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Artist Biography: Born in 1968. Received an MFA in painting from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993. Graduated in 1990 with a BFA from University of Georgia, Athens. Studied at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio from 1986-1988.
Artist Statement: These new paintings are informed by harmonious, hallowed places, landscapes about contemplation and the spirit, but also about the transient, ephemeral characteristics of light and darkness and ultimately, of life. This work attempts to capture and hold the instant when the orange of the sun is about to completely scatter, or the thunderclouds move to entirely obscure the horizon. Moments.
Represented by: Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Selected Exhibitions:
2003 Jacob Cooley, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, NC
Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Pleasure Places, Center Of The Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2002 Jacob Cooley, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Marshes, Tyndall Gallery, Durham, NC
The Contemporary Landscape: Jacob Cooley, Nancy Friese, Keith Jacob Shagen, Joan Nelson, Susan Shatter, Altoon Sultan, College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH; traveling to Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OHSouthern Vistas: Interpreting the Landscape, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, Cooley: New Work, Raleigh Contemporary, Raleigh, NC
2001 New Paintings, Tyndall Gallery, Durham, NC
Jacob Cooley and Thomas Paquette ñ The Great Landscape, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Luminism/The Next Generation, Gallerie 454, Grosse Pointe, MI
New Works, Blue Spiral Gallery, Asheville, NC
Art in Embassies, U.S. Embassy, Canberra, Australia
Pleasure Places, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2000 Cooley & Maisel ñ The Landscape, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, West Newton, MA
Jacob Cooley ñ Piedmont Landscapes, Raleigh Contemporary, Raleigh, NC
Luminous, Tyndall Gallery, Durham, NC
Painterís Series, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
1999 The Winter Show, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Exteriors, Tyndall Gallery, Durham, NC
Larry Grey and Jacob Cooley, Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, GA
A Landscape Renaissance II, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Jacob Cooley New Paintings, Raleigh Contemporary, Raleigh, NC
Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
1998 Southern Artists- Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
The Winter Show, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Jacob Cooley-Sense of Place, Tyndall Gallery, Durham, NC
50 Years, Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
Raleigh Fine Arts Society Exhibition, Meredith College, Raleigh , NC
1997 Jacob Cooley- New Paintings and Drawings, Duke University, Durham, NC
8scapes- Trinity Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
The Winter Show, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Jacob Cooley- The Floodplain Series, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
A Landscape Renaissance, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Think Dinky International Invitational, Modern Museum, Durham, NC
Looking at Land, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC
1996
The Winter Show- Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Jacob Cooley Landscape- Artomatic Gallery, Durham, NC
Natural Forces: Work by Josephine Bloodgood and Jacob Cooley- Sawtooth Center, Winston-Salem, NC
Artomatic- Inaugural Exhibition- Artomatic Gallery, Durham, NC
National Works on Paper: Artists Listen to the Earth- Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond, VA
Raleigh Fine Arts Society Fine Arts Exhibition- Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Art from Co-op Studios, Duke University Law School, Durham, NC
1995
Art on Paper- Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Jacob Cooley: A Midsummerís Nightís Dream- Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Meanwhile- Durham, NC
Works by Jacob Cooley and Carole Sue Lebbin, Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA
1994
The Winter Show- Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Jacob Cooley- Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC
Surge- Raleigh, NC
New Art In The Triangle- Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC
1993
The Winter Show- Green Hill Center for NC Art
Honey I Shrunk The Art-Art On A Small Scale- Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Slow- Chapel Hill, NC
Jacob Cooley: Works- Smith College Center, Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
The New Breed: Recent MFAs form ECU, UNC and UNC-G- Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Jacob Cooley- Glass Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Pollen- Durham, NC
Eight Artists Here and Now- Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
Soil- Art Lab Gallery, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC
1992
MFAs- Glass Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
Some Things- Art Lab Gallery, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC
1990
EXIT- University of Georgia Visual Arts Gallery, Athens, GA
Painting Sculpture- Atrium Gallery, UGA, Athens, GA
1989
Paintings: Jacob Cooley, Curtis Whaley- UGA Visual Arts Gallery, Athens, GA
AWARDS
1998 "Best in Show" Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Juror: Wolf Kahn
1995 Tobaleah Wechsler Award, 54th Annual Painting Exhibition, Cheltenham Center for the Arts
1994
Emerging Artist Grant, Durham Arts Council, Durham, NC
1993
Liquitex Excellence In Arts Award
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Duke University Museum of Art- Durham, NC
Suffolk University School of Law- Boston, MA
UNC Hospitals- Chapel Hill, NC
Kenan Institute for the Arts- Winston Salem, NC
SAS Institute- Cary, NC
Glaxo-Wellcome- Durham, NC
Central Carolina Bank- North Carolina
Durham Regional Hospital- Durham, NC
Kilpatrick, Stockton- Charlotte, NC
Duke University Medical Ceter- Durham, NC
The Washinton Duke Inn and Golf Club
University of North Carolina- School of Law- Chapel Hill, NC
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1999 Landscapes of The Mind, The Raleigh News and Observer, Raleigh, NC
Of this place, March 17. The NC Independent, Durham, NC
1998 Arts, December 15, The NC Independent, Durham, NC
Whoís Who In America, 26th Edition
The Gallery. October 7, The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC
Main routes and detours, September 11, The News and Observer, Raleigh , NC
June, Symbol of the South Magazine
New American Paintings, The open Studios Press
1997 Letís Get Small, September 10, The NC Independent, Durham, NC
The Language of Light, August 1, The Herald Sun, Durham, NC
Visual Arts, July 4, The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, GA
Paintings by Cooley heat up Bryan Center, May 29, The Chronicle, Durham, NC
Age Old Encaustic, May-June, pp138-146, Southern Accents Magazine
1996 Surfing The Seams, November 22, The Raleigh News and Observer, Raleigh, NC
Best Bets, October 30, The NC Independent, Durham, NC
Jurorís Statement, February 19, Donald Kuspit-Raleigh Fine Arts Society, Artists Exhibition
1995
New American Paintings- Southeastern Edition, The Open Studios Press
North Carolina on Display, December 23, The Spectator, Raleigh, NC
1994
Art Guild Solo Shows Good, Solid, August 19, The Herald Sun, Durham, NC
Triangle Artists Tell Stories, July 10, The Herald Sun, Durham, NC
Finding Room for Local Art, June 24, The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC
1993
Artist Is Part of New Breed, June 18, The Chapel Hill Herald, Chapel Hill, NC
New Breed Offers Real Hope for Art, July 11, The Herald Sun, Durham, NC
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