Kim Cooper is an artist, designer and community facilitator. She studied fine art in the US and BC and has exhibited her sculptures in Colorado, Washington, Ontario and BC.
Kim’s art practice is grounded in our human connection to the world through making, exploring, and transforming within contemporary society. She explores this connection on an individual and on a larger societal level, questioning the human condition, the environment and how art can foster connection and community or alienate. She explores her/our emotional response and reaction to situations in society, then tries to transform that into a tangible artifact, a physical manifestation of our emotional landscape. She see’s each project as an opportunity to engage people on both intellectual and visceral planes, bringing others into contact with their environment in a new and unexpected way.
Solo Exhibitions & Public Art
2018 Immutable Affection – Public Art (in Process) – Burnaby, BC, Canada
2016-18 Horn of Plenty – Temporary Installation – Agassiz & Vancouver BC & Seattle, Washington
2016 Chrysalis: Public Art – Private Housing Development
2014 NEST – Public Art – Creekside Community Centre (w/ Marten Sims)
2013 Float – Public Art – Richmond, BC (w/ Mark Ashby)
2013 Hope – Wall Centre & Roundhouse Community Centre, Vancouver BC, – Temporary Installation
2003 [Nature] In the Making: Waterloo, ON - Public Art
2002 Winter Meditation: University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON - Temporary Installation
2001 Birth, Death, Regeneration, Balance: Waterloo Park, Waterloo, ON (performance, installation, video)
Group Exhibitions
2018 Spaces, Places and Traces - Alternative Creations Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2014 NEST – Public Art – Creekside Community Centre (w/ Marten Sims)
2013
Float – Public Art – Richmond, BC (w/ Mark Ashby)
Eastside Culture Crawl, Vancouver, BC
Don’t Box Me In - McCauley Park, Vancouver BC – CityStudio
Breaker Faire, Vancouver, BC
2012
CAFP - CoLab, Vancouver, BC
Celebrating Jerusalem - Sidney And Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver, BC
New Forms Festival - EatArt, Vancouver, BC
Arts in the City - SOMA Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011
Blood, Sweat & Ten years – The Cheaper Show, Vancouver, BC
Papergirl – Roundhouse Community Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC
Maker Faire – Great Northern Way Campus, Vancouver, BC
REGENERATE, Great Northern Way Campus - Public Art Installation
GROW- The Bulkhead Lab - Participating artist w/ Holly Schmidt
Grad Show – Studio Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2010 “Junk in the Trunk” – Studio Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
2008 Mad Hatter Tea Party - GRANtable, Vancouver, BC
2007 Old Man – Michoacan, Mexico
2001 “In Process” - School Of Architecture, Waterloo, ON
2000 Wave of the Future – Waterloo Region Children’s Museum, Kitchener, ON,
2000 Roma XX - Club Abstract, Waterloo, ON
1995 X- Exhibit, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Colorado Springs, CO
Education
2011 Studio Art, Capilano University, BC, Canada
2003 Thesis: [Nature] In the Making - environmental reconnections through meditative making
2003 Masters of Architecture, University of Waterloo, School of Architecture
1999 University of Waterloo, School of Architecture, Rome Program
1998 Bachelor of Environmental Studies, Pre-professional Architecture, University of Waterloo
1995 Fine Arts Program, University of Colorado
Creative Community Facilitation – Design Nerds
2015
Make SPACE for Spring: HiVE Vancouver
Food Security, Museum of Vancouver
2014
Raincheque, Museum of Vancouver Placemakers Program
Healthy Communities, Fraser Health, BC
2013
Engaged City, Engaged City Task Force, City of Vancouver
Citizen Engagement, Multimedia Dept, Metro Vancouver
HAW: Local Solutions to Homelessness, Community Services, City of Vancouver
2012
Hive Alive, HiVE Vancouver
Re:Think Housing, City of Vancouver
Publications
2018 Georgia Straight, News, Nov 14, 2018
2013 Vancouver Sun, Nov 13, 2013
2013 Georgia Straight, News, Jan 17, 2013
2013 Times Colonist, Business in Vancouver, Jan 15, 2013
2013 Metro News, Jan 15, 2013
2013 Vancity Buzz, http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2013/01/Hope
2011 Sculpting a Future - Montecristo Magazine, No.2, 04-2011, p60-61
Architectural Collaborative Design
2014-2015 St. Mary’s United Church, Vancouver BC (Kale Creative)
2006-2009 Okanogan College Centre for Learning, Kelowna, BC (with Bunting Coady Architects, BC)
2006-2008 Inuksuk High School, Iqaluit, NU (with Bunting Coady Architects, Vancouver, BC)
2004-2005 Innovative SPCA shelter design (with Moore Paterson Architects, Victoria, BC)
2003-2004 Sustainable Car free community, Loreto Bay, Mexico (with Ayrie, Victoria, BC)
2000-2001 Habitat for Humanity – 20 townhouses, New York, NY (with Gary Handel, NYC)
