Irene Kopelman

Irene Kopelman (born 1974, Córdoba, Argentina) is an Argentine-Dutch artist based in Amsterdam. Her works explore the relationship between science and art.

Works Kopelman's work marries the clinical distance of scientific observation with an almost spiritual reverence for landscape and the objects, large and small, that comprise it. It is built on the long-term engagement with ecological issues and the parallels between both science and art. The subject matter is a close visual engagement, questioning and exploring how drawing can approach these topics. Her work forms knowledge through the image and the process to make the image about the environment. They also embody the methodologies and systems we use to generate the knowledge and make it visible, creating her own systems of representation through artworks.

Awards Kopelman won first prize in the 2016–2017 Medifé Arte y Medioambiente Foundation Biennial for her project, "Drawing Camp".

Exhibitions Date Exhibition October 11 - December 13, 2014 Roma Publications 1998 - 2014, Giuliani Foundation, Rome, Italy April 1 - May 9, 2015 A Journal of the Plague Year, Kadist Art Fouondation, San Francisco, CA, USA November 6, 2015 - January 15, 2016 Irene Kopelman: On Glaciers and Avalanches, Labor, Mexico City, Mexico May 13 - June 20, 2016 Artist in the Field, The Drawing Room, New York, US August 25 - October 28, 2017 A Line Between the Morning Sun and the Evening Sun: Anniversary Exhibition, 10 Years of Häusler Contemporary Zürich, Häusler Contemporary, Zürich, Switzerland August 30 - November 26, 2017 A Materiality of the Invisible, Marres, House for the Contemporary Culture, Maastericht, Netherlands December 13, 2017 - February 17, 2018 Irene Kopelman: Indexing Water, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal March 8 - July 23, 2018 Irene Kopelman: Puntos Cardinales, Fundación Malba, Buenos Aires, Argentina May 6 - August 26, 2018 Irene Kopelman, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands June 23 - October 6, 2018 Works from the Fundación Botin Collection, Centro Botin, Santander, Spain June 23, 2018 - January 13, 2019 The Landscape Reconfigured, Centro Botin, Santander, Spain April 4 - June 5, 2019 Irene Kopelman: Cardinal Points, Labor, Mexico City, Mexico June 23- September 15, 2019 The Reconfigured Landscape, Centro Botin, Santander, Spain September 12 - October 21, 2020 Le Plan Libre, 1st Chapter, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France August 18, 2020 - February 14, 2021 Colección Jumex: Savage Topology, Museo Jumex, Danta Maria Tulpeltac, Mexico City, Mexico March 14 - May 19, 2021 Irene Kopelman: Quaternary Unfolded, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris, France