Courtney Cotton 720.289.9323 cottoncourtney@gmail.com courtneycotton.com Education: University of South Carolina, BA Fine Art, [concentration Interior Design] 1990 South Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte, NC, 1986 Artist Experience: Courtney Cotton art, Landrum SC/ Boulder CO, Artist, Mentor & Art Instructor, 1997-current Blue Tile Art Space, Englewood CO, manage art studios & gallery space, 2020-2025 Courtney Cotton Studio, Santiago de Chile, Artist, 1998-00 Maria Noel Etchebarne Studio, BA Argentina, Artist/Watercolor Instructor, 1997-98 South Florida Arts Center, Miami Beach, FL, Study Painting, Begin Painting Professionally, 1996 Other Education: Studied with the following artists & institutions: Claire Desjardins, Robert Buridge, Nancy Condit, Molly Gough, Yvonne Stark, Bruce Chandler, Mark Masuoka, Marilyn Marshall, Jose Luis Arevena, and Inez Hollander. Amy Metier via Ballinglen Arts Foundation summer 2023 Leadership and Arts via CBCA [Colorado Business Committee for the Arts] 2019 Linda Geary & Veda Sun via Anderson Ranch Arts Center summer 2017, SBDC via Denver Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur training 2024 Affiliations: Museum of Contemporary Art Denver Art Museum Women in the Arts Colorado Business Committee for the Arts Juried Exhibitions: “Blue Show“ CORE New Art Space Denver, CO 2009 Steamboat Springs All Arts Festival, Steamboat Springs CO 2009 Second Place Miami Beach Festival of the Arts, Miami FL 2010 The Bohemian Spirit, Paris on the Platte, Denver CO 2012 Passages, Women's Caucus for the Arts/ CO, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver CO 2019 Destination, Littleton Museum, Littleton CO 2019 Best of Show Award Old Myths New Stories Women's Caucus for Art Colorado, Curtis Center for the Arts Greenwood Village, CO 2020 Fresh As Springtime, Framed Image, Greenwood Village CO 2023 Magpies, Colorado Women’s Museum, D’Art Gallery, Denver CO 2024 Spring in Amsterdam, Stellas, Denver CO 2024 Art of the State, Arvada Center for Arts & Humanities, Arvada CO 2025 Group Exhibitions: Colorado Ballet New Building Inauguration Group Show, Denver CO 2015 Stanton Art Gallery, Littleton CO 2016 Artilicious, Foolproof Art Gallery, Denver CO 2019 Symbiosis 2-person show, Cooper + Dash, Denver CO 2019 Moon Walk, Cooper + Dash, Denver CO 2019 Beyond the Gallery, Sarkisians, Denver CO 2019 per·spec·tives, dual artist show Gabrielle Graves & Courtney Cotton, Littleton Museum, Littleton CO 2020 Beyond the Surface, Core Gallery, Denver CO 2021 Sometimes I Think it’s a Painting, Blue Tile Art Space, Englewood CO 2023 Dual Artist Show with Alissa Davies, Messenger Gallery, Boulder CO 2024 Present Company, SeeSaw Gallery, Englewood CO 2024 Louder than Words, Tryon Painters & Sculptors, Tryon NC 2025 Awards: 2022 ACI Career Advancement Grant, 2019 Best in Show, Destination, Littleton Art Museum 2002 Technical Brilliance, AIA/Art Students League Denver, 2004 Award Winner, Freedom of Expression 2007 2nd Place, Steamboat Springs Yampa River Arts Festival, 1997 2nd Place, Annual Show, Miami Art League Collections: I have art work in private collections in the United States, Canada, Brasil, Argentina, Chile, England, France, Spain, South Africa, Ireland, Viet Nam, & New Zealand Commercial Clients: WSI Personnel, Bechta Group Limited, Ph7 Health & Fitness, Portable Computer Systems, Bank of Choice, Strength From Within, Children’s Hospital Colorado, h a l o salon, LEO Interior Design, Marriott, Liberty Global, Boulder Foods, Charter Communications, The Bluebird Permanent Supportive Housing Facility, The Arete Press/Publications: “La Danza Cosmica” by Martin Huerta Santiago, Chile, 2000 Hotel Interactive. Artful Lodgers, Creative expressions and experiences in the branding and marketing matrix by Jeff Heilman May 2012 303 Magazine Just Another Artsy Monday by: Kim Betzner November 2012 American Art Collector March 2019 5280 Magazine April 2019 Denver Voyager August 2019 Highlands Ranch Herald December 2019 Denver Post 2020 Rocky Mountain PBS 2021 Denver Post 2022 Canvas Rebel 2023 Other: Colorado Art Educators Association, facilitated annual conference master classes, Breckenridge CO 2014/2015 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Advanced painting & Dialogue July 2017 Leadership Arts Program, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, 2018/19 Rule Gallery Artist Residency, Marfa, Texas 2020 Curated Show No.1, Blue Tile Gallery, Englewood CO 2020 Co-Curated It’s Not So Black & White Show, Blue Tile Gallery, Englewood CO 2021 Colorado Art Educators Association, facilitated spring conference master classes, Denver CO 2022 Facilitated an exterior mural project with The Chameleon Art Collective, Blue Tile Art Space, Englewood CO 2022 Curated Sometimes I Think it’s a Painting, Blue Tile Gallery, Englewood CO 2022 Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle Ireland 2023