born 1972 in New York, NY;
lives and works in New York, NY
Elizabeth Cooper
Elizabeth Cooper CV
Education
1998 MFA Columbia University / New York, NY (USA)
1994 BFA The Cooper Union / New York, NYb (USA)
Grands, Awards, Fellowships
2005 The Lerman Trust / Artist residency grant
2003 The Lerman Trust / Artist residency grant
2002 The Lerman Trust / Artist residency grant
1997 – 1998 P.S. 1, The Institute For Contemporary Art / Studio Gran
1996 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Solo Exhibitions
2020-2019 ELIZABETH COOPER / Galerie Anke Schmidt / Cologne (Germany)
2015 Michaela Vergottis / London (GB)
2013 Galerie Schmidt Maczollek / Cologne (Germany)
2009 Galerie Gisèle Linder / Basel (Switzerland)
2008 Galerie Schmidt Maczollek / Cologne (Germany)
2006 Thrust Projects / New York, NY (USA)
2005 Galerie Schmidt Maczollek / Cologne (Germany)
2002 Galerie Schmidt Maczollek / Cologne (Germany)
2001 Künstlerräume – Sammlerräume / Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, (Switzerland)
1998 Roger Smith Gallery / New York Group Exhibitions / New York, NY (USA)
Group Exhibitions
2022 The Fiction of Property, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin (Germany), curated by Bertold Mathes
2019 Every Woman Biennial, New York (USA)
Screwball’s Delight, Atelier Hoherweg 271, Dusseldorf (Germany)
2018 Chelsea, Hollis Taggart, New York (USA)
Raw Meat, Salon Haus9, Berlin (Germany), curated by Steffen Lenk
2017 Cooper Hofmann Lenk Ostendarp Werres / Galerie Anke Schmidt / Cologne (Germany)
The Greates Show On Earth / Sideshow Gallery / Brooklyn (USA)
Highlight: New Canaan / Silvermine Arts Center / New Canaan (USA) / curated by Paul Efstathiou
2016 Highlight - Summer 1 / Hollis Taggart Gallery / New York (USA) / curated by Paul Efstathiou
How to be unique - Sammlung Kienzle / Art Foundation / Berlin / cavuspace / Berlin (Germany)
2015 New York Painting / Kunstmuseum Bonn / Bonn (Germany)
Dipthon / The Shirley Fitterman Center / New York (USA) / curated by Gelah Penn and Stephen Maine
2014 The Last Brucennial / Bruce High Quality Foundation / New York (USA) / curated aby Vito Schnabel
2013 6 Memos for the Next / Magazin4 / Bregenzer Kunstverein / Bregenz (Austria)
Malerei – Aktion – Konzept. Die Sammlung Jochen Kienzle / Kunstmuseum Magdeburg / Magdeburg (Germany)
2012 Paintings from New York / Häusler Contemporary / Zurich (Switzerland) / with Elisabeth Cooper, David Reed, Fabian Marcaccio and Alexandra Seeber
Smile: American Art / The Kienbaum Collection / Galerie Thomas Zander / Cologne (Germany) / curated by Rolf Ricke
Sleepwalker / Vaudeville Park / Brooklyn, NY (USA)
2011 Itsy Bitsy Spider / Galerie Schmidt Maczollek / Cologne (Germany)
Schräge Sache / Kunsthalle Ravensburg / Ravensburg (Germany)
Bodily Functions / Kunstverein Kölnberg / Cologne (Germany)
Nice to meet you / Sloan Fine Art / New York, NY (USA)
2010 Acrochage / Galerie Jean Fournier / Paris (France)
False Friends / Brandenburgischen Kunstverein Potsdam e.V / Potsdam (Germany)
2009 Für das Abstrakte gibt es Ersatz / obqo / Berlin (Germany)
Slick Surfaces / Villa Goecke / Krefeld (Germany)
Ma Couleur Preferee / Galerie Gisele Linder / (Switzerland)
All This Useless Beauty / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute / New York, NY (USA)
Morsel Remains / Morsel / Long Island City, NY (USA)
Unlikely / Kunstverein Konstanz / Konstanz (Germany)
Fortress To Solitude / Brooklyn Fireproof / New York, NY (USA)
2008 Arbeiten mit der Sammlung Rolf Ricke / Villa Merkel / Esslingen (Germany)
Unlikely / Städtische Galerie im Haus der Kultur / Waldkraiburg (Germany) / travelling to W-139
The 183rd Invitational / The National Academy Museum / New York, NY (USA)
