Brooklyn-born and Colorado-raised, Katie Cooper returned to the West after 10 years as a working artist in New York City, where she earned her MFA at the School of Visual Arts. She has shown in New York, Texas, Colorado and Arizona, supervised community and school art projects, and is a past member of the Arizona Commission on the Arts Residency Roster. Cooper maintains a studio in Pima County.
SHOWS
Solo Exhibitions:
2010 Straw House Gallery, Amado, AZ
1997 RAW Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1994 Phantom Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1992 Guest artist, Poetry in the Parks, Phoenix, AZ
1991 Emerging Collector, New York, NY
1982 Windows on White, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions:
2021 Langdon Center, Granbury, TX "23rd Annual Rio Brazos Juried Exhibition" (Diane Durant, juror)
2020 La Suprema Works and Events, meeting space opening installation (Liz Hernandez, curator)
Tubac Center of the Arts, “Shock of the New West” (Cody DeLong, juror)
2019 Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO "Representing the West: A New Frontier" (Tony Ortega, juror)
Banner University Health Center Gallery, Tucson, AZ "Small Works by Tucson Artists Group" (Kathleen Velo and Bonnie Brabson, jurors)
Tucson International Airport Gallery, Tucson, AZ "We Live Here Now"
Untitled Gallery, Tucson, AZ "Small Works"
2018 Cole Art Center, Nacogdoches, TX "Texas National 2018" (Jed Perl, juror)
Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ "Shock of the New West" (Michael Fenlason, juror)
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, RESIDENCIES, AWARDS
2020 Research and Development Grant, "Art Wagon Return" project, Arizona Commission on the Arts
Pivot Grant, "Art Wagon Return" project, 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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