| 1937 | |
Born Windham CT |
| 1955-60 | School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA | |
| 1961-64 | Fellowship, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for travel and study in Europe |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
| 1970-71 | |
Reese Palley, New York |
| 1970 | Galerie Ricke, Cologne, Germany | |
| 1972 | Galerie Ricke, Cologne, Germany | |
| 1973-75 | Cunningham Ward, Inc., New York | |
| 1974 | Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto, Canada | |
| 1977 | Cunningham Ward, Inc., New York | |
| 1979 | Betty Cunningham, New York | |
| 1980 | Betty Cunningham, New York | |
| 1982 | Betty Cunningham, New York | |
| 1983 | Oxley Gallery, Sydney, Australia | |
| Washburn Gallery, New York | ||
| Damon Brandt, New York | ||
| 1985 | Washburn Gallery, New York | |
| Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Philadelphia and Tyler School of Art | ||
| Temple University, Elkins Park, Philadelphia | ||
| 1987 | Washburn Gallery, New York | |
| 1988 | Washburn Gallery, New York | |
| 2002 2017 |
Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York Fort Gansevoort Gallery, New York |
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
| 1967 | |
Park Place Gallery, New York |
| 1968 | "Paintings for Museum Collectinos," American Federation of Arts, New York | |
| 1969 | Paula Cooper Gallery, New York | |
| Gallery Parker 470, Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| "Annual," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York | ||
| "A Tendency in Contemporary Painting," Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany | ||
| "Eight Painters," Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts | ||
| "Color in Control," Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida (and travelling) | ||
| Helman Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri | ||
| "Program II," Galerie Ricke, Cologne, Germany | ||
| 1970 | "Recent Acquisitions," Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
| J. L. Hudson Gallery, Detroit, Michigan | ||
| "Zeichnungen Amerikanischer Kunstler," Galerie Ricke, Cologne, Germany | ||
| 1971 | "Four Painters," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas | |
| Kunstmarkt, Cologne, Germany | ||
| "Structure of Color," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York | ||
| 1972 | "10 Painters, New York," Museum of Art, Berkeley, California | |
| "Annual," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York | ||
| Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Cunningham Ward, Inc., New York | ||
| Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto, Canada | ||
| "New American Abstract Painting," Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, Illinois | ||
| 1973 | "Drawings," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York | |
| 1974 | "Recent Acquisitions," Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
| "Paintings and Sculpture Today," Indianapolis Museum, Indianapolis, Indiana | ||
| Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto, Canada | ||
| 1975 | "New York Artists," Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York | |
| "Biennial," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | ||
| Morris A. Mechanic Theatre Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland | ||
| "Recent Works on Paper by American Artists," Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin | ||
| 1978 | "New York Artists," Swearingen Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky | |
| 1979 | "New Painting, New York," Hayward Gallery, London, England | |
| 1980 | "American Drawing in Black and White," The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York | |
| 1981 | "Three American Painters," Axiom Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (and travelling to Sydney, Australia | |
| "New Work on Paper I," The Museum of Modern Art, New York | ||
| 1982 | "Seven Americans," Washburn Gallery, New York | |
| 1983 | "Selected Drawings," Jersey City Museum, New Jersey | |
| "Recent Acquisitions; Paintings and Sculpture," The Museum of Modern Art, New York | ||
| 1984 | "Luxe, Calme et Volupte," 1 Penn Plaza, New York | |
| "Drawings and Sculpture," Manhattan Art, New York | ||
| "Small Works...New Abstract Painting," Muhlenberg/Lafayette College, Pennsylvania | ||
| 1985 | "Drawings: Coast to Coast," William Campbell Contemporary Art, Fort Worth, Texas | |
| 1985-86 | "The New Response: Contemporary Painters of the Hudson River," Albany Institute of History and Art (and travelling) | |
| 1986 | "Big Abstract Drawings," Pratt Institute Gallery, New York | |
| "Painterly Abstractions—Eight New York Artists," Simard/Halm Gallery, Los Angeles | ||
| 1992 | "Four Painters," Tuscan Museum of Fine Arts, Tuscan, Arizona | |
| 1993-94 | "The Artist as Native," Babcock Gallery, New York (and travelling). Book and reproduction pp. 52-53. | |
| 1995 | "Alan Cote, William Tucker and John Walker," Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York | |
| 1997 | "Marketing, Time," Marc de Montebello Fine Arts, New York |
AWARDS
| Creative Artists Public Service Program, Grant, 1976-77 |
| The John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting, 1984 |
| The National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Painting, 1989 |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
| Gulf State Paper Corporation, Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
| Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona |
| United California Bank, Los Angeles, California |
| J. Patrick Lannan Foundation, Palm Beach, Florida |
| Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey |
| Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, New Jersey |
| Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
| Paine Webber Group, Inc., New York |
| The Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, New York |
| Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
| Wheatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas |
| James A. Michener Collection, University of Texas, Austin, Texas |
| Suermondt Museum, Collection Ludwig, Aachen, Germany |
| International Business Machines, Armonk, New York |
| Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona |
| Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida |
| The Phillips Collection, Washington DC |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
| _______ | |
"On Exhibition," Studio International, Vol. 179, no. 918, January, 1970, p. 39. |
| Staber, M. | "Brief aus Koln und Dusseldorf: Drei Maler," Art International, Vol. XIV/3, Mar. 1970, pg. 60. | |
| Collin, Jane. | "Reviews and Previews: Cote at Reese Palley," Art News, Vol. 69, No. 8, Dec. 1970, pp. 14-16. | |
| Sharp, Willoughby. | "Points of View: A Taped Conversation with Four Painters," Arts, Vol. 45, No. 3, Dec 1970-Jan 1971, pp. 41-42. Cover illus. | |
| Domingo, Willis. | "Galleries: Exhibition at Reese Palley," Arts, Vol. 45, No. 4, Feb 1971, pp. 55-57. | |
| Henry, Gerrit. | "New York Letter: Cote at Reese Palley," Art International, Vol. XV/2, Feb 20, 1971, p. 81. | |
| Pincus-Witten, Robert. | "New York: Alan Cote at Reese Palley," ArtForum, Vol. IX, No. 7, March, 1971, p. 62. | |
| Elderfield, John | "Works on Paper I," catalogue, The Museum of Modern Art, 1981 | |
| Yau, John. | "Alan Cote at Washburn," Art in America, January 1983, pp. 150-151. | |
| Yau, John. | "Alan Cote: The Role of Drawing," Sulfur 15, 1986, pp. 142-3. | |
| Westfall, Stephen | "Alan Cote at Washburn," Art in America, January 1989, p. 144. | |
| Murdock, Robert M. | "Marking, Time ," in Review, December 1997, pp. 33-34. |