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Artist Exhibitions:
Born in Mexico City, Mexico
Moved to San Diego, California
to complete secondary studies
Lived in Israel five years
doing social work for Save the
Children and various other
organizations
Returned to California to
complete bachelor of arts
degree, University of
California, San Diego. Major:
Studio Arts with emphasis on
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Artist Galleries:
In Toronto:
Amira Collections
276a King Street West
Toronto, ON M5V 1J2
<6 St. Joseph's House
St. Joseph's Street <6
Toronto, Ontario
PK Design Studio
180 Thornhill
Suite 405
Thornhill, ON...
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Artist Reviews:
CBC Newsegment on April 17,
2006 on the 6 o'clock news.
Story on Starbucks group show
"Tangents"....
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Collections:
Work in private collections in
the West Indies, Mexico and
the USA...
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Commissions:
Mr. Joseph Lancaster, St.
Kitts, West Indies
Ms. Jeannette Gray,
California, USA
Mr. and Mrs. R. McKensey,
Toronto, Canada
Mr. and Mrs. B. Williams, St.
Kitts, West Indies
Ms. Bonnie Swain, Nevis, West
Indies
Ms. Ana Cecilia Celestino, New
York, USA
Mr. and Mrs. T. Smith,
California, USA...
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Artist Statement for Phyllis Koppel
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How images are processed has been a constant factor influencing my work. An image loses its objectivity the moment we process it, either in our mind, the studio or the darkroom. By closely looking at single details I try to find the diversity of an image, its multiple meanings.
Growing up in Mexico City trained my aesthetic sense to the powers of colour and texture. It was these elements I concentrated on when I studied photography at the University of California in San Diego. As I made the transition from photographer to painter, light became an integral component of my work.
I use whatever is immediately at hand in order to express what I am processing internally, the layering of meaning. I have produced three dimensional pieces with found objects, natural and man-made materials and I have drawn and painted in a variety of media, styles and sizes. The current series of portraits delves into multiculturalism and diversity. These portraits represent the cultures found in the city in which I live. The portraits are meant to represent generic people, someone we have all known, met or seen somewhere.
I captured the warm sensuality of light during my years living in the Middle East and the Caribbean. Now that I am in Canada, a different glow altogether has incorporated itself into my work.
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