Biographical
Information
Sue Cotter
P.O. Box 1168
Parowan, UT 84761
(435) 477-8297
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BACKGROUND
Sue Cotter was born in Kalispell, Montana
in 1955. She earned her B.A. in art from the University of Nevada,
Reno. In 1988 she returned to UNR to study letterpress printing
with Robert Blesse at the Black Rock Press. There she began making
one of a kind and limited edition artist books. She now lives in
Parowan, Utah where she has her own letterpress studio.
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EDUCATION
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University
of Nevada , Las Vegas
University of Nevada , Reno
Black Rock Press, University of Nevada, Reno
University of Utah
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DeVoss
Art Scholarship
B.A. Art, painting emphasis/ minor in Museuology
studied letterpress printing with Robert Blesse
Book Arts Program workshops- ongoing |
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SOLO & GROUP EXHIBITS
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| 2002 |
Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO AGuild of Bookworkers-Rocky Mountain
Chapter invitational |
| 2002 |
West Charleston Library Gallery, Las Vegas, NV AThe Book as Art solo
exhibit |
| 2002 |
Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT, ARecent Artist Grantees invitational |
| 2002 |
The Art Barn, Salt Lake City, UT, AJuxtapositions-the Artist and the
Environment invitational |
| 2002 |
Art Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT, AWomen Beyond Borders invitational |
| 2001 |
Charleston Heights Art Center, Las Vegas, Nevada ASue Cotter-Books
& Boxes solo exhibit |
| 2000 - 01 |
Salt Lake City Art Center, Utah,AGuild of Bookworkers Members Show |
| 2000 |
Iron
Mission Museum, Cedar City, Utah, ACrossing Boundaries four artist
group exhibit |
| 1999 |
The Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C. APyramid Atlantic 6th Annual
Book Arts Fair invitaional,Best of Show |
| 1999 |
Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Illinois, "Magic Paper/Magic
Book" juried exhibit |
| 1998 - 00 |
"Westward
Bound" Book Arts in the West" traveling juried exhibit,
Juror's Award |
| 1998 |
Wilbur Day Museum, Reno, Nevada, "Wild Women + 5" invitational |
| 1997 |
St. George Art Museum, St. George, Utah, "St. George Regional"
juried exhibt, Merit Award |
| 1996 |
Siver State Gallery, Reno, NV, "Hot August Fibers" invitational |
| 1996 |
Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, "A Western View"
five artist group show |
| 1995 |
Parowan City Library, Parowan, Utah, "The Living Book" installation
project, New Forms: Regional Initiative Grant |
| 1995 |
Springville
Art Museum, Springville, Utah, "Spring Salon" Merit Award |
| 1995 |
Sierra Arts Foundation, Reno, Nevada, "By the Book" juried
exhibit |
| 1994 |
Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City,
Utah,"Artists' & Eccentric Books" curator/ exhibitor |
| 1994 |
Art
Access Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Only the Shadow Knows:
Revelations from the Unconscious" invitational |
| 1994 |
Atrium
Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, "The Uses of the Book" invitational |
| 1994 |
Phillips Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Utah Works" invitational |
| 1993 |
The Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Bird Cages, Boxes
and Books" invitational |
| 1993 |
Alliance
for the Varied Arts, Logan, Utah, "The Art of the Book"
invitational |
| 1993 |
Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, "Sticks and Stones"
invitational |
| 1992 |
Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, "View of Nine"
Utah State Arts Council Fellowship Finalists Exhibition, Fellowship
recipient |
| 1991 |
Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, Utah "Utah '91" juried
exhibit |
| 1991 |
Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah "Works on Paper"
juried exhibit, Juror's Award |
| 1991 |
XS
Gallery, Carson City, Nevada "Dealing in Landscape" four
artist group exhibit |
| 1991 |
LXS Gallery at the Nevada Legislature, Carson City, Nevada "Yucca
Mountain Drawings" solo exhibit |
1990
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DICE Gallery, Reno, Nevada "Storytelling? Handmade Books"
solo exhibit |
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FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS
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Utah State
Arts Council Individual Artists' Grant 1993, 1995, 2001
Best of Show, Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair, Corcoran Gallery, Washington,
D.C. 1999
Juror's Award, Westward Bound - Book Arts in the West, Salt Lake City,
Utah, 1998
Merit Award, "St. George Regional" St. George Art Museum,
1997
Merit Award, "Spring Salon" Springville Art Museum, 1995
New Forms: Regional Initiative Grant, "Living Book Project"
1994-95
Utah State Arts Council Fellowship, 1992
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RELATED EXPERIENCE
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| 1990 |
Owner/operator of Woodhenge Press & Paperworks,
a letterpress and papermaking studio
Workshop Instructor: Creative book making and paper making
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| 2000 - 03 |
Consultant to Iron Mission State Park printing press restoration project,
Cedar City, UT |
| 1998 - 00 |
Curator,
Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, Southern Utah University, Cedar City,
Utah |
| 1998 - 00 |
Special instructor, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Art
Appreciation |
| 1997 |
Publication of Lake's Edge, New Poems by Kenneth Brewer, a limited
edition letterpress book printed in collaboration with Utah poet,
Kenneth Brewer. |
| 1997 |
Special Instructor, Teaching and Learning the Arts Institute, Reno,
NV |
| 1991 - 93 |
Owner/operator of Woodhenge Art Gallery, Boulder, Utah. |
1988 - 90
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Exhibitions Coordinator, DICE Gallery, Reno and XS Gallery, Carson
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TEACHING RESIDENCIES
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| 2002 |
Cedar City,
Utah, North Elementary and Cedar High School |
| 1998 |
Virginia City,
Nevada, Middle School and High School |
| 1997 |
Virginia City,
Nevada, Fourth Ward School Museum: press restoration, printing instructor
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1997
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Virginia City,
Nevada, Middle School and High School |
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COLLECTIONS
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Women Beyond
Borders, Carpinteria, California |
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University
of Utah Art Museum, Salt Lake City, UT |
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Scripps College
Art Department, Scripps College, Claremont, CA |
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University
of Nevada, Reno, Special Collections, Reno, NV |
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University
of Utah, Marriot Library Special Collections, Salt Lake City, UT |
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Utah State
University, Special Collections, Logan, UT |
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University
of Eastern Utah, Special Collections, |
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Union College,
Special Collections, Schenectady, NY
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
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National Guild
of Book Workers - Rocky Mountain Chapter |
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