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Artist Resume

Education
2006 M.F.A., Claremont Graduate University
Painting
1998 Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1997 A.B., Magna Cum Laude, Princeton University
Art & Archaeology/Studio Art
Certificate in the Language and Culture of Ancient Rome

Selected Exhibitions
2010 Forever Now, East and Peggy Phelps Galleries, Claremont, CA
Curated by David Pagel
2009 Edenistic Divergence, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Curated by Andi Campognone
2008 Infrastructure, Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, catalogue
Curated by Roman Stollenwerk
Sum of Parts, dba256, Pomona, CA
Curated by Andi Campognone
2007 Velocity, Claremont Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Water Garden, Santa Monica, CA
Curated by Helen Varola
Summer Group Show, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Meltdown, Salon Oblique, Venice, CA
LAAA South Biannual, LAAA South, Hermosa Beach, CA
Juried by Susan Cross, Mass MoCA
Modular: New Art from Los Angeles, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO, catalogue
Curated by Dana Turkovic
2006 TarFest 2006, Desmonds Building, Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, CA
Greater Los Angeles Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, California State University, Long Beach , CA
Supersonic, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA, catalogue
Scale, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Juried by Caryn Coleman, Sixspace Gallery
New Math, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Reheated, Peggy Phelps and East Galleries, Claremont, CA
In the Game, Bancroft Gallery, Cohasset, MA
Juried by William Stover, Asst. Curator of Contemporary Art, MFA Boston
Best Laid Plans (solo), Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
Greater LA MFA: A Student to Student Invitational, California State University, Long Beach, CA
Fresh, Peggy Phelps and East Galleries, Claremont, CA
2004 Exquisite, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
1998 Post-Bacc Show, C-Gallery, Boston, MA
Electronic Imaging Show, SMFA, Boston, MA, juried
1997 A Thesis Show (solo), Lucas Gallery, Princeton, NJ

Grants/Fellowships/Awards
2007 Finalist, NY NY 2007, myartspace.com
Juried by Jessica Morgan (Tate Modern), James Rondeau (Art Institute of Chicago), and Steven Zevitas (New American Paintings)
Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, NY, NY
2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Program Award - Nominee
2005 CGU MFA Fellowship

Bibliography
Davies, Stacy. "Paradise Lost." Inland Empire Weekly. 17 Dec 2009.
http://holliscooper.blogspot.com/2010/01/paradise-lost-inland-empire-weekly.html
Lieu, Lynn. "Pick of the Week: Edenistic Divergence" Inland Empire Weekly. 03 Dec 2009.
Sherwin, Brian. "Art Space Talk: Hollis Cooper." Myartspace.com. 15 Oct 2008.
http://www.myartspace.com/blog/2008/10/art-space-talk-hollis-cooper.html
Davies, Stacey. "Connecting the Dots." Inland Empire Weekly Vol. 2 Issue 49. March 2008.
http://holliscooper.blogspot.com/2008/03/connecting-dots-inland-empire-weekly.html
Hargreaves, Kathryn. Sum of Parts exhibition essay. March 2008.
http://holliscooper.blogspot.com/2008/03/sum-of-parts-exhibition-essay.html
Myartspace.com, NY NY 2007 Exhibition catalogue. January 2008.
"Gallery Highlights." Alarm Magazine Issue 27. Summer 2007. 16.
Krainak, Paul. "Modular: New Art from Los Angeles." Art Papers July/August 2007.
http://holliscooper.blogspot.com/2007/07/modular-new-art-from-los-angeles-art.html
"Index." Artworld Digest [Brooklyn, NY] March 2007.
Bonetti, David. "White Flag Projects." St. Louis Post-Dispatch 4 Feb 2007.
http://holliscooper.blogspot.com/2007/02/white-flag-projects.html
Callahan, Teresa. "Raising the flag." West End Word [St. Louis, MO] 24 Jan 2007.
http://holliscooper.blogspot.com/2007/01/raising-flag.html
McMillan, Megan. "Modular: New Art from Los Angeles at White Flag Projects." 11 Jan 2007.
http://www.meganandmurray.com/2007/01/modular_new_art.html
Bonetti, David. "White Flag unveils LA creativity." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 4 Jan 2007.
http://holliscooper.blogspot.com/2007/01/white-flag-unveils-la-creativity.html
New American Paintings ed. Stephen Zevitas. No. 67. Boston: Open Studios Press, January 2007. 38-41.
The Flame ed. Geri Silviera. Vol. 7. No. 2. Claremont: Claremont Graduate University, Summer 2006. 40.

Professional Experience
2006 - Present Lecturer, Department of Art
California State University, San Bernardino


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