday Art School II
ADE 423P Museum-based Internship
Pratt Young Scholars and Summer Scholars, Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, NY
Non-credit Instructor. Courses include: Figure drawing (10th grade), painting (11-12 grades), and middle school portfolio (7th-8th grades). Fall 2014 – present