Courtney Cotton

2442 South Madison Street
Denver, CO 80210
720.488.1775 p
cc@courtneycotton.com

Education:

University of Buenos Aires, Spanish Classes, 1997-98
University of South Carolina, BA Fine Art, 1990
South Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte, NC, 1986
Rhode Island School of Design Summer School, 1985
Queens College, Project Excel Art Program, Charlotte NC, 1984

Professional Work Experience:

Inez Hollander, Miami Beach Managed Art Studio, 1996-97
Omni Architecture, Charlotte NC Interiors, 1995-96
Office Environments, Charlotte NC Project Manager, 1994-95
Tomlinson Environments, Charlotte NC Junior Interior Designer, 1990-94

Artist Experience:

South Florida Arts Center, Miami Beach, FL, Study Painting, Begin Painting, 1996
Maria Noel Etchebarne Studio, BA Argentina, Artist, Watercolor Instructor, 1997-98
Courtney Cotton Studio, Santiago de Chile, Artist, 1998-00
Courtney Cotton Studio, Denver CO Artist, 2000-current

Other Education:

Studied with the following artists: Jose Luis Arevena, Marilyn Marshall, Inez Hollander,
Nancy Condit, Molly Gough, Yvonne Stark, Bruce Chandler and Mark Masuoka

Affiliations:

Denver Art Guild
The Art Students League Denver
National Art Education Association
Women in the Arts
Golden Triangle Museum District
NCIDQ

Juried Exhibitions:

Miami Art League Show, Miami, FL, 1997
Second place
The Prevost Gallery, Effect Show, Georgetown SC, 2000
“Incredible Edible Chair Contest”, Denver, CO 2002
Technical brilliance award
Freedom of Expression Juried Show, Denver, CO 2004
Award winner
Gilpin County Arts Association, Central City, CO 2005

Group Exhibitions:

Galleria Gabriela, Mistral Vicu-na, Chile, 2001
Arte Zen Gallery, Valle de Elqui, Chile, 2001
Architectural Museum, La Serena, Chile, 2001
“Gallery of Galleries Exhibit” Downtown Library, Denver, CO 2006
“Dombrowski & Cotton, Photograph & Collage”, Two woman show, Curious Theater, Denver, CO 2007
“Canvas Finally”, One woman show, Evolution ,Denver, CO 2007

Solo Exhibitions:

The Funky Buddha Lounge, Denver, CO 2002
Stella’s Coffee House, Denver, CO 2002
The Parlour Salon, Denver, CO 2003
Groundworks Art Gallery, Denver, CO 2003
Anise Café, Denver, CO 2003
Good Carma Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2004
Pasquini’s, Denver, CO 2004
Salon Rouge, Lone Tree, CO 2004
Tree House Café, Denver, CO 2004
Bell Studio Gallery, Denver, CO 2005
4th Story, Denver, CO 2005

Recent Commissions:

Children’s Hospital, Colorado commissions painting Denver, CO 2006
Children’s Museum, Commissioned picnic table to be painted for charity auction, Denver, CO 2006
Mural Commission, Playa Grande, Costa Rica 2007

Other:

“La Danza Cosmica” by Martin Huerta Santiago, Chile, 2000
Oil painting published in this book

“Noche de Arte” Santiago, Chile, 2000
Secured 20 artists for this charity benefit, in Santiago.
Artists exhibit work and donate a percentage
to local charities. I also helped organize the hanging
and lighting of the art.

Cystic Fibrosis Gala Denver, CO 2002
Illustrated a dress

University Park UMC Denver, CO 2003
Painted a 4’-23’ Mural with the pre-school class

“Art Class” Denver, CO 2002-current
Facilitated a series of art classes for children
where we focused on the process of making
art by using a variety of materials

Artist in Residence
Children’s Garden Montessori School Denver, CO 2003/04
Project Family Hope Denver, CO 2004
Painting a mural with inner city kids

Galleries:

South Winds Gallery, Pawley’s Island, SC
Crystal Collage Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Good Karma Gallery, Buford GA
Bell Studio Gallery, Denver CO

Collections:

I have work in private collections in the United States, South Africa, England,
Mexico Chile, Canada, Brasil and the United States.

Donations:

Van Dellan, School Denver, CO 2002
Donated a signed print

Montessori School Washington Park, Denver, CO 2002
Donated an original four piece series

Children’s Garden Montessori School, Denver, CO 2004
Donated a signed print

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Auction, Denver, CO 2002
Donated two originals and one print

Most Precious Blood School, Denver, CO 2004
Donated a print

University Park Elementary School, Denver, CO 2004
Donated an original painting