Don Cooper
Born: 1944
Hometown: Texas
Lives and Works: Atlanta, GA
Website: http://www.doncooperpaintings.com
Education:
MFA, University of Georgia, 1968
BFA, University of Georgia,1966
About The Artist
Don Cooper’s practice is heavily informed by his travels to Central and South America, Southeast Asia, India, Italy, and China. A recent solo exhibition featured watercolors with pigments derived from precious stones, such as jade, turquoise, and lapis lazuli and continued his inclination for Zen-inflected, meditative compositions. His prints and paintings are sublimely transcendent, providing a perfect means of pause from the routine of harried contemporary life.
A recipient of numerous grants and awards, including the MOCAGA Working Artist Grant and Fulbright Artist Fellowship, Cooper has taught at the Atlanta College of Art.
Galleries
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Select Permanent Collections
Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Greenville County Museum, Greenville, SC
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Works by the Artist
