C.V. / Resume
EDUCATION
2018 Certificate, Introduction to Oral History, Bailor university, Online
2008 M.A. Art and Ecology (Distinction), Dartington College of Art, Totnes, Devon, UK
2004 B.A. Cultural Anthropology and Fine Arts Studio (Summa Cum Laude), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2001 Certificate in Peace Studies, University of New Mexico, Taos New Mexico
SOLO + TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
“Seasons of Resilience” two woman show with Nicole Thibodeau, Wildflower Playhouse, Taos, NM, June – July, 2025
2023
“The Blue Show” two woman show with Nicole Thibodeau, Questa Public Library, Questa, NM, May – June, 2023
2013
“DREAMING PLACE” a visual and sound journey installation (collaboration with Anna Keleher), OCHO Art Space, Questa, NM March 30, 2013
“Place-Dreamer Pod Tour” mobile exhibition of “Radio Dreaming”, Border Counties, Ireland April 19 – May 23, 2013
2011
“How Far From Home Are We?” a visual and sound journey installation (collaboration with Anna Keleher and Rebecca Beinart), at the Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 1 – 29, 2011.
2010
“Great Sand Dunes: If You’d Like To….” installed at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Mosca, Colorado, Jul – Dec, 2010 (collaborative projects with Anna Keleher)
2008
"If you'd Like to....Dartmoor" installed at Bellever Youth Hostel, Dartmoor National Park, Devon UK, Sept - Nov, 2008 (collaborative projects with Anna Keleher)
"How far from home are we?" an illustrated radio journey and collaborative audio/visual installation, The Library, Dartington College of Arts, Devon, UK, Jul - Aug, 2008 (collaborative projects with Anna Keleher)
2007
“Color by Osmosis: new work by Claire Long”, Exhibition and launch event for Catalpa Design Website, Caffee Tazza, Taos, New Mexico Jan - Feb, 2007.
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
“Inner Murmurations” Millicent Rogers Museum 23rd Annual Miniatures Show and Sale, Milicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM February, 2025
“Winter Moon II” Taos Abstract Artist Collective Annual Open, Spring Exhibition, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM, April, 2025
“Winter Moon I” and “Sky Quilts” Creative Entrepreneur Exhibition, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM, May, 2025
2024
“Shadows of Plant Bones 1” Inside I Out, Drawing Box Exhibition, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland,
“This Place Has Seen” On Which It Rests, Juried Exhibition, Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos, NM July - August, 2024
“Murmuration I”, QAT Preview Show, Questa Library, Questa, NM June - August, 2024
“Unfolding” Millicent Rogers Museum 22nd Annual Miniatures Show and Sale, Milicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM February, 2024
2023
“Both One and Many” Taos Abstract Artist Collective Annual Open, Fall Exhibition, Stables Gallery, Taos, NM, October, 2023
“Phases and Seasons” Uncertain Certainties, Virtual Exhibition, Thrive Together Network, ThrivetogetherNetwork.com, Fall 2023
“Cracker Box Cyanotype Scrolls” Arte de Descartes XXIII, Stables Gallery, September, 2023
“Finding Your Song” Millicent Rogers Museum 21st Annual Miniatures Show and Sale, Taos, NM February, 2023
“Daily Drawings in Blue” Blue Infusion, Virtual Exhibition, February 2023 - ongoing
2022
“Repurposed Memories” Arte de Descartes XXII, Stables Gallery, October – November, 2022
Albuquerque to Ukraine Benefit Exhibition, Inpost Space, Albquerque, NM May-August, 2023
2021
Grief and Gratitude, Art and Stories from the Pandemic, Tortuga Gallery, Albuquerque, NM September 2021
“Pandemic Ponderings”, A5 Drawing Box Pop-Up Exhibition, Questa Public Library, Questa, NM, August – September 2021
“Strands of Being”, Multitudes, 180 Projects, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada, August, 2021
“Shadow Works Series”, Questa Studio Tour, Ute AIR, Sunshine Valley, Questa NM, August, 2021
“Buoyancy and Ballast” Maternochronics, Virtual Exhibition, May - December, 2021
2019
“Daily Nested Drawings”, Questa Studio Tour, Ute AIR, Sunshine Valley, Questa NM, August, 2019
2017
Coté Concepts - Art & Designs, Questa Studio Tour, August 19 - 20, 2017
"Botanical Brushes," Wild Rivers Plein Air, OCHO Gallery, June 24 - July 30, 217
2016
"Biomimicry Scroll" and "Sounds of Dispersal", SEED: Disperse, Dairy Arts Center, Curated by Lee Lee, Boulder, CO, June 22 - July 5, 2016
2014
“Window of Unexpected Cures (For Nursing Mothers and Everyone Else)”, Milicent Rogers Miniatures Show, Milicent Rogers Museum, Taos, NM Feb. 4 – Mar. 4, 2014.
