Irene Kopelman (born 1974, Córdoba, Argentina)[1] is an Argentine-Dutch artist based in Amsterdam. Her works explore the relationship between science and art.[2]
Kopelman's work marries the clinical distance of scientific observation with an almost spiritual reverence for landscape and the objects, large and small, that comprise it. It is built on the long-term engagement with ecological issues and the parallels between both science and art. The subject matter is a close visual engagement, questioning and exploring how drawing can approach these topics. Her work forms knowledge through the image and the process to make the image about the environment. They also embody the methodologies and systems we use to generate the knowledge and make it visible, creating her own systems of representation through artworks.[3]
Kopelman won first prize in the 2016–2017 Medifé Arte y Medioambiente Foundation Biennial for her project, "Drawing Camp".[4]
| Date[5] | Exhibition | |
|---|---|---|
| October 11 - December 13, 2014 | Roma Publications 1998 - 2014, Giuliani Foundation, Rome, Italy | |
| April 1 - May 9, 2015 | A Journal of the Plague Year, Kadist Art Fouondation, San Francisco, CA, USA | |
| November 6, 2015 - January 15, 2016 | Irene Kopelman: On Glaciers and Avalanches, Labor, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| May 13 - June 20, 2016 | Artist in the Field, The Drawing Room, New York, US | |
| August 25 - October 28, 2017 | A Line Between the Morning Sun and the Evening Sun: Anniversary Exhibition, 10 Years of Häusler Contemporary Zürich, Häusler Contemporary, Zürich, Switzerland | |
| August 30 - November 26, 2017 | A Materiality of the Invisible, Marres, House for the Contemporary Culture, Maastericht, Netherlands | |
| December 13, 2017 - February 17, 2018 | Irene Kopelman: Indexing Water, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal | |
| March 8 - July 23, 2018 | Irene Kopelman: Puntos Cardinales, Fundación Malba, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| May 6 - August 26, 2018 | Irene Kopelman, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands | |
| June 23 - October 6, 2018 | Works from the Fundación Botin Collection, Centro Botin, Santander, Spain | |
| June 23, 2018 - January 13, 2019 | The Landscape Reconfigured, Centro Botin, Santander, Spain | |
| April 4 - June 5, 2019 | Irene Kopelman: Cardinal Points, Labor, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| June 23- September 15, 2019 | The Reconfigured Landscape, Centro Botin, Santander, Spain | |
| September 12 - October 21, 2020 | Le Plan Libre, 1st Chapter, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France | |
| August 18, 2020 - February 14, 2021 | Colección Jumex: Savage Topology, Museo Jumex, Danta Maria Tulpeltac, Mexico City, Mexico | |
| March 14 - May 19, 2021 | Irene Kopelman: Quaternary Unfolded, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France |