Kevin Kopacka

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Kevin Kopacka (born November 19, 1987 in Graz , Austria ) is an Austrian director and freelance artist .

Life

Kopacka grew up in Graz as the son of the Austrian journalist and writer Werner Kopacka and the Sri Lankan Ramani Kopacka. Kopacka has lived in Berlin since 2006, where he completed his studies in fine art at the Berlin University of the Arts as a master student in Leiko Ikemura's class . In 2012, Kopacka was named one of the “Top 30 Groundbreaking Artists Under 30” by the US trade magazine “Art Business News”. He exhibited his art in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Northern Ireland, France and the USA.

In 2014 Kopacka met the cameraman Lukas Dolgner , with whom he has been making films as a director, screenwriter, producer, editor and composer ever since. His short films Hades and TLMEA were shown at festivals around the world and won several awards. Dolgner and Kopacka shot the feature film Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes in 2018 , a. a. with Jeff Wilbusch and Anna Platen in the leading roles.

At the end of 2018, Kopacka founded the film production company Crossbones GmbH together with Lukas Dolgner , Lili Villányi and Philip Rother.

Kopacka's works often deal with metaphysical themes such as time, time loops and infinity, as well as the idea of hell and punishment.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2014: Hades (short film)
  • 2015: Everyonce (mini series)
  • 2016: TLMEA (short film)
  • 2017: Dylan (series pilot)
  • 2019: Hager (feature film)
  • 2019: Dawn Breaks Behind the Eyes (feature film) (in post production)

Exhibitions (selection)

2017
  • "We Magicians", Galerie Drews, Hamburg, (DE)
  • "NOLA", Redux, New Orleans (US)
2016
  • "TEFF", Howl Gallery, NYC (US)
  • "The Artist Forum", Festival of Moving Images, NYC, (US)
2015
  • "No wonder it trembles" Novilla, Berlin (DE)
  • "Chevre Show IV" Chevre Show, Champigny-Sur-Veude (FR)
  • "SKILT Festival" Stadtgalerie, Bern (CH)
  • "To the Pearl" Mindscape Universe Embassy, ​​Berlin (DE)
2014
  • "Action at a Distance: the life and legacy of John Stewart Bell" Naughton Gallery at Queen's, Belfast (UK)
  • "Leiko Ikemura's XXVI" Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin (DE)
  • "Exploring the Multiverse - Fur in the Parallel" hosted by Lucia Kempkes @ Galerie Vincenz Sala, Paris (FR)
  • "International Artist Symposium" Schloss Gabelhofen, Fohnsdorf (AT)
  • "The Happening II" director's house, Berlin (DE)
  • "It's just a matter of time" Galerie Kamm, Berlin (DE)
  • "What You Don't See" - Funkhausgalerie, Graz (AT) (Solo Show)
  • "Emergeandsee Media Arts Festival" Vierte Welt, Berlin (DE)
2013
  • "Whispered in the afternoon" - Raika, Graz (AT) (Solo Show)
  • "Oceans - under the skin of the sea" Kunstfabrik HB55, Berlin (DE)
  • "When the sun took a day off and the moon stood still ..." - Galerie Aquabit, Berlin (DE) (Dual Show)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://artbusinessnews.com/2013/12/kevin-kopackas-the-one-you-feed/
  2. ↑ http://kevinkopacka.com/news/films/hades/
  3. ↑ http://kevinkopacka.com/news/films/tlmea/
personal data
SURNAME Kopacka, Kevin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian director and freelance artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Austria