Biography

Andrea Cooper has a Diploma in Art & Design Level 7 from the Waiariki Institute of Technology (2005), she also holds a post-graduate Certificate in Visual Arts, Otago Polytechnic (2019).

Over the years, Cooper’s studio practice has involved, and evolved through a wide variety of image making strategies and techniques.  She has recently developed a process to create works on ceramics that doesn’t require firing. This has given her work a unique look and has given her love of drawing and imagination free rein.

Printmaking has also become a major influence. By etching on recycled copper, Cooper embraces the marks that are already there, allowing the material to retain its own voice. In the same way, by printing onto Pianola that has had a previous life, the work is given an added dimension that allows it to speak on several levels simultaneously.

Coopers work is held in a number of private art collections, including The Arts Trust House, and she has been involved in a wide variety of artistic endeavours and collaborations including:

 

2015 Redgate Artist residency in Beijing

 

2016 Published book titled ‘Arts Revealed ‘. Eastern Bay of Plenty.

Conversation with artists, writers, musicians and performers

In collaboration with Heather Hourigan.

 

Finalist in  the WSA New Zealand Painting & Printmaking award 2025

 

2025 taking part in her 4th Invitational-International Print Exchange. Organized by Melanie Yazzie Professor of Arts Practices & Head

of Printmaking, University of Colorado at Boulder. The theme is titled ‘Water’.

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