Background
Kopp grew up in Germany and graduated to Abitur with majors in Fine Art and English in 1998. He then emigrated to New Zealand, his mother’s home country, in 2000 where he lived and studied in Wellington.
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Sandro Kopp
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His work deals with the concept of mediated presence and explores the meeting points of classical painting and digital technology. Since 2006 he has been based in Nairn in the Highland region of Scotland working primarily on oil portraits of family and friends painted from Skype conversations. Kopp’s work has been exhibited internationally.
A list of some recent exhibitions include:
December 2015, FEEDBACKLOOP, Five ELEVEN, New York
December 2014, Sono Qui, Otto Zoo, Milan
May 2014, Analogue, Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris
June 2013, Cinematic Visions, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
October 2013, Fiercely Loved, Timothy Everest, London
October 2012, Mediated Presence, 6 Fitzroy Square, London
January 2012, There You Are., Lehmann Maupin, New York
November 2011, Krauts Projects: INSIGHTS II, Kunst/Halle, Heidelberg, Germany
May 2011, Being with You, India Standard Time festival, Istanbul, Turkey
December 2010, Krauts Projects: INSIGHTS, Kunst/Halle, Heidelberg, Germany
November 2010, Artist Residency, TSKW, Florida
October 2010, Not a Still Frame, Brachfeld Gallery, Paris
March 2009, Krauts Projects: Go Figure, Frankfurt, Germany
May 2008, PRESENT., Himachal Pradesh Garcia Gallery, New York
April 2008, Krauts Projects: Creative Clash, Mannheim Castle, Germany
March 2008, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Boite Postale November 2007, Junge Kunst 69, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Germany
June 2007, National Portrait Gallery, London, Boite Postale Awards.