Dream tigers, Automatic Vaudeville / Williamsburg, NY (USA)
The 183rd Invitational / The National Academy Museum / New York, NY (USA)
Dream Tigers Automatic Vaudeville / Williamsburg, NY (USA)
Freeze Frame / Thrust Projects / New York, NY (USA)
Unlikely / Gallery W-139 / Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
The Collection of Rolf Ricke / Villa Merkel / Esslingen (Germany)
The 183rd Invitational / The National Academy Museum / New York, NY (USA)
Dream Tigers Automatic Vaudeville / Williamsburg, NY (USA)
Freeze Frame Thrust Projects / New York, NY (USA)
The Collection of Rolf Ricke / Villa Merkel / Esslingen (Germany)
Unlikely / Gallery W-139 / Amsterdam, NL (The Netherlands)
2006 Clear Cuts – Sammlung Wolkenlos / Privatsammlung von Michael Stankiewicz / Schloss Raabs / Raabs a.d.Thaya (Austria)
2005 Especial / Galerie Schmidt Maczollek / Cologne (Germany)
Sweet Temptations – Dialoge mit der Sammlung Rolf Ricke / Kunstverein St. Gallen Kunstmuseum / St. Gallen (Switzerland)
2003 Greetings From New York / Galerie Thaddeus Ropac / Salzburg (Austria)
Perpetuum Mobile / Galerie Rolf Ricke / Cologne (Germany)
Schokolade, was denn sonst. / Kunstraum Innsbruck / Innsbruck (Austria)
Some Are Painting / Artist Alliance / New York, NY (USA) / curated by David Gibson
2002 Einfach Kunst / Neues Museum Nürnberg / Nuremberg (Germany)
In a Silent Way / Galerie Gisele Linder / Basel (Switzerland)
Peter Coe, Elizabeth Cooper, Jim Gaylord / Bucheon Contemporary Gallery / San Francisco, CA (USA)
Basel Art Fair / Rolf Ricke booth, Gisele Linder booth / Basel (Switzerland)
Artist to Artist: A Decade of The Sharpe Foundation / Ace Gallery / New York, NY (USA)
2001 Künstlerräume – Sammlerräume / Kunstmuseum St. Gallen / St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Delicious (part 1) / Galerie Rolf Ricke / Cologne (Germany)
Delicious (part 2) / The Roger Smith Gallery / New York (USA)
Some Are Painting / John Gibson Gallery / New York, NY (USA)
2000 Collector’s Choice / Exit Art / New York, NY (USA)
Abstraction in Painting Today / Castle Gallery / College of New Rochelle, NY (USA)
Yard Sale / Chelsea Lab School / New York, NY (USA)
1999 Reconciliations / DC Moore Gallery / New York, NY (USA)
Gesture and Contemporary Painting / University of Michigan / Michigan (USA)
Size Matters / Gale Gates / Brooklyn, NY (USA) / curated by Mike Weiss
The Stroke / Exit Art / New York, NY (USA) / selected by David Reed
Elizabeth Cooper, Carl Ostendarp, James Hyde / Dinaburg Arts / New York, NY (USA)
1998 Wish You Luck / P.S. 1 Museum / New York, NY (USA)
Abstraction in Process 2 / Artists Space / New York, NY (USA)
Skowhegan Decade / David Beitzel Gallery / New York, NY (USA)
Chicago Art Fair 1998 / Galeria Joan Prats / New York, NY (USA)
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation / Annual Exhibition / New York, NY (USA)
1997 The Wight Biennial / UCLA / Los Angeles, CA (USA)
PS 1 International Studio Program / Open Studios PS 1 Museum / New York, NY (USA)
The Art Exchange Show / 67 Broad Street / New York, NY (USA)
Wash Out the Heavy Days Joan Prats / New York, NY (USA)
Carousel / MFA Exhibition / Leo Castelli Print Gallery / New York, NY (USA)
Peter Coe, Elizabeth Cooper, Jennifer Reeves / Roger Smith Gallery / New York, NY (USA)
College Art Association / MFA Exhibition Hunter College / New York, NY (USA)
26 Positions / Wallach Gallery Columbia University / New York, NY (USA)
1996 Far Out / View Room Exhibitions / New York, NY (USA)
Soho Annual / New York, NY (USA) / curated by Simon Watson
24 Degrees / 480 Broome St. / New York, NY (USA) / curated by Kenny Schacter
Bright / The Roger Smith Gallery / New York, NY (USA) / curated by Jill Brienza