MARY-ANN KOKOSKA
EDUCATION
1989-91
Master of Fine Art, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1984-85
Advanced Painting Certificate, St. Martin’s School of Art, London, England.
1978-82
Bachelor of Fine Art, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
SOLO SHOWS
2019
A.I.R. Gallery, Surrender, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2017
Artworks Gallery, Permanent Red, Loveland, Colorado, USA
2015
Dairy Center for the Arts, Fire and Rain, Boulder, Colorado, USA
2014
Cloyde Snook Gallery, Fire and Rain, Adams State University, Alamosa, Colorado, USA
2013
Olin Art Gallery, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvannia, USA
2012
Western Wyoming College Gallery, Rock Springs, Wyoming, USA
2011
Ellysium Gallery, Land and Sky, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Rude Gallery, Increasing Clouds, Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver, Co
2010
Curfman Gallery, Artist in Residence Exhibition (with Kim Ferrer), Fort Collins, CO, USA
2007
Sliding Door Gallery, Drawings from France, Denver, Colorado, USA
Le Centre International d’Art Contemporain, The Trees of Pont-Aven, Pont-Aven, France
2006
Sliding Door Gallery, New Work, Denver, Colorado
2003
Atrium I Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2002
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Four Works, Fort Collins, Colorado
Directions Gallery, New Directions, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colorado
McLaren Art Centre, Magic Potions, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
2000
Only Contemporary Art Gallery, Shore Lines, Ft. Collins, Colorado
1999
Morgan Library, Installation Drawing, C.S.U., Ft. Collins, Colorado
Gallery, Night Drawings, Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado
1998
Directions Gallery, Recent Drawings, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA
1997
Gallery Connexion, A Mark on the Wall, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
1996
MacLaren Arts Centre, Drawing the Gallery, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
1995
The New Gallery, Whirlpool, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Open Space, Whirlpool, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1994
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Drawing in Succession, Queen's Univ., Kingston, Canada.
Definitely Superior Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Workscene Gallery, Whirlpool, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1993
Justina Barnicke Gallery, Drawing in Succession, Hart House, Univ. of Toronto, Canada
1991
V.A.V. Gallery & Bourget Gallery, Installation Drawing, Concordia Univ. Montreal, Canada
1990
Bourget Gallery, Drawings, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
1989
Bourget Gallery, Recent Work, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
1986
Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1985
Ontario House, Recent Paintings, London, England
1983-82
Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
GROUP SHOWS
2023
Arvada Center, The Big Draw, Arvada, Colorado
Draw International Residency, Open Studio, Caylus, France
Mobile Pop Up, Fortitude, Artnauts, Lutsk, Ukraine
Historical Museum of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Remains, Artnauts, Sarajevo, Bosnia
2022
Metaforte, Without Borders, Artnauts Collective, Venice, Italy
Dar al-Kalima Univ. Gallery, (In)Divisible, Artnauts Collective, Bethlehem, Palestine
El Centro de Memoria, Common Nature, Artnauts Collective, Bogota, Columbia
Historical Museum of Bosnia & Herzegovina, New Directions, Artnauts, Sarajevo, Bosnia
2021
Spark Gallery, Colorado Draws, Denver, CO, USA
Seidel City, Uncanny Times, Artnauts Collective, Boulder, CO, USA
Art Spot Korin, Without Borders, Artnauts Collective, Kyoto, Japan
Elysium Gallery, Without Borders, Artnauts Collective, Wales, United Kingdom
2020
Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, My Country, Dreams and/or Reality, Artnauts Collective, Sarajevo, Bosnia
3 Square Art, New Horizons, Landscape, Fort Collins, CO, USA
2018
Facing Disjunction, A.I.R. Gallery, NY, USA
Mash Up, Windsor Art & Heritage Center, Windsor, CO, USA
Pink Progression, Center for Visual Art, Metro State Univ., Denver, CO, USA
Pink Progression, Denver Public Library, Denver, CO, USA
2017
Hatton Gallery, Faculty Show, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
2016
A.I.R. Gallery, In the Secret Garden, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Ice Cube Gallery, Icebreaker 7, Denver, CO, USA
A.I.R. Gallery, Drawing Lines Across Mediums, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Gallery 970, Artist and Apprentice, Loveland, CO, USA
2015
Alvin Gittins Gallery, PaperWest, University of Utah, UT, USA
The Barge House, We All Draw: Thinking Drawings, Southbank, London, UK
A.I.R. Gallery, Transformed Viewpoints, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Center for Gender and Sexuality Studies, A.I.R. Refreshed, Princeton, NJ, USA
2014
A.I.R. Gallery, Liminal Communities, New York, NY, USA
Lincoln Center, Fire and Rain, Forces of Nature, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Ground Floor Gallery, A.I.R. Refreshed, Nashville, TN/ ADORE, San Francisco, CA, USA
Community Creative Center, Vivid Conversations, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Artisan Framing and Gallery, Frameworks, Fort Collins, CO, USA
2013
Alexander Hall Gallery, Posthaus FATE, Juried Members Show, Savannah, Georgia, USA
Feed & Grain Gallery, Install/Story, Loveland, Colorado, USA
2012
Primo Piano LivinGallery, Nature Naturans, Lecce, Italy
Faculty Show, University Art Museum, Fort Collins, CO, USA
2011
John B. Aird Gallery, Drawing 2011, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ice Cube Gallery, IceBreaker 2, Denver, Colorado, USA
2010
Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, Transfigured Night, South Australian School of Art, Australia
Directions Gallery, ‘Drawing from’: CSU & CU Boulder Faculty, Visual Arts Bldg., CSU
2009
Sliding Door Gallery, Drought, Denver, Colorado, USA
Hatton Gallery, Faculty Show, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
2007
John B. Aird Gallery, Selected Works, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Center for the Arts, Bucking Tradition & Culture: A Woman’s Place, Jackson, WY ,USA
2006
Sliding Door Gallery, New Work, Denver, Colorado
2005
Caelum Gallery, International Artists, New York, USA
Gallery Vaclav Spaly, Between One and One, Prague, Czech Republic
2004
Weilworks Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2003
Pueblo Art Gallery, Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO
2002
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Rocky Mountain Biennial, CO
2001
MacLaren Arts Centre, Integration, Barrie, Ont. Canada
2000
Only Contemporary Art Gallery, Shore Lines, Ft. Collins, Colorado
1999
The School House Show, Garage Collective, Fort Collins, Colorado
1998
Kenderdine Gallery, The Land Abstracted, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask. Canada
1997
Area Gallery, One x One, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1996
Eastern Edge, Small/Medium/Large, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Harbourfront York Quay Gallery, FACE/Open Studio 25th Anniversary, Toronto, Ont.
Atelier Circulaire, FACE/Open Studio 25th Anniversary, Montreal, Quebec
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, The Fish Show, Owen Sound, Ont.
1995
Open Studio, Visiting Artist Exhibitions, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Workscene Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1994
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Faculty Show, Queen’s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada
1993
La Centrale/ Galerie Powerhouse, de la Ligne, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Workscene Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1989
Oakville Galleries, Emergence II, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Mediums Art Centre/Bloor Street United Church, The Crossing, Toronto, Ont., Canada
1986
Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1985
Ontario House, Recent Paintings, London, England
1983
Pauline McGibbon Cultural Centre, New Artists’ Directions, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Galerie Dresdnere, Nine Monumental Paintings, Toronto, Ont., Canada
1982
Harbourfront Community Gallery, Artventure/Royal Bank Competition, Toronto, Ont., Can.
Galerie Dresdnere, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Art Gallery of Windsor, Art for All, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Kingston Artists’ Association Inc., Kingston, Ontario, Canada
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2023, May-June
DRAW International, Caylus, France
2016, January-May
Artworks Loveland, Colorado, USA
2013, November
CAMAC, Centre des Arts Marnay, France
2010, June-August
Curfman Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado
2007, January-May
Musée de Pont-Aven, France
1997, July-August
Gallery Connexion, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
1995, February-March
Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1994, January
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont., Canada
GUEST LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2021
Seidel City, Artnauts Collective, Boulder, CO, USA, Artist Talk
2018
Center for Visual Art, Metro State Univ. of Denver, Colorado, USA, Artist Talk
Laramie County Community College, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Artist Talk/Workshop
2017
Artworks Gallery, Loveland, Colorado, USA, Artist Talk
2016
Artworks Studios, Loveland, Colorado, USA, Artist Talk
2015
Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder, Colorado, USA, Artist Talk
2014
Arts and Drafts, Community Creative Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, Artist Talk
Adams State University, Alamosa, Colorado, USA, Artist Talk
The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, Artist Talk
Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales, Panel Discussion, ‘From Here and There’ Exhibition2013
Olin Art Gallery, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennysylvannia, USA, Artist Talk
2012
Western Wyoming College Art Gallery, Rock Springs, Wyoming, USA, Artist Talk
Department of Art and Art History, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Artist Talk via Skype
2011
Drawing Symposium, Dynevor Centre for the Arts, Swansea Metro.Univ., UK. Artist Talk
Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK., Artist Talk , Graduate Workshop
2007
Pont-Aven School of Art, Pont-Aven, France, Artist Talk
Colorado State University, USA, Wold Guest Lecture, My Sojourn In Pont-Aven
2005
Gallery Vaclav Spaly, Prague, Czech Republic, Artist Talk
2003
Colorado State University, USA, Wold Guest Lecture, Artist’s Sketchbooks
2002
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Colorado, USA, Lecture
MacLaren Arts Centre, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, Lecture
2001
The York School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Book-Work Workshop
1999
Morgan Library, CSU, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, Lecture
Adams State College, Alamosa, Colorado, USA, Lecture
1996
MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, Lecture
Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, Nfld., Canada, Lecture
1995
McMaster Museum of Art, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada, Lecture/Critique
Open Space Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Lecture
New Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Lecture
Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Lecture
1994
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s Univ., Kingston, Ont., Canada, Lecture
1993-94
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont., Canada, Installation/Land Art Workshop
1993
St. Lawrence College/Frontenac Board of Ed., Kingston, Ont, Canada, Painting Workshop
1987
Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Drawing Workshop
TEACHING POSITIONS
2015-present
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, C.O., USA, Professor
2005-2015
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, C.O., USA, Associate Professor, Drawing
1998-2004
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA Assistant Professor, Drawing
1994-98
Sheridan College, Oakville, Ont., Canada, Painting & Drawing Instructor
1995-98
Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada, Painting Instructor
1994-95
Univ. of Toronto School of Cont. Studies, Toronto, Ont., Canada, Life Drawing
1992-94
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont., Canada Painting & Drawing Instructor
1990-92
Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada., Teaching Assistant Painting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020
Juror, Unsettled, Windsor Art & Heritage Center, Windsor, CO, USA
2014
Co-Curator, From Here to There: Drawing Exchange, Elysium Gallery/Hatton Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Curator, The Real Draw: Colorado Artists, Community Creative Center, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Coordinator, Drawing Festival, Fort Collins, CO, USA
2010
Coordinator, Drawing in the Expanded Field,Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA2006
2006
Juror, Nevada Arts Council, Artist Fellowships, Carson City, NV, USA
Juror, Wyoming Arts Council, Artist Professional Development Awards, Cheyenne, WY, USA
2002-2004
Curfman Gallery Exhibition Committee, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA1993-2003
1999-2003
Exhibition Selection Committee, Lincoln Arts Center, Fort Collins, CO, USA1997
1997
Juror, Ontario Arts Council Project Grant Selection, Toronto, Ontario, Canada1992
1992
Coordinator, CARFAC Annual Conference, Canadian Artists’ Representation Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1991
Administator, CARFAC Copyright Collective, Canadian Artists’ Representation Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1989-90
Technician, M.F.A. Slide Archives, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1988-89
Coordinator, Artists’ Legal Advice Services, Canadian Artists’ Representation Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1988
Research/Administrator, Canadian Artists’ Representation Ontario, Toronto, Canada
1987-88
Education Assistant/ Special Programs, Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
COLLECTIONS
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Aird & Berlis
Canada Council Art Bank
Colorado State University
Guaranty Trust
Imperial Oil Limited
MacLaren Art Centre
Open Studio Archives
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Limited
REVIEWS
April, 2016
Reporter Herald, Kenneth Jessen
February, 2014
Hyperallergic, ArtRX NYC, Hrag Vartanian
November, 2013
Est Éclair, France
October, 2012
Rocket-Miner, Wyoming
February, 2012
Quotidianno-Italy, Marinilde Giannandrea
May, 2007
Ouest-France
November, 2006
Greeley Tribune, Lyndsey Struthers
April, 2005
Rocky Mountain News, Mary Chandler
July, 1997
The Daily Gleaner, Christina Sabat
March, 1996
Barrie Advance, Lesley Hain
May, 1995
The Martlet, Jenny Durrant
January, 1994
Queen’s Journal, Michael Moss
April, 1993
Globe and Mail, Kate Taylor
Fall, 1989
Work-Seen Magazine, David Renaud
April, 1983
Toronto Star, Christopher Hume
December, 1982
Hamilton Spectator, Grace Inglis
PUBLICATIONS/CATALOGUES
2022
(IN) Divisible, Artnauts Collective
2021
Uncanny Times, Artnauts Collective
2020
Pink Progression, Boulder/Denver Public Library, Center for Visual Art
2018
Facing Disjunction, A.I.R. Gallery, Judith Tolnick Champa
2016
In the Secret Garden, A.I.R. Gallery, Rocio Aranda-Alvarado
Cloud the Shape of Bedroom, C.J. Opperthauser, Tree Light Books
2015
Transformed Viewpoints, A.I.R. Gallery, Charlotta Kotik
The Restless Animal:Drawings by Mary-Ann Kokoska, Land-Mark Magazine, Colorado State University, Matthew Weiderspon
2014
Connected Through Drawing/Drawing from Here & There, Elysium Gallery, Wales, UK
Liminal Communities, A.I.R. Gallery, Lucy Li
2012
Journal of Visual Arts Practice, Vol.11, Issue 1
Primo Piano Edizioni
2002
Shorelines, Colorado State University
1997
A Mark on the Wall, Gallery Connection
1994
Drawing in Succession, Agnes Etherington Art Centre
1993
de la Ligne, La Centrale, Galerie Powerhouse
1989
Emergence II, Oakville Galleries
Art Stimulus 2, vol.1 no. 2, Mediums’ Art Centre
1987
“C” Magazine, New Work Issue
1982
Artventure, Royal Bank of Canada
MEDIA INTERVIEWS
June, 2005
TV Prague, Czech Republic
November, 2002
Collegian Television, Colorado State University
January, 1994
CBC Ottawa, Radio Noon, Leslie Roche
AWARDS
2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023
Professional Development Grant, Colorado State University
1999, 2001, 2002, 2004
Career Enhancement Grant, Colorado State University
1996
Project Grant “B”& Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
1995
“B” Grant, Visual Arts, Canada Council
1995
Travel Grant, Canada Council
1994
Project Grant “B”, Ontario Arts Council
1983, 1989, 1993, 1984
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
1982
Best in Show, Toronto City Hall Art Competition