Education
Cooper received his Bachelor of Science at Indiana University in 1972, and his Masters of Fine Arts, from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at Tufts University in 1980, Boston, Master of Arts.
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Mark Cooper
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He is best known for his large scale biomorphic fiberglass sculptures. Cooper currently teaches ceramics at Boston College and is also a Regular Faculty at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Master of Arts. His paintings and sculptures made with fiberglass pieces, layered with rice paper, paint, silk-screens, and varying images and patterns, "explore dualities of culture and meaning." The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston College Museum, Capital Children"s Museum in Washington, District of Columbia, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, and the Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, New New York He has received various public art commissions and grants from the Boston Medical Center, an Artist Fellowship Grant through the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and a Gund Travel Grant (Bali), and a special commission for the new Comme des Garçon store in New York City. He was also a part of Seattle Art Fair"s off-site exhibition at the Living Computer Museum, called A Singularity.
Mark Cooper has been represented by Samsøñ since 2012.
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Recent exhibitions include: James and Audrey Foster Prize Finalists, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Master of Arts (2013). New Blue and White, Foster Gallery, Curated by Emily Zilber Contemporary Decorative Arts, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Master of Arts (2013). More is More, a solo exhibition at Samsøñ, Boston, Master of Arts. Most recently Cooper exhibited at the Seattle Art Fair in Seattle, Washington, with work representing a collaborative exchange with artists in Vietnam, China, of Korea and Seattle.
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