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MELISSA COOTE

Born in Sydney, Australia 1966

Living and working in Sydney and Paris since 1989

EDUCATION

2002Masters of Painting, University of Western Sydney, Australia
1989Post Graduate Studies, Painting and Sculpture, New York Studio School of Drawing
1988BA College of Fine Art, Sydney
1987Renaissance Art Theory, British Institute, Florence, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Paris, Galerie Baudoin Lebon pending
2014Auckland, Fox Jensen Gallery *
2014 Sydney, Jensen Gallery *
2012Auckland, Fox Jensen Gallery *
2006Sydney, Mori Gallery Eyes *
2005New York, Earl McGrath Gallery, ‘Under’
2004 Sydney, Mori Gallery, Sydney, Kryptos
2002Sydney, Mori Gallery, Sydney, ‘Faultline’ *
2001Sydney, Mori Gallery, Sydney, ‘Hands’ *
1998Sydney, Mori Gallery, Sydney, ‘Skulls II’ *
1997 Ireland Model Arts Center, Sligo, ‘Breathing Bones’ *
1997 Ireland Limerick City Gallery, ‘Breathing Bones’
1997Ireland Limerick City Gallery
1996 Sydney, Mori Gallery, Sydney ‘Skulls I’ *
1995Paris, Galerie Perquis, Paris, ‘Tetes’ *
1991Paris, Galerie Cannibal Peirce, St Denis, ‘La muse d’Embeiria’
1990 NY, New York Studio School Gallery, NYC, ‘Self Portraits’

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 Paris Photo: Foire international de photography d’art, Galerie Baudoin Lebon
2017 Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize finalists
2017Earl McGrath Collection NY
2017Earl McGrath Foundation LA
2016Auckland, Fox Jensen
2016 Sydney, Jensen Gallery
2016Art For Refugees, Black Lotus Studios
2015Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize
2014Auckland, Fox Jensen
2013Auckland, Fox Jensen, ‘The Truth that Lies Tell’
2011Sydney, Jensen Gallery, ‘The Estrangement of Judgement’
2007 Paris, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, with Susan Norrie and Joan Grounds
2006LA, Earl McGrath Gallery, Spring Show Sydney, Mori Gallery, ‘Placards’
2005Sydney, Artists Projects, Bill Wright, ‘Bleak Epiphanies’ Sydney, Sir Herman Black Gallery, Blake Prize Sydney, Mori Gallery, fundraiser
2004Paris, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris NY, McGrath Galler
2003Sydney, Mori Gallery, ‘Barking Up the Wrong Tree’, Sydney Sydney, Mosman Art Prize, Sydney Sydney, Arabesque’, Mori Gallery, Sydney
2001Dublin, Harte, ‘Muses’ Sydney, Mori Gallery
2000 Paris, Fondation Coprim, ‘Ateliers au Feminin’
1999Ireland, Private Showing, Dublin Paris, Galerie sur Cour, Paris, group exhibition for tenth anniversary of gal. with Emmanualle Renard & Gustave de Stalle
1998Ireland EV’A 98, Limerick Limerick Exhibition of Visual Art 9, Irish Biennale, curated and invited by Paul O’Reilly *
1997Miami, Gallery Douyon, Florida, Group exhibition with French artist Vincente Imentel
1996Paris Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge selected competition and exhibition Paris Galerie sur Cour, Paris
1995Paris Contemporaines 95 Quai Branly, Paris, curated by Jette With
1994Paris Auction Drouot-Montaigne, Paris, ’Decouvertes et Creatures’, selection of young contemporary French artists Ireland Limerick City Gallery, Limerick, collaborative show with Australian artist Marion Borgelt
1993Ireland ‘Boyle Arts Festival, Resonance through Time and Space’, group exhibition, curated by Brigid Harte
1993Sydney, Art Gallery of NSW, ‘Sulman Prize Selection’, Sydney
1993Paris, Grand Palais, ‘Contemporaines’
1993Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, ‘Jeune Peintures-Collection for AIDS’, fundraising exhibition
1992Paris, Grand Palais, Paris, ‘Jeune Peinture 92’ international selection of young artists
1992Paris, ‘Jeune Peinture 20/20’ travelling exhibition Poland, Czech Republic, Africa, selection of works from Jeune Pienture 92
1991Paris, Galerie Cannibal Peirce, St Denis, ‘Pensée de l’art’ (Thoughts from Art), group exhibition of French Artists
1990Sydney, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, ‘A Portfolio of Australian Women Artists’
1985Sydney, Australian Centre of Photography, Sydney, ‘Young Artists

Represented in collections in France, Australia, Ireland, England, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, China and USA