Toni Jo Coppa

My home is the state of Maine in the United States. I make art to get a better understanding of myself. It is a way to meditate, process life, find peace, express thoughts and emotion, try new things, get aggressive, take chances, play, look, share and exchange energy with the universe. I like to use genres of fantasy, symbolism and surrealism.

2022 - The University of Southern Maine; MS
2013 - Maine College of Art; MFA
1997 - Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1992 - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA
1990 - Greenfield Community College, Massachusetts; AAS

Solo Exhibitions:
2016 "The Many Parts of One", Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
2015 “The Interlopers”, L.C. Bates Museum, Hinckley, ME
2015 “Smoke & Mirrors”, Charles C. Thomas Gallery, Portland, ME
2014 “Toni Jo Coppa”, The Denmark Art Center, Denmark, ME
2013 “The Wild Things Are”, The M+B Gallery, MECA, Portland, ME
2011 “Figures”, Zand Head Gallery, MECA, Portland, ME
2010 “Recycled into Joy”, William A. Laporte Gallery, Southwick Library, Southwick, MA
2009 “Girl Investigated”, William A. Laporte Gallery, Southwick Library, Southwick, MA
2005 “Exhale”, William A. Laporte Gallery, Southwick Library, Southwick, MA
2002 “Mirrors”, The Beta Gallery, Cody, WY
2001 “Scenarios”, Railroad Square Gallery, Waterville, ME
1999 “New Work”, South Gallery, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
1997 “Desires”, South Gallery, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
1992 “Toni Jo Coppa”, The Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery X, Chicago, IL

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2017 “Pairings”, Kelley Stelling Contemporary, Manchester, NH
2017 “Art of Recovery “, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
2017 "Russell, Coppa, Snow", Go Yan Gallery, Portland, ME
2016 "Human/Nature", Engine Gallery, Biddeford, ME
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