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www.faithcopeland.com
Faiths Atelier
faithcopeland@yahoo.com
tel 31385421
Artist Painter
Biography
Originally
from Massachusetts, lived in Tennessee and Florida in Europe:
Austria, France, Spain, Sweden and Denmark, teaching Art, Language , computer,
doing Translations Web Design , worked as Tourist Guide in
Spain, speaks 8 languages Art Paintings from Faeroe Islands
Iceland ,Denmark, Florida ,Spain Italy etc favorite motives ,
the Sea, Nature, Birds
´Known
for paintings with the "Playing Puffins", mainly from The Faeroe Islands and Iceland. other popular motives
from Florida
Style
Spontaneous filled
with color and JOY! colorful, spontaneous, Joyful, a celebration of life ,
Critics
Say........
in
Falmouth Times Cape Cod Massachusetts critic wrote
....."Faith
Copeland's work is Imaginative, original, with the primitive charm of Henri
Rousseau and a sense of light and color as in Raul Dufy ."
Dr. Karen Roberts/PHD Art Delray Florida commented April 2011
..... " work is new ,fresh, with something of
Chagall and Dufy"
Education
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B.A
.Degree, Modern Language German-French,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee USA
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Teaching
Degree Modern Language, Miami University USA
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Phil.
Cand. Art History Lund University, Sweden
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Ærø
Kunsthøhjskole(Art School) Denmark ,Art School Denmark
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Samsø Art School, kunsthojskole
.Denmark
Artist
Statement:
My work is mainly
influenced by the beauty I find in "Nature" mainly from "the
Sea" also plants and animals. It is a celebration of life in joyous
colors,
Artwork
Working in
mainly in acrylic and watercolors, but also egg
tempera, collages graphics, and painting on silk, some large wall
hangings and wall murals.
Paintings
Are whimsical, colorful, spontaneous, Joyful, a celebration of
life, humoristic reflecting joy in nature, plants and
animals, especially the Sea and Seaside, narrative .humoristic.
Selected
Exhibitions
Soho Gallery , West Palm Beach Florida
Gallery Europa Rungsted
Kyst, Denmark
Carlsberg Museum Denmark
American Embassy Denmark
Denmark's Aquarium, Charlottenlund
Kirsten Kjaers Museum Denmark
Shaknow Museum Fort Lauderdale
Armory Museum Palm Beach Florida
Coral Springs Museum Florida
Cornell Museum Delray Beach Florida
The Crest Theatre Delray Beach
101 Atlantic Avenue Delray Beach
The Village Studio Gallery Delray Beach
David Rosen Gallery Museum Boca Raton Florida
The Orchid Society Boca Raton Florida
Bonnet House Museum Fort Lauderdale
Sugar Sands Park Community Center ,Boca Raton
Florida
The Jeannette Hare Gallery Northwood University West Palm Beach Florida,
Art Serve Gallery Fort Lauderdale
Gallery 101 Ft Lauderdale permqnent
The Village Studio Gallery Delray
Beach permanent
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"Cape Cod Art Association" ,Mass. USA
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"The Artists Guild", Falmouth Mass. USA
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"Creations Gallery", Osterville MA USA
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"Woods Hole Gallery", Woods Hole MA USA
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"The Barn" Gallery, Hyannis MA USA
Europe
Selfoss Museum Iceland
Kirsten Kjær´s Museum, Frøstrup,
Jutland Denmark
Gallery Smedjan Faeroe Islands
Nottingham University England
Hotel Oceania , Brest France
Italian Cultural Center -Embassy Denmark
Icelandic Culture house Copenhagen
Astel Gallery , Copenhagen
Carlsberg Museum Copenhagen
Nordenshus, Faeroe Islands
Shambala Gallery Copenhagen
Tinghus Gallery Fredensborg
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Herkules
Pavillon, Copenhagen,The
kings Garden
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Sjællands Sparekassen
Bank, Frederiksund,Denmark
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Pilegaarden Medborgerhus,
Brønshøj Denmark
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Nord Atlantens Brygge,Nordic center,Copenhagen
Denmark(Restaurant Nemo)
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Tranhuset. Strandgade
100 , christianshaven
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Vedbaek Cultural Center, Denmark
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"Gallery Europa",Rungstedkyst,
Denmark
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Fyglsanghus,Hørsholdm, Denmark
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"Villa Bournonville ",Fredensborg, Denmark
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"Smedjan Gallery",Faroe
