Art Resume James M. Cooper 212 West Center Street Medina, New York 14103 585.765.5886 jcooper@studiocooper.com studiocooper.squarespace.com
Education 1983-1985 Cranbrook Academy of Art Master of Architecture, Thesis Project: The Grand Tour Daniel Libeskind, Department Chair 1979-1982 1975-1978
State University of New York at Buffalo Graduate Studies in Architecture
1973-1975
Niagara County Community College Liberal Arts/Math/Science Associates Degree
Boston University Bachelor of Arts, English Language and Literature
Edwin Vason Jones Scholar 2006
Recipient of The Edward Vason Jones Scholarship for the Rome Drawing Tour Travel, drawing and watercolor sketching, Rome, Naples and Paestum
2010
Seminar, Understanding the New York City Building Code, Paul Naprstek, Instructor
2008 2007 2007 2006 2008 2007 2007 2005 2005 2004
Newport Drawing Tour with Victor Deupi Venice Drawing Tour with Victor Deupi, Stephen Harby, Michael Grimaldi Villa Cornaro, Piembino Desi, Italy Classical New York Watercolor Workshop with Stephen Harby Study Abroad: Rome Drawing and Painting Program with Victor Deupi Art Students League, New York, New York Life Drawing, Richard Barnet Life Drawing, Michael Grimaldi Anatomy for Artists Lectures, Frank Porcu Life Drawing, Costa Vavagiakis New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, New York, New York Drawing Marathon Oil Painting
Additional non-degree study New York University, New York, New York
Institute of Classical Architecture, New York, New York
Teaching Experience 2009-2012 Cooper Union, New York, New York Plein Air “Paintng the City”, Instructor 2007-2012 Institute of Classical Architecture, New York, New York Instructor, Architectural Watercolor Sketching 2009 Plein Air “Wintertur Museum” Professional Development Class 2008 Plein Air “Woodlawn Cemetery” Professional Development Class 2008 Plein Air “Cooper-Hewitt Museum” Professional Development Class 2007 Plein Air “Green-Wood Cemetery” Professional Development Class 2007 Plein Air “NYPL” Professional Development Class 2010-2007 Educational Alliance, Art Instructor, New York, New York Portrait and Figure Drawing Classes Plein Air Drawing and Watercolor Painting 2009 Featured on Living Social, “Painting the City”, plein air watercolor instruction http://www.livingsocial.com/cities/3/deals/2058-69-off-watercoloring-class 2006 City University of New York College of Technology, New York, New York Part-time Adjunct, Architectural Drawing 2004 Butterfly Conservatory, School of Horticulture, Ontario, Canada Guest Lecturer, Perspective Theory for Garden Design 1996 Buffalo State College, Department of Interior Design, Buffalo, New York Adjunct, Interior Design Drawing 1989-1988 Boston Architecture Center Instructor, Life Drawing Instructor, Architecture Studio 1987 Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts Full-time Assistant Professor Design Studio, Architectural Drawing Rendering, Modelmaking 1985 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Architecture Department Plein Air Watercolor Painting Classes 1983 State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Architecture Teaching Asisstant to Professor Richard Cordts Advanced Seminar in Architectural Theory
Exhibitions 2009 Educational Alliance Art Gallery Faculty Show 2009 Virgina Architecture Center, Palladio’s Legacy and Anniversary Show 2000 The 44th Potrero Hill Artist’s Exhibition, San Francisco, California 1988 BAC Exhibition, Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts Colored Pencil Architectural Rendering of Prototypical House designed by Royal Barry Wills Architects 1985 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Museum Thesis Show, Bloomfield Hill, Michigan “The Grand Tour” Watercolors, drawings, bookbinding 1984 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy Cranbrook Architecture Studio Invitational Submission Reading, Writing, and Memory Machine Project, Daniel Libeskind Architect 1984 Cranbrook Academy of Art Theater Model Fundraiser Robert Saarinen Swanson Architect 1984 Cranbrook Academy of Art Auction Subway Station Design for Buffalo, New York, James Wines, Guest Critic 1983 Times Tower Competition, Villard Houses, New York, New York Art Installation proposal at Times Square collaboration
Publications 2008 2006 1988 1986 1984
Veranda Magazine, Erica Broberg Architect Rendering Institute of Classical Architecture Journal Rome drawing Tour 2006 Builder Magazine Royal Barry Wills Associates, Architects, House Rendering, Bath, Maine Nichols School Journal, Buffalo, New York Faust Cordes Company Condominium Development Watercolor Rendering Venice Biennale, Terza Mostra Internazionale Di Architettura Cranbrook Architecture Studio Reading, Writing, Memory Machines
Professional Affiliations Institute of Classical Architecture New York Society of Renderers College Art Association American Museum Association
Travel
2007-2006 Europe Italy, Holland 1978 Central and South America Guatamala, Costa Rica, Panama,Colombia, Equador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela 1975 United States and Canada Much of Continental United states and Eastern Canada
Computer Skills
MacDraft, Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Vectorworks
References
Richard C. Cordts 5320 Pocusset St Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217-1909 412.422.3414 Catherine Faust, AIA 141 Highland Avenue Buffalo, New York 14222 716.886.6809 Brian J. Carney, AIA Wissahickon Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19144 215.438.0860 Ellen Weissbrod 7th Street Film Syndicate 60 Grand Street New York, New York 10013 917.714.0344