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Artist Bio
Ann Cofta is a visual artist who uses an extended
range of media, including sewing, printmaking, embroidery,
collage, quilting and beadwork. Her work focuses on exploring
relationships between objects, time, and memory. Recently,
this concept has emerged in the form of fabric constructions
and 3-D tunnel books that depict cityscapes and other urban
structures. Other series reference retro items that have become
increasingly obsolete, yet possess a connection to our collective
pasts. What was, is.
Born in New York City, Cofta has lived abroad in Japan, Venezuela
and England, and traveled extensively throughout the United
States, mostly by car. She has taught art in New York City
for over 20 years. She currently lives in Woodside (Queens),
NY, and has a studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2023
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Still, Zuri, New York, NY
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2022
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Home Free, Vital Art Studios,
Woodside, NY
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Then, Browerij Lane, Brooklyn,
NY
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2021
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Solace, Communitea, Long Island
City, NY
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2020
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Dwelling, AlterWork Studios Gallery,
Astoria, NY
archived online alterworkstudios.com/ann-cofta
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2019
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You Are Here, Yashar Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, curated by June Kosloff
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2023
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Light, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
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2022
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Small Works Show, 440 Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, curated by Johnny Thornton, Director of Arts
Gowanus and Established Gallery
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Below a Brooklyn Sky, Established
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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More Coney Island, BWAC (Brooklyn
Waterfront Artists Association), Brooklyn, NY
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2021
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Embody, Ely Center of Contemporary
Art, New Haven, CT, curated by Krista Scenna
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Transcendence, Local Project,
Long Island City, NY, curated by John Baber, Gabriella Mazza
and Carolina Peñafiel
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Emergence, BAU Gallery, Beacon,
NY, curated by Samantha De Tillio
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Darkest Before Dawn: Art in a Time of
Uncertainty, Ethan Cohen KuBe, Beacon, NY, curated
by Raul Zamudio and Ethan Cohen
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2020
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Form Not Function, Carnegie Center
for Art and History, New Albany, IN
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Pretty in Pink, Treat Gallery,
New York, NY
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Refuge, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn,
NY, curated by Nicole Mouriño
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Fiber 2020, Silvermine Arts Center,
New Canaan, CT, curated by Beth C. McLaughlin
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Altered States, Pleiades Gallery,
New York, NY
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Warp and Woof: Beyond the Loom,
Gold Coast Arts Center, Great Neck, NY, curated by Jude Amsel
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Catalyst Small Works Show, Catalyst
Gallery, Beacon, NY
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2019
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Creative Mosaics, Plaxall Gallery,
LIC, NY curated by Osman Can Yerebaken
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Burn It, LIC Arts Open Gallery,
LIC, NY, curated by Richard Mazda
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Green: The Impossible Color, The
Painting Center, NY, NY, curated by Rachael Wren
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Pairings, Plaxall Gallery, LIC,
NY, curated by Nancy Gesimondo
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small/MIGHTY Show, La Bodega Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, curated by Johnny Thornton
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Catalyst Small Works Show, Catalyst
Gallery, Beacon, NY
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Small Works Show, Main Street
Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY, curated by Rick Pirozzolo
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2018
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Landscapes: Real and Imagined,
Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Eileen Jeng
Lynch
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When Darkness Falls, Front Street
Gallery, Patterson, NY, curated by Jeanette Rodriguez
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Relishing Restraint, Loft Artists
Association Gallery, Stamford, CT, curated by Krista Scenna
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Rock Paper Scissors, Plaxall Gallery,
LIC, NY, curated by Nancy Gesimondo
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From Miniscule to Monumental,
LIC Arts Open Gallery, LIC, NY, curated byGrace Lerner and
Richard Mazda
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2017
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Surrender to Small, Volition Gallery,
Orangeburg, NY, curated by Lisa D'Amico
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Red, NOHO M55 Gallery, New York,
NY
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Beach Elements IV, Plaxall Gallery,
Long Island City, NY, curated by Nancy Gesimondo
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2016
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Small Works Show, 440 Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, curated by Joanne McFarland
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Artists Co-Op III, Jamaica Center
for Arts and Learning, Jamaica, NY
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Brooklyn's Big Tent Show, Shapeshifter
Lab, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Jonathan Blum & Dara Oshin
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2015
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Wide Open 6, Brooklyn Waterfront
Artists Coalition (BWAC), Brooklyn,NY curated by Rujeko Hockley
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2014
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Made In Queens, Front Street Gallery,
Patterson, NY, curated by Jeanette Rodriguez and Nancy Gesimondo
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2013
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Bridging the Gap, LaGuardia Community
College & Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NY, curated by Amy
Winter
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2012
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Represent Brooklyn, Rising Arts
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY curated by Maribeth Flynn, Wendy Jones
and Ellie Balk
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2011
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Small Works Show, 440 Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, curated by Sara P. Mintz
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2009
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The Brooklyn Show, 440 Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY, curated by Florence Neal
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AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
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2023
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Transborder Art Fellowship Residency, Governors
Island, NY
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2022
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Openings Residency, Lake George, NY
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2020
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Online Artist Residency, Alterwork Studios,
Astoria, NY
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2018
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Finalist, Queens Council on the Arts, ArtHotel
Residency at Paper Factory Hotel
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2017
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Recipient of Ruth Sickels Dodge Best in Show
Award at Volition Gallery's Surrender to Small Show, Orangeburg,
NY
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2016
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Recipient of 440 Gallery Choice Award at 440
Gallery's Small Works Show, Brooklyn, NY
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