bio - katie cooper

EDUCATION
MFA     1988 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
BA       1978 Loretto Heights College, Denver, CO

SHOWS
Installations and Solo Exhibitions:

2022     “Alternate Physics” installation, ArtRez residency, Newnan, GA
2021 "Threads" installation, open studio viewing, Tucson, AZ
2010    Solo show, Straw House Gallery, Amado, AZ
1997    Solo show, RAW Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1994 Installation, Phantom Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1992    Solo show, Poetry in the Parks, Phoenix, AZ
1991 Installation, Emerging Collector, New York, NY
1982 Installation, Windows on White, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions:

2023     Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ, Arizona Biennial 2023 (Taina Caragol, juror)
             Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2023-24 campus-wide exhibition
2022     Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ, “The Unknown Nature of Being”
             La Linea Gallery, Nogales, AZ, “TAG”
2021     Dora Lee Langdon Center, Granbury, TX, 23rd Annual Rio Brazos Juried Exhibition
2020     La Suprema Works and Events, Tucson, AZ, 3-person inaugural show
            Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ, “Shock of the New West”
2019     Untitled Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “Small Works”
            Tucson International Airport Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “We Live Here Now”
            Sangre de Christo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO, “Representing the West: A New Frontier”
            Banner University Health Center Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “Small Works by Tucson Artists Group”
2018     Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ “Shock of the New West”
            Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX "Texas National 2018"
2017     Tucson International Airport, Tucson, AZ, “TAG: Arrivals and Departures”
2010     801 Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “TAG Mix”
2008     The Drawing Studio, Tucson, AZ, “Figures From Life”
            Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “Citizen Warehouse” invitational
            Rocket Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “Arriving”
            Dinnerware Gallery, 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 Traveling Exhibition
2001     Tucson-Pima Arts Council Gallery, Tucson, AZ, “The Color of Bone”
2000     Arizona Commission on the Arts Traveling 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,
1998   Tucson International Airport Gallery
           Tucson-Pima Arts Council Gallery
           RAW Gallery
1997   RAW Gallery, monoprint show
           RAW Gallery, TAG show
1995     DeGrazia Little Gallery

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

GRANTS, RESIDENCIES, AWARDS

2023     Mission Street Arts Residency, Jemez Springs, NM
2022     Newnan ArtRez Artists Residency, Newnan, GA
            Artist Opportunity Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts
2020     Research and Development Grant, Arizona Commission on the Arts
            Pivot Grant, Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona
            Featured artist, CaFÉ (callforentry.org)
2019    Award of Excellence, "We Live Here Now" group show,
                        Tucson International Airport Gallery/Tubac Center of the Arts

Publications, Articles, Reviews

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