Pierre Coupey (b1942) was raised and educated in Montreal. He graduated from Lower Canada College, received his BA from McGill University, and studied drawing at the Académie Julian and printmaking at the Atelier 17 in Paris. He received his MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia, and a Certificate in Printmaking from the Art Institute, Capilano University.
He was a founding Co-editor of The Georgia Straight and the founding Editor of The Capilano Review. His work has received awards, grants and commissions, including grants from the Conseil des Arts du Québec, the Canada Council, the British Columbia Arts Council, and the Audain Foundation for the Arts. In 2013 he received the Distinguished Artist Award from FANS. He was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2018. In 2019 he received the designation Faculty Emeritus for his service to Capilano University and his ongoing contributions to Canada’s literary and artistic communities. His archives (Pierre Coupey Fonds) are held in the Contemporary Literature Collection at Simon Fraser University Library in Vancouver.
He has published several books of poetry, chapbooks and catalogues, and exhibited in solo and group shows nationally and internationally. His work is represented in numerous private collections in Canada, the United States, Japan and Europe, and in numerous corporate, university and public collections across Canada. He has received private and corporate painting commissions, notably for 745 Thurlow in Vancouver and Fifteen 15 in Calgary. Major public collections include the Belkin Art Gallery, Burnaby Art Gallery, Canada Council Art Bank, Kelowna Art Gallery, Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, University of Guelph Collection, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery and West Vancouver Art Museum.
Pierre Coupey + Dion Kliner 2021 exhibition in Canton-sardine.
Black Lake I | Oil on canvas | 30″x30″ / 2020-2021
Black Lake II | Oil on canvas | 36″x36″ / 2020-2021
White Poem I (Catullus) | Oil on canvas | 36″x36″ / 2020-2021
White Poem II (Cabral) | Oil on canvas | 36″x36″ / 2020-2021
White Poem III (Carson) | Oil on canvas | 40″x40″ / 2020-2021
Study (Graphite) | Oil on canvas | 16″x16″ / 2012
Imaginary Portrait | Oil sticker on paper | 14″x11″x22ps | 1996
All works’ price upon request by email: stdragonn@canton-sardine.com
Pierre Coupey
Solo Exhibitions
2022 New Work, Gallery Jones, Vancouver [Catalogue] *
2021 New Work, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto [Catalogue] *
2020 Walking the Cat Back, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2019 Manifest/Trace curator Vanessa Black, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver [Video]
2018 Rock Pool, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2017 Across / Between / Within, Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto [Catalogue]
2016 RaptureRupture, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2016 Requiem Notations I-IX, curator Darrin Morrison, West Vancouver Art Museum at West Vancouver Library
2014 Measures, Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto [Catalogue]
2013 Cutting Out the Tongue: Selected Work 1976-2012, curators Astrid Heyerdahl / Darrin Morrison,
Art Gallery at Evergreen / West Vancouver Art Museum [Catalogue]
2013 Field Work, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2011 Featured Artist, Gallery Jones, West Vancouver
2010 Between Memory and Perception, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2010 Projects, Capilano University Art Gallery, North Vancouver
2008 Counterpoint, Gallery Jones, Vancouver [Catalogue]
2006 Tangle, curator Darrin Martens, Burnaby Art Gallery [Catalogue]
2006 Requiem Notations I-IX, curator Cecilia Denegri Jette, Richmond Art Gallery (Gateway Theatre)
2004 Paintings / Prints, curator Ingun Kemble, West Vancouver City Hall
2004 BlackWhiteGrey, curator Marcus Bowcott, Capilano University Art Gallery, North Vancouver
2004 Artist in Residence, The Urban Garage, West Vancouver
2002 Notations: Recent Work, Ballard Lederer Gallery, Vancouver
1999 Requiem Notations I-IX, curator Patrick Montgomery, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam [Catalogue]
1998 Notations 1994-1998, curator Paula Gustafson, Canadian Embassy Gallery, Tokyo [Catalogue]
1998 Work from the Notations Series, Montgomery Fine Art, Vancouver
1997 Work in Process: Drawings, Proofs, Prints, Capilano University Art Gallery, North Vancouver
1995 Notations 12-15 (For Eva), curator Carole Badgley, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver
1995 From the 80’s: Trellis, Wedge, Montgomery Fine Art, Vancouver
