Mr Koppa in the bathroom, Fall 2008

Mr Mike Koppa is a graphic artist. He was born in Milwaukee, WI, on January 28, 1969, the fifth of six children, to Lavern and Geraldine Koppa. He began working in his family's six-aisle, Eastside Milwaukee grocery store at age 12, and continued working there part-time throughout his schooling. After receiving a B.S. in Art from the University of Wisconsin in 1991, he managed the grocery store for several years. That meaningful employment and the diverse community it continues to serve has influenced his thinking and his approach to art more than anything else. Since then, he has adventurously explored the question of what it means to be an artist.

Currently employed as a graphic designer and copywriter for CROPP Cooperative in La Farge, Wisconsin, he continues his journey as an artist through collage, books, and other art forms, all the while maintaining heavydutypress.com, a web site showcasing what happens when you are Mr Koppa.

Koppa lives on a dead end street in a rural community in the driftless region of southwestern Wisconsin with his wife and two bananas daughters. He rides a red 80s Guzzi in seasonable weather, and their house is yellow. They practice creative land management on four acres in Liberty and occasionally eat seaweed. They grow food in their gardens and play musical instruments. The family does not have a dog, the old cat died, and the new one eats chicken wings. I'm not sure why I wrote this whole thing in the third person, but I did.
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