COLE ROBERTSON, ARTIST?
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Bio
Born: Phoenix, AZ
Resides: Chicago, IL
I was born in sunny Arizona, and moved to frigid Chicago in 2003. I received my BFA in Photography from Arizona State University, and my Photography MFA from Columbia College Chicago. I've exhibited nationally and internationally. I work in practically every type of photographic medium, including 19th century processes, type-C, digital imaging, and video. I often attempt to seduce my viewers with beauty and humor, sometimes subtly playing with their brains (as so many seductions do).
Education & training
2006
MFA in Photography, Columbia College Chicago
2003
BFA in Photography with a minor in Art History, Arizona State University
Extensive education and experience with black & white, color and digital photography (digital camera work and Adobe Creative Suite). Extensive training and experience with view camera and studio lighting (both strobes and hot lights). Training with Windows & Mac operating systems. Experience with office administration, including Microsoft Office suite.
Solo exhibitions
2008
Cellmates, The Trunk Space, Phoenix, AZ (Upcoming)
fetish, Standard Usage Project Gallery, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL
2007
After, image: a memorial for those lost to HIV/AIDS, (Opening World AIDS Day, Dec. 1) Center on Halsted, Chicago, IL
2004
State ID, Good Girl Art Gallery, Springfield, MO
2003
Male Identity Crisis, eye lounge gallery, Phoenix, AZ
snap/judgment (collaboration with Stephanie Carrico), Art Detour, Phoenix, AZ
2002
peeps, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Selected group exhibitions
2011
Gender Matters/Matters of Gender, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
Chain Letter, Samsøn Projects Gallery, Boston, MA
2010
Alone Together, Stella's, Chicago, IL
Study/space, Columbia College Chicago, IL
Counter Rejection, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
Lucid Directions, Gwen Frostic School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2009
VERSIONFEST>09 Indecent Proposal, C-PS, Chicago, IL
Afternoon Delight, Danie Tanios Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008
AIDSCare Benefit Auction and Exhibition, Mars Gallery, Chicago, IL
Slideluck Potshow II, Hubbard Street Lofts, Chicago, IL
Regional College and University Faculty Art Exhibition, Governors State University, IL
artXposium 2.0, West Chicago, IL
19th Evanston + Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL (juried by Barbara Wiesen and Lanny Silverman)
VERSIONFEST>08 Dark Matter, C-PS, Chicago, IL
YES, Leather Archives & Museum, Chicago, IL
ArtSeen 3, Smashbox Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Face/on, FotoMuseum, Antwerp, Belgium
Is it possible to make a photograph of New Jersey regardless of where you are in the world?, curated by Laurel Ptak of iheartphotograph.com, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
VERSION>08 Dark Matter Annual Silent Art Auction Fundraiser, C-PS, Chicago, IL
Slideluck Potshow, Maddron Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007
Standard Usage Project, Bridge Art Fair, Miami, FL
artXposium, West Chicago, IL
Summer Salon II, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
The 12th Annual Soho Photo National Juried Photography Competition (juried by Mia Fineman of The Metropolitan Museum of Art), Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Carnaval de Rio, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
2006
transmutation: artificial evolution of the body, Orleans Street Gallery, St. Charles, IL
Photography MFA Thesis Exhibition, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
Bonus Tracks, Hothouse Gallery, Chicago, IL
Standard Usage Project, Nova Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Subject Object Relations, Schopf Gallery on Lake (curated by Adam Brooks), Chicago, IL
Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship Exhibition, Columbia College Chicago, IL
2005
Home, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004
eye lounge Member Group Show, eye lounge gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2003
Annual Juried Photo Exhibition, Paper Heart Gallery, Phoenix
BA/BFA Photo Exhibition (Best in Show), Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2002
Arizona Room, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
Majority Rules, Free Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Aces Wild, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Printed Matter, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ
BA/BFA Photo Exhibition (Honorable Mention), Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Creative Stew: An Interactive Multimedia Event, Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ
The Altered View (curated), Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
Structure 3 Juried Exhibition, Tempe, AZ
110 Photography, Phoenix, AZ
1999
Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
Awards, commissions, and curation
2011
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship
ACRE Artist in Residence
Harold Arts Residency
City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant
Columbia College Chicago Critical Encounters Mini-grant
Parting Shot: Depicting War Across Media (panel discussion coordinator & moderator), Columbia College Chicago
2010
Ox-Bow Artist in Residence
Harold Arts Residency
2009
RE: Figure (curator), Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant
Burning Bright: A Dialogue on Creative Freedom in the Age of New Media (panel discussion coordinator & moderator), Columbia College Chicago
2008
City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant
2007
City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant
2005
Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship
Getz Graduate Award
Stuart & Iris Baum Grant
2003
Arizona Commission on the Arts Professional Development Grant
2002
Katherine K. Herberger Scholar
Herberger College of Art Alumni Scholar
2001
5x17’ photomural for the Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County
Katherine K. Herberger Scholar
J. Russell & Bonita Nelson Schola
2000
ASU School of Art Regent’s Scholar
1997
ASU Regent’s Scholar
National Merit Semi-finalist
Publications
2007
Arizona State University Art Museum
Silent Art Auction Catalog
2006
eye lounge gallery inaugural member artists catalog
NOVA Art Fair exhibition catalog |