Michael Coppelov (b. 1983, Ormskirk, UK)
Lives and works in London.
Education
2020- Turps Banana Studio Programme, London
2008- MFA, Masters in Fine Art (with Merit) Glasgow School of Art
2005- BFA, Bachelor of Fine Art (First Class), Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University
Solo Exhibitions
2023- Macho Dickhead, Unit 3 Projects, London
2020- Mick Dundee, Nomas* Projects, Dundee, UK
2018- poetic.trucks.flood, Husk Coffee and Creative Space, London, UK
Ten Years Too Late, no format Gallery, Deptford, London, UK
2017- Little Fictions, Mjólkurbúđin Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland
2016- Open Studio and Silent Auction, Certacs House, Skelmersdale, UK
2010- Tunes from The Moons, Malt Cross Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Group Exhibitions
2023- Open Studios, British School at Rome, Rome
Awe and Wonder, Bargehouse Gallery, London
8am in London, Midnight in LA, Thamesside Gallery, London
2022- The Elephant in the Room, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, USA
Twenty20, M Galleries, Washington, New Jersey, USA
Twenty20, ASC Lambeth Court House, London
Negotiating Distance, Ahaba, London
Things I Like I Lick, Terrace Gallery, London
Blinkandyou’llmissit, Safehouse 1, London
2021- JollyMerry ’21, Cyprus College of Art, Paphos, Cyprus
Turps Banana Final Show, Thames-side Studio Gallery, London
Leap of Faith, Rise Art, London
Entering the Canon, Unit 3 Projects, London
2020- Beep Painting Prize, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, UK
Artists from The Forest, Beulah Road Studios, London
2019- Time Flies Like the Wind, Fruit Flies Like Bananas, Walworth Art Academy, London
The Immaculate Dream, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London
A Raw Garden, Fitzrovia Gallery, London
Interconnectivities, World’s End Studios, London
Supermarket Art fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2018- Painting Open, no format Gallery, London, UK
Edificio Bella, Boécho Gallery, London, UK
A Construction of Painting, HUSK Coffee and Creative Space, London, UK
Between Friends, St Stephen Walbrook, London, UK
2017- Skafl, Alþýðuhúsið á Siglufirði, Siglufjörður, Iceland
Opiđ Hús, NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2009- Flying Cream Carpet, Camden People’s Theatre, London, UK
2008- Flock, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
And So It Goes, ArtNews Projects, Berlin, Germany
MFA Show, Tramway Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2007- Tristar, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Interim Exhibition, Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2006- Soul Survivor, The Royal Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet, UK
2005- The Ruskin Great Artists Collection, Ruskin School, Oxford, UK
Montana Butch, The Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street, London, UK
2004- Atomic Art Bomb, Modern Art Oxford, UK
Lodger, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK
Alan Bullock Show, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, UK
Prizes and awards
2023- Judges Choice Award, Chaiya Arts Awards
Abbey Fellowship in Painting, British School at Rome
2020- Artists Newsletter Travel Bursary
2011- Excellence Award, Edge Hill University
2008- Leverhulme Trust Scholarship (3 years)
2004- Egerton-Coghill Landscape Painting Prize, The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford
Sir Alan Bullock Painting Prize, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford
2003- Sir Alan Bullock Painting Prize, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford
Artist Residencies
2023- Abbey Fellowship, British School at Rome (3 months, beginning October)
2021- Cyprus College of Art Erasmus + Funded Residency (1 month, November)
2018- Husk Continuum, Husk, Limehouse, London (6 months, beginning May)
2017- NES residency (3 months beginning January) Skagaströnd, Iceland
Collections
2023- British School at Rome
2023- Museum of Liverpool
Publications
2020- Jackson’s Art Blog: Artist interview
2020- Artists Newsletter: The elephant in the room. Contemporary painting from London