Cooper & Gorfer
Cooper & Gorfer is an American / Austrian artist duo consisting of Sarah Cooper (* 1974 in the USA ) and Nina Gorfer (* 1979 in Austria ).
life and work
Sarah Cooper completed a classic photographer training. Nina Gorfer studied architecture with Zaha Hadid at the University of Applied Arts Vienna . The two have been working together as an artist duo since 2006. The focus of the work of Cooper & Dorfer is the portrait , especially the female portrait. The focus is on photography, collage and illustration. For their work, the artists deal with foreign cultures and travel to many countries. They portray their models and create connections to cultural identity, people, history and place through artistic work.
Cooper and Gorfer are represented at international exhibitions, including in the Fotografiska Stockholm , the Hasselblad Center Gothenburg, the Kulturhuset Stockholm , the Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt , the National Photo Museum Copenhagen , the Lentos Art Museum Linz and the Landesgalerie Linz . Her works are in private and public collections such as the National Gallery Iceland. In 2017 Cooper & Gorfer were awarded the German Photo Book Prize for their book I Know Not These My Hands / SEEK Volume 04 . Cooper and Gorfer live and work in Gothenburg , Sweden .
Work
- 2011–2017 I Know Not These My Hands , The Argentina Series
- 2015–2016 Interruptions , The Sápmi Series
- 2012–2014 The Weather Diaries , Nordic Fashion Biennale
- 2006–2011 My Quiet of Gold , The Kyrgyzstan Series
- 2008–2011 Latent Now , The Qatar Series
- 2005-2008 In a House of Snow , The Iceland Series
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 2007 Works from In a House of Snow , Art Basel , Miami , USA
- 2008 In a House Of Snow / SEEK Volume 01 Iceland , Kulturhuset Stockholm , Sweden
- 2009 Latent Now , Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2010 Under Nomadic Surfaces , Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm , Sweden
- 2011 My Quiet of Gold , Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
- 2011 My Quiet of Gold , Gestalten Space, Berlin , Germany
- 2012 My Quiet of Gold , Luleå Konsthall, Luleå , Sweden
- 2012 My Quiet of Gold , Västerås Art Museum, Västerås , Sweden
- 2013 The Long Moment , with works from My Quiet of Gold, Latent Now, In a House of Snow, Places in Between , Nordic House, Reykjavik , Iceland
- 2014 The Weather Diaries , National Museum of Photography, The Black Diamond, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2014 The Long Moment , with works from My Quiet of Gold, Latent Now, In a House of Snow, Places in Between , Nordic Light Festival, Kristiansand , Norway
- 2014 The Long Moment , with works from My Quiet of Gold, Latent Now, In a House of Snow, Places in Between , Halmstads Konsthall, Halmstad , Sweden
- 2014 Works from I Know not These My Hands (Argentina) and The Weather Diaries (West Nordic) , Galerie Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2017 I Know Not These My Hands , Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
Participation in exhibitions
- 2019 Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn , Estonia
- 2019 fashion moments. Focus on women photographers , Landesgalerie Linz, Austria
- 2019 Hymn to the Earth , Festival La Gacilly Baden Photo, Austria
- 2019 Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius , Lithuania
- 2019 212 Festival Fotoistanbul, Istanbul , Turkey
Publications
- 2008 Iceland / SEEK Volume 01 , Cooper & Gorfer, Die Gestalten Verlag , ISBN 978-3-89955-226-3
- 2011 My Quiet of Gold / SEEK Volume 02 , Cooper & Gorfer, Die Gestalten Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89955-367-3
- 2014 The Weather Diaries Nordic Fashion Biennale, Cooper & Gorfer, Die Gestalten Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89955-522-6
- 2016 Interruptions / SEEK Volume 03 , Cooper & Gorfer, Thames & Hudson Verlag , ISBN 978-9163915611
- 2017 I Know Not These My Hands / SEEK Volume 04 , Cooper & Gorfer, Kehrer Verlag Berlin, Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-86828-778-3
Awards
- 2009 Swedish Art Book Award for the book In a House of Snow / SEEK Volume 01 Iceland , Royal Library Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2012 Swedish Art Book Award for the book My Quiet of Gold / SEEK Volume 02 Kyrgyzstan , Royal Library Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2018 German Photo Book Prize for the book I Know Not These My Hands , Stuttgart, Germany
Web links
- Cooper & Gorfer website of the artist duo
- Cooper & Gorfer on artnet.de
- The versatile life of an artist on meinviertel.at from August 26, 2014, accessed on November 6, 2019
- Cooper & Gorfer interview: The Weather Diaries in The Black Diamond on youtube.com on November 17, 2014, accessed on November 7, 2019
- Highlights Sarah Cooper & Nina Gorfer Artists Gothenburg, Sweden on klassikmagazine.com from October 31, 2019, accessed on November 7, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report on diepresse.com from January 21, 2011 Cooper & Gorfer between art, fashion and graphics ; accessed on November 6, 2019
- ↑ Report on zeit.de from November 4, 2011 “Our work begins with a white map” ; accessed on November 6, 2019
- ↑ Report on Festival La Gacilly Baden 2019 Sarah Cooper & Nina Gorfer From the stories… ; accessed on November 6, 2019
- ↑ Report on kurier.at from June 12, 2019 The whole of Baden becomes a museum: Perspectives on another world ; accessed on November 6, 2019
- ↑ on photography-now.com from January 13, 2018 German Photo Book Prize 2018 ; accessed on November 6, 2019
- ↑ on kehrerverlag.com on November 17, 2017 First place at the German Photo Book Prize 2018! ; accessed on November 6, 2019
- ↑ on fotowettbewerbe.de ; accessed on November 6, 2019