Carl CokeR
COMBINED VITAE AND EXHIBITION LIST
Birthdate: 2/8/1928
Professor of Art – Retired
University of Tulsa, Art Department
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Art Students League, New York – 1945–1946.
University of North Carolina – 1948.
University of New Mexico – 1948–1952 – B.F.A. Painting.
University of New Mexico Graduate School – 1955 – M.A. Painting.
Illinois State University – 1962–1964 – Doctoral Program in Studio Art – degree not completed.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Art & Architecture of Ancient Peru, Indigenous Architecture.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Assistant, Art Department, University of New Mexico, 1954–1955.
Graduate Assistant, Drama Department, University of New Mexico, 1954–1955.
Instructor, Anatomy and Drawing, Albuquerque Modern Museum, 1954–1955.
Art Instructor, Greensboro Senior High School, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1955–1956.
Painting Instructor, Greensboro Evening College, 1955–1957.
Art Instructor, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas, 1957–1962.
Doctoral Teaching Assistant, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 1962–1964.
Assistant Professor of Art, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1964–1968.
Associate Professor of Art, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1968–1971. Tenure 1971.
Professor of Art, University of Tulsa, 1975.
Chair, Art Program, University of Tulsa, 1978–1979.
Graduate Advisor, Art, 1971–1983.
Sabbatical Leave, 1979–1980, Lima, Peru and Taos, New Mexico.
Fulbright Fellow, 1979–1980, Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes – Lima, Peru.
Professional Leave, Fall 1983 – Fall 1984, University of Tulsa.
Visiting Artist, Pitzer College, Claremont, California, March 1985.
Visual Arts Panel Member, New Mexico Arts Division – Summer 1988.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Member, Board of Directors, Albuquerque Modern Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Member, Board of Directors, Living Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Design Coordinator – Loewenstein – Atkinson & Associates, Architects, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Member, Executive Council, New Mexico Art Education Association.
Member, Board of Directors, Green Country Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Member, RIA Board, All Souls Unitarian Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Chairman, Arts Board, All Souls Unitarian Church, 1976–1978.
Member, Exhibitions Committee, Mid America College Art Association.
Member, Arts Council, Johnson Atelier City Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1982–1986.
Member, Exhibitions Committee, Johnson Atelier, 1983–1984.
Member, Planning Committee, Tulsa Arts & Humanities – "Latin America in Perspective," 1983.
Member, Exhibitions Committee, Fulbright Alumni Association, 1985–1986.
AWARDS:
Texas Fine Arts Association Regional Exhibit – Sculpture, 1958.
Chelmont Exhibition El Paso, Texas (S.W. Regional) – Painting, 1959.
2nd Annual Southwest Exhibit – Oklahoma Arts Center, Oklahoma City – Painting, 1960.
Texas Fine Arts Association Regional Exhibit – Painting, 1961.
Interstate Fine Arts Society – Denison, Texas – Painting, 1961.
19th Central Illinois Exhibit – Decatur, Illinois – Painting, 1962.
14th Annual Regional Exhibit – Quincy, Illinois – Painting, 1963.
14th Annual Regional Exhibit – Quincy, Illinois – Sculpture, 1963.
19th Annual Regional Exhibit – Ft. Smith Art Center, Ft. Smith, Arkansas – Painting, 1969.
Oklahoma Annual – Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma – Graphics, 1970.
Oklahoma Artist Salon – Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Painting, 1972.
Oklahoma Annual – Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma – Grand Award Painting, 1973.
Regional Invitational Graphics Exhibit – Tulsa Library, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1973.
Who's Who in American Education.
Who's Who in American Art, 1978.
Award of Merit, Tulsa Landmark Competition, sponsored by American Institute of Architects, Tulsa, Oklahoma – 1986.
Gold Medal – El Paso Annual – El Paso, Texas, Summer 1988.
El Paso Museum of Art – El Paso Annual – Best of Show – 1989.
El Paso Internal Museum – Best of Show – 1990.
GRANTS:
Faculty Research Grant, University of Tulsa, 1970.
Summer Fellowship Grant, University of Tulsa, Tamarind Institute, 1974.
Oklahoma Arts & Humanities Grant, 1977.
Oklahoma Arts & Humanities Grant, 1979.
Faculty Grant, University of Tulsa, 1979.
Fulbright Hays Fellowship, Peru, 1979–1980.
United States International Communication Agency Grant, Peru, 1979–1980.
Mayfest, 1986 – Arts and Humanities Grant – Large scale sculpture, Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 1986.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS AND INSTALLATIONS:
Hillcrest Hospital, Three Paintings, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Farmers and Merchants Bank, Tulsa, Oklahoma – Relief.
City of Tulsa, Hicks Park & Recreation Center, Sculpture & Painting, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Painting, Print.
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Paintings.
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, Paintings.
East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas, Paintings.
Museum of the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, Paintings.
Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Painting.
