Susan Cooper Art- Resume

EDUCATION

University of California , Berkeley, B.A. Art
University of California , Berkeley, M.A. Painting

PUBLIC ART and COMMISSIONS

City of Stockton California 2 railings @ 525'
Shalom Park, Colorado steel and glass sculpture in progress
Private commission, Denver, CO
City of Jacksonville , FL , steel and light sculpture installation
City of Aurora Colorado , light sculpture 70 ‘ by 8 ‘ by 6 “
RTD, Regional Transportation District, design team, phase 2
Kaiser Permanente, 90 foot suspended glass and steel sculpture
Aurora Colorado Police District One, wall sculpture
University of Nebraska , Kearney , 12 foot concrete sculpture
St. Louis , MO Laclede's Landing Foundation, 35 foot sculpture
RTD, Regional Transportation District, design team,
RTD, Commissioned Art installation on flyover Bridge
City of Aurora , CO , Family Services wood sculpture installation
Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO School of Business, 82 foot mural
Fort Lewis College , Durango , 12 ft concrete arch
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Gonda Arts & Entertainment Foundation
Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, CO sculpture
Rose Community Foundation, painting, Denver, CO
University of Southern Colorado , 32 ‘ wall sculpture
U.S. Army National Guard Armory, Watkins, CO
University of Southern Colorado , School of Business , 70 ‘sculpture
Children's Hospital, Denver, CO 72 foot mural
Kaiser Permanente, Skyline Building, Denver, CO
Denver Public Library, Sculpture installation
City & County Building, Denver, CO two wall sculptures 14x 7ft x8 ”
Kaiser Permanente, Denver , Wall sculpture
Congress Park Swimming Pool, Denver, CO, sculpture installation
Congress Park Playground, Denver, CO, sculpture installation
City of Denver , Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts
Blue Cross Blue Shield, Denver, CO
School of American Research, Santa Fe , NM

AWARDS

St. Louis Downtown Partnership, “Better Downtown Award”
Gonda Arts and Entertainment Foundation, Los Angeles
COVisions Project Grant , Colorado Council on the Arts
Charles C. and Ila Winocur Foundation
Colorado Lawyers for the Arts, Silkscreen, first prize award
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs , NY Guest Artist
Roswell Museum and Art Center, NM Artist-in-residence
University of California , Berkeley , grant, “Friends of the University”

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)

William Havu Gallery, Denver , Colorado
Lois Lambert Gallery, Burgamot Station, Santa Monica , CA
American Embassy in Uruguay , Art in the Embassies Program
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust**
Museum of Tolerance , Simon Wiesenthal Center , LA , CA**
Durango Art Center, Durango, CO; CU Cortez, CO**
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO**
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, CO**
Sangre de Cristo Art Center,
Foothills Art Center Golden, CO**
Mizel Museum of Judaica, Denver, CO**
Inkfish Gallery, Denver, CO
Galleria Expositum , Mexico City
Henri Gallery , Washington , DC
Denver Art Museum , Mayor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts
Rettig y Martinez Gallery, Santa Fe , NM
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , NM , Jonson Gallery**
Northern Kentucky University
Colorado Women's College, Denver, CO**
Roswell Museum and Art Center , Roswell , New Mexico **
Concord Art Center , CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)

William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO
Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, CO Lowry Development
Denver International Airport , Sculpture Exhibition
“Composing a Life”, Denver Art Museum , Denver Public Library
Museum of Outdoor Arts, U of No. CO, St. Mary's, Arvada Center
Inkfish Gallery, Denver ; Galeria Expositum , Mexico City
Henri Gallery , Washington DC
AAIP FAD Galeria de Arte, Barcelona, Spain
Galeria Expositum , Mexico City, Henri Gallery , Washington , DC Denver Art Museum
Arvada Center for the Arts, CO; Galeria Expositum , Mexico City
Metropolitan State College, Denver
Joslyn Art Museum , Omaha , Nebraska , Midlands Invitational**
Galeria Expositum , Mexico City
Pirate: A Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver ; University of CO , Denver ,
New Art Forms Expo, Chicago; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center **
Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo ; University of Denver
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art; Galeria Expositum , Mexico
Metro State College , Faculty Show
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
University of Colorado , Colorado Springs “Wood”
Metro State College , Faculty Show
University of Denver Invitational
Mountain Bell , Denver
Denver Art Museum , Recent Acquisitions
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
New Mexico State University , Las Cruces , NM
Denver Art Museum **
Center for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles , CA
Fine Arts Museum of New Mexico , Santa Fe , NM
Phoenix Art Museum ;
Museum for Art and Art History, Juarez , Mexico
California College of Arts and Crafts , Oakland , CA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, “Centennial Exhibition”

ACTIVITIES

Advisory Board of Directors, Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell NM
Board of Directors, Mizel Cultural Art Center
Board Member, Pres, and Director Rocky Mountain Women's Institute
Board Member, Center for Idea Art
Instructor, University of Colorado ,Metropolitan State College
Nominated for projects in Anchorage, Los Angeles, San Jose, Reno, Elizabeth City,
Dallas, Sarasota, Durango, DesMoine Atlanta, Jacksonville, Fairbanks, Stockton
Member, Artists Register
Member, University of California, Berkeley, Alumni Group

COLLECTIONS

Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Art, Denver, CO
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, CA
City of Aurora CO Family Services
Denver Art Museum
City of Aurora, CO Police District 1
University of Southern Colorado , Pueblo
Laclede's Landing , St. Louis , MO
Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO
City of Aurora, CO Arts District
City and County Building, Denver
Kaiser Permanente, Lafayette, CO
Denver Public Library
Children's Hospital, Denver, CO
School of American Research, Santa Fe , NM
Standard Oil of Ohio
QWest Communications
Rose Community Foundation Denver
Presbyterian Saint Luke's Hospital, Denver
US Army National Guard Armory , Watkins, CO
Kaiser Permanente Skyline, Denver, CO
Eastern New Mexico State University
Congress Park Swimming Pool, Denver
Congress Park Playground, Denver
Kaiser Permanente Smokey Hill, Aurora, CO
Kaiser Permanente Water Park, Aurora, CO
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO
Kaiser Permanente SouthWest
Westin Hotel, Cancun, Mexico
Denver Health, Denver, CO
Anderson Museum Of Contemporary Art, NM
Roswell Museum and Art Center , NM
City of Jacksonville, Florida, Ritz Theatre LaVilla Museum
University of Nebraska
RTD Denver, Englewood, Aurora, Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills Village, Lone Tree
Shalom Park, Denver, CO

BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected)

University of North Carolina Press, Fine Art, Design, and Craft by Howard Risastti, 2007***
Rocky Mountain News, Depth of Perception by Mary Chandler 1/12/07*
Los Angeles Times, Westside Weekly, 12/17/00 feature story, Jeff Adler *
RECOLLECTION, Vanishing Points”, by Lucy R. Lippard 1997**
ARTFORUM , February 1990 Howard Risatti*
ArtNews January, 2007*
DENVER CONFLUENCE OF THE ARTS Jane Fudge, Meridian Press1995***
Boulder Planet, by Jennifer Health, July 10, 1996*
ANTIQUE Moderni perspektiby, Art Magazine, Prague , Czech Republic1996*
ROCKY MT. NEWS 11-25-06*; 4-27-93* Front Page10/1/95* Review by Mary Chandler, 7/6/0*5, 8/16/05*: 1999***
DENVER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, City of Denver , Cover paintings, CD cover
Westword: review by Michael Paglia 2/1/07*

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SUSAN COOPER