Michael David Koppa
Viroqua, Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Born 28 January 1969, 5:30 a.m.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Significant Life Experiences
1982-1987 (age 13-18)
Grocery Store Clerk, performing general duties including but not limited to stocking shelves, filling coolers, displaying produce, wrapping meat, baking ham, making sandwiches, mopping floors, cleaning shelves, painting walls (interior and exterior), replacing asphalt tiles, installing ceramic tiles, operating cash registers, daily bookkeeping, and delivering groceries to shut-ins.
Koppa’s Farwell Foods
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1991
Bachelor of Science, Art
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1993-1997 (age 24-28)
Grocery Store Manager
Koppa’s Farwell Foods & Fulbeli Deli
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1996-present
Proprietor/Printer
The Heavy Duty Press
1997-present
Husband of Victoria Lynn Hoffmann
1997-1999
Owner/Picture Framer
Lakefront Art & Frame
Milwaukee, Wisc.
1999-2001
Deli Manager
Koppa’s Fulbeli Deli
Milwaukee, Wisc.
2002
Invasive Plant Puller
Prairie Future Seed Co.
Sussex, WI
2002-2003
Junior High Language Arts Teacher
St. Veronica School
Milwaukee, Wisc.
2004-2011
Graphic Designer
Organic Valley
La Farge, Wisc.
2010-present
Owner/Designer
driftless.earth
2011-present
Owner/Stone Carver
Viroqua Stone Lettering
2012-present
Volunteer Radio DJ
WDRT Viroqua, 91.9 FM
2015-2021
Alderperson, Ward 5
Viroqua, Wisc.
Exhibition history available upon request.