| Wendi Copeland takes an interdisciplinary approach to her work, incorporating components from painting, printing, photography, sculpture and media. Cross-pollinating these disciplines has created an exploratory practice, which has inspired her to research and investigate the ordinary, mundane and often unnoticed patterns in our everyday surroundings. Copeland was first attracted to the forms and patterns of deterioration she observed on sidewalks and road surfaces while studying in Chicago at The Art Institute. These organic and abstract forms often found on roads, glass, water, and the studio floor continue to inform her practice. Copeland says, “I am interested in playing with the ordinary, and the familiar and elevating these often ignored and undervalued images to the gallery wall”. Recently, Copeland attended a Creative Residency at The Banff Centre developing a series of sculptural and photographic installations there and is currently exhibiting a sculptural work at The Surrey Art Gallery. |
| 2010 BFA, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. - Sculpture British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, B.C. - Business University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. - Communications University of Grenoble, Grenoble, France. – French, Art |
| 2010 Painting on the Edge, The Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC 2010 Expressions Northwest, Port Townsend, Washington 2010 Arts 2010, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey BC 2009 Emergence 2009, The Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2009 Painting on the Edge, The Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, BC 2009 Arts 2009, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC 2009 Terrain, Brow Gallery, Emily Carr University 2009 Moving Image, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University 2008 The Art of Food, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University 2008 VanDusen, Brow Gallery, Emily Carr University 2007 Shift, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University 2006 Mirror, Mirror, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC 2006 Mirror, Mirror, Millennium Gallery, Whistler, BC 2005 Adrift, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University 2005 Pedestrian, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University BC 2005 Intimacy, YoYo Gallery, North Vancouver, BC 2005 Reframe, Queen Elizabeth Theatre Gallery, Vancouver, BC 2005 Exquisite Corps, Three Walls Gallery, Chicago, Ill 2005 Infusion, solo show, TeaGschwender, Chicago, Ill 2004 Emergence, Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr University |
| 2010 Arts Council of Surrey, Painting award, First Place 2009 Arts Council of Surrey, Sculpture Award - Second Place 2008 Scotties National Tissue Box Design – Semi Finalist 2007 Chocolate Design - 5 designs selected for “Masterpieces” 2005 British Columbia Arts Council – Senior Award 2005 Brissenden Scholarship – Sculpture and Painting 2004 Alvin Balkin Memorial Scholarship – Innovation 2003 Helen Pitt Award – Outstanding Artistic Merit 2003 Carter-Begg Scholarship – Artistic Achievement |
| 2010 the now newspaper, http://www.thenownewspaper.com/travel/Exhibit+showcases+diverse/3255659/story.html 2009 Surrey Leader, “An eclectic collection” 2008 The Globe and Mail, “You art what you eat” 2008 The Vancouver Sun, “Food without Borders” 2008 City TV, Breakfast Television, “The Art of Food” 2008 Preview, “The art of Food” 2008 City Food, “Art + Food” 2008 West Ender, “The mature student” 2006 CBC Radio, On the Coast, “Art school confidential” 2006 Pique Newsmagazine, “Light falling on Landscapes” 2006 The Question, “Mirror/Mirror: Eight artists with a common thread |