Staff Profile
Jo Coupe
Lecturer in Fine Art
- Email: johanna.coupe@ncl.ac.uk
- Personal Website: https://www.workplacegallery.co.uk/artists/10-jo-coupe/works/
- Address: Room 3.05, Fine Art, School of Arts and Cultures, King Edward VII Building
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
My research encompasses objects, installation, photographs, film, collage and more recently sound and performance, which together interrogate what 'liveness' might mean within the context of sculpture. My work is underpinned by a fascination with the interconnected processes of decay and the narrative and metaphorical potential that these processes represent. It seeks to undermine what we consider to be solid and stable and reveal not only invisible forces and unseen patterns but also the fluid and shifting nature of all materials.
My practice is structured around a series of sustained research projects investigating new contexts and sites and culminating in significant works which combine time-based performative elements with sculptural presence and considerations. These live sculptural works are made in parallel with studio-based piece which often spring from the larger projects. Collaboration is a vital part of my working process, and I have worked with practitioners and researchers across a wide range of disciplines including percussionists, a snow physicist and a mycologist.
- Coupe J. All That Fall. 2017. London, UK: Workplace Gallery, 9.
- Bertola C, Campbell C, Coupe J, Douglas J. In and Out of Sight. 2017. Hertfordshire: UH Galleries, 3.
- Coupe J. Vital Signs. 2016. Durham: Durham Castle, 1.
- Coupe J. The Ashes of Other Elements. 2014. Gateshead: Workplace Gallery, 2.
- Axford T, Bertola C, Campbell C, Coupe J, Douglas J. Object Relations. 2016. Newcastle upon Tyne: BALTIC 39, 2.
- Coupe J, Persson L. A Distance Between Two Points. 2011. Stoke on Trent: Airspace Gallery, 6.
- Coupe J. Crystalline Energy. 2010. Ashington, Northumberland: Lynemouth Smelter, 5. In Preparation.