Kopp grew up in Germany and obtained Abitur with main subjects in Fine Art and English in 1998. He then emigrated to New Zealand, his mother's home country, in 2000 where he lived and studied in Wellington.
Kopp has been in a relationship with Academy Award winning Actress Tilda Swinton since 2004.
Since 2006 he has been based in Nairn in the Highland region of Scotland working primarily on oil portraits of family and friends painted from Skype conversations.
