WILL COTTON
b. 1965, Melrose, Massachusetts, USA
1987, Cooper Union, B.F.A., New York, NY
1988, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Will Cotton lives and works in New York City.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
WILL COTTON: Flawed Utopia, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK. November 17 - December 21
WILL COTTON: Trigger, Galerie Templon. Paris, France. May 24 - July 22.
2022
WILL COTTON: MARFA, Brite Force, Brite House, Marfa, TX, May 4 - September.
WILL COTTON: Tennis Elbow, The Journal Gallery, New York, March 4 - March 17.
2021
WILL COTTON: The Chastened Cowboy, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, July 30 - September 6.
2020
WILL COTTON: The Taming of the Cowboy, Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium, May 28 - July 31.
2018
WILL COTTON, Ringling College of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL, February 6 - 17.
2017
WILL COTTON, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, September 7 - October 28.
WILL COTTON: The Influx Series, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL, March 11 - June 5.
2015
WILL COTTON, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, December 27 - February 7.
WILL COTTON: Vistas of Candyland, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Ithaca, NY, February 16 - March 20.
2014
WILL COTTON, Ronchini Gallery, London, UK, June 25 - August 9.
2013
WILL COTTON, Pace Prints, New York, October 25 - December 7.
2012
WILL COTTON, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, May 3 - June 23.
WILL COTTON: Cockaigne, Performance as part of WERK! Armitage Gone Variety Show, Abrons Arts Center, New York, May 2, 4 and 5.
2011
WILL COTTON: Cockaigne, Performance at Prince George Ballroom as part of Performa 11, New York, November 18.
WILL COTTON, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, January 14 - February 26.
2010
WILL COTTON: New Works on Paper, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, December 26 - February 12.
WILL COTTON: Monoprints, Pace Prints, New York, May 6 - June 5.
WILL COTTON, Galerie Templon, Paris, France, April 29 - June 19.
2009
WILL COTTON, Mary Boone Gallery, New York. February 19 - March 28.
2008
WILL COTTON, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, July 25 - September 5.
2007
WILL COTTON: New Work on Paper, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY, June 30 - July 31.
2005
WILL COTTON: New Paintings and Works on Paper, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, November 4 - December 21.
2004
WILL COTTON, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, September 11 - October 23.
2003
WILL COTTON, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France, September 13 - October 18.
WILL COTTON, Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA, October 3.
2002
WILL COTTON, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, September 7 - October 19.
2001
WILL COTTON, Jablonka Galerie, Koln, Germany, November.
WILL COTTON, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, March 29 - May 5.
2000
WILL COTTON, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, February 18 - March 18.
1999
WILL COTTON: Devil’s Fudge Falls, I-20 Gallery, New York, September 11 - October 9.
1998
WILL COTTON, Silverstein Gallery, New York, November 21 - December 23.
1996
WILL COTTON, Silverstein Gallery, New York, November 16 - December 18.
1995
WILL COTTON: DISTENTIONS, Silverstein Gallery, New York, September 7 - October 1.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
FRIENDS & LOVERS, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, October 6, 2023 – January 20, 2024.
FANTASTIC ANIMALS, Louvre Lens Museum. Lens, France. September 27 - January 15, 2024.
2021
THIS IS AMERICA, Kunstraum Potsdam, Germany, August 8 – September 5.
HORSES?, Chart Gallery, New York, July 15 – August 27.
AND I WILL WEAR YOU IN MY HEART OF HEART, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, May 1 – August 14.
2020
REALLY, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, October 15 – November 14.
ARTISTS FOR NEW YORK, Hauser & Wirth, New York, October 6 – October 22.
COMFORT, Friedman Benda, New York, January 9 – February 15.
2019
LIKE SUGAR, Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, February 9 – June 9.
DRAWN TOGETHER AGAIN, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, February 23 – May 18.
PAINTINGS, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, January 12 – March 2.
2018
CASTLES IN THE SKY: FANTASY ARCHITECTURE IN CONTEMPORARY ART, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY, October 13 – January 26.
PAINTINGS, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, November 2 – December 21.
PAPER/PRINT: AMERICAN HAND PAPERMAKING, 1960s TO TODAY, International Print Center New York, New York, April 5 - June 14.
PEERS & INFLUENCES, The Bo Bartlett Center, Columbus, GA, January 18 - March 31.
2017
REALLY?, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, November 8 - December 23.
ABOUT FACE, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY, July 28 - September 17.
CAKE HOLE, Mrs. Gallery, Maspeth, NY, February 11 - April 1.
2016
TOM FRIEDMAN (+THE BIRTHDAY SHOW), 1969 Gallery, New York, November 18 - January 8.
SUMMER SCHOOL, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, June 9 - August 12.
2015
EYE POP: THE CELEBRITY GAZE, The National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., May 22 - July 10.
RIVER CROSSINGS: CONTEMPORARY ART COMES HOME, Olana State Historic Site, Hudson, NY, May 3 - November 11.
THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE: BETH RUDIN DEWOODY COLLECTS, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, February 8 - May 3.
2014
DISTURBING INNOCENCE, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, October 25 - January 31.
HOMELAND [IN]SECURITY: Vanishing Dreams, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, New York, September 7 - November 16.
CLOSE-UP: Contemporary Portraiture, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY, August 22 - September 7.
ON THE BLUE SHORE OF SILENCE, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York, June 26 - September 3.
LOOK AT ME: Portraiture from Manet to the Present, Leila Heller Gallery, New York, May 6 - August 29.
LAST NIGHT, Salomon Contemporary, New York, January 16 - February 15.
2013
COME LIKE SHADOWS: Palimpsests, Traces, Specters of the Silver Screen, Nightlife, Veils, The Absent Present, Zurcher Studio, New York, December 18 - February 16.
FRUITS OF CAPTIVA, Robert Rauschenberg Project Space, New York, July 12 - August 16.
2012
AMERICAN DREAMERS, Strozzina Centre For Contemporary Culture, Florence, Italy, March 9 - July 15.
2011
TOUS CANNIBALES, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France, February 12 - May 15.
2010
DIVINE COMEDY, Sotheby’s, New York, September 30 - October 19.
ACCESSORIES TO AN ARTWORK, Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, East Hampton, NY, August 14 - September 26.
2009
A TRIBUTE TO RON WARREN, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, September 12 - October 24.
TRANSITIONS. PAINTING AT THE (OTHER) END OF ART, Maramotti Collection of Contemporary Art, Reggio Emilia, Italy, May 24 - October 31.
ASPECTS OF POP ART, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich, Switzerland, June 1 - July 31.
CHELSEA VISITS HAVANA, Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba, March 28 - May 25.
I WANT Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art (Travelling Exhibition), Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA, June 26 - September 6.
DRAWINGS BY WILL COTTON, Atlantic Center’s Pabst Visitor Center and Gallery, New Smyrna, FL, March 28 - June 13.
TALK DIRTY TO ME, Larissa Goldston Gallery, New York, February 26 - March 28.
2008
SECOND BIENNIAL OF THE CANARY ISLANDS, Canary Islands, December 27 - May 5.
WALL ROCKETS: Contemporary Artists and Ed Ruscha, The Flag Art Foundation, New York, October 3 - April 18.
2007
IN MONET'S GARDEN: The Lure of Giverny, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, October 12 - January 20.
SEX & SENSUALITY, Salomon Contemporary, East Hampton, NY, August 18 - September 3.
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, July 9 - August 17.
I WANT Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, June 16 - September 2.
HORIZON, EFA Gallery, New York, June 1 - July 27.
TIMER: Intima / Intimacy, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy, March 30 - June 10.
2006
THE FOOD SHOW: The Hungry Eye, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, November 16 - February 24.
2004
THE BIG EAT: From Pop til the Present, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, January 25 - April 25 .
2003
GIVERNY, Salon 94, New York, July 10 - August 13.
SWEET TOOTH, COPIA, The American Center for Wine Food & the Arts, Napa, CA, January 31 - May 12.
2002
THE CONTEMPORARY ART PROJECT, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA.
2000
EMOTIONAL RESCUE: The Contemporary Art Project Coalition, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.
THE DARKER SIDE OF PLAYLAND: Childhood Imagery from the Logan, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA, September 1 - January 2.
1999
WILL COTTON AND STUART ELSTER, TATE, New York, December 11 - January 22.
A ROOM WITH A VIEW, Sixth at Prince Fine Art, New York.