Michael Koppa
107 S. Dunlap Avenue
Viroqua, WI 54665
608-637-0550
mvkoppa@mwt.net

Education
B.S. Art, 1991, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Employers
CROPP Cooperative, graphic designer/junior copywriter, July 2004–present
St. Veronica School, jr. high language arts teacher, January 2002–June 2003
Koppa’s Farwell Foods, grocery manager & deli manager, January 1982–September 2001
Lakefront Art & Frame, owner, September 1996–March 1998
Madison Typesetting, printer’s apprentice, January 1991–December 1991
Glaeve Art & Frame, picture framer, January 1990–December 1991

Group Exhibitions
2008 Failure, The Lab, Denver, CO
2007 Regional Artists, Crawford County Courthouse, Prairie du Chein, WI
2007 Remnants, Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
2005 Mutations in Print, The Pump House Regional Arts Center, La Crosse, WI
2003 The Book as Art, UW-Parkside Library, Racine, WI
2002 Reactions (to 9/11), Exit Art Gallery, Soho, NY
2002 The Elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water, Crossman Gallery, UW-Whitewater, WI
2002 New Work, West End Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Oak Knoll Fine Press Book Fair VIII, New Castle, DE
2001 Koppa’s Employee Exhibit, Grava Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Poets v. Koppa, A/C Café, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Rising Artist e-gallery, Uihlein-Peters Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2000 Directions in Art II, Heavy Duty Gallery, St. Francis, WI
2000 Directions in Art, Propositions Press Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000 Badwater Book Invitational, UW-Parkside Library, Racine, WI
1999 Travels, Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1998 The Art of the Book in Wisconsin, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI
1998 The State of the Book: Artist’s Books of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Kenosha,
Milwaukee, WI

Solo Exhibitions
2006 Retrospective, The Move, Viroqua, WI
2005 The Art of Becoming, Lagniappe Brasserie, New Berlin, WI
2004 Words Becoming Art, UW-Union Galleries, Memorial Union, Madison, WI
2003 10 Years of Evidence, Common Ground Café, Viroqua, WI
2001 Heavy Duty Progress, Golda Meir Library, UW-Milwaukee, WI
2001 Collages, Open Book, Minneapolis, MN
2000 Collages, Grava Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1999 The Virile Reverie, Brewed Awakenings Café, Milwaukee, WI

Publications (by The Heavy Duty Press)
2006–08 heavydutypress.com
     the official web site of Mister Koppa
2008 California, by Sylvania Lark
     independently produced music cd
2006 Treehugger, by Mike Koppa & Friends
     digitally printed, limited edition postcard book
2004 Is our children learning?, by Sylvania Lark
     independently produced music cd
2004 Becoming Flight, by Paul Zarzyski
     letterpress printed, hand-bound, limited edition book
2003 in the garden, by Sylvania Lark
     independently produced music cd
2003 loomings, a bosom friend, by Stacy Szymazcek
     letterpress printed, limited edition pamphlet
2002 Alchemy, by Augustine Jones
     letterpress printed, hand-bound, limited edition book
2001–02 Pole, Volume I: Issues 1–3, varioius contributors,
     inkjet printed, hand-bound, periodical
2000 3 poems, by Stacy Szymazcek
     letterpress printed, limited edition pamphlet
2000 Native Son at Home, by David Steingass
     letterpress printed, hand-bound, limited edition book
1996 Crux II, anthology, edited by Jennifer Kulbeck
     letterpress printed, hand-bound, limited edition book
1996 Crux, anthology, edited by Jennifer Kulbeck
     letterpress printed, limited edition book
1993–95 The Sphere, various contributors
     offset printed zine, 20 issues

Collections
Hay Library, Brown University, Providence, RI
Golda Meir Library, special collections, UW-Milwaukee
Kohler Art Library, special collections, UW-Madison
Memorial Library, special collections, UW-Madison
MIAD Library, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, WI
Milwaukee County Historical Society, Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee Public Library, Art & Music Department, Milwaukee, WI
Murphy Library, special collections, UW-LaCrosse
Oregon State University Library
Texas Tech University Library, Lubbock
University of Delaware Library, special collections
Wallace Library, Cary Collection, R.I.T., Rochester, NY

Art Fairs
2003 Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI
2002 Art Fair on the Green, LaCrosse, WI
2002 Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI
2002 Lakefront Festival of the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2001 Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI
2001 Lincoln Art & Craft Fair, Lincoln, NH

Awards
Invitational Award, Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI, 2002
Invitational Award, Art Fair on the Square, Madison, WI, 2001
Ethel J. Odegard Scholarship, Madison, WI, 1989

Biography
Born January 28, 1969, the fifth of six children, in Milwaukee, WI. Began working with my dad in the grocery business at age 12 and continued there part-time throughout college to help pay for school. Graduated with a 3.2 grade average from the University of Wisconsin in 1991, returned to Milwaukee, and eventually assumed the management position of my parent’s grocery store. Began publishing The Sphere in 1993, which marked the beginning of my creative contributions to American culture. Married Victoria Hoffmann in November 1997. Accepted employment at St. Veronica School in Milwaukee as Junior High Language Arts teacher in January 2002. Welcomed our first daughter in May 2003. Resigned from teaching position to become full-time stay-home-dad in June 2003. Relocated to the Kickapoo Valley in July 2004 for a job in the art department at CROPP Cooperative in La Farge, WI. Welcomed second daughter in February 2006. Aside from art, my interests include making music with friends and enjoying the outdoors hiking, biking, canoeing, gardening, and cultivating native Wisconsin prairie plantings with my wife and daughters.