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Artist CV
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Skills
  • COREL PAINTER PHOTOSHOP

  • 2-Dimensional art: Mixed Media

  • Mural Installation

  • Project management

  • Grant Writing

Careers​​

  • 2021-2023 Kaneko Art Gallery Lead Gallery Supervisor Event host Omaha NE​

  • 2021-2022 Watie White Studio Assistant Omaha NE

  • 2022-2023 Kaneko Art Gallery Art Installation Preparator Assistant Omaha NE

  • 2023-2023 Kaneko Art Gallery Development & Executive Director assistant Omaha NE

  • 2023-2025 Fontenelle Forest Grant Writer & Community Giving Coordinator Bellevue NE

Art Organizations​

Student Art Programs​​

  • 2011-2015 Kent Bellows Mentoring Program and Joslyn student Omaha NE

  • 2012 Trug Project Omaha NE

  • 2012 DCYC mural inside out project Omaha NE

  • 2013-2015 Kent Bellow Mentoring Program and Joslyn Fashion shows Omaha NE

  • 2013 HRC National Coming out Day Conagra Kent Bellows Mentoring Program and Joslyn Omaha NE

  • 2014 Lovam Float participation and art booth North Omaha NE

Artist Groups​

Internships​

  • 2015 Watie White Studio Internship Summer of Omaha NE

  • 2022 The Kaneko Internship Community Engagement Omaha NE

Art Auctions

  • 2024 Bemis of Contemporary Art Benefit Art Auction and Exhibit Omaha NE

Group Art shows​

  • 2021 Split Gallery Group Exhibition Omaha NE

  • 2021 No name studio 1808 Vinton group exhibition Omaha NE

  • 2021 Harvester Artist's Loft & Gallery Beheaded group exhibition Omaha NE

  • 2022 KANEKO Art Gallery Supervisor Showcase Omaha NE

  • 2022 13th Street Coffee Company group exhibition Omaha NE

  • 2022 Durham Museum Gift Shop prints 

  • 2022 13th Street Coffee Company group exhibition Annual Pop-up show Omaha NE

  • 2023 Shout, Speak, and Scream Queer Star Deli Omaha NE

  • 2024 Bold Omaha NE

  • 2024 Here & Queer Benson NE

  • 2025 A Garden of Expression: Cultivating Community through Art at Bellevue University Bellevue NE

  • 2025 Clover24 Inaugural group Exhibition Omaha NE

  • 2026 Hot Shops Silenced: Your Comfortability is Not Our Reality Omaha NE

 

Published  Work​

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Installations

  • 2021 Omaha Arts Festival Cube Project Omaha NE

  • 2021 Tri-faith Cube Installation Omaha NE

  • 2022 Omaha Arts Festival Cube Project Omaha NE

  • 2022 Midtown Crossing Sunny & Chair installation North Omaha NE

  • 2022 BFF Benson First Friday Lincoln Calling Live Mural Artist Lincoln NE

  • 2023 Family of Things Second Friday show Omaha NE

  • 2024 Omaha Arts Festival Cube Project Omaha NE

  • 2024 Sequence at Generator Space through Amplify Arts Cohort Omaha NE

 

Live Art​

  • 2021 Benson First Friday live art Omaha NE

  • 2021 Benson First Friday Lincoln Calling mural Installation Omaha NE

  • 2022 May-September Benson First Friday Artist Collaboration  with Natori Pittman Omaha NE

  • 2022 May, September Benson First Friday Live Art Omaha NE

  • 2023 May Benson First Friday Live Art Omaha NE

  • 2023 Family of Things Art Booth Omaha NE

  • 2024 Family of Things Art Booth Omaha NE

  • 2024 May Benson First Friday Live Art Omaha NE

  • 2024 July Benson First Friday Live Art Omaha NE

  • 2024 September Benson First Friday Live Art Omaha NE

  • 2025 May Benson First Friday Live Art Omaha NE

Education
 

  • AA Metropolitan Community College General Arts

  • Certificate Metropolitan Community College Professional Communications

  • B.A. Bachelors Multidisciplinary Studies Focus on Elementary Education, Sign Language Interpretation 

  • Parsons the New School For Design Summer Fashion Program

2010 - present
2010 - present

© 2024 by: Joy Cotton

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