WILL COTTON

 

b. 1965, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA

Beaux Arts, Rouen, France

B.F.A., 1987, Cooper Union, New York, NY

1988, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Will Cotton lives and works in New York City.

 

copyright Jean Kallina 2001

 

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

 

2010     WILL COTTON: Monoprints, May 6 - June 5, Pace Prints Chelsea, 521 W 26th Street, New York.


2010     WILL COTTON, April 29 - June 19, Galerie Templon, 30 rue Beaubourg, 75003 Paris, FRANCE.


2009     WILL COTTON, February 19 - March 28, Mary Boone Gallery, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York.


2008     WILL COTTON, July 25 - September 5, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO.


2007     WILL COTTON: NEW WORK ON PAPER, June 30 – July 31, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY.


2005     WILL COTTON: New Paintings and Works on Paper, Novemeber 4 - December 21, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles..


2004     WILL COTTON, September 11 - October 23, Mary Boone Gallery, New York.


2003     WILL COTTON, September 13 - October 18, Galerie Daniel Templon, 30 rue Beaubourg 75003 Paris, FRANCE.


2003     WILL COTTON, Opening October 3, 2003, Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA.


2002     WILL COTTON, September 7 - October 19, Mary Boone Gallery (Chelsea), 541 W 24th Street, New York. press release


2001     WILL COTTON, November, Jablonka Galerie, Brusseler str 4 50674 Koln, Germany.


2001     WILL COTTON, March 29 - May 5, Mary Boone Gallery, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York.


2000     WILL COTTON, February 18 - March 18, Mary Boone Gallery, 745 Fifth Avenue, New York.


1999      DEVIL'S FUDGE FALLS, September 11 - October 9, I-20 Gallery, 529 W 21st Street, New York.


1998      WILL COTTON, November 21 - December 23, Silverstein Gallery, 520 W 21st Street, New York.


1996      WILL COTTON, November 16 - December 18, Silverstein Gallery, 476 Broome Street, New York.


1995      DISTENTIONS, September 7 - October 12, Silverstein Gallery, 591 Broadway, New York.

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS




2009     A TRIBUTE TO RON WARREN, September 12 - October 24, MARY BOONE GALLERY, 541 West 24th Street, New York.


2009     TRANSITIONS. PAINTING AT THE (OTHER) END OF ART, May 24 - October 31, MARAMOTTI COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Reggio Emilia, Italy.


2009     ASPECTS OF POP ART, June 1 - September, GALERIE GMURZYNSKA, Zurich, Switzerland.


2009     CHELSEA VISITS HAVANA, March 28 - May 25, MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES, Havana, Cuba, curated by Alberto Magnan and Dara Metz.


2009     I WANT Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art (Travelling Exhibition), June 26-September 6, FRESNO METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, Fresno, CA.


2009     TRANSITIONS. PAINTING AT THE (OTHER) END OF ART, May 24 - October 31, MARAMOTTI COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Reggio Emilia, Italy.


2009     CHELSEA VISITS HAVANA, March 28 - May 25, MUSEO NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES, Havana, Cuba, curated by Alberto Magnan and Dara Metz.


2009     DRAWINGS BY WILL COTTON, March 28 - June 13, ATLANTIC CENTER'S PABST VISITOR CENTER AND GALLERY, New Smyrna, FL.


2009     TALK DIRTY TO ME, February 26 - March 28, LARISSA GOLDSTON GALLERY, New York.


2008     SECOND BIENNIAL OF THE CANARY ISLANDS, December 27 - May 5, Canary Islands.


2008     WALL ROCKETS: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, October 3 - April 18, THE FLAG ART FOUNDATION, New York, curated by Lisa Dennison.


2007     IN MONET'S GARDEN: The Lure of Giverny, October 12 - January 20, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH.


2007     SEX & SENSUALITY, August 18 - September 3, SALOMON CONTEMPORARY, East Hampton, NY


2007     A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME, July 9 - August 17, CAREN GOLDEN FINE ART, New York, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody.


2007     I WANT Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art, June 16 - September 2, HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM, Yonkers, New York.


2007     HORIZON, June 1 - July 27, EFA GALLERY, New York, curated by David Humphrey.


2007     TIMER: Intima / Intimacy, March 30 - June 10, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, ITALY.


2006     THE FOOD SHOW: THE HUNGRY EYE, November 16 - February 24, CHELSEA ART MUSEUM, New York.


2004     THE BIG EAT: FROM POP TIL THE PRESENT, January 25 - April 25, KUNSTHALLE BIELEFELD, GERMANY. press release. For more information email heuwinkle@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de


2003      GIVERNY, July 10 - August 13, SALON 94, 12 E 94th Street, New York, featuring 15 American artists who each spent a summer in Claude Monet's Garden at Giverny: Yeardly Leonard, Eric Wolf, Augusto Arbizo, Will Cotton and Rachel Urkowitz among others. Click here for press release.


2003      SWEET TOOTH, January 31- May 12, COPIA, THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR WINE FOOD & THE ARTS, 500 First Street, Napa, CA 94559, USA, organized by Sarah Tanguy, Exhibition Catalog available written by Sarah Tanguy. For more information call 707-259-1600 or visit www.copia.org


2002      THE CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECT, Opening December 19, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, Seattle, WA. www.contemporaryartproject.com.


2000      EMOTIONAL RESCUE: THE CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECT COALITION, CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY ART, Seattle, WA.


2000      THE DARKER SIDE OF PLAYLAND: CHILDHOOD IMAGERY FROM THE LOGAN COLLECTION, SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART, San Francisco, CA.


1999      WILL COTTON AND STUART ELSTER, December 11 - January 22, TATE, 413 W 14th Street, New York.


1999      A ROOM WITH A VIEW, SIXTH @ PRINCE FINE ART, New York.