2012
ISEA2012 Albuquerque Machine Wilderness, main exhibition, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM SEED 4, The Stables Gallery Taos, NM
2011
SEED 3, The Stables Gallery Taos, NM
18 Days, juried exhibition, Contemporary Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2010
SEED 2, The Stables Gallery Taos, NM
Art, Ecology and Economy, Duchy Square Centre for Creativity, Princetown, Devon UK and Centre for Contemporary Art in the Natural World , Exeter, Devon, (collaboration with Anna Keleher)
2009
Dispersal/Return: Land Arts of the American West 2000 – 2006, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
2008
Divergence: n50.26 w03.41, Arnolfini bookshop, The Cube Cinema, Bristol, UK
"Approaching an Exchange: Dartmoor" a documentary DVD and and "Daily Nested Thoughts" in "MAShow", MA Platform at Dartington College of Arts Degree Show, Totnes, UK, Sept 25 - 27, 2008.
"English Riviera Geopark: If You'd like to..." in English Riviera Geopark Exhibition, Torbay Coast and Countryside Trust/Cockington Court, Torquay, Devon, UK, May - July, 2008.
“Ecologies of Food, Dartmoor Prehistoric Food Practice Experiments” DVD of experiments and project outcome, “If you would like to…” (collaborative projects with Anna Keleher) in "Cinderella Hills: MA Arts and Ecology at Haldon", Centre for Contemporary Art in the Natural World (CCANW), Exeter, UK, April 5 - 20, 2008
2006
“Patriot Act” in “Is it a bird, Is it a Plane?”, a juried exhibition of artistic reflections on the global socio-political climate of the past two years, Elastic Arts Center, Chicago, Oct 20 - Nov 19, 2006.
“Camouflage: Budget Disguise” for “Renters.” Two Mobile galleries (budget rental trucks) installed at 10 locations during the Site Santa Fe Biennial weekend celebration.
“Urban Mimicry” and “Urban Disguise” for LandMinds, juried retrospective and first public exhibition for students of the first five years of Land Arts of the American West. Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
“Patterned Ground” Wildland Art! juried exhibition and fundraiser for the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance. Albuquerque Arts Alliance Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2005
“48 Potatoes,” “Urban Mimicry,” “Urban Disguise,” “Autumn Disruptive Coloration,” “Squash Ladle,” and “Sustaining the Artists: Anthropology of Food” in Land Arts of the American West 2005. John Sommers Gallery, University of New Mexico. December, 2005.
2004
“Jacob’s Ladder on the Rio Grande” for “Ranting and Raving: Artists Taking a Stand.” OFFCenter Community Art Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
RESIDENCIES
2017
Wild Rivers Plein Air Paint Out (3-day immersive camping residency), Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, June 21 - 23, 2017
2011
DREAMING PLACE, 40 days/night collaborative, traveling residency in collaboration with Anna Keleher at the Marble Arch Caves Global Geopark, Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland, Jun – Jul, 2011. www.dreamingplace.eu
2008
How Far From Home Are We? Mobile residency, Devon-Helsinki, N. Europe, Baltic States, Scandanavia, travel by van and by ferry, April, 2008
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Taos Abstract Artist Collective Annual Members Open Spring Exhibition Catalog, October, 2025
On Which It Rests, Exhibition Catalog, Taos Abstract Art Collective/Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos, NM Summer, 2024
Taos Abstract Artist Collective Annual Members Open Fall Exhibition Catalog, October, 2023
“Claire Coté and Anna Keleher: Under the Blanket of the Land: Radio Dreaming” by Tracey Warr in Writing in the Vicinity of Art, Vol. 1, September, 2023
Claire Coté and Nicole Thibodeau: A conversation in blue at the library, Taos News, May 2023
“Seeds Dreaming”, Questa del Rio News, June 2021
Seed Broadcast Journal, Biomimetics Scroll Illustrations, 2017
Bridging Art and Education, Taos News Citizen of the Year and Unsung Heroes Feature, Taos News, by Harrison Blackman, Fall 2017, https://issuu.com/taosnews/docs/heroes_17
Dreaming Place: Irish Adventure with Claire Coté, Kindle Ebook by Anna Keleher, Amazon.com, December 2, 2016
"New Exhibit Plants Viewers in the World of Seeds," by Billy Singleton, Boulder Weekly, June 23, 2016
Under the Blanker of the Land: ClaireandAnna, Radio Dreaming by Tracey Warr, a-n Interface, March 28, 2014 Review of "Radio Dreaming" by art writer and novelist Tracey Warr.
