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Katie Cooper moved to Arizona 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:

2020
         La Suprema Works and Events, meeting space opening installation (Liz Hernandez, curator)
2020         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
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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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