ASTRID KÖPPE is a German artist who explores the beauty of unknown and mysterious shapes through her detailed drawings of abstract forms. Köppe produces a cognitive dissonance in her viewers by complicating both the identification of the object as well as the aesthetic aspects of the work. She enjoys playing with the boundary of the beautiful and exploring the concept of the distasteful. Her drawings often depict shapes that are impossible to classify or name.
Astrid Köppe was born in Köthen, Germany, in 1974. She studied a Braunschweig University of Art, Brunswick, Germany, where she earned her diploma in Fine Art with Meisterschüler honors in 1999. Köppe completed many residencies, including those at Lost Generation Art Space / Goethe-Institut, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2010, 2011-2012), and at the Young Eun Museum for Contemporary Art, Gwangju-si, South Korea (2011). She is widely exhibited in Europe and Asia. Recent solo exhibitions include Seizan Gallery, New York, USA, Gallery Sekiryu, Matsumoto, Japan, Galerie Carolyn Heinz, Hamburg, Germany, Arte Giani, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Galerie Inga Kondeyne, Berlin, Germany, and Maya Frodeman Gallery (formerly Tayloe Piggott Gallery), Jackson Hole, USA. Her recent group exhibitions include Art Osaka, Nakanoshima, Japan and Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany. Köppe’s work can be found in the public collections of Kupferstichkabinett Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany, Berlinische Galerie – Museum of Modern Art, Berlin, Germany, and the collection of Young Eun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju-si, South Korea, among others. She is the recipient of the Junge Akademie, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany scholarship. Köppe lives and works in Berlin.