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Marsha Cottrell

Marsha Cottrell (born 1964) is an American artist.

Marsha Cottrell
Born(1964-02-19)19 February 1964
Philadelphia, PA
NationalityAmerican
EducationTyler School of Art–BFA;The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill–MFA
Known forWorks on paper, drawing, drawing, prints
Websitehttp://www.marshacottrell.com/

Biography edit

Cottrell was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1964. She now lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.[1] Cottrell was educated at Tyler School of Art, Temple University where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts, and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she received a Masters of Fine Arts.[2]

Cottrell was trained as a painter, but while working in the production department of a magazine in the late 1990s she began to utilize a prosaic office printer and began layering periods, commas, brackets, and other forms to create compositions. Through a process of running paper through printer again and again, these cropped, resized and distorted shapes developed into unique works on paper.[3] Cottrell described the change from painting to her new art-making method in the following terms: "Since I couldn't be in my studio, it was natural for me to consider how I might use the tools in my immediate environment."[4] When a work on paper is completed Cottrell deletes the corresponding digital file, emphasizing the physicality of the object and placing her practice in opposition to cyberart and similar movements.[3]

Cottrell often uses high quality mulberry paper in her works – allowing the iron oxide toner to build up on the surface over the course of multiple runs through a printer.[5] The artist, who typically works in grayscale, debuted her first works in color at a 2021 exhibition with her New York gallery, Van Doren Waxter.[6]

Awards edit

In 2019, Cottrell received an Anonymous Was A Woman award,[7] and is also a recipient of the 2013 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Biennial Award; the 2007 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Fellowship Grant in Drawing; the 2004 Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center, Educational Grant; the 2003 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship Grant in Drawing; the 2001 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship; the 1999 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship Grant in Digital Arts; and the 1999 Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation, Space Program.[8]

Selected solo exhibitions edit

Year Exhibitions
1998 Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY[9]
2000 Punctuation Drawings, Revolution Gallery, Detroit, MI[10]
2003 g-module, Paris, France [10]
2012 Petra Rinck Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany [11]
2015 Eleven Rivington, New York, NY[5]
2016 Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA [8]
2017 Petra Rinck Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany [12]
2018 Screen Life, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY [13]
2019 Marsha Cottrell: Black and Light, Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC[14]
2021 Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY[6]

Selected public collections edit

Marsha Cottrell's work is featured in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL;[15] the Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX;[16] Morgan Library and Museum, New York, NY;[17] Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany;[18] Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY;[19] National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC;[20] North Carolina Museum of Art, NC;[21] Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;[22] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Marsha Cottrell". sfmoma.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Marsha Cottrell, Artist". art.yale.edu. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ^ a b Brody, David (March 2012). "Marsha Cottrell". ArtNews.
  4. ^ Carrigan, Margaret (March 4, 2017). "AWKWARD TECHNOLOGIES: MARSHA COTTRELL BRINGS A HUMAN TOUCH TO THE LASER PRINTER". BlouinArtInfo.
  5. ^ a b Schwendener, Martha (March 19, 2015). "Marsha Cottrell at Eleven Rivington". The New York Times. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Marsha Cottrell". vandorenwaxter.com. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  7. ^ Sharp, Sarah Rose. "Ten Women, Ages 45 to 84, Receive $25,000 "Anonymous Was a Woman" Grants". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Marsha Cottrell". anthonymeierfinearts.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  9. ^ "1998-1997 Past Exhibitions". derekeller.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Marsha Cottrell". artnet.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Exhibitions". petrarinckgalerie.de. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Exhibitions". petrarinckgalerie.de. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Marsha Cottrell". vandorenwaxter.com. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  14. ^ "Past Exhibitions". camraleigh.org. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  15. ^ "Marsha Cottrell". artic.edu. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Marsha Cottrell". collection.blantonmuseum.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Marsha Cottrell". themorgan.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  18. ^ "Objekte von: Marsha Cottrell". emuseum.duesseldorf.de. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Marsha Cottrell". moma.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  20. ^ "Marsha Cottrell". nga.gov. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  21. ^ "Marsha Cottrell". ncartmuseum.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  22. ^ "Marsha Cottrell". philamuseum.org. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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