Artists

Mandy completed her Masters Degree in Fine Art (cum laude) in 2004 where she concentrated on the development of local and invasive plant fibres for the production of specialist papers. She has continued to work with paper and fibre participating in several different initiatives such as; paper research, product development, research of invasive plant species and sustainable development in communities in and around South Africa. Mandy has travelled to Japan, Philippines, Holland, Germany and Belgium to work with various paper experts in three-dimensional paper-casting techniques and sheet production. She has been involved in various outreach initiatives in South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Germany and Belgium. Her works “Trembling Giant” and “Virgin Pulp” were awarded the runner-up prize in the Sasol New Signatures 2012 Art Awards. These works can be found in the Sasol Corporate Collection. She has been on numerous group exhibitions in Holland, England, Belgium and the USA as well as the Philippines. In 2016 Mandy was invited to be on the Paper Biennial in Rijswijk in the Netherlands and in 2017 she won the “Transparency” Design competition, funded by the Swedish Embassy and curated and hosted by the University of Johannesburg.

Coppes-Martin’s work can be found in several private and corporate collections; namely RMB Rand Merchant Bank, RHMH, ABSA, Sasol and the Whitman Museum (USA). Mandy Coppes–Martin currently lives in Stroud in the UK and works from her studio at Victoriaworks Studios in Chalford.