Islands,
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"Gallery Gammelstrand",
Copenhagen
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Gallery LB Copenhagen
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"Gallery Shambala", Copenhagen
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"Haderslev Bio,Gallery",Denamrk
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Hotel Oceania, Brest, France \
Special
projects
He Gators
Galor Project
in Palm Beach County 2004 for the
benefit of Boys and Girls Clubs
in Palm Beach County
USA Shows
· the Armory Museum, West Palm Beach
Florida
(Received the honor award of" Judges Recognition"
, Witva group
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Delray open Air Art Show, Veterans Park, Delray Art League, 2004
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open Air Show, Lake Worth Art League,2004
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Gallery Witva ,Pineapples Grove Delray
Beach Florida, group
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Lake Worth Art League Gallery,
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Delray City Hall ,group
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The Jeannette Hare Gallery Northwood University West Palm Beach
Florida, ( 2004,Received
award" The Judges Honorable Mention" )
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The Art Serve Gallery, Sunset Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida,
2004,Coral Springs Art guild, group
Exhibitions in
Europe
· Helligandshus,
Copenhagen Solo and Group
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Slagelse Music Hus",Denmark
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"Birkerød Musikhus
"MantziusGård"
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"Slagelse Theatre", Denmark
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"Mostingshus" Frederiksberg ,Copenhagen
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"Brøndsalen,Copenhagen
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Jyllands Post Gallery",Copenhagen
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Miljø Ministery
,Copenhagen
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Ringsted,kuntforeing",Copenhagen
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Hillerod
kunstforening" Art Club ,Denmark and
others
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Strand Hotel", Dragor, Denmark
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Paradis Cafe, Restaurant",Hornbaek,Copenhagen
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Energy Ministery ,Copenhagen and others
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2010 Cafe Restaurant ,Suhrs Svanemøller
Gallery Shanbala,Copenhagen
Print Station Store kongensgade2010
Humlen Kunstforening
2010
Gallery Blaa ,Roskilde
Nov 2007,2008,2009
Gallery Nybro Copenhagen
North Zealands Embassy Gallery
Humlen Kunstforening, Hedehusene October 2007
Ringsted, Kunstforening,
Miljo Ministry,
Energy Ministery,
Novo Nordic,
Otikon
Price and Watergade,and other Art Clubs in
Denmark
Kunst I byen , Kongens Nytorv (Art in the
City)Copenhagen)
American Embassy,
Horsholm Sygehuset
Rigshospital,Copenhagen
Teachers Seminary,Ribe
Haderslev"Slots Bio"Gallery
Cafe Paradiso , Hornbaek
Cafe "Le Chat Noir" ,Copenhagen
Cafe "Bla Time",Copenhagen
"Tinghus Gallery "Fredensborg
Denmark
The Embassy Gallery ,Copenhagen
Faroe Islands Cultural House Copenhagen
Various Art Clubs in Companies,"Kunstforeningar",
"Tinghus Gallery" Fredensborg
2008,2009.2010
The North Sealand Embassy Gallery
The American Embassy Copenhagen
Rosengaarden Plejehjem Nyboder kbh
Gallery Mitzi Copenhagen
Jorns Gallery Copenhagen
Nybro Gallery
Copenhagen
Member
of :Women in the Visual Arts. Boca Raton, Lake
Worth Art League Florida,Caravan Artist Group
Copenhagen
Grants
Received
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"The
Paul Becket Art Fund"(Spain)1998
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"The
Hasselund Art Fund
,1998,1999,2000,2001",2006 (Denmark)1998,99,00
Prizes Won
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"The
Judges Recognition" The Jeannette Hara Gallery show,
Palm Beach Artist Guild Spring Show ,2004
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"The
Judges Recognition" The Armory Museum
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"The
Cultural Award" from The American Women's Club of Copenhagen
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"Excellence
in Watercolors" 1st prize" Artists Guild Falmouth, Mass. Annual Juried Exhibition
"Peoples
Choice Award ,Ist Prize"
Barnstable County with Silk painting "The Surfer" which was
hung in The City Hall
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