Artist and photographer Popel Coumou plays in her work with the main elements of photography: light, paper and perception of reality.  Always in search for the essence of our surrounding he; creating new content by stripping bare the forms and letting light and shadow build the composition. The process begins with creating environments out of small-scale sets from collaged paper and clay. With the inherent nature of the materials being used, Popel can carefully light her collages and small scale sets and manages to give the paper relief and sets a third dimension. Bringing the flat and small surfaces to life, and transforming them into monumental images. It is as much a moment in time as it is a study of light.

Popel Coumou (NL 1978) graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in 2004. Her work has since been collected and shown internationally and in the collection of: Kunstmuseum, Den Haag; Foam, Amsterdam; Huis Marseille, Amsterdam; Statoil, Rotterdam; The Dutch Ministry, Den Haag. Her work is awarded by: Foam Talent; Mercure Cultuur price; Hyères Photography competition; nominated for the Paul Huf Award.  Her commissions include; catalogue for Hermes at Villa Poiret Mallet-Stevens; ADAGP; Spaces works; Hotel Mercure, Den Haag; Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam.

Currently Popel’s solo show is on view till Oktober 3rd  2021 at the Fotomuseum Den Haag. (for a virtual impression of the exhibition: https://www.fotomuseumdenhaag.nl/en/exhibitions/paper-and-light)

Recently she published a new artist book with a large selection of her work titled “Paper and Light” Designed by -SYB-  https://www.popelcoumou.nl/books/paper-and-light/ 
 
To learn more about Popel’s work you can visit:
https://www.popelcoumou.nl/the-imaginary-perspectives-of-a-sheet-of-paper/ 

Represented by Keijsers Koning, USA and Torch Gallery, The Netherlands