Education
2014 MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. London, UK
2011 BFA in 3D, University of Louisville. Louisville, KY
Selected Exhibitions and Performances
2016 March, Time Machine, The Bomb Factory Arts Foundation, London, England
2016 March, Projection, Collaboration with Experimental 3D Class from The Academy, The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
2016 March, Projection, Collaboration with Experimental 3D Class from The Academy, Dreamland, Louisville, KY
2015 July, Led Balloon / Olovo Balloon, Belgrade, Serbia
2014 Sept, Post, Powells Gallery, London, England
2014 Aug, Red Theseus, Crete Biennale, Trianon Center, Chania, Greece
2014 May, Stop It, Central Saint Martins, King's Cross, London, England, UK
2013 May, In Transit, V22 Gallery, London, England, UK.
2011 May, Sophomore, BFA Thesis Exhibition, The Cressman Center, Louisville, KY
2011 March, Collaborative Works, The O.Z. Gallery, Louisville, KY
2010 July, Concept and Execution, Hite Art Institute, Louisville, KY
2010 Feb, Debut Photographic Alliance RSO Exhibit, Rouge Noir Gallery, Louisville, KY
2010 Feb-March, School of Music Installation, Collaboration with Composer Leah Sproul, Louisville, KY
2010 Feb, Louisville 27: Community, The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY
2009 Sept, Empower, The 930 Gallery, Louisville, KY
2009 Ideas Into Action- Shelter, a presentation of collaborative photographs, The Red Barn, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2009 July, Empower, Rouge Noir Gallery, Louisville, KY
2009, Apr-May, Collaboration with TARC (Transit Authority of River City) and poet James Leary, TARC Shelter Herr Lane and Westport Village, Louisville, KY
2009, Assistant for Serkan Ozkaya, Drawing the Front Page to be Published for the Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY
Publications and Interviews
2015 Dec, Coco Lorde Makes Work Exploring Gender and Identity Construction, 1Granary, Kings Cross, London
2015 Sept, Traveler, Digital Media Week, Artebella
2015 Aug, Coco Lorde, Louisville Visual Arts Blog
2014 Aug 7, ΣTO MEΓAPO "TPIANON"; EkΘεδn δuyxpovnς τἐxvnς, XANIΩTIKA NEA
2011 Feb 10, Staffpicks, LEO Weekly (print)
2010 April 10, Art On Deadline, The Courier-Journal (print)
2009, May 12, Poetry and Art to Steer Louisville Bus Shelters, The Courier Journal (print)
2009 June 5, Community Projects Teaches Fine Art Students More Than Photography, The Louisville Cardinal (print)
2009 May 1, Kid Power Yields Super Portraits, The Courier Journal (print)
Selected Talks/Presentations
2014 June, Failure in Success and Success in Failure, Swedenborg Center Lecture Hall, London, England
2012 Sept, Art as Social Exchange, Guest Lecturer for Dr. Kieth Lloyd at Kent State University, Stark, OH
2009 April, Ideas into Action, The Red Barn, Louisville, KY
2009 April, Shelter and Collaborative Urban Projects, Service Learning Expo, Louisville, KY
2009 April, Humanities and the Arts: Cultures & Controversies, Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium, Louisville, KY Curatorial Experience:
Arts and Social Outreach
June 2014 - Present: Language&Logic. Audio engineer for a the arts and human rights + culture production company, Language&Logic.
May 2010 - Aug 2012: Co-Founder, Co-Director, Curator of the O.Z. Gallery: Free Community Gallery and Public Space.
July 2010: Organized and participated in a project with the children at Americana Community Center to create cyanotype prints. (Five sessions for a week)
Feb - April 2009: Taught students at St. Josephs Children’s Home the art and skills of photography- 4 hours a week for 3 months, Louisville, KY
Permanent Collections
2009 Empower, a collaborative photography exhibit between U of L and St. Josephs Children’s Home, The 930 Gallery, Louisville, KY
2009 Empower, a collaborative photography exhibit between U of L and St. Josephs Children’s Home, Saint Joseph’s Children’s Home, Louisville, KY
Affiliations
2015-16 The Failure Collective
2014-16 Language&Logic
2010-11 Public Relations Chair, The Glass Collective
2010-11 Fundraising Chair, The Photographic Alliance
2011-12 Glass Works of Louisville
2011-12 Casey Hyland
2012 Mark Payton Glass Center