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
2024 Beep Painting Prize, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, UK
Crashing Chariots, St Barnabas Church, Dalston, London
V.A.L.U.E. Barbican Arts Group Trust, Blackhorse Lane Studios, London
A personal Treasure, Curated by Lindsey Mendick, Nunnery Gallery, London
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
2024 Morphē Arts Residency, St Barnabas, Dalston, London (6 months, beginning April)
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
Private collections, UK
Publications
2020 Jackson’s Art Blog: Artist interview
2020 Artists Newsletter: The elephant in the room. Contemporary painting from London