Koo Schadler graduated from Tufts University in 1984 with a BA in Art History. After graduating she traveled throughout Europe and eventually settled in Florence, Italy where she pursued art history and painting studies.

On returning to the states in 1986 she moved to California where she was introduced to egg tempera through artist Chester Arnold at the College of Marin.

In the 90's Koo returned east and settled in a small town in southern New Hampshire where she now maintains a studio and pursues full time the study and creation of egg tempera paintings and silverpoint drawings.

Koo is a Master painter of The Copley Society of Boston. She is represented by the J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, and Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe. She is a board member of the Society of Tempera Painters, writes and lectures on egg tempera, and teaches tempera, gesso and design workshops around the country.

Koo Schadler's paintings and drawings are in over 350 private, corporate, and museum collections nationwide.