Willie Cole

Sculptor, printmaker, and conceptual artist Willie Cole was born in Newark, NJ. He earned a BFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York City.

Cole’s work has been exhibited at institutions including Highpoint Editions, Minneapolis; Alexander and Bonin, New York City; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; and the Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque. His work is in the collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Rochester, NY; American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT.

Cole has received numerous awards, including the David C. Driskell Prize in 2006. 

—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records