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EVENTS & EXPERIENCES

Presented by Glossier and Surface Magazine, Koops was a featured artist in the three week group art exhibition that coincided with Women’s History Month. Woman Made celebrates the female voices of contemporary art and design through a diversity of material, process, and interpretation.

Woman Made

Le Art Noir

The Le Art Noir Exhibition during Art Basel, December 2nd - 5th 2021, captured the crossroads of art, culture, and entertainment in a weekend of unique performances and innovative gallery showings.Koops featured many of her new, never shown before, inspirational pieces. Koops also took reservations for her pending NFT art launch.

A virtual interview done by The Museum of Contemporary Art with Koops talking about her art during the quarantine. “In an effort to stay connected with our creative community, MOCA North Miami introduces “MOCA Check In.” We have invited curators, art professionals and artists to share a bit about what they have been up to in the past few weeks.” For a two minute read: Click this link.

MOCA Interview

After doing a day on the life instagram takeover, Koops partnered with the amazing GenHERation team to do an instagram giveaway with a an original piece called THE FUTURE IS… Follow GenHERation for an inspirational feed.

GenHeration Giveaway

Founders Council

Koops exhibited in the 2021 Founder’s Council, a school held exhibition of the the utmost excellence artists from a multitude of disciplines; Art, Dance, Drama, Instrumental Music, Musical Theater, and Vocal Music.

The Aventura City of Excellence School hosted their annual Teacher Appreciation Event, and tasked me to create the logo highlighting the 2020 “Spread LOVE” theme. Koops diligently worked to create an aesthetically pleasing logo and helped to curate a beautiful event in honor of the teachers, and their dedication - especially during the pandemic. 

ACES TEACHER APPRECIATION EVENT

CAIT ROSE GALLERY - THE HUSTLER SERIES

Koops was featured as the first artist in the Cait Rose Gallery’s new Hustler Series. To see more, click this link.

During the month of November, National Diabetes Awareness Month, the Diabetes Research Institute collected items to be auctioned off in order to raise money for Diabetes research - in pursuit of a cure. Koops donated her RBG piece, and a commissioned piece, raising a total of $1,175.

THE DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE AUCTION

EAGLES NEST MUSIC FESTIVAL

Annually, Eagles Nest hosts a music festival in their magical outdoor venue — overlooking the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains — where they bring in eclectic music from around the country. At the 2020 festival, Koops initiated a POWER Project, where she left a blank canvas with markers and asked people to sign their POWER word. Over the night, it initiated powerful conversation, inspiration, and discussion. Children and adults participated. Take a look to see everyone’s “POWER word.”

BLAKE IAN’S STEAMROLLER ALBUM ART

Koops and Blake Ian worked together to work on album art that would encapsulate the meaning of the song and the inspiration behind the art the best way possible.

FOUNDERS COUNCIL 2020

This is Koops’ first time appearing in the Founder’s Council. She displayed her favorite pen and ink drawing, which was inspired by her adventure in pink jeep tours in Arizona. This was the same drawing used for singer-songwriter Blake Ian’s album cover for Steamroller.

CADENA SILENT AUCTION

Cadena is a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to prevention and assistance in emergencies and disasters, delivering hand-in-hand aid directly to those in need. Cadena is working to relieve human suffering by reducing the vulnerability of populations living in constant risk of disasters and crises, fostering a culture of prevention and inclusion. In an effort to raise money, Cadena hosted a silent auction where three original Koops pieces were sold. To get involved, see their site here.

Koops had her art displayed at KidsBasel 2019, and was one among nine of the worlds most acclaimed international kid artists. She came with a new,  “POWER WORDS” installation. In addition to her mixed media exhibit, Koops also displayed her In Real Life (IRL) collection for the first time.

  • December 3, 2019 – Kids Basel Private Preview Collectors Dinner and After Party with DJ Irie at Wynwood Arts 29, The Former Rubell Family Collection, The event was hosted by The Sidman Family with Special Guests Chris and Adrienne Bosch, Peter Tunney, Bad Bunny, Desmond Mason and Charlie Walk. - WorldRedEye

  • “At the former Rubell Collection location, KidsBasel featured nine of the world’s best and youngest artists in the world. Famed artist Peter Tunney snuck out of his Wynwood studio to visit the exhibition, which included Koops’ “POWER Expressions” installation. — OCEAN HOME MAGAZINE

  • “A show called KidsBasel is featuring works from pint-sized painters as young as a 7 — with some priced tens of thousands of dollars a pop… Fifteen-year-old Isabella Koopman — who goes by “Koops” — sold four of her colorful collages for a total of $10,000. Among the was a work made out of candy wrappers with the phrase “Sweet Like Candy,” which went for $1,500.” — NYP

KIDS BASEL 2019

SERENDIPITY LABS

Serendipity Labs, a new upscale work environment concept, designed to complement your new hybrid worklife, showcased Koops’ art for three months, in their Aventura location. Their tagline, “Inspiration at work” compliments Koops’ ideals and mission statement, making this the perfect partnership;  bringing Koops’ bright designs and energy to an innovative work environment.

SERENA WILLIAMS MIAMI POP UP

For Art Basel, Koops created a custom piece for the Serena Williams Pop Up Experience to launch her clothing line. The purpose of this piece was to encourage guests to write down or doodle what S word resonated most with them. “What’s your S? - is the important message the collection calls on us to think about. So, the piece started off with Serena’s simple logo and it transformed as each guest to the pop up wrote down their S, in over 10 languages, into a more developed piece of inspired artwork. Koops’ “S” was SOPHISTICATED. What’s your S?

WONDER KIDS BASEL 2018

WONDER began with a simple thought that young artists are creating very important work. Work that incites feelings and vision we may have lost in the journey to adulthood. WONDER created the First Ever Kids’ Basel Exhibit so that there would be a place where the voices of our young creators could grow stronger together.  All of WONDER’s proceeds benefit Youth Entrepreneurs and their hope is to support innovative curriculum and a new style of education. For Koops, it was an invaluable experience, as it was mostly her first real entrepreneurial experience and inspired her to pursue her art career.

ARTWALK EXHIBITION IN AVENTURA HOSPITAL

A “Summertime” themed exhibit featured one-of-a-kind, delightful pieces designed in vibrant paints, watercolors, markers, ink, colored pencils and collaged paper. The stroke of genius occasion marked the culmination of an ArtWalk contest judged by an esteemed Aventura Hospital panel.