Nissa Kauppila
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Nissa Kauppila was born and raised in the small, rural town of Monkton, Vermont, USA. She holds both a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an M.Ed. from the University of Vermont.
Expanding on her sense of curiosity, while exploring the unsettling and concrete, Kauppila has found painting the nature of flight and life a rewarding exercise in rediscovery.
Her immersion in Chinese traditional art has awakened a sense of detail and fragility; her work explores the use of line and color as tendrils of tension while embodying a sense of wonderment for the natural and industrial worlds. Kauppila reaches beyond perception and disintegrates her subjects in ways that are not actual in her works in traditional Chinese watercolor and ink on traditional Chinese rice paper.
She challenges the notion of context, forcing the viewer to confront the abrupt beauty of life and death through the explosive movements in color, line and depth.
Her paintings have been showcased internationally, in Macau, Hong Kong, New York, London, Singapore, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hamburg, Taipei, South Korea, and Guangzhou in the last few years, with current exhibitions and representation in Vermont, New York City, Barcelona, China, and Singapore.
Artist Bio
1982
Born in Burlington, Vermont
Currently painting in Shenzhen, China and North Carolina, USA
Education
2012 M.Ed. --Master of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, University of Vermont, Burlington VT, USA
2005 BFA--Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major in Film, Animation, Video), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Selected Exhibitions
2018
Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Miaja Gallery, Singapore
A Private Vernissage Group Exhibition, Miaja Gallery, Singapore
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Miaja Gallery, Hong Kong
Affordable Art Fair London, Artered Gallery, London
Serene Chaos, Solo Exhibition, IINNOO Gallery, Shanghai
Occuring, Female Group Exhibition, IINNOO Gallery, Shanghai
2017
Scape Vogue, Joint Exhibition, Blanc Art Gallery, Macau, China
Affordable Art Fair (AAF) Hamburg, Artered Gallery, Hamburg, Germany, November
Nissa Kauppila, Artered Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Static Suspensions, Solo Exhibition, Amanda Wei Gallery, Hong Kong
Tales From China: Nissa Kauppila, Miaja Gallery, Singapore
Affordable Art Fair New York City, Artered Gallery, New York City, NY, USA
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Miaja Gallery, Hong Kong
Wings of a Woman, Joint Exhibition Miaja Gallery, Fullteron Hotel Singapore, Singapore
Shanghai Tang Fashion Show Jardin Orange Gallery, Shenzhen, China
Nissa Kauppila, Jardin Orange Gallery, Shenzhen, China
2016
Holiday Exhibition, Nissa Kauppila, Miaja Gallery, Singapore
Asia Contemporary, Nissa Kauppila, KF Gallery, Hong Kong
A Fleeting Moment: When East Meets West, Solo Exhibition Nissa Kauppila Above Second Gallery, Hong Kong
Featured Artist Nissa Kauppila, Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, KF Gallery, Hong Kong
Affordable Art Fair (AAF) Seoul, KF Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Affordable Art Fair (AAF) Taipei , KF Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
Nissa Kauppila, KF Gallery, Shenzhen, China
Nissa Kauppila, Westbranch Gallery, Stowe, VT, USA
2015
Nissa Kauppila, Shenzhen Contemporary Art Fair, KF Artspace, OCT, Shenzhen, China
Artistic Stone Exhibition: Nissa Kauppila and Justin Y, D2 Place Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong
Nissa Kauppila, Kiwisual, Guangzhou, China
Flight: Explorations in Movement, Migration, and Freedom Westbranch Gallery, Stowe, VT, USA
Nissa Kauppila, KF Artspace, OCT, Shenzhen, China
Nissa Kauppila, All Souls Gathering Gallery, Shelburne, VT, USA
Nissa Kauppila, Westbranch Gallery, Stowe, VT, USA, USA
Nissa Kauppila, Burlington City Arts, Burlington, VT, USA
Nissa Kauppila, Dosti Brothers, Burlington, VT, USA
Menagerie: Animals in Art, Westbranch Gallery, Stowe, VT, USA
Nissa Kauppila, Burlington City Arts, Maltex Building, Burlington, VT, USA
Nissa Kauppila, Westbranch Gallery, Stowe, VT, USA
2014
Cradle and All, METRO Gallery, Burlington, VT, USA
Nissa Kauppila, Opening Reception and Exhibition, Westbranch Gallery, Stowe, VT, USA
Nissa Kauppila, Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT, USA
Nissa Kauppila, Tao Studio, Burlington, VT, USA
Nissa Kauppila, Burlington City Arts Exhibition, Marriott Hotel, Burlington, VT, USA
Nissa Kauppila, Burlington City Arts Exhibition, Burlington International Airport, South Burlington VT, USA
Nissa Kauppila, Burlington City Arts Exhibition, Logic Supply
2013
Affordable Arts Fair, Chelsea Tunnel, New York, NY
People’s Choice and Juried Winners Artist Show, SEABA Gallery, Burlington, VT, USA
Inaugural Exhibit: This to That, Alpers Fine Art Gallery, Andover, MA
Juried Artist Show, curated by Pavel Zoubok, SEABA Gallery, Burlington, VT, USA
Show Your Independence, SEABA Gallery, Burlington VT, USA
2012
In the Trees, Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT, USA
People’s Choice and Juried Winners Artist Show, SEABA Gallery, Burlington, VT, USA
Juried Artist Show, SEABA Gallery, Burlington, VT, USA
Selected Publications
2013
“Artistic License: Nissa Kauppila” SevenDays, Vol 19 No. 9, Burlington, VT, USA. Print and Online
“Sharing the Land.” Sage Magazine Vol VII 2013, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Sciences: New Haven CT, p. 94-95. Print
“An Art Fair for Everyone.” Art in Limbo Blog. Online www.artinlimbo.com
“Summer Issue” Thread Magazine, Issue 6, Burlington, VT, USA. Print
“The Face of the Skate Park: Spring” Thread Magazine, Issue 5, Burlington, VT, USA. Print
“Deep Winter” Thread Magazine Issue 4, Burlington, VT, USA. Print
Selected Interviews/Reviews
2013
Regional Education Television Network (RETN). “Artist Series: Meet and Greet” RETN, Burlington VT, USA, broadcast Sept. 9th 2013
Knustson, Andrew. “Art in Limbo: An Art Fair For Everyone.” Online Publication, http://www.artinlimbo.com/2013/10/09/an-art-fair-for-everyone/ Oct. 9th 2013
Residency Programs
2015
Da Wang Culture Highland, Luohu, Shenzhen, China. June 7th-Sept. 3rd
Kiwisual at ArtExco, Guangzhou, China. Sept. 3rd-current
Selected Grants/Awards
2014
Vermont Commons Alumni Founders Award, South Burlington VT, USA
2013
People’s Choice Award, SEABA Art Hop, Burlington VT, USA
2nd Place Creative Competition #19, Burlington, VT, USA
1st Place Creative Competition #17, Burlington, VT, USA
2012
People’s Choice Award, SEABA Art Hop Burlington VT, USA
1st Place Creative Competition #5, Burlington, VT, USA