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Pierre Coupey | |
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| Born | 1942 |
| Known for | painter, poet, and editor |
Pierre Coupey RCA (born 1942) is a Canadian painter, poet, and editor.
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Pierre Coupey | |
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| Born | 1942 |
| Known for | painter, poet, and editor |
Pierre Coupey RCA (born 1942) is a Canadian painter, poet, and editor.
Pierre Coupey was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. [1] He graduated from Lower Canada College, received his BA from McGill University, studied drawing at the Académie Julian and studied 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. He currently serves on The Capilano Review Contemporary Arts Society Board. His work has received awards such as the Vancouver 2013 Distinguished Artist Award from FANS (Fund for the Arts on the North Shore). [2] Coupey has been given grants by the Conseil des Arts du Québec, the Canada Council, the British Columbia Arts Council, and the Audain Foundation for the Arts, among others. In 2017, he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) and he was formally inducted in 2018.
He has published several books of poetry, chapbooks. and catalogs, and exhibited in solo and group shows nationally and internationally. His work is represented in private collections in Canada, the United States, Japan, and Europe as well as numerous corporate, university and public collections across Canada. Major public collections include the Burnaby Art Gallery, the Canada Council Art Bank, the Kelowna Art Gallery, Simon Fraser University Art Gallery, University of Guelph Collection, the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, the Vancouver Art Gallery and the West Vancouver Art Museum.
He recently completed major painting commissions for two new buildings, 745 Thurlow in Vancouver and Fifteen 15 in Calgary.
A Coupey poem, "Study No. X" has been included in GCSE syllabuses in English schools. [3]
In 2019, Capilano University recognized Coupey with the honour of Faculty Emeritus for his outstanding service as a Capilano University instructor, writer and artist, and for his continuing contribution to the arts. [4]
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