Bower Boat, 2023, wood, metal, found objects, resin over mache and plaster

Collaborators: Stephanie Darling (poem) / Redbud Yoga Group (sound)

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Sharon Kopriva currently works in Houston, Texas and Hope, Idaho. She earned her MFA in painting from the University of Houston in 1981. Kopriva’s career has taken her through investigations of pre-Columbian cultures in Peru, examinations of her Catholic faith, and inspirations from the spiritual forests of the Pacific Northwest. Kopriva has exhibited nationally and internationally including solo exhibitions at the Menil Collection, Houston; the Ogden Museum, New Orleans; and the National Museum of Peru, Lima. Her group exhibitions include Fresh Paint, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.; and Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth. Kopriva’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Menil, MFAH; Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, and others.