GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
707 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 505.983.3707
Sara (SK) Cothren has been painting since 1994. She attended Eastern Oregon University in La Grande, Oregon before touring New England on her bicycle and leaving the United States to tour Thailand before living and working in South Korea. Upon her return to the U.S.A. she enrolled in Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English and Advertising/ Photography in 1995. In 2003, she returned to Adams State College and earned a Master of Arts in English Education. Cothren then taught college, high school and middle school English and Art while constantly pursuing her painting career and travelling. She has studied art and culture in Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, The Netherlands, France, England, and Iceland. Over the past thirteen years, her work has appeared in over twenty-five solo and group exhibitions in Alabama, Colorado, and Australia. Currently, Cothren is a full-time artist with a professional studio on the top floor of the Historic Federal Building in Pueblo, Colorado. She lives with her family in Olney Springs, Colorado.
PRESS RELEASE
SELECTED SOLO AND FEATURE EXHIBITIONS:
| 2008 | Captured Earth - Sangre de Cristo Arts Center (Museum Accredited by the AAM) - Pueblo, Colorado (forthcoming) |
| 2007 | Public Junk Mail Sculpture - installation sponsored by the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center (Museum)- Pueblo, Colorado. |
| 2007 | Laughing Ladies - Salida, Colorado |
| 2004 | Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College - Alamosa, Colorado |
| 2000 | Soho Gallery - Pueblo, Colorado |
| 1996 | Sista's Gallery - Auburn, Alabama |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
| 2007 | 707 Contemporary Gallery - Santa Fe, New Mexico Denver Modernism Show. Juror: Gwen F. Chanzit, Ph.D. Curator, Denver Art Museum - Denver, Colorado Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Professional Division. Jurors: Cathy Wright, Director of the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History and James P. Bixler - Pueblo, Colorado The Gleaners - cultureclash gallery - Salida, CO Winging It - cultureclash gallery - Salida, Colorado Piece-Makers - cultureclash gallery- Salida, Colorado Memorial Hospital Art Showcase (proceeds to cancer research) - Colorado Springs, Colorado CAEA Exhibit 2007 - Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts - Palmer Lake, Colorado |
| 2006 | Community Art Show and Auction - Rocky Ford, Colorado |
| 2005 | District Art Educators Exhibit - Rocky Ford, Colorado |
| 2004 | Atrium Gallery, The Business of Art Center - Manitou Springs, Colorado |
| 2002 | Crowley County Art Show -Crowley, Colorado. |
| 2001 | Ipswich Community Gallery - Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. |
| 2000-01 | Colorado State Fair - Pueblo, Colorado |
| 1998-99 | Fine Arts League Museum Show - La Junta, Colorado |
| 1996-97 | Studio 218 - Auburn, Alabama |
AWARDS:
2007 Third Place, Professional Division, Colorado State Fair Fine Arts
Exhibit - Pueblo, Colorado
2004 Best of Show - Atrium Gallery, The Business of Art Center - Manitou
Springs, Colorado
2001 Meritorious Award, Colorado State Fair - Pueblo, Colorado
2000 Meritorious Award, Colorado State Fair - Pueblo, Colorado
1996 Photography Grant for Creative Excellence, Auburn Art Association
- Auburn, Alabama
1995 Painting Award, Genesis Magazine, Adams State College - Alamosa,
Colorado
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS:
Australia, Alabama, Colorado and Oregon.
EDUCATION:
2003 Masters in Secondary Education, Adams State College - Alamosa, Colorado. 1995 Bachelor of Arts - Advertising: Painting and Photography, Adams State College - Alamosa, Colorado