Michael Coppage is a conceptual artist using an interdisciplinary, dialectical approach to address social issues surrounding race and language. Originally from Chicago, He has lived and worked in Cincinnati since 2007. Coppage is the FOUR-time recipient of Artswave’s Truth and Reconciliation grant, Ohio Pretrial Justice grant, and received Awesome Foundation grants in New York and Philadelphia. He is the recipient of the Ohio Arts Councils Individual Artistic Excellence award, Artist Opportunities Grant and The Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Foundation Enlightenment Award. He completed a TEDx Talk titled “Everybody’s Racist….and it’s O.K” and he gained international attention with his project “BLACK BOX” : a community impact project aimed at demystifying blackness and creating authentic experiences that replaces bias and preconceived notions related to “Black”. This series has impacted over 2 million people in 43 countries and has been exhibited in Puerto Rico, American University in Paris, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 21c Museum Museum, Medici Museum, Ohio Arts Councils Riffe Gallery and at ArtCrawl Harlem on Governors Island in New York. Coppage has completed several public works in the United States and has works in both public and private collections in the United States and Asia. Learn more at  Here.

-Michael Coppage (Kö-paj)

Artists: Michael Coppage

Date: OPENING RECEPTION: APRIL 19TH, 2025, 5 to 8pm THROUGH JUNE 28

Venue Details
The Annex Gallery
1310 Pendleton St
The Annex Building
Cincinnati, OH 45202
(513) 407-7077

Wed–Sat 11:00–4 PM