Artist Resume

Education

2022 MCIT, Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania

2006 MFA, Painting, Claremont Graduate University

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

AB, Art & Archaeology, Magna cum Laude, Princeton University

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2022 - Present

Ontario International Airport, Ontario, CA

2016

World Without End, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, AZ

Supermodern, Launch LA, Los Angeles, CA

2014

in flux, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA

Vergence, Cerritos College Gallery, Norwalk, CA

2011

Invirtuality, Autonomie, Los Angeles, CA

Working Space, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX

2005

Best Laid Plans, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019

Featured video artist, LACDA, Los Angeles

Paintings from the Interior, UCR ArtsBlock, Riverside, CA, curated by Andi Campognone

2017

On Board, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA

2016

Featured video artist, LACDA, Los Angeles

Cerriots Collects: Archival Beginnings (Objects from the Permanent Collection), Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA

2015

Featured video artist, LACDA, Los Angeles

2014

The Intuitionists, Drawing Center, New York, NY, catalogue, curated by Lisa Segal

2012

The Subterraneans, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, catalogue

TarFest 10 Year Anniversary, Variety Building, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Holly Harrison, LACMA

Oasis, Shangri-La Arts, Joshua Tree, CA, curated by Durden & Ray

2011

La Cosa Nostra, Gallerie Rheeway, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Max Presneill

Speculative Materialism II, Andi Campognone Projects, Pomona, CA

FLAG STOP 2011, South Bay Lexus, Torrance, CA, curated by Steven Hampton

Speculative Materialism: Abstract Art and its Conditions, D-Block Projects, Long Beach, CA, curated by Grant Vetter

2010

Volume, AT1:Projects, Los Angeles, CA, curated by Andrea Neustein

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

12x12x122, BECA Gallery/CoLab Projects, New Orleans, LA

Emerging Artists Auction, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY

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

In the Game, Bancroft Gallery, Cohasset, MA, juried by William Stover, Asst. Curator of Contemporary Art, MFA Boston

Greater LA MFA: A Student to Student Invitational, California State University, Long Beach, CA

Grants / Fellowships / Awards

2007-2013 Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, NY, NY

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)

2006 Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant Program Award - Nominee

2005 CGU MFA Fellowship

1996 Internship, Department of Photography/Rights & Reproductions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Bibliography

Drawing Papers 116: The Intuitionists. New York: The Drawing Center, 2014.

Enholm, Molly. "Los Angeles: Ten Years of Tarfest." Art Ltd. Nov 2012.

"Friday Art Pick: Hollis Cooper." L'Etoile Magazine [Minneapolis, MN]. 05 Aug 2011.

Paulus, Nathan. "Working Space by Hollis Cooper." The Houston Press. 03 Mar 2011.

Hendley, Meghan. "The Front Row: Hollis Cooper at Lawndale Art Center." KUHF 88.7FM, Houston, TX. 28 Feb 2011.

Davies, Stacy. "Paradise Lost." Inland Empire Weekly. 17 Dec 2009.

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.

Davies, Stacey. "Connecting the Dots." Inland Empire Weekly Vol. 2 Issue 49. March 2008.

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.

"Index." Artworld Digest [Brooklyn, NY] March 2007.

Bonetti, David. "White Flag Projects." St. Louis Post-Dispatch 4 Feb 2007.

Callahan, Teresa. "Raising the flag." West End Word [St. Louis, MO] 24 Jan 2007.

McMillan, Megan. "Modular: New Art from Los Angeles at White Flag Projects." 11 Jan 2007.

Bonetti, David. "White Flag unveils LA creativity." St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 4 Jan 2007.

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

2006-2016 Lecturer, Art Department, California State University, San Bernardino, CA

2011-2013 Visiting Lecturer, Art Department, Scripps College, Claremont, CA