K Daphnae Koop

I grew up mostly in Minnesota, and often spent my summers at the lake cabin with my grandparents. My grandmother taught me quilting and crochet, gardening, and especially, taught me her busy-ness and her active hands. At the same time, my grandfather taught me building and remodeling as I helped him by holding boards and handing him nails. With that process, I developed the awareness that with time and effort, anything can be created with human hands.

As a child and teenager, I spent a great deal of time wandering Minnesota’s country roads and woods, which inspired a deep love of the land and a connection to the earth. In particular, my early connection to Minnesota’s lakes and rivers helped me develop a wordless sense of flow and the peace that it brings.

I spent two decades in New York City, immersing myself in the arts and culture that thrive there. Two decades of a long distance courtship caused my eventual return to Minneapolis, which lost me a city that truly felt like mine, but gave me so much in return.

My current body of carved wood wall pieces is both inspired by, and a result of the space, tools and materials available in Minnesota. It is work that harks back to my childhood and the lessons of my grandparents - w...

I pursued a varied college career, attending several different schools and focusing on Art and Literature, and ultimately graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Art.

Select Exhibitions:

2023 Landscape: Constructed and Wild, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2023 Elevating the Ordinary, Pump House Art Center, LaCrosse, WI

2023 Cycle 1 – DEFYing Sameness, Argyle Zebra Gallery, St. Paul, MN

2022 Gems VI, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia, CA

2022 One Narrative, Argyle Zebra Gallery, St. Paul, MN

2022 What Binds Us Together, ArtReach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN

2022 Chroma, Concourse C Gallery at MSP, Minneapolis, MN

2022 Ever Present: Birds in Our Daily Lives, Silverwood Park Gallery, St. Anthony, MN

2022 Rejected, Argyle Zebra Gallery, St. Paul, MN

2022 The Art of Water VI, James May Gallery, Dousman, WI

2022 North of the 45th Parallel, DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI

2022 SweetArt Salon, 332 Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2022 Exploring the Divine, Gesthemane Church Gallery, Hopkins, MN

2021 Recycle 2021, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY

2021 The Art of Water V, James May Gallery, Dousman, WI

2021 From Broken to Beautiful, Susan Hensel Gallery, Artsy.net

2021 Seeing God, Benedictine Center Gallery, St Paul, MN

2020 Art in Isolation, North Dakota Museum of Arts, Grand Forks, ND

2020 Seeing God, Benedictine Center Gallery, St Paul, MN

2020 Nature: Miniscule to Magnifi...