bio - katie cooper

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

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