Justin Cooper home
Lives and works is Brooklyn, NY
Education
2003 BFA University of Colorado
2005 MFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 Office Hours, solo project with Monique Meloche Gallery at Volta; Basel, Switzerland
2009 Paranormaldise, Monique Meloche Gallery; Chicago, IL
2008 Thread, Gallery 400; Chicago, IL
2006 Middle Management, Monique Meloche Gallery; Chicago, IL
Selected Exhibitions
2010
Knock Knock: That Joke’s Not Funny Anymore, Fred Torres Collaborations; New York, NY
Production Site, Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, IL
2009
Here Not There, Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, IL
Nexus, Franconia Sculpture Park; Franconia, MN
The 7th Annual Midwestern Assorted Produce Snuff Shorts Film Triennial, Boots Contemporary Arts Space; St. Louis, MO
illusions, Lawton Gallery; Green Bay, WI
2008
Interior Monologue, Performance at the National Hotel; Miami, FL
Pedestrian, Art In Odd Places; New York, NY
Video Screening, AOT Gallery; Minneapolis, MN
Winter Experiment, Monique Meloche Gallery; Chicago, IL
i.e.llusions Only Blue Deer Lonely American (Illinois Arts Council Re-mix), Alogon Gallery; Chicago, IL
2007
Irrational Exhibits, Track 16 Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
i.e. Between, Harold Washington College; Chicago, IL
i.e.llusions, 1a Space Gallery; Kowloon, Hong Kong
Interiority, Hyde Park Arts Center w/ Contemporary Arts Council; Chicago, IL
curator Stuart Keeler
2006
Sight Unseen, Chicago Cultural Center; Chicago, IL
Working Frameworks, Cornell University; Ithaca, NY; Skylab Gallery; Columbus, OH; Columbia College, Chicago, IL
The World is Flat, Gallery Life Bomb; Berlin, Germany
18th Evanston+Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center; Evanston, IL
Amorph!06 International Performance Art Festival; Helsinki, Finland
Pixel Dance ‘06 Video Festival, In Flux Art; Thessaloniki, Greece
Ballroom Blitz Grand Opening for The James Hotel; Chicago, IL
curator Stephanie Smith
Signal and Noise Performance and Video Festival, Video In Studios; Vancouver, BC
In Feed @ Blackwood, The Blackwood Gallery; University of Toronto in Mississauga, Ontario
Smoke and Mirrors: Photography and Performance, Ohio University; Athens, OH
An Incomplete Map of Everything, Links Hall; Chicago, IL
curator Mark Booth
Patheticize, Open End Gallery; Chicago, IL
2005
Pixelfest Video, Experimental Film, and Electronic Music Festival; Berlin, Germany
Uppsala International Film Festival; Uppsala, Sweden
Prog:Me Festival of Electronic Media; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rooftop Films Summer Series; Brooklyn, NY
Small Change Film Series; Philladelphia, PA
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago MFA exhibition; Chicago, IL
Portland Documentary and Experimental Film Festival; Portland, OR
Alchemy, Betty Rymer Gallery; Chicago, IL
Island Art and Video Festival, Prenelle Gallery; London, England
Spark Video 4.4 Screening, Spark Gallery; Syracuse, NY
This, this, this, this, this, this, this, and this, Gallery 2; Chicago, IL
2004
LA Shorts Film Festival, Arc Light Theater; Hollywood, CA
Emerging Illinois Artists, Maclean County Arts Center; Bloomington, IL
One Night Stand, PAC/Edge Festival; Chicago, IL
2003
10+10 2003 Colorado Biennial, Musuem of Contemporary Art; Denver, CO
curator Sydney Payton
Dreams and Dreammakers, Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas; Mexico City, Mexico
Sharks don’t ever sleep and they don’t have any bones, Museum of Contemporary Art; Boulder, CO
Grants/Awards
2009 Franconia Sculpture Park artist project grant
CAAP grant recipient
2008 Gallery 400 artist project grant
2007 Illinois Arts Council grant recipient
1a Space Artist in Residency grant
Skowhegan School of Painting and Drawing fellowship recipient
2006 Chicago Cultural Center Sight Unseen Festival artist project grant
Art 44/46 artist project grant
Working Frameworks artist project grant
Contemporary Arts Center artist project grant
Signal and Noise Festival artist project grant
James Hotel artist project grant
2005 Joan Mitchell Foundation (finalist)
2003 School of the Art Institute of Chicago merit scholarship recipient
Arts Bridge Scholarship recipient
Residencies
2009 Djerassi Artist Residency
Franconia Sculpture Park Artist in Residence
2007 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
1a Space Artist in Residency Program, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Selected Bibliography
Veronica Gledhill. http://www.vogue.com/voguedaily/2009/12/art-basel-miami-2009-viktor-rolf-honored-at-the-webster/
Wolff, Rachel. Create and Conquer. CS Magazine. December 2009
Francis, Sean. Ones To Watch:4 Under 40. Chicago Tribune Magazine. April 2009
Waxman, Lori. Paranormaldise. Art Forum. May 2009
Schroeder, Amy. Paranormaldise. TimeOut Chicago. February 2009
Apple, Lauri. Paranormalsdise. Chicagoist (online interview). February 2009
Artner, Allan. Paranormaldise. Chicago Tribune. Feburary 2009
Gunn, Dan. Paranormaldise. New City. February 2009
Snodgrass, Susan. Thread. Art in America. September 2008
Foumberg, Jason. Eye Exam: Fantastic Antics. Newcity Chicago. March 11.
Wong, Kevin “It’s All An Illusion” September 28, 2007 South China Morning Post
On the Scene: Middle Management, Chicago Journal, Thursday, January 19, 2006
Ferrara, Annette. Review: Middle Management, www.flavorpill.net, January 21
Workman, Michael. Review: Middle Management: “Ladies Night”, New City, January 12, p 13
“Middle Management” January 10, 2006; Badatsports.com (podcast)
“Large Gourd” November 2006; The Chicago Reader
2003 Colorado Biennial: “10+10” January 14, 2004;The Denver Post