BIOGRAPHY
ALIKA COOPER
Born in Agana, Guam 1979
Lives in Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
2006 M.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
2002 B.F.A., California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
“A Cold Wave", Mark Wolfe Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2008
"Making Magic", Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Alika Cooper, Vienna Fair, Galleria Studio Legale, Vienna, Austria
2007
Alika Cooper, Galleria Studio Legale, Rome, Italy
Alika Cooper, Mark Wolfe Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2005
Alika Cooper, Lightbox/Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
"Dearlly, Madly", Howard House, Seattle, WA
"Heroes and Villains”, RPS Collective, Oakland, CA
"The Artists of ZYZZYVA," Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“75th Crocker-Kingsley California Biennial”, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
2008
"Garden of Earthly Delights," Cairo Collection, Seattle, WA
“We Are California History”, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland CA
“There! New Art from Oakland”, Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
“Gold Rush”, Okay Mountain Gallery, Austin, TX ( Curated by John Trippe)
“Hello Comrade”, POV Evolving Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Sacred and Profane, G126 Gallery, Galway, Ireland
“Panorama Project 3”, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
“Cartefatti”, Galleria Studio Legale, Rome, Italy
2007
“Glamour, Glory, and the Good Old Days”, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
2006
“In the Black”, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“The Girls Room”, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
“Grand Union”, Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“A Piece Apart”, Aidan Savoy Gallery, New York, NY
“Underneath the Crooked Bough”, Receiver Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
“Light Opt(s): A Selection”, Lightbox, Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Authentic Selves”, JFK University Gallery, Berkeley, CA
“Murphy and Cadogan Award Show”, SFAC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
“Houndstooth and Herringbone”, Here Gallery, Bristol, United Kingdom
“Curvy”, Somawo, Sidney, Australia
AWARDS AND HONORS
2009
Artist in Residence, Galleria Studio Legale, Marzano Appio, Italy
2005
Magic- Trillium Press, Yesland Prize, San Francisco, CA
Jack and Gertrude Murphy Fellowship, San Francisco, CA
California College of the Arts Graduate Merit Scholarship, San Francisco, CA
2004
California College of the Arts Graduate Merit Scholarship, San Francisco, CA