Renga Project (book), Axle Contemporary, May 27, 2014
Radio Dreaming Episodes 1 – 6, Broadcasting on USA and UK Radio Stations and other select stations around the world, 2012 – 2014
“Radio Dreaming in Cavan and Fermanagh” by Yasmin Maassarani, Cavan Living, http://www.cavanliving.ie, Cavan, Ireland February 12, 2014
"The Matter of Technology – Why it Matters", by Anita McKeown, Journal of the New Media Caucus, FALL 2013: V.09 N.03 ISEA2012 Machine Wilderness
Cover Illustration (watercolor), Book of Ancient Natural Remedies, by Peter Bigfoot, Published by Reevis Mountain School of Self Reliance, Spring 2011
“Improvised Cultural Adventure -Taos County artist featured in Albuquerque installation”, Taos News, April 4, 2011
"How Far From Home Are We?" a collaborative radio journey, Broadcasting on USA and UK Radio Stations and other select stations around the world, 2008 - 2011
Interview - “NeoRio 2010” on KVOT, Breakfast with Nancy, Sept 18, 2010
"Recycled Art for Kids", the Taos News, April 10, 2010
Interview - “NeoRio 2009” and LEAP on KTAO, Breakfast with Nancy, October 8, 2009
Photographs featured in, Land Arts of the American West, Ed. Bill Gilbert and Chris Taylor, University of Texas Press, April 2009
“Approaching an Exchange: Dartmoor”, “Dartmoor Magazine” Issue 93, winter 2008, page 25
"Daily Nested Thoughts" in "MAMag" Dartington College of Arts, Degree Show Catalog, Editor, Bill Leslie, September 2008
Interview with David Squires, “Devon Lives”, BBC Radio Devon, aired August 30 and September 2, 2008
"Environments in Rain" an induction into Dartmoor Sound Environments, Devon Lives, BBC Radio Devon, May 22, 2008
“A Patriot Act” Digital Photograph. Women Artist Datebook 2007. Syracuse Cultural Workers.
“Mimicry” Digital Photograph and Land Arts journal entry. Landminds Exhibition Catalog. 2006.
“Vessels-Cedar Mesa.” Digital Photograph. “Conceptions Southwest”, UNM’s Fine Art and Literary Magazine, Vol. XXIX. 2006.
“Raft.” Digital Photograph. “Conceptions Southwest”, UNM’s Fine Art and Literary Magazine, Vol. XXIX. 2006. Editor’s Pick.
“Sourcing Creativity-Place” Creativity Corner for “Art of the Song” aired July 2006 and published on-line by the creativity Portal: http://www.creativity-portal.com/articles/artofthesong/sourcing-creativity-place.html
Water Vignettes. (one-time radio special) Written and read by students of Basia Irland. Aired on KUNM 89.9 Feb. 4, 2004
CURATION EXPERIENCE
2024
Art and Story Exhibition, Alta Vista Elementary School, 65 Cyanotype Artworks and Correlating Stories by Youth, May 2024
Art and Story Cyanotype Student Quilts, Questa Library (permanent acquisitions), Fall 2024
2021
A5 Drawing Box Pop-Up Exhibition, remote collaboration with Drawing Box co-director Diane Henshaw (Northern Ireland), 70 artists, 350 small works on paper, Questa Public Library, August – September,
NeoRio 2020: Home – Online Exhibition and Virtual Artist Talks, Fall 2020
2009 - 2019
NeoRio: Confluence of Art & Environments Annual outdoor arts event: Nature-based themes and innovative art in a sublime setting accompanied by a free farm-to-table feast, music and evening solar-powered artist talks, Wild Rivers, Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, Cerro, NM
https://leapsite.org/neorio/
2016 Pollinate!, Annual Event Series, Questa NM
2015 Luz es Vida Annual Event Series, Questa NM
2014 Thinking Wilderness Online Featured Residency and Annual Event Series, Questa NM
2014 – “SEEDS: Time Capsules of Wilderness” Youth Exhibition and Hands-on “Seed Exploratorium” in co-curated and installed with Anita McKeown, OCHO
“SEED 2 - 4” An Exhibition Inspired by the beginning of everything”, co-curator and webmaster, Taos, NM, Fall 2012 – 2014
2012 – NeoKite: Youth Exhibition + Video Premier, OCHO Art + Event Space, September 2012
“350.org, an Exhibition documenting local Climate Action” Photography installation (featured photographers Geraint