1995 From the 70’s: Selected Journal Drawings / New Work on Paper, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
1994 Notations: Painting the Lion from a Claw, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
1992 Recent Work: Prints, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
1991 Paintings 1970-1990, curator Barry Cogswell, Capilano University Art Gallery, North Vancouver
1990 Variations done for bpNichol, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
1988 Pierre Coupey: Recent Works, curator Ann Rosenberg, Surrey Art Gallery
1987 A Book of Days I-XII, Crown Gallery, Vancouver
1982 Recent Paintings, Studio Nine Gallery, Toronto
1982 Journal Drawing Series, curator bpNichol, The Gallery, Scarborough College, University of Toronto
1981 Seven Paintings, curator Barry Cogswell, Capilano University Art Gallery, North Vancouver
1981 New Work 1980-1981, curator Claire Knight, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver [Catalogue]
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Léon Coupey Project, curator Hilary Letwin, West Vancouver Art Museum *
2021 Cave Light Flickers, curator David Chaperon, Gallery Jones Offsite, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver
2021 Pierre Coupey | Dion Kliner, curator Lam Wong, Canton-Sardine, Vancouver
2021 Small Scale Right Hemisphere: Part Two, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2020 Written on Water: Pierre Coupey, Kristin Man, Ben Lumb, BLAH, Grosvenor Ambleside, West Vancouver
2019 The Raiders: Ceramics, curator Kate Bellringer, Terminal Creek Contemporary, Bowen Island
2019 Celebrating 30 years at the FBG, curator Natalie Roizman, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver
2019 the poets have always preceded: art & poetry from Vancouver, 1960 – present, curator Lee Plested, Griffin
Art Projects, North Vancouver [Catalogue *]
2018 Transformations: Selected Work from the AFK Collection, curator Daylen Luschinger, Gordon Smith
Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver (to April 2019)
2018 Through the Memory Atlas: 40 Years of Collecting, curators Charo Neville et al, Kamloops Art Gallery
2018 A Generous Spirit: Work from the Permanent Collection, curators Darrin Morrison & Jackie Wong, West
Vancouver Art Museum [Catalogue]
2017 Vivid Dimensions, Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto
2017 Canada 150: Celebrating Our Artists, Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto
2017 The Big Picture, curator Liz Wylie, Kelowna Art Gallery [Catalogue]
2016 Summer Show: Gallery Artists, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2015 30 Years, curator Sarah Cavanaugh, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver
2015 Winter Show: Gallery Artists, Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto
2015 Small Works: Gallery Artists, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2014 Gallery Jones: Celebrating 10 Years, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2014 West Coast Innovators, curator Darrin Morrison, West Vancouver Art Museum at West Vancouver Library
2014 The And of the Land, curator Francesca Szuszkiewicz, West Vancouver Art Museum
2014 The Material Form: Contemporary Abstract Painting, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2011 The Point Is, curator Liz Wylie, Kelowna Art Gallery [Catalogue]
2011 The Artist’s Circle, curator Darrin Morrison, West Vancouver Art Museum / Harmony Arts Festival
2011 Manifestos Now! curator Brian Ganter, Teck Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver
2010 Gallery Artists, Gallery Jones, West Vancouver
2009 Gallery Artists, Gallery Jones, Vancouver
2009 Coast Art Trust: Works, curator Ellen van Eijnsbergen, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam
2008 Harmony Arts Festival Showcase, curator Ruth Payne, Ferry Building Gallery, West Vancouver
2007 Coast Art Trust: Early Works, curator James Felter, North Vancouver Museum
2006 New Acquisitions: City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, curator Darrin Martens, Burnaby Art Gallery
2004 Totally Manipulated: Digital Art, curator Linda Feil, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver
2004 Celebrating 20 Years of Printmaking, curator Wayne Eastcott, Grand Forks Art Gallery
2003 Celebrating 20 Years of Printmaking, curator Brenda Fredrick, Burnaby Art Gallery [Catalogue]
2002 Art Institute Prints, curator Wayne Eastcott, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland
2001 Prints from Canada’s Pacific Province, curator Doug Biden, Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
