COPIE

Born in 1962 of Dominican parents who met in NYC in the 1950’s, in Washington Heights, New York City, Copie started creating his art at an early age. Influenced by Mad magazine, and trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, especially enjoying Renaissance painting (Rembrandt, El Greco, Albrecht Durer, etc.), later, influenced by Gregory Gillespie, Sue Coe, and Diego Rivera. Copie earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Pratt Institute, majoring in illustration, studying under Barron Storey, among others. He primarily works in mixed media and is experimenting with differ-ent surfaces, collage painting, and using found objects.