Andrew “Cooper” a 30-year local /Artist recently completed his international solo gallery exhibition in London England and it was a massive success.
“Cooper” studio is located in Evansville, Indiana, Cooper painted 29 canvases in 2022 that were shown at his first Exhibition
American Painter “Cooper†recently just had his debut international solo gallery Exhibition in London England and it was a massive success. “Cooper” painted 29 canvases in 2022 that was shown at his first Exhibition held at Maddox Gallery in their Westbourne Grove location.
“Cooper” grew up drawing at a very early age and even has a book at his mother’s where he drew a picture of himself painting a canvas and wrote, “I want to be an artist when I grow up.†He later attended art school at Ball State University where he got his training. 2 weeks after graduating he moved to Miami where he worked at a record label and then began painting on his own at night. 1 year after the record label job, Cooper then packed up and moved to Los Angeles where he began to paint full-time and take commissions. He painted for 2 years in LA while selling canvases and even getting collaborations with global companies such as PUMA, COACH NY, and Mountain Dew. After 2 years Covid hit in 2020 and Cooper moved back to downtown Evansville where he got his first large studio and began painting 5 x 6-foot canvases and selling work strictly through his Instagram account – @iam.cooper.
He began to build a fanbase online and then showed some work at Artswin Gallery on the main street in Evansville in January of 2021. The exhibition showed 25 works and on opening night it was difficult to get people in the door because covid was hitting hard, “Cooper” still managed to sell works to collectors in Taiwan and China through Instagram. After posting these canvases to Instagram, Guy Hepner Gallery out of New York contacted Cooper and wanted him to show works in New York. Cooper was so thrilled and immediately began to work on new works. Unfortunately, since covid was still in effect “Cooper had to show his 6 new large masterpieces on the Guy Hepner Website, but they still all sold out on the first day. After the huge success with the 6 works in New York, Cooper took on 15 commission paintings through the gallery that lasted the rest of 2021.
Meanwhile, Maddox Gallery found “Cooper” on Instagram and began to contact him, but he was busy with a project. Out of the blue Maddox sent him a plane ticket and said let’s do this.  Right after “Cooper” finished the commission piece for a NY gallery he then hopped on a plane the following day to London to meet Maddox. “Cooper” and Maddox signed a deal for 3 exhibitions over the next couple of years and painted a couple of pieces while being there.
On October 13th, 2022 Maddox hosted a private dinner party at a well-known gallery where “Cooper” gave an informative talk about his work, displayed his current paintings, and met current clients of Maddox. Amazingly, all the “COOPER” work was sold by the end of the private dinner.
“Cooper” is back in Evansville and is currently working on a large painting for a December Basel Art Fair in Miami. After he is finished the Basel Art Fair, “Cooper” is starting his next exhibition with Maddox Gallery at their Gstaad Switzerland location next July 2023.
“Cooper” studio is located in Evansville, Indiana.  You can contact him at Email – iamcooperart@gmail.com.  You can view his work on his Instagram account at – @iam.cooper Or here is the IP address – https://www.instagram.com/iam.cooper/
