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Katie Cooper has shown nationwide, done school residencies and community projects throughout Southern Arizona, and is a past member of the Arizona Commission on the Arts Residency Roster. She earned her BA in Colorado and her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. In 2020, she was awarded a Research-and-Development Grant by the Arizona Commission on the Arts and a Pivot Grant by the Arts Foundation of Tucson and Southern Arizona. Cooper maintains a studio in Pima County, Arizona.
 

SHOWS

Solo Exhibitions and Installations:

2021     "Threads" installation, studio viewing, Tucson, AZ
2010     Straw House Gallery, Amado, AZ
1997     RAW Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1994     Installation, Phantom Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1992     Guest artist, Poetry in the Parks, Phoenix, AZ
1991     Installation, Emerging Collector, New York, NY
1982     Installation, Windows on White, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions:

2022       
 Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ “The Unknown Nature of Being”
2021         
Langdon Center, Granbury, TX "23rd Annual Rio Brazos Juried Exhibition"
2020         La Suprema Works and Events, Tucson, AZ, inaugural two-person exhibit
                 Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ “Shock of the New West”
2019         Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO "Representing the West: A New Frontier"
                 Banner University Health Center Gallery, Tucson, AZ "Small Works by Tucson Artists Group"
                
Tucson International Airport Gallery/Tubac Center of the Arts "We Live Here Now"
                 Untitled Gallery, Tucson, AZ "Small Works"

​​2018         Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX  "Texas National 2018"         
​                 Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ  "Shock of the New West"

2017         Tucson International Airport Gallery, Tucson, AZ  "TAG: Arrivals and Departures"
2010         801 Gallery, Tucson, AZ  “TAG Mix”
2008         The Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZ  “Figures From Life”
                  Dinnerware, Tucson, AZ  “Citizen Warehouse” invitational
                  Rocket Gallery, Tucson, AZ  “Arriving”
                  Dinnerware, Tucson, AZ  “Big Ideas, Small Frames”
2007          The Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZ  Inaugural Show invitational
2006          Graficas Gallery, Tucson, AZ "10/20" 
2005          Tucson-Pima Arts Council Travelling Exhibition
2001          Tucson-Pima Arts Council Gallery, Tucson, AZ
“The Color of Bone” 
2000          Arizona Commission on the Arts Travelling Exhibition
                  Pima Community College Center for the Arts Gallery, Tucson, AZ
“TAG Stories” 
                  Arizona State Capitol Building Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
1999          Arizona Gallery, Univ. of AZ, Tucson, AZ 
1998          Tucson International Airport, Tucson, AZ 
                  Tucson-Pima Arts Council Gallery, Tucson, AZ 
                  RAW  Gallery, Tucson, AZ 
1997          RAW  Gallery, Tucson, AZ  monoprint show
                  RAW  Gallery, Tucson, AZ   TAG show
1995          DeGrazia Little Gallery, Tucson, AZ 

New York, NY:
1990     Frank Bernarducci Gallery 
             HBO Gallery
             P.S. 1 (The Institute for Contemporary Art)
1989     Blum-Helman Gallery
             Westbeth Gallery
1988     Visual Arts Gallery
             Visual Arts Gallery
1987     Soho 20, Invitational
1984     Soho 20, Invitational
1983     Windows on White
             Gallery 345
1982     Windows on White
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GRANTS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES


Upcoming-2022  Newnan Artrez residency, Newnan, GA
2020    Research and Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts

            Pivot Grant, Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
            Featured artist, CaFE (callforentry.org)

2019    Award of Excellence, "We Live Here Now"  Tucson International Airport Gallery/Tubac Center of the Arts


PUBLICATIONS, ARTICLES, REVIEWS


2018    “12 Tucson Artists Create Unique....” Allen, Kathleen  Arizona Daily Star
2008    “Objects of Contemplation” Regan, Margaret Tucson Weekly 
2001    “Bad to the Bone.” Regan, Margaret Tucson Weekly
1999    “TAG’s It.”
Regan, Margaret Tucson Weekly
            “Banners Fly Downtown” Arizona Daily Star





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