WILL COTTON

1965    Born in Melrose, Massachusetts
            Lives in New York City
                        
1985        Education: Beaux Arts, Rouen, France; La Napoule Art Foundation, La Napoule, France,
                Cooper Union,  NYC, NY, B.F.A., 1987.
                New York Academy of Art, NYC, NY, 1988.

                       
  SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1995     Distensions, Silverstein Gallery, NYC, NY.

1996     Silverstein Gallery, NYC, NY.

1998     Silverstein Gallery, NYC, NY.

1999      Devil's Fudge Falls, I-20 Gallery, NYC, NY.

2000      Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY.

2001      Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY.
              Jablonka Galerie, Koln, Germany.

2002       Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY.

2003       Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France.
               Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts.

2004       Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY.

2005       Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1994          Invitational Exhibition, Silverstein Gallery, NYC, NY.

1995          Mad River Post, NYC, NY.

1995          Silverstein Gallery, NYC, NY.
                  Way Cool, Exit Art, NYC, NY.

1996           Menu du Jour, Silverstein Project Space, NYC, NY.
                   The January Show, Silverstein Gallery, NYC, NY.
                   Toy's, Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida.
                   Splash, Monique Knowlton Gallery, NYC, NY.
                   Image of Self, Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga, New York.

1997          Works on Paper, Annina Nosei Gallery, NYC, NY.
                  Importance of Toys, Monique Knowlton Gallery, NYC, NY.

1998          Marketplace of Ideas: Culture Jamming in the Visual Arts, Wriston Art                                          Center, Laurence University, Appleton, Wisconsin.

1999           A room with a view, Sixth @ Prince Fine Art, NYC, NY.
                   Will Cotton and Stuart Elster, Tate, NYC, NY.

 2000         The Darker Side of Playland: Childhood Imagery from the Logan Collection,  San                              Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California.
                  Emotional Rescue: The Contemporary Art Project Collection,  Center on                                          Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington.

2003          Giverny, Salon 94, NYC, NY.

 2004       The Big Eat: From Pop till the Present, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.
                Drawings: Summer 2004, Lucas Schoormans Gallery, NYC, NY.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Levin, Kim,  Voice Choices: William Cotton, THE VILLAGE VOICE, 20 December 1994.

Servetar, Stuart,  William Cotton, NEW YORK PRESS, 18 April 1995.

Mastock, John,  Despite price, art retains risk in latest shows, TAMPA TRIBUNE, 4 June 1995.

Servetar, Stuart,  William Cotton, NEW YORK PRESS, 20 March 1996.

Levin, Kim,  Voice Choices: William Cotton, THE VILLAGE VOICE, 26 March 1996.

Levin, Kim,  Voice Choices: especially recommended, THE VILLAGE VOICE, 24 November 1996.

Jaeger, William,  'Images' is beautiful and intelligent, ALBANY TIMES UNION, 8 December 1996.

Mumford, Steve,  William Cotton, REVIEW, December 1998.

Johnson, Ken,  William Cotton, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 4 December 1998.

Staff,  William Cotton, THE NEW YORKER, 21 December 1998.

Staff,  William Cotton, TANK, September 1999, pp. 168-171.

Frimbois, Jean-Pierre,  New York New Wave, ART ACTUEL, March 2000, pp. 10-15.

Hass, Nancy,  Stirring Up the Art World Again, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 5 March 2000, pp. ST1, ST4.

Smith, Roberta,  Will Cotton, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 10 March 2000, p. E41.

Hunt, David,  Will Cotton, TIME OUT NEW YORK, 16 March 2000, p. 81.

Vincent, Steven,  The Temporary Contemporary of Linda Farris, ART & AUCTION, 1 April 2000, p. 38.

Leffingwell, Edward,  Will Cotton at Mary Boone, ART IN AMERICA, May 2000, p. 158.

Chambers, Christopher,  Will Cotton, FLASH ART, May 2000, pp. 116-117. (illus: "Cream", p. 117, B/W).

Sillman, Amy,  New York e-Mail: Will Cotton at Mary Boone, ART ISSUES, June 2000, p. 40.

Bensinger, Ken,  High-Tech Execs Become Virtual Art Collectors, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 7 July 2000, p. W3.

Staff,  Will Cotton, THE NEW YORKER, 7 May 2001,
              p. 19.

Walen, Audrey,  Will Cotton Candy, NY ARTS, May 2001, p. 69.

Darwent, Charles,  Let Them Paint Cake, MODERN PAINTERS, July 2001, p. 102.

Giuliano, Charles,  The Young and the Restless: Delia Brown, Will Cotton, Tim Gardner, Hilary Harkness, and Damian Loeb, NY ARTS, July 2001, pp. 70-71.

Johnson, Ken, Will Cotton, THE NEW YORK TIMES, 27 September 2002, p. E32.

Drolet, Owen, Will Cotton, FLASH ART, November 2002, p. 101.

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