2001 Youthful Visions, curator Bill MacDonald, Artists for Kids Trust Gallery, North Vancouver [Catalogue]
2001 Printmaking Possibilities: Photo/Digital, curator Wayne Eastcott, Capilano University Art Gallery
2001 Common Ground, curator Linda Feil, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver
2000 From the Collection: Dispatches & Inscriptions, curator Grant Arnold, Vancouver Art Gallery
2000 Impressions and Expressions, curator Carole Badgley, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver
2000 Reflections of Place, curator Deborah Tuyttens, West Vancouver Art Museum [Catalogue]
2000 First Folio, curators Steven Dixon & Wayne Eastcott, Sunshine Coast Art Center, Sechelt
2000 First Folio, curators Steven Dixon & Wayne Eastcott, Capilano University Art Gallery, North Vancouver
1996 Print Works, curator Wayne Eastcott, Capilano University Art Gallery, North Vancouver
1996 The Chair, curators Carole Badgley & Trudy Van Dop, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver
1995 Works on Paper: Canadian, American & European Artists, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
1993 Abstraction: Which Way from Here? curator Jeffrey Spalding, Canada Trust Tower, Calgary
1993 Prints from the Art Institute, curator Wayne Eastcott, Canadian Consulate, Nagoya
1980 Salon des Refusés 1980, curator Matthew Kangas, Soames-Dunn Building, Seattle
1979 Affinities: Ten Painters of this Region, curator Ted Lindberg, Vancouver Art Gallery [Catalogue]
1978 Three Person Show, curator Barry Cogswell, Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver
1972 The Private Patron: BC Art, curator James Felter, Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby
1972 Microprosophus: International Concrete Poetry, curators David UU & Pierre Coupey, Evergreen State
College, Evergreen, WA
1969 Three Person Show, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver
1969 Group Show, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver
1968 Two Person Show, Graduate Student Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
1968 Festival of Technology & Art, Ryerson Institute of Technology, Toronto
1968 Four Person Show, Mandan Ghetto Gallery, Vancouver
1964 J.A.M.M. Collects, Stable Gallery, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
1964 Quebec Painters under Thirty, Stable Gallery, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Commissions
2021 Print commission, West Vancouver Art Museum *
2019 Private commission, West Vancouver
2018 Private commission, Toronto
2016 Corporate commission, Fifteen 15, Calgary
2016 Private commission, Port Moody
2015 Corporate commission, 745 Thurlow, Vancouver
2000 Centennial Print Project, North Vancouver Arts Commission
1986 Corporate commission, Prow Restaurant, Canada Place, Vancouver
Public Collections
Art Gallery at Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam
Artists for Kids Permanent Collection, North Vancouver
Belkin Art Gallery, University of British Columbia
Burnaby Art Gallery
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa
Capilano University, North Vancouver
Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa
City of North Vancouver
Contemporary Art Gallery (City of Vancouver)
District of North Vancouver
District of West Vancouver
Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver
Kamloops Art Gallery
Kelowna Art Gallery
Lions Gate Hospital Art Collection
Maltwood Gallery (Coast Art Trust), Victoria
Nanaimo Art Gallery
North Vancouver Arts Council
North Vancouver Museum
North Vancouver School District
Province of British Columbia, Canada
Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, Burnaby
St Paul’s Hospital Foundation, Vancouver
Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George
University of Alberta Art Collection, Edmonton
University of Guelph Collection / Macdonald Stewart Art Centre
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
University of Victoria Art Collections
Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver General Hospital Foundation
West Vancouver Art Museum
West Vancouver School District
Corporate Collections
Aldo Group, Montreal
Barometer Capital, Toronto
bcIMC, Calgary
bcIMC, Vancouver
Christopher Investments, Vancouver
Citibank Canada, Toronto
College & Institute Educators Association, Vancouver
Denbigh Fine Art Services, Vancouver
Hyatt Regency, New Orleans
Image This Photo, Vancouver
Kernaghan Adjusters, Vancouver
Koerner Graduate Student Center, UBC, Vancouver
Lower Canada College, Montreal
McCullough O’Connor Irwin, Vancouver
McGill Student Society, McGill University, Montreal
North Shore News, North Vancouver
Protechnical Insurance, Vancouver
RSVP Reservations, Vancouver
Securiguard Services, Vancouver
Segal Group, Toronto
Toronto-Dominion Bank, Toronto
Larry Young & Associates, Vancouver
Private Collections
Vancouver, North Vancouver, West Vancouver; Burnaby, Courtney, Delta, Kelowna, New Westminster, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Prince George, Sechelt, Tofino, Tsawwassen, Victoria, Whistler; Calgary, Magog QC, Montréal, Ottawa, Richmond Hill, Saskatoon, Toronto; Dallas, Houston, New York, Palm Springs, Phoenix, Point Roberts WA, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Snowmass CO, Vero Beach FL; Grand Cayman Island; Berlin, Geneva, Paris, Toulouse; Beirut, Okazaki, Tokyo
Awards | Grants | Distinctions
2019 Faculty Emeritus, Capilano University, North Vancouver
2018 RCA, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
2013 Distinguished Artist Award (Visual & Literary Arts), FANS, North Vancouver
2013 Exhibitions Grant, Audain Foundation for the Arts, Vancouver
2003 Aichi Gakusen Faculty Exchange, Okazaki, Japan
2000 Millennium Print Project, North Vancouver Arts Council
1998 Exhibitions Grant, Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
1998 Special Projects Grant, Capilano College Foundation
1998 Faculty Development Grant, Capilano College Faculty Association
1996-1997 Visual Arts Grant, British Columbia Arts Council
1996-1997 Paid Educational Leave for Poetry / Printmaking, Capilano College
1981 Broadside Award for Poetry, The Malahat Review
1980-1981 Visual Arts Grant, Canada Council
1980 Paid Educational Leave for Poetry / Painting, Capilano College
1976 Short Term Grant for Poetry, Canada Council
1974 LIP Grant for Painting, City of Vancouver
1973 Short Term Grant for Poetry, Canada Council
1970 Short Term Visual Arts Grant, Canada Council
1970 Graduate Bursary for Poetry, University of British Columbia
1968-1969 Arts Grant for Poetry, Canada Council
1966 H.R. MacMillan Award for Poetry, University of British Columbia
- Arts Grant for Poetry, Le Conseil des Arts du Québec
1964 Chester MacNaughten Award for Poetry, McGill University
1964 Louis B. Shapiro Award for Poetry, McGill University
Related Experience
Ambleside Arts Advisory Council, West Vancouver, 2011-2012
Artist in Residence / Artists for Kids Trust, West Bay School, West Vancouver, 2001
Arts Awards Juries, Canada Council Explorations Program, Vancouver, 1995
Arts Awards Jury, North Shore Arts Commission, North Vancouver, 1994
Arts Awards Jury, FANS (Fund for the Arts on the North Shore), North Vancouver, 2015
Art Jury, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, 2018
Capilano Review Contemporary Arts Society, Board of Directors, Vancouver, 2015-
Coast Art Trust, Board of Directors, North Vancouver, 2005-2007
Harmony Arts Festival Jury, West Vancouver, 2012, 2014, 2017
Presentation House Gallery, Board of Directors, 2001-2007
Retired Faculty Group, Capilano University, Steering Committee, 2013-2018
West Vancouver Art Museum, Museum Advisory Committee, 2014-2016
Capilano College | Capilano University
Aichi Gakusen Faculty Exchange Committee
Art Advisory Committee
Capilano Foundation Capital Planning Committee
Capilano Foundation Special Projects Committee
Capilano Review Press Society, President, Board of Directors
Capilano Review Writing Institute Advisory Committee
Chief Steward, Capilano College Faculty Association
Creative Writing Articulation Committees
Dean of Arts Search Committee
Food Services Committee
Founding Editor, The Capilano Review
Humanities Division Faculty Evaluation Committee
Humanities Division Koerner Lecture Series Committee
Humanities Division Reading Series Committee
Province of British Columbia Creative Writing Articulation Committees
Studio Art Department Art Advisory Committee
Academic Positions
Instructor, English Department, Capilano College/University, 1970-2003 (RFT), 2003-2011 (NREG)
Coordinator, English Literature, English Department, Capilano College, 1978-1979
Summer Coordinator, Humanities Division, Capilano College, 1981-1984, 1986, 1996, 1999
Teaching Assistant, English Department, University of British Columbia, 1965-1966, 1969-1971
Education
Certificate (Printmaking), Art Institute, Capilano College, North Vancouver, 1992
Master of Arts (English / Creative Writing), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1971
Académie Julian (Drawing) / Atelier 17 (Printmaking), Paris, 1964-1965
Bachelor of Arts (English / Creative Writing), McGill University, Montreal, 1964
Senior Matriculation, Lower Canada College, Montreal, 1960
Junior Matriculation, Lower Canada College, Montreal, 1959
Websites
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