Upcoming Exhibitions
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OPEN STUDIO EVENTS
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Open Studios
HELD MONTHLY THROUGH 2026
May 16 | June 20 | July 25 | August 22 | September 26
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
LOCATION:
The Arts Center at Governors Island
110 Andes Rd
New York, NY 10004
You must take a ferry to visit the island, plan your trip here.
I'm proud to be a participant in the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Arts Center Residency program. The 2026 LMCC Arts Center Residency on Governors Island, NYC, fosters creative exploration for projects at the intersection of art and climate. The eight-month studio-based residency provides artists with individual work space, a stipend for materials, and access to two rehearsal studio facilities. Residents engage in ongoing dialogue with one another while also participating in Open Studios, Climate Week, and other LMCC programming.
During the residency, I'm investigating what it means to be carbon-based lifeforms navigating a carbon crisis—expanding my figurative painting practice through material experimentation with captured carbon paint, natural pigments, mycelium, and handmade mushroom paper.
SOLO EXHIBITION
The Mothers in Me Will Meet You There
OPENING RECEPTION
Saturday, February 14, 2026,
2:00 - 4:30 PM
CHOOSE YOUR TOUR EXPERIENCE
Saturday, March 14, 2026, 1:30 - 2:15 PM - Artist Talk
Join the artist for a conversation about the show, exploring Active Hope, climate emotions, and the paintings in the exhibition, with time for Q&A.
RSVP (optional)
Saturday, March 14, 2026, 2:30 - 4:30 PM - ClimART Cafe
Join this guided listening circle where participants express climate emotions, paired with art dialogue. All welcome! Space limited, registration recommended.
Thursday, March 19, 2026, 2:00-3:00 PM (EST) - Live Virtual Tour
Join the artist via Zoom for a gallery walkthrough and discussion about key paintings in real-time, with Q&A.
GALLERY LOCATION:
Centerpoint Gallery of Anthroposophy NYC
138 W 15th St,
New York, NY 10011
ON VIEW:
February 9 - March 27, 2026
The Mothers In Me Will Meet You There: Paintings by Nicole Cooper is a solo exhibition featuring figurative oil paintings that explores Active Hope in the face of our climate crisis. Through vibrant colors, energetic brushwork, and the human form, these works investigate the complex emotions surrounding climate change while creating pathways toward connection and collective action. In a moment when awareness of climate change is widespread yet action remains elusive, these paintings engage the human dimension that scientific data alone cannot reach, honoring anxiety, grief, love, and hope as valid responses. These vibrantly colored paintings reveal our human, emotional core—flesh and blood interwoven with Earth—expressing a deep-rooted spiritual belonging that emanates from within.
Weaving Possibilities, oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches, 2024. (Inquire about artwork)
Earth in the Balance: Artists’ Voices for the Planet
OPENING RECEPTION
Wednesday, March 18
5:30 - 8:30 PM
ARTIST TALK & CLOSING
Tuesday April 14
2:30 - 4:30 PM
LOCATION:
The Interchurch Center:
61 Claremont Avenue,
New York, NY 10115
ON VIEW
March 10 - April 14, 2026
Interchurch Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm
The Interchurch Center is thrilled to present Earth in the Balance: Artists’ Voices for the Planet, curated by Fran Beallor. This group exhibition includes the work of forty-four artists who examine the climate crisis and our place in the balance of nature. These works help us see our role on the Earth and the profound shifts we are being called to make. Shifts that require a new way of seeing our relationship with our environment.
I’m pleased to have my painting “Rise” included in this exhibition.
Rise, Oil on Canvas, 66 x 41 inches (Diptych), 2020