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Kevin Cooley
Kevin Cooley works with various aspects of art, referring to his work as a multidisciplinary art practice. In this practice, Cooley works with vast elements of nature in order to question systems of knowledge as they relate to our perceptions and experience of everyday life. Aspects of Cooley’s multidisciplinary art practice include: Photography, Videography, and Installation. With each of these practices, the same goal is shared, which is to show our relationship with nature, technology, and our relationship with each other as humans. His innovative techniques and striking aesthetic have brought him success in the art world. He has landed multiple grants, art residencies, solo exhibitions, major awards, and scores of magazine clients in just the past few years. Currently residing in Los Angeles, California & Brooklyn, New York, Cooley continues to take unbelievably intriguing photographs and videos.

Early Life
Born in 1975, Cooley lived in Los Angeles, California all of his life. In 1996, Kevin started his education in France, spending a year at the Université of Strasbourg, located in Strasbourg, France. The next year, he moved out to Portland, Oregon to attend Lewis and Clark College and earn his BA in International Affairs in 1997. Then, three years later in 2000, Cooley earned his MFA in Photography at The School of Visual Arts in New York. His interest in photography was apparent all of his life. Growing up, his family home had televisions in every corner. Television imagery was how Cooley learned about the world, naturally how he became interested in capturing the world visually.

Work
Kevin Cooley is a photographer and video artist who is best known for his erie landscapes that explore the human relationship to nature. Using the night sky as his canvas, traveling all around the world, Cooley has captured beautiful, jaw-dropping landscapes. The first project that Kevin Colley created was a series called "Night for Night," it began when he came across a film set in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Seeing how the object of light is used in film, and how much of it is not put to use, sparked Cooley's idea and interest to work with this medium.

Exhibitions
Since 2014, Kevin Cooley has held solo exhibitions at the Catharine Clark Gallery, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Kopeikin Gallery, The Museum of Photographic Arts, The Nevada Museum of Art, Pierogi, Ryan/Lee Gallery, The Savannah College of Art and Design, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. His work is in permanent public collections including: The Guggenheim Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 21c Museum, The Nelson-Atkins Museum, and The Museum of Photographic Arts.

High Water Mark
Kevin Cooley presented "High Water Mark," an immersive installation at Savannah College of Art and Design in 2013 that ran from August 13th to September 23rd. This installation specifically explored the demand of our most precious resource - water. By doing so, Cooley presents footage from the legendary Western landscapes of lakes Powell and Havasu. These reservoirs tame the Colorado River to create reliable water to supply for millions of people throughout the Southwest. "High Water Mark" depicts the remote canyons that are now exposed due to the declining water levels. The slow paced scenes showed in this video artwork focus on the texture and scenic beauty of cathedral-like corridors and iconic waterways. Not only is the beauty shown, but also Cooley is showing how humanity is disrupting nature by including disruptive sounds of motorized human presence in the otherwise silent desert. This project hits close to home for the artist because the water supply from Lake Powell and Lake Havasu directly supplies water to the greater Los Angeles areas. This is not only the place where the artist currently resides, but also where he grew up.

A Thousand Miles An Hour
"A Thousand Miles An Hour" was available for viewing at the Kopeikin Gallery in Culver City from January 16 to March 12, 2016. The title refers to the speed at which the Earth rotates on its axis. This installation was composed of both photography and videography. Cooley installs his bright colorful landscape photos on an angle throughout the gallery in this exhibit. Videography is shown in a 24-minute loop that presents the difference between scientific data on the behavior of the sun and moon and their perceived physical appearances. The theme shown in this work is the questioning of the disparities that can arise between human perception and the phenomenological actuality.

Primal Forces
This exhibition presents a collection of Cooley's video work. Devils Churn (2010), Path (2008), Toss (2010), and Saguaro (2010). All of these works highlight simple meditative gestures that serve as surrogates for the endurance of the human spirit. In this exhibit we see powerful visuals from the Oregon Coast, Northern Iceland, Southern Utah, and Western Arizona. It is important to note that Cooley chose to present these videos un-edited, what the viewer sees is exactly what was shown in real time. By expressing the tension between the four elements, -Fire, Earth, Wind, and Water- each video displays how humans struggle to exist among these forces.

Notable Concepts in Work
The ideas for Cooley's work come to him organically. He states that he often goes through long periods of time where he has no ideas. However, once he starts working on a series, after taking about 15 to 20 pictures, he feels as though he has a good understanding of where he wants to go with his idea and how we wants to portray his idea through his photos. Cooley tries to keep his series short (in years), simply because he will lose interest in the project. Cooley's work has an overall theme of an ongoing exploration of manufactured landscapes, humans revolving relationship with nature, and the connections to hidden architecture in everyday life. Cooley often evokes survivalist fantasies by using signal flares to illuminate desolate, dark place while he creates nightscapes that are steeped in the romantic tradition of the sublime. Also, Cooley expresses that he believes there is a spiritual element in his work, however, it is unintentional, and occurs on a subconscious level.

Collaborations
Cooley maintains a collaborative practice with Phillip Andrew Lewis. The two artists have held seven solo exhibitions. The pair met while in residence at The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in 2013. One highlight of their work together is The Long Division, their 6th solo exhibition together, yet their first in Manhattan. This exhibit is a multi-channel video installation that reconsiders New York's skyline by producing a 180 degree live view of the sky above 55 5th Avenue. This was created by placing 8 CCTV cameras mounted on the roof looking outward between the Freedom Tower and the Empire State Building. This work is interesting because it is showcasing a view that is so attainable for many, just stepping outside could give the same effect. However, their project has more depth to it. The way that the cameras are lined up, they frame the sky and erase the clutter of New York City, giving viewers a whole new experience to a familiar view. Additionally, this live stream was not recorded, so it only showed natural, fleeting moments that mimicked those of the sky.

Recognition
The vast works that are produced by this daring artist have received numerous awards. Some of which include: a juried award at Art Prize, a Foundation for Contemporary Art grant, an Experimental Television Center Grant, Aaron Siskand Foundation Grant, and a Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant. Reviews of Cooley's work have appeared in: ArtForum, Art Ltd., Aesthetica, Art das Kunst Magazin, Harpers, Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, The New Yorker, Sunday Times of London, Timeout New York, Photograph, *Wallpaper, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.

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EDUCATION

The School of Visual Arts, M.F.A. Photography, New York, NY 2000 Lewis and Clark College, B.A. International Affairs, Portland, OR 1997 Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France 1996

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Smoke and Mirrors, Laney Contemporary, Savannah, GA 2018 Still Burning, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angles, CA 2017 Nachtfluge, Portland International Airport, Portland, OR 2016 High Water Mark, The Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA 2016 A Thousand Miles an Hour, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2015 Golden Prospects, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA 2015 Fallen Water, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2015 Takeoffs JFK and other videos, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn NY 2015 A Thousand Miles an Hour, Ryan/Lee Gallery, New York, NY 2014-15 Primal Forces, The Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV 2014 Sightings, Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, Portland, OR 2014 Unexplored Territory, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Elements, The Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA 2013 Primary Forces, Art in Buildings Program, Time Equities Building, New York, NY 2013 Skyward, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY 2012 The Bonfire Project, La Esquina Brooklyn, NY 2012 Skyward, The Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX 2012 Suspension (with Reynold Reynolds) Young Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2012 Take Refuge, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2012 At Light’s Edge, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Night Shift, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, NY 2005 Bateaux Mouches, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL 2003 Untitled, The Swiss Institute (Entryway), New York, NY 2002 Night for Night, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Night for Night, Momenta Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS (all with Phillip Andrew Lewis)

2016 time // lines, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN 2015 The Long Division, Art in Buildings Program, New York, NY 2014 The Valley of the Sun, Sonoma State University, Sonoma County, CA 2014 My God, It’s Full of Stars, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2014 Harmony of the Spheres, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX The Musuem of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO 21c Museum, Louisville, KY AT+T, Houston, TX Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA

AWARDS / GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS

2017 Residency, Montello Foundation, Montello, NV 2013 Residency, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE 2013 3D Award, Art Prize, Grand Rapids, MI 2013 The Center for Cultural Innovation ARC grant 2013 Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant 2012 Smack Mellon Hot Pick, Brooklyn, NY 2011 Residency, The Arctic Circle Expeditionary Foundation, Longyearbyen, Svalbard 2011 Experimental Television Center Grant, Owego, NY 2010 Residency, Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Village, AZ 2010 Residency, Caldera Art Foundation,Sisters, OR 2008 Herhusid Artist Residency, Siglufjordur, Iceland 2006-07 Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace, New York, NY 2004 Aaron Siskind Foundation Grant, New York, NY 2003 Rema Hort Mann Grant, New York, NY 2003 Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France 2000 Purchase Award, David Ruttenberg Foundation, New York, NY 2000 Memorial Award, Paula Rhodes Memorial Foundation, New York, NY

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018 Living Proof: flora, fauna, and fossil fuels, Space 151, San Francisco, CA 2017 Art Blocks, Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX 2016 Boundless: California Triennial, Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA 2016 Faulted Valley Fog, Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 2016 Energy: Made in Form, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 2915 Both Sides of Sunset, The Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2015 1% Privilege in a Time of Global Inequality, internationally traveling exhibition 2015 The Promise of Something and Nothing, Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2015 2014-15 Modern Alchemy: Experiments in Photography, The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY 2014-15 Being Here, The Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, CA, 2014 Arrive and Likewise Depart, Sonce Alexander Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2014 Magnetic North - Art from the Arctic Circle, USB Galleries, New York, NY 2013 neverhitsend, 365 Mission, Los Angeles, CA 2013 Journey Forth, Santa Cruz Museum of Art, Santa Cruz, CA 2013 Designed to Win, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, MI 2013 The Medium’s Session, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN 2013 Videorover VI, NUTUREart, Brooklyn, NY 2013 Journey Forth, Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, CA 2013 Still Action, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA 2013 Septentrion: Exploring the Arctic Circle, The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 2013 Searchin’: the Quest for the Sublime, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA 2012 Myths and Realities, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY 2011 Systems Beyond Certainty, Beers Lambert Contemporary, London, U.K. 2010 SHFT NY, New York, NY 2007 A House Is Not a Home, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY 2007 The Grass Is Greener on the Other Side.... So What? Leo Fortuna Gallery, Hudson, NY 2006 Location, Location, Location, Gallery 10G, New York, NY 2005 Love, Narcissism, and Other Diseases, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, NY 2006 Think Twice, TH Inside, Milan, Italy 2005 Looking at Los Angeles, Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2004 Uneasy Places, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2004 Art and Commerce Festival, Brooklyn, NY 2003 Heads, Studio Aiello, Denver, CO 2003 Trois Points, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France 2003 Tar Beach, Site Gallery, Sheffield, U.K. 2003 Artists’ Choice, Eyebeam Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Homework, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY 2001 De-Core-Instanz, Angel Orensanz Center for the Arts, New York, NY