Marcia Cooper

Page 1 | Biography

Born: New York City
Lives: New York City

Education
Arts Student League; NY, NY, studied with Richard Pousette-Dart, 1986
Queens College, CUNY; BFA with Honors, High Scholarship in Art & Painting Prize;1984
Rennaissance Art and Architecture; Florence, Italy Summer Residency; Brooklyn College, CUNY; 1982

Solo Exhibitions
"PLAY GROUND", a site-specific visual & sound Installation; chashama Storefront Window Gallery, 266 West 37th Street, NY, NY; 2006
"Reverberations", a site-specific visual & sound installation in the High desert; Earthworks Now International Biennial; Copper Mountain College, Joshua Tree, CA; 2005
"Between the Trees", four installations on the historic grounds of Smith Castle; Wickford, RI; 2003
"The Head Series", Fulton Street Gallery; Troy, NY; 2001


Group Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibits;
"Pareidolia", Orange County Center for Contemporary Art; Santa Ana, CA; curated and juried by Eleanor Antin; 2004
"Art At War, The Artist's Voice", Aldo Castillo Gallery, Chicago, IL; 2004
"International Juried Show '04", New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ; Juror: Charlotta Kotik; 2004
"Drawing Conclusions"; Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY; 2004
"Scene/Unseen", Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico University; Juror:Ami Wallach; 2003
"Space Invaders; Six Installation Artists", University Art Gallery, Indiana State; 2003
"Two Person National", Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, Kristy Edmunds; 2002
"National Prize Show", Cambridge Art Association,MA; Juror: Lisa Dennison; 2002
"Art of the Northeast, 53rd Annual Exhibition", Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT; Juror: Ann Temkin; 2002
"Arts on the River", Savanah College of Art and Design, Georgia, Juror: Francesco Bonami
"Small Matters of Great Importance", Hopper House Art Center, Nyack,NY; Juror: Anthony Grant; 1996
"International Juried Show", NJCVA; Summit, NJ; Juror: Robert T. Buck; 1994
"58th Annual National Exhibition", Cooperstown Art Association; Juror: Ivan Karp; 1993
"The Gift", Invitational, Dooley Le Cappellaine Gallery, NY, NY; 1992
"New American Talent", Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX; Juror: Madeleine Grynsztejn
"Modern Times Through the Concerned Eye", Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY; Juror: Elisabeth Sussman; 1992

Bibliography
The Artworld Digest Magazine, 2007, Invitational; David Cohen Publisher
New York Times; Art Review, Helen Harrison, �Drawing Conclusions�, Sunday, July 25, 2004
Art New England; Spotlight Reviews, Doug Norris, �Between the Trees�, October/November �03
Time Out, RI; Jessica Hurst, �Hera Gallery sizzles the senses with Foursight�, 8/28-29 �03.
The New Times, Phoenix, Arizona; Blake de Pastino, �Night and Day Calendar�, May 30, �02
The Providence Phoenix; Bill Rodriguez, �Markmanship�, May 10, 2002
�Fiberart International Seventeenth Biennial Exhibition Catalog.�
The Times Union, Albany, New York; Sunday Arts; William Jaeger, �Creating Symbolism The Recent Works of Three Artists�, February 11, 2001
The Georgia Guardian, Christina Taylor �Seeing the World With New Eyes� 5/9-25, 2000
The Village Voice; Kim Levin, �Art in Brief�, December 22, 1992
Long Island City News; Kim Drew, �Doing the Open Studios �, November 16, 1989


Grants/Awards
chashama AREA AWARD; NY, NY, 2006
Second Place, Earthworks Now International BiennialCMC; Joshua Tree, CA; 2005
Honorable Mention, Ami Wallach; "Scene/Unseen", Eastern New Mexico University;2003
Two-Person National, Exhibition Funding Award, City of Mesa, AZ; 2002
Second Place Prize, Arts on the River, Francesco Bonami; 2000
Third Prize in Sculpture, Ivan Karp; Cooperstown Art Association; 1993
Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT; 1993
Juror's Merit Award & Touring Citation, Madeleine Grynsztejn, New American Talent, 1992