U.S. Embassy, Lima, Peru, 1980, Relief.
Petroperu, Lima, Peru, 1980, Relief.
Banco Continental, Lima, Peru, 1980, Relief.
Runnels Oil Company, Hobbs, New Mexico, Sculpture, 1967.
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1967, Sculpture.
Holloman Air Force Base Hospital, Alamogordo, New Mexico, 1967, Sculpture.
Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, Herren Gallery, Lima, Peru, 1980.
Comision Fulbright, Lima, Peru, Painting, 1980.
Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Print, 1974.
Museum of New Mexico, Sant Fe, New Mexico, Painting.
Laguna Gloria Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, Sculpture.
Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Painting.
Tulsa City – County Library, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Print.
City of Tulsa, Maxwell Recreation Center, Fiberglass Relief, 1981.
Williams Plaza Hotel, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mural, Chairman's Suite, 1983.
Redman Plaza, Hines Industrial, 34' Stainless Steel Sculpture, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1983.
Organization of American States, Columbia Library, Washington, D.C., Photos, 1983.
Branigan Cultural Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1987
Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1987.
Carlos Romero Torres, Painting, Print, Lima, Peru, 1980.
Claudia Proano, Relief, Lima, Peru, 1980.
Carol Custer, Painting, Paracus, Peru, 1980.
Eugene Adkins Collection, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Print, 1982.
Berg Collections, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Paintings, 1981.
Harry Dalton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Painting, 1984.
John Cooper, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Painting, 1984.
Dr. Brad Fraum, Tempe, Arizona, Painting, 1984.
David Maniatas, Scottsdale, Arizona, 2 paintings, 1985.
Kathy Craft, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Painting, 1985.
Mr. & Mrs. David Furman, La Verne, California, 1987.
Mr. & Mrs. John Shafer, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1988.
Gregg Murrell, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1987.
El Paso Museum of Art – Painting.
International Museum of Art – El Paso, Texas.
Escuela Nacional de Bellas, Juror, Fourth & Fifth Year Qualification, Lima, Peru, January 1980.
National Watercolor Competition, Juror, ICPNA, Lima, Peru, Fall 1979.
National Printmaking Competition, Juror, ICPNA, Lima, Peru, Fall 1979.
Harwood Foundation, Lecture, Art & Architecture of Peru, Taos, New Mexico, Summer 1980.
University of New Mexico, Panelist/Lecturer, Aesthetics Symposium, D.H. Lawrence Ranch and Harwood Foundation, Taos, New Mexico, Summer 1976.
University of Tulsa, Landscape Painting in New Mexico, Summer 1982–1984.
Tulsa Junior College, Guest Lecturer, Spanish Class, Travel Peru, March 1984.
University of Tulsa, Continuing Education, A & S Sampler, Spring 1981.
Tulsa Public Library, Art and Architecture of Ancient Peru, March 1981.
1st Congressional District Art Exhibit, Juror, Spring 1983.
Mid America College Art Association, delivered paper on Sacsayhuaman: the Fortress of Cuzco, Houston, Texas, October 1980.
Pan American Round Table, Guest Speaker, Ancient and Modern Peru, Tulsa, Oklahoma, October 1981.
All Souls Unitarian Church, Guest Speaker, Travels in Peru, December 1980.
University of Tulsa, Lecture, Phillips Hall, Travels in Peru, October 1980.
University of Tulsa, Guest Lecturer, Graduate Humanities, September 1981.
Art Signature Gallery, Lecture, Contemporary Latin American Art, Spring 1983.
Taos Art Association, Juror, Taos Today Competition, Taos, New Mexico, September 1984.
Taos Art Association, Gallery Talk, October 1984, Taos, New Mexico.
Taos Art Association, Lecture, Art and Architecture of Ancient Peru, Taos, New Mexico, October 1984.
Pitzer College, Visiting Artist, Lectures Indigenous Architecture, Inca Architecture, Slide Lecture on my work. Claremont, California, March 1985.
Midwestern Association of Latin American Studies – convened panel on the Influence of Environment on the Art and Architecture of Peru – presented paper entitled – IncaArchitecture: its Environment and Function – Columbia, Missouri, September 1985.
Fulbright Alumni Association – exhibited large scale sculpture "Mystic Gate" – appointed to Exhibits Committee, October 1985.
Mid Atlantic Conference for Latin American Studies, Environmental Influences on the Evolution of Art and Architecture in Ancient Peru – Bucknell University, 1987, recently published by Rutgers University, January 1989.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico
St. Joseph's College, Albuquerque, New Mexico
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque Modern Museum
Fine Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
Poeter Gallery, Mesilla, New Mexico
New Mexico State University
Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico
Fairway Gallery, Bloomington, Illinois
Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Contemporary Arts Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Living Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Hexagram Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Instituto Cultural Peruano Norte Americano, Lima, Peru, 1979
Galeria Forum, Lima, Peru, 1980
ASPAP Gallery, Lima, Peru, 1979
Johnson Atelier, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1982
Wilde-Meyer Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1983
WORK SHOWN IN THE FOLLWOING MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES:
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas
Laguna Gloria Gallery, Austin, Texas
Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri
Wichita Art Center, Wichita, Kansas
Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois
Museo Pronaf, C. Juarez, Mexico
Galleria Forum, Lima, Peru
ASPAP Gallery, Lima, Peru
ICPNA Gallery, Lima, Peru
Institute of Design – Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
Museum of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina
Beaumont Art Center, Beaumont, Texas
Witherspoon Gallery – University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
Denver Museum of Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado
Tucson Art Center, Arizona
Madison Gallery, New York, New York
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Taos, New Mexico
Hexagram Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Signature Gallery, Tulsa Performing Arts Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Alaska Museum of Art & History, Anchorage, Alaska, 1986
Branigan Cultural Center – Las Cruces, New Mexico, 1988
Taos Art Association – Taos, New Mexico, 1988
ZZYZX Gallery – Los Olivos, California – Winter, 1989
SAMPLE OF EXHIBITION PARTICIPATION:
Exhibited in over 100 National, Regional & Local Exhibitions
Western Annual, Denver, Colorado
Touring Group Show Major Cities in Mexico, sponsored by U.S.I.A.
New Mexico Sculptors Invitational
New Mexico Painters Invitational
Past Jurors Invitational, Oklahoma City Art Center
National Drawing Show, Bucknell University
National Polymer Exhibit, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Regional Graphics Invitational, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Ball State Drawing and Sculpture Show
Illinois Print and Drawing Show
New Horizons in Sculpture, Chicago, Illinois
New Directions in Painting, St. Louis, Missouri
Sun Carnival Exhibit, El Paso, Texas
National Drawing Exhibitions, Reno, Nevada
Outstanding Artists of Oklahoma, Works of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1983
National Sculpture Competition, Lawton, Oklahoma, 1985
National Sculpture Competition, Kansas City/Lenexa, Kansas, 1985
Amarillo Annual (Regional Competition) – Amarillo Art Center, 2 paintings, – December 1985
Continuing Group Show, Wild/Meyer Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, Fall/Spring 1985–1986
University of Tulsa, Faculty Show, November 1985
Houston, Texas, Sculpture '86 – 2 large-scale works, Fall 1986
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Mid America College Art Association
College Art Association
Asociacion Peruana de Artistas Plasticas
Fulbright Alumni Association
MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES:
Platform Guest, Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, Lima, Peru
Fulbright Review Board for Peruvian Scholars to U.S., Lima, Peru
One Term A & S Curriculum Committee, University of Tulsa
Two Terms Graduate Council, University of Tulsa
Senior Faculty Advisory Committee, A & S, University of Tulsa
Committee on Promotion and Continuing Appointment, University of Tulsa, 1985–1986, 1986–1987 – Two Terms
Member, Nominations Committee, A & S, 1986
Conducted Tour to Peru, June 1983
Art Advisor, Student Literary Magazine, Zonyx
Art/Architecture Exhibit, Signature Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1982, 1983
Selected as Finalist in National Sculpture Competition for Anchorage, Alaska, Historical and Fine Arts Museum, 1983
Made two 16mm films, Inca Architecture, Spinning and Weaving in Peru, 1983
Curator, Latin American Folk Art, Tulsa Junior College, 1983
Group Show, Center Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1984
Two Person Show, Sculpture, Johnson Atelier, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1983
Organized monthly exhibits, Women's Center and Honors Center, 1985, 1986
Made video of Gabor Peterdi, Visiting Artist, November 1985
Made video of Leonard Baskin, Jewish Community Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 1986
Reviews for Choice: A Journal of the American Library Association – Art and Time in Mexico – Weisman & Sandoval; Guillermo Roux – Rey, Fall 1985; Red Grooms, Spring 1986; Ellsworth Kelly: Works on Paper, January 1986
Review of Video for Choice – Jacob Landau, January 1988
Consultant – Books for College Libraries – Latin American Art and Architecture, January 1986
Made Video of Tarahumara Indian Ceremonial – "The Pharasees and Soldiers," Chihuahua, Mexico, Spring 1986
ADDENDUM
RECENT EXHIBITIONS:
Garden Gallery – Los Olivos, California – three person show, September 1989
Lee-Lanning Gallery – Continuing exhibit
Mary Clarke Gallery – Continuing exhibit
Museum, University of New Mexico – Albuquerque 50's exhibit, September–October 1989
Rio Grande Theatre Gallery – L.C., November–February 2019
OTHER EXHIBITS AND ACTIVITIES:
Curatorial Assistant – "The Children's Pavilion"
Installation Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California, October 1989.
Travel – Discussion of Albuquerque 50's exhibit with Rita Deanin-Abbey, Enrique Montenegro, Blair Boyd and Peter Walsh, September 1989.