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EDUCATION
2007
Bachelor in Fine Arts Degree, Focus in Painting. Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
2006
Yale Norfolk School of Art Summer Residency, Yale University, Norfolk, CT.
MASTER CLASS WORKSHOPS
2021
Painting Master Class with Steven Assael. Gateway Academy of Classical Art, St. Louis, MO.
2019
Painting Master Class with Victor Wang. Gateway Academy of Classical Art, St. Louis, MO.
2018
Painting Master Class with Julie Heffernan. Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA.
2014
Painting Master Class with Vincent Desiderio. New York Academy of Art, New York, NY.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
Living Resonance: Paintings by Nicole Cooper. Angad Arts Hotel in Grand Center Arts District, St. Louis, MO.
Pivotal: Recent Paintings by Nicole Cooper. Fontbonne University Fine Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
2019
Nicole Cooper: Interwoven. The William & Florence Schmidt Art Center, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL.
2014
The Body in Bloom: Recent Paintings by Nicole Cooper. Space Architecture & Design, St. Louis, MO.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
People & The Planet. Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC.
2022
Declaration. Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
21 Years | 21 Artists. The William & Florence Schmidt Art Center, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL.
What is Resilience? What's Next for Earth, online exhibition.
Small Works Invitational, Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
Salon des Refusés, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI.
Shifting Cultural Stories, What's Next for Earth, online exhibition.
Mujer. 33 Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2021
Holiday Postcards. 33 Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Art for Climate Change (digital). Platforme Planet Earth, Miami Beach, FL and Gallery 193, Paris, France.
Footprint. Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
2020
Ethereal Epiphany. 33 Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Punk Rock Art Show. 31 Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
Unus Mundus Art Open Studio. St. Louis, MO.
What a Relief Live Art-Making Fundraiser. Venture Cafe, St. Louis, MO.
Rock the Art Show. 31 Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
2019
Checkered Holiday Open Studio. Maplewood, MO.
Art St. Louis XXXV, The Exhibition. Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Phantasmagoria II. Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL.
Open Studios STL. Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.
Wild@heART, Stone Soup Galleries, Chesterfield, MO.
Invitational Art Show. Cobblestone Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO. [video >]
Bevo Art Show. Bevo Improvement District, St. Louis, MO.
2018
Art is for Everyone: An Exhibition and Celebration of Year One. Erica Popp Gallery + Studio, St. Louis, MO.
Local Studio Sunday: Holiday Open House. Maplewood, MO.
Body Work. St. Charles Community College, St. Charles, MO.
Open Studios STL. Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.
Figures, Fables, and Fiction. COCA Millstone Gallery, St. Louis, MO. [video >]
Colorless. Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, MO.
Wall Ball 2018. Third Degree Glass Factory, St. Louis, MO.
Open Theme Annual 2018, Webster Arts, St. Louis, MO.
2017
Holiday Open House. Maplewood, MO.
Open Studios STL. Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.
Looking Among Us, Cross Cultural Connections. Jewish Vocational Services, Kansas City, MO.
Elemental. Knox Gallery of Art, St. Louis, MO.
Art at City Hall. Chesterfield City Hall, Chesterfield, MO.
4th Annual Living Mark. Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR.
10th Annual Human Form in Art. Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
33 March. My SLArt, The Old Orchard Gallery, Webster Groves, MO.
2016
Open Studios STL. Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.
Serendipity. Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Flesh, Revealing a Passion for Paint. Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR.
Clearly Human II. St. Louis Artist's Guild, St. Louis, MO.
Creatures. Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
2015
33 December. My SLART, The Old Orchard Gallery, Webster Groves, MO.
Looking Among Us, Cross Cultural Connections. Missouri Immigrant & Refugee Advocates, St. Louis, MO.
Open Studios STL. Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.
Tranquility. Art St. Louis in partnership with Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
The Figure Observed. Space Architecture & Design, St. Louis, MO.
Contours of the Face. Clayton Fine Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO.
2014
Art St. Louis XXX, The Exhibition. Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Open Studios STL. Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.
Art, Wine, & Music. Town & Country Art Gallery, The City of Town & Country, MO.
2013
Open Studios STL. Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.
2012
Naughty Gras, Koken Art Factory, St. Louis, MO.
2010
Articulated Vision. Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
Blink. Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
2007
Senior Thesis Exhibition. KCAI Gallery Space, Kansas City, MO.
BFA Exhibition. H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO.
Reference Photo Exhibition. KCAI Dodge Painting Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
2006
Junior Painting Exhibition. Crossroads Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
Summer Program & Study Abroad Exhibition. KCAI Dodge Painting Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
Student Exhibition. Yale University Norfolk Gallery, Norfolk, CT.
Miniature Show. KCAI Dodge Painting Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
2005
Miniature Show. KCAI Dodge Painting Gallery, Kansas City, MO.
2004
Student Art Exhibition. STLCC Meramec Gallery, Kirkwood, MO.
Varsity Arts IX. Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.
2003
Student Art Exhibition. STLCC Meramec Gallery, Kirkwood, MO.
PUBLIC ART
2018
Collaboration. Olive Boulevard “Ethnic Diversity” themed Bench Painting Project. City of University City, MO.
2015
Painting Assistant, "Art and Empowerment" Mural. Better Family Life, St. Louis, MO.
2014
Cakeway to the West. Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO.
2004
Mural Designer and Director. Moonbeams: Simply Shaker and Companion Pieces Gift Shop, Kirkwood, MO.
AWARDS/GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2020
Artist Support Grant. Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO.
2018
Artist Support Grant. Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO.
2017
Best in Show Award. 33 March. My SLArt, The Old Orchard Gallery, Webster Groves, MO.
2005
KCAI Transfer Student Competitive Scholarship, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO.
2003
STLCC Meramec Annual Competitive Scholarship, STLCC Meramec, Kirkwood, MO.
FILM & PODCASTS
2021
"Art for Climate Change: Unequivocable, Fragile, Hopeful." Directed by Juan Carlos Zaldivar, Premiere: Gallery 193, Paris, France, October 15.
"Sustainable Evolution with Nicole Cooper | Episode 34." Archives for Aliens Podcast by Unus Mundus Art, July 11. Web. (Listen on Spotify here > or Listen on iTunes here >)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Rapin, Katherine. "All Talk And, Yes, Action. Could Conversations About Climate Change be a Solution?" USA Today, August 19, 2023. (USA Today article > or free article >)
2022
"Nicole Cooper." Toska Zine, Issue #8, June 2022. Print. (view >)
2021
"Nicole Cooper Artist." Hip Essence Online Video Magazine, October 24, 2021. Web. (watch video >)
"New Paintings at Fontbonne University Fine Art Gallery." USA Art News, February 7, 2021. Web. (article >)
2020
"Art Saint Louis Artist Q&A Series Four." Art St. Louis / Art Dialogue Blog, May 19, 2020. Web. (article >)
2018
Video Interview, “Figures, Fables, and Fiction: The Human Body on Display at COCA,” HEC TV, 2018. (watch >)
Beall, Dickson. “Creative Destruction at COCA,” West End Word, Sept 7-20, 2018: 10. Print.
Beggs Jr., Bill. "Talk of the Towns: U City," Town & Style Magazine, October 24, 2018: 8. Print. (article >)
PUBLICATION
2019
Cooper, Nicole. “A Garden of Thought,” All The Art Magazine – The Visual Art Quarterly of St. Louis, Summer 2019: 18-19. Print.
LECTURES/TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES
2022
Visiting Artist Talk, St. Charles Community College, St. Charles, MO, May 2.
2021
Visiting Artist Talk, St. Charles Community College, St. Charles, MO, November 17.
2020
Virtual Artist Talk, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO. November 6.
2019
Visiting Artist Talk, St. Charles Community College, St. Charles, MO, April 1.
2018
Teaching Artist. Stroller Tour. Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, June 9.
Visiting Artist Talk, St. Charles Community College, St. Charles, MO, March 28.
2017
Virtual Artist Talk, University of MO – Kansas City (UMKC), Kansas City, MO, October 19.
2016
Artist Talk, Serendipity. Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, August 13.
Artist Talk, Creatures. Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, January 23.
GROUPS/ORGANIZATIONS
Missouri Coalition for the Environment. Member since 2019.
Art St. Louis. Member since 2014.
St. Louis Drawing Initiative – Figure Drawing Group. Member 2008 - 2019.