Caia Koopman

July 5 - July 27, 2008

Caia Koopman

Eternal Verities

Taking her inspirations from nature, dreams, and politics, Caia Koopman wishes nature was more empowered to fight human's concrete landscape in real life, and portrays that in her art using acrylic on canvas and wood as her media. “My philosophy behind this body of work is that there is a strained relationship between nature, humanity and femininity. Nature and femininity have a huge presence in my art. Not only is nature beautiful and strong, but simultaneously fragile as are my female characters. I want to provide a message through my paintings that humanity needs to support and nurture nature and educate and give equal rights to women throughout the world. Both are vitally important to the environment, which sustains us and our very existence, and to the future of humanity on this planet.” states Koopman. Her paintings have been used commercially by major companies such as Rossignol, K2, Morrow and Hyperlite for many years, appearing as graphics for snow boards, skateboards, and wake boards. Her artwork has also been featured in mainstream print such as Surfing Girl, Mademoiselle, Details, Girl's Life, Snow boarder Magazine, Teen, Teen Style, Teen People, J-14, Fine, and others. Koopman designed T-shirt graphics and promotional illustrations for many companies, such as: Roxy, Hurley, Volcom, Op, AT&T, and Casio. Koopman has also been featured "MTV Sports" as an athlete/artist for her snow boarding and painting and has shown her paintings in a number of galleries around the world. She is currently working as a freelance illustrator and painter in Oceanside, CA. Artist www.caiakoopman.com