CICELY COTTINGHAM was born in Brooklyn, New York and

 currently lives and works in West Orange, New Jersey

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

The Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant 2011

Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper Fellowship Award 1999

NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship Award 1994–95

NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship Award 1986–87

NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship Award 1983–84

Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant 1986–87

Hereward Lester Cooke Foundation Grant 1986–87

COLLECTIONS

The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ

The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ

Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ

Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ

Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ

The Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ

Prudential, Newark, NJ

US Land Resources, Morristown, NJ

Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co., Plainsboro, NJ

Institute of Jazz Studies, Dana Library, Rutgers-Newark, NJ

Johnson & Johnson, Trenton, NJ

Johnson & Johnson Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ

McGraw Hill, New York, NY

RESIDENCIES

The Millay Colony for the Arts, 1995

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009   

Stewart Leshé Collections, Milburn, NJ. Solo. The Marjorie Paintings and Kitchen Table Drawings, Greg Leshé, Curator     

Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ. Solo. Cicely Cottingham’s Flags. Evonne Davis and Emma Wilcox, Curators

1996

Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ. Solo. Paintings from True Blue, Alejandro Anreus, Curator

Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ. Do Nothing at Present. Solo (site-specific drawing installation) and An Intimate Repast, a collaborative installation with Victor Davson in memory of artist Doug Kenney. Kristen Accola, Curator

1994 

Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art Newark, NJ. Solo. Bending Over Backwards, Drawings from the Last Few Years. Carl Hazelwood, Curator

1989

Gallery Jupiter, Little Silver, NJ. Solo. Cicely Cottingham Paintings. Brian Reddy, Curator

1985

Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ. Solo. Cicely Cottingham Drawings. Robert Ferguson, Curator

1983

Samuel C. Williams Library Gallery, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ. Solo. Paper Landscape

SECLECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010

The Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery, State University of New York, Geneseo. Drawn to New York, a drawing invitational. Cynthia Hawkins, Curator

2007

The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, 100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints. Fifteen Years of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (traveling)

2004

Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AK. 100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints. Fifteen Years of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (traveling) 

Johnson & Johnson Corporate Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ. 100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints. Fifteen Years of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (traveling)

2003

The Noyes Museum of Art Oceanville, NJ. 100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints. Fifteen Years of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (traveling)

The Morris Museum Morristown, NJ. 100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints. Fifteen Years of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (traveling)

2002

New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. 100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints. Fifteen Years of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (traveling)

1999

Visual Aids New York, NY. By invitation. Postcards from the Edge, Barbara Hunt, Curator

1996

The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ. New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition 1994–95

1995

Mercer Gallery Rochester, NY. Markings, A Drawing Invitational, Karen Sardisco, Curator

Jersey City Museum Jersey City, NJ. Drawing Invitational, Alejandro Anreus, Curator

1994

New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. By invitation. New Jersey Arts Annual, Zoltan F. Buki, Alison Weld, Curators

1992

Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. Ceremonies of the Spirit/Explorations and Interpretations. David Miller, Curator

1991

The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ. By invitation. New Jersey Arts Annual. Robert Koenig, Alejandro Anreus. Curators

The Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ. A collaboration with Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark. The Capitol City Meets the Renaissance City

City Without Walls, Newark, NJ. Intimacy

1990

Artists Space, New York, NY. Selections: Aljira and Artists Space. Carl E. Hazlewood, Curator

Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art Newark, NJ. Review/Preview. Paul Belfanti, Franc Palaia, Curators

Artworks Trenton, NJ. Counterparts

1989

Mercer County College Community Gallery, Trenton, NJ. Inaugural Exhibition, Seven New Jersey Artists. Robert Ferguson, Curator

1988

Jersey City Museum, Jersey City Museum, NJ. Landscapes. Cynthia Sanford, Gweneth  Stokes, Curators

1987

Noho Gallery, New York, NY. Invitational, One Plus One

Korn Gallery, Drew University, Madison, NJ. Working Drawings, Francois Morelli, Michael Peglau, Curators

Gallery Jupiter, Little Silver, NJ. Inner Light, Brian Reddy, Curator

City Without Walls, Newark, NJ. On Line, Billy Biondi, Curator

Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ. Realities II. Carl E. Hazlewood, Curator

La Mamma’s La Galleria, New York, NY. Regular Beauties. Frederick Ted Castle

New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ. Contemporary American Landscape/Reflections of Social Change, Nancy Cohen, Kiku Fukui, Liz Kesley, Curators

1986

The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ. Recent Acquisitions

Prospect Park, The Boat House, Brooklyn, NY. A Change in the Weather. Mariella Bisson, Curator

City Without Walls, Newark, NJ. Real Property, A Contemporary Landscape Show. Leah Durner, Curator           

The New York Open Center, Women’s Caucus on Art 1986 National Conference, The Artist and the Spiritual Quest

Essex County College and Aljira, Newark, NJ. In Honor of Greatness: A Tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Victor Davson, Carl E. Hazlewood, Curators

1985

Zim-Lerner Gallery, New York, NY, From the Other Side. E. Salem Krieger, Curator

Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY. Little Works by Big Thinkers

The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ. New Jersey Artists, Fifth Biennial Exhibition. Jurors: Suzanne Delehanty, Director, Neuberger Museum, Purchase, NY; Douglas G. Schultz, Director, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Hunterdon Art Center, Cinton, NJ. NJ State Council on the Arts 1983–84 Fellowship Exhibition

1984

Aljira, a Cener for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ. Of and On Paper. Carl E. Hazlewood, Victor Davson, Curators

Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, NJ. In The Pink. A. Kimberlin Blackburn, Curator

Office of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Washington, DC. Fine Art by New Jersey Artists, Opper/Nacht, Curators

Robeson Center Gallery, Rutgers-Newark, NJ. New Jersey Curators' Choice. Invited by Gary Reynolds, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, The Newark Museum

Union NJ YM-YWHA Union, NJ. Union YM-YWHA 25th Annual Invitational Art Exhibition, Invited by Gary Reynolds, Curator of Painting and Sculpture, The Newark Museum

1983

The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ. Recent Acquisitions

Former Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn, NY. Terminal New York. Frederick Ted Castle, Rhonda Zwillinger, Carol Waag, Barbara Gary, Curators

City Without Walls, Newark, NJ. Six Landscape Artists. Colleen Thornton, Curator

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

REVIEWS

The New York Times Online Local, Larry Dell (October 8, 2009)

The Newark Star Ledger, Eileen Watkins (Sunday, October 27, 1996)

Review, Frederick Ted Castle (October 15, 1996)

Artnet Magazine, John Mendelsohn (October 15, 1996)

The New York Times, Barry Schwabsky (NJ, Sunday, September 29, 1996)

The Newark Star Ledger, Eileen Watkins (Sunday, March 24, 1996)

The New York Times, Vivien Raynor (NJ, Sunday, March 17, 1996)

New Art Examiner, Jude Schwendenwein (May, 1995)

The Newark Star Ledger, Eileen Watkins (Sunday, May 7, 1995)

The New York Times, Vivien Raynor (NJ, Sunday, March 26, 1995)

The Newark Star Ledger, Eileen Watkins (Sunday, July 2, 1994)

The New York Times, William Zimmer (NJ, Sunday, June 5, 1994)

The New York Times, Vivien Raynor (NJ, Sunday, March 6, 1994)

The New York Times, Vivien Raynor (NJ, Sunday, June 21, 1992)

The New York Times, Vivien Raynor (NJ, Sunday, July 21, 1991)

The New York Times, Vivien Raynor (NJ, Sunday, June 16, 1991)

The New York Times, William Zimmer (NJ, Sunday, November 26, 1989)

The New York Times, Vivien Raynor (NJ, Sunday, June 5, 1988)

The Newark Star Ledger, Eileen Watkins (Sunday, November 29, 1987)

The New York Times, Vivien Raynor (NJ, Sunday, November 22, 1987)

The New York Times, William Zimmer (NJ, Sunday, September 13, 1987)

The Newark Star Ledger, Eileen Watkins (Thursday, March 26, 1987)

The New York Times, Vivien Raynor (NJ, Sunday, March 15, 1987)

The New York Times, William Zimmer (NJ, Sunday, March 12, 1985)

The New York Times, William Zimmer (NJ, Sunday, December 16, 1984)

The Newark Star Ledger, Eileen Watkins (Sunday, August 12, 1984)

CATALOGS

100 New Jersey Artists Make Prints, Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, New Brunswick, NJ, 2002

New Jersey Arts Annual, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, 1999

New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition 1991–95, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ, 1996

Markings, A Drawing Invitational, Mercer Gallery, Rochester, NY, 1995        

New Jersey Arts Annual, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, 1994

New Jersey Arts Annual, The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ, 1991

Selections, Aljira and Artists Space, Artists Space, NYC, 1990

Counterparts, Artworks/Trenton, Trenton, NJ, 1990

Inaugural Exhibition, Seven New Jersey Artists, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ, 1989

Landscapes, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, 1988

Contemporary American Landscape, Reflections of Social Change, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, 1987

Realities, Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, 1987

Real Property, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, 1986

In Honor of Greatness: A Tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Aljira and Essex County College, Newark, NJ, 1986

New Jersey Artists, Fifth Biennial Exhibition, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, 1985

New Jersey Curators Choice, Robeson Center Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, 1984

New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition 1983–84, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, 1984

Terminal New York, Brooklyn, NY, 1983

EDUCATION

BFA, 1966, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

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