Drea Cofield b. 1986 is an artist currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY.
EDUCATION:
2013 M.F.A., Painting & Printmaking, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT.
2008 B.A. in Studio Art & East Asian Studies, DePauw University, Geencastle, IN.
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Infinite Nude, Solo Exhibition, Kravets Wehby Gallery, New York, NY.
Send Nudes Solo Exhibition, Future Fair with Galleri Urbane. New York, NY.
2023 Send N*des, Solo Exhibition, Galleri Urbane, Dallas TX.
2022 Soft Limbs, Solo Exhibition, Exeter Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
Many Pastorals, Solo Exhibition, Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN.
All At Once, Solo Exhibition, Efroymson Gallery at The Tube Art Space, Indianapolis, IN.
2018 Drea Cofield & Eva Hild, Two Person Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY.
Lotus Eaters, Solo Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery. New York, NY.
2017 Summer 2017: Drea Cofield & Ping Zheng, Nancy Margolis Gallery. New York, NY.
2016 Drea Cofield, Solo Exhibition. Durden & Ray. Los Angeles, CA.
Rise & Grind, a Mural & Exhibition by Drea Cofield, Ideal Glass Gallery, New York, NY
2013 We Had Lunch Together, Solo Exhibition, Aisling Gallery at The Study, New Haven, CT
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Weighted Blanket. Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL (upcoming)
Kaleidoscopic Companions, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI (upcoming)
2023 Dallas Art Fair with Galleria Urbane. Dallas, TX.
2021 The Scenic Route, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY.
Adventure Painting, The Armory Show with 1969 Gallery, New York, NY.
Glyphadelphia, Hesse Flatow. New York, NY.
Ex-Files, One Mile Gallery. Kingston, NY.
2020 My Funny Valentine, Auxier Kline Gallery, New York, NY.
Adventure Painting, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY.
2019 SWAB Pop-Up Show, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA.
The Mushroom Show, Sardine Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
The Magic Hour, curated by Calli Moore of See You Next Thursday. Brooklyn, NY.
2018 In Between The Lines, Pratt Institute Steuben Gallery. Brooklyn, NY.
This Kitten Got Your Tongue Tied, Beverly's, New York, NY.
2017 Right Side Out: The Modern Self-Portrait, Able Baker Contemporary Gallery. Portland, ME.
Ocotillo, curated by Jonathan DeDecker, Stella Elkins Gallery. Philadelphia, PA.
2016 GRAMMAR, Coustof Waxman Gallery. New York, NY.
Bomb Pop-Up!, A Three Day Pop-Up Art & Music Show, 1822 Fulton Street. Brooklyn, NY.
2015 The Landscape Changes 30 Times. Group Exhibition. Anahita Gallery. Tehran, Iran.
2013 Splendor in the Grass with Olympic Lad & Lass, curated by Robert Storr, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT.
Seduction, C.C.C.P. North Light Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
AWARDS/HONORS:
2023 Yaddo Residency
2012 Yale School of Art, Gloucester Painting Prize
2011 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
Art Residency with Odd Nerdrum, Stavern, Norway.
2009 National Society of Arts & Letters, Naomi Winston Scholarship
Art Residency at the International School of Painting, Drawing, & Sculpture, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
2008 Fritz-Smith Memorial Award. DePauw University Acquisition. Greencastle, IN.
SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2021 Contemporary Painting. Texts by Suzanne Hudson. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd. Pages 22, 23.
Adventure Painting. Meer Art. January 2020.
Maher, Daniel Milroy. Drea Cofield's paintings explore her past through mythological and allegorical contexts. It's Nice That. February 2019.
Hamada, Kimi. Artist Spotlight: Drea Cofield. Booooooom. January 2019.
Cascone, Sarah & Goldstein, Caroline. From Joan Mitchell's Early Works to Daniel Arsham's Dystopian Future: 45 Can't-Miss Gallery Shows in New York this September. Artnet News. August 2018.
Carrigan, Margaret. When Word's Fail: “Grammar” at New York's Coustof Waxman Gallery. Blouin ArtInfo. January 2017.
Artists Rule at Durden and Ray: Reviews of Americanism and Yvette Gellis & Drea Cofield. Diversions LA. June 2016.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
2018 How To. Three days of Workshops taught by artists, Immersive Art, & Music organized by BombPop!Up and produced by David Humphrey N.A., and the National Academy of Design at the National Academy of Design Museum & School, New York, NY.
[Press: Sutton, Benjamin. Artists Teach You How to Make Collaborative Drawings, DIY Reliquaries, Read Tarot, and More. Hyperallergic. June 2018 ]
2017 BPU02: I Want to Believe. A Six-Day Art & Music Residency by BombPop!Up Productions including a Group Art Show curated by Drea Cofield., Music Performances, Social Programming & Fundraising, and a printed pamphlet of artist-made conspiracy theories. Coustof Waxman Annex, 10 Montgomery Street, New York, NY.
2016 Bomb Pop! Up Show: A Three-day Three-Story Art & Music Show Curated by Drea Cofield including 34 artists, a Group Show, 13 Project Spaces, 2 Art Performances, 4 Music Performances, one DJ, & one Zine. 1822 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY.
