Patricia Cole: About
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Profile
Patricia Cole’s work explores dislocation, loss and reconciliation. Cole continually establishes creative identity through exploration of personal history and issues of peace and justice. Cole was born in war-damaged Northern Ireland at the end of World War II. Political activism led to elective office. Cole has practiced art in Indiana, Aix en Provence, France, Baltimore Maryland, Amsterdam, NL and South Afrika.
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Painting (1975), Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, (1973), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Advanced Study, Contemporary Art History, (2004), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Introduction to Printmaking, (2008) Indiana University
Fine Arts, (1968), City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
2006 Sarah Aubrey, “Patricia Cole” Publication, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN
2006 Nicole Kauffman, “Off the Wall,” Herald Times, Bloomington, IN
2005 Kathlyn Von Rohr, “Downtown art gallery opens summer show” IDS, IN
2005 “Art on Paper”, Nagoya University Gallery Bulletin, Nagoya, Japan
2004 Julie Pratt McQuiston, “Clips” Nuvo Arts and Culture, Indianapolis, IN
2004 “Artist showing political art in Louisville” Herald Times, IN
2004 Laura Lane, “Time for Memories” Sunday Herald Times, IN
2004 Maggie Malone, ed. “Awon Artist Receives Grant” AWON Star
2000 Office of the Dean of Faculties, “Arts Week 2000” IU Publications
2000 Lydia Finkelstein, “Art: Female Hoosier Artists” Herald Times
2000 Ken Johnson, “175th Annual Exhibition” NAD, New York Times, NY
2000, Lydia Finkelstein, “Art: Cole wins prize” Herald Times
1999 Kathleen Mills, “Art Guild Looking for New Home,” Herald Times, IN
1999 Tom Rhea, “Hard and Fast” Bloomington Independent, IN
1999 Lydia Finkelstein, “Art: Patricia Cole’s Paintings at SOFA” Herald Times
1999 Sara Bucheri, “Artist Returns to SOFA Gallery, IDS, IN
1998 Shawa Brynildssen, “Economic Impact of the Arts, Business Network, IN
1998 Howard Wills, “Council Sets Guidelines for Public Arts”, Business Network, IN
1997 Office of the Dean of Faculties, “Arts Week 97” IU Publications
1996 “Unveiling at Showers,” Bloomington Voice, IN
1996 “First Fall Opening” Bloomington Voice, IN
1996 Jim Poyser, “1%” Arts Indiana Magazine, Indianapolis, IN
1996 Colleen Chambers, “Grants to Promote Visual Art,” Indiana Daily Student, IN
1995 Jackie Sheckler, “Letters Tell Story”, Herald Times, IN
1994 Steve Hohenboken, “Beth Blake - Patricia Cole” New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL
1993 Jackie Sheckler, “Arts Gets Financial Boost” Herald Times, IN
1992 Lydia Finkelstein, Art, Sunday Herald Times, Bloomington, IN
1991 Lydia Finkelstein, “Public Support Sought” Sunday Herald Times, IN
1991 Jayne Kemp, “310 Gallery’s Opening Show” Bloomington Independent, IN
1991 Laura Lane, “Young Artists at Work” Herald Times, IN
1981 “Two Arts that Beat as One” Herald Times, IN
1979 “Winning Artists” Herald Times, IN
2006 “Public Art” Lecture, Artist’s Forum, Fort Wayne Museum of Art
2000 Arts Week 2000, Opening Speaker, Indiana University
1998, “Bloomington Waters” Dedication Speaker, Showers Plaza, Bloomington City Hall
1997 Arts Week 97, Opening Speaker, John Waldron Arts Center
1996 Visions of Place, “A Visual Artist Looks at Place: The Role of Public Art”
1995 “Eye on Bloomington” Artist talk, Monroe Co. Public Library
1979 “Giotto” Forum, Trinity Episcopal Church, Bloomington, IN
1978 Artists Exhibition to Benefit The Old Library, New Images Gallery
2008 Farewell Celebration, Holiday Show Prima Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2008 Here and There, Prima Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2008 Alumni Show, Maryland Institute College of Art, Balto. MD
2008 Fragments, School of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, University of Johannesburg, South Afrika, solo
2007 Art on Paper, Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Japan
2007 Group Exhibition, Prima Gallery
2007 Art on Paper, Nagoya University, Japan
2006 Refresh Invitational, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, IN
2006 Summer Show, Prima Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2005 Invitational, Prima Gallery, Bloomington, IN
2005 Drawings, Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY
2005 Works on Paper, Toyota Municipal Art Museum, Aichi, Japan (September 2005)
2004 Recent Drawings, Basile Gallery, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2004 Peace and Justice, Spalding University, Louisville, KY
2002 51st Mid States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN
2002 Herron 100, Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
2002 In Pleasant Places, Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY, solo
2002 78th Annual Hoosier Salon, Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, IN
2001 Alumni Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2000 Print Invitational, New Harmony Gallery Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
2000 175th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NYC, Prize
Andrew Carnegie Prize for Painting
1999 My Quiet Summer, Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY solo
1999 55th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
1999 Recent Paintings, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Blmgton, IN solo
1998 54th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
1996 A Century of Art, SOFA, Indiana University, School of Fine Art Museum,
Bloomington, IN, Director’s Choice
1994 Patricia Cole/ Beth Blake, Miller Gallery, Waldron Art Center, Bloomington, IN
1994 New Work, Alliance Gallery, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1994 Women for Women in Bosnia, fundraiser, Washington DC
1993 49th Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition, Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
1993 Alumni Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1992 Patricia Cole, Bellevue Gallery, Bloomington, IN solo
1991 Group Show, The Gallery, Bloomington, IN
1991 Gallery Artists, Alliance Gallery, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1990 Group Show, Bellevue Gallery, Bloomington, IN
1989 Salon, Northern Indiana Art Association, Munster, IN
1988 Water Tower, Louisville Center for Visual Art, Louisville, KY
1986 Patricia Cole, IU Campus Community Art Center, Bloomington, IN solo
1985 Round the Fountain, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN Best in show, prize
1982 Drawing Invitational, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
1981 IAC Residency Exhibit, Windfall Dancers, Bloomington, IN grant
1980 Three Artists, IU Campus Community Art Center, Bloomington, IN
1979 Southern Indiana Exhibition, Unicorn Gallery, Bloomington, IN award
1978 Young Collectors, New Images Gallery, Bloomington, IN
1977 Group Exhibition, L’école Des Beaux Artes, Aix en Provence, France
1976 Two Person Show, Phoenix Chase Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1976 Three Person Show, Langsdale Gallery, University of Baltimore, MD
1975 Invitational, Fells Point Gallery, Baltimore MD
1975 Graduate Show, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1974 Maryland Biennial, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1973 BFA Thesis Show, Arbutus Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1972 Drawing Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Grants/Awards/Honors
Indiana Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship, 2003
Delegate to US Congress with Indiana University and City of Bloomington, 2001
Bloomington Restorations, Inc. Outstanding Contribution by a Public Official, 1996, 2001
President, Bloomington Common Council, 2001
Andrew Carnegie Prize for Painting, National Academy of Design, New York, NY, 2000
Representative to National League of Cities, US Congress, Washington, DC 1993, 1996, 2000
Vice President, Bloomington Common Council, 1996, 1998, 1999
Director’s Choice, A Century of Art, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, 1996
Best in Show, Round the Fountain, Lafayette IN, 1985
Artist in Residence Windfall Dancers, Indiana Art Commission Grant, 1980
Juror’s Choice, Southern Indiana Exhibition, Bloomington, IN, 1979
Residency, L’Ecole des Beaux Artes, Aix en Provence, France, 1977
Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, Bloomington, IN
Indiana University Fine Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
Women for Women in Bosnia, Washington, DC
Indiana University School of Education, Bloomington, IN
Yvonne Rapp Collection, Louisville, KY
Elaine Bosworth Collection, Seattle WA
Mallor, Clendening, Grodner and Bohrer Law Firm, Bloomington, IN
Eric Stolberg Collection, Bloomington, IN
Irv Grief, Pikesville, MD
Ciezadlo Collection, Chicago, IL
Professional Experience
Instructor, Art History and Drawing, Ivy Tech Community College, Bloomington, Indiana; teach Art History Survey I and II, including online, Design Fundamentals and Life and Object Drawing,(2003-present)
Instructor, Drawing, Herron School of Art, Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN teach Drawing to art school students (2001-2003)
Instructor of Drawing, Maryland Institute College of Art, (Baltimore, MD), John Waldron Arts Center (Bloomington, IN) the Children’s Museum, (Indianapolis, IN) Teach painting and drawing through private and public institutions. (1975-present)
Managed installation of Bloomington’s Percent for Public Art project: Bloomington Waters, site-specific limestone water sculpture in City Hall, Showers Plaza. (1995 to 1996) Sculpture Magazine, September 1996.
Curator of numerous exhibitions including City of Bloomington/Indiana University School of Music (1999) Director, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. (1975 to 1977)
Bloomington Area Cultural Tourism Steering Committee. (2001 to 2002) Arts Advisory Executive Committee convened by President of Indiana University and Bloomington Mayor to market region as “a destination for the arts.” (1997)
Co-founder Alliance of Visual Artists, coalition of artists coordinated the premier Fall Opening, gallery tours. Secured Department of Commerce funding to produce Guide to Galleries. (1996)
Proposed and spearheaded passage of Indiana’s only Percent for Public Art ordinance requiring city capital projects to designate funds for design and installation of Public Art. (1994)
As member of Bloomington Area Arts Council Board of Directors, worked to ensure development and effectiveness of six-county community arts council and facility, raising $1 million for funding of Waldron Arts Center. (1986 to 1993)
Awarded commendation from Bloomington Restorations, Inc. outstanding contribution of a public official. (1996, 2003)
Proposed, wrote, and negotiated $290,000 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act grant to convert vacant Carnegie library into county historical museum, The Old Library. (1979)
Elected member nine-person Bloomington City Council governing City. (1991 to 2003) President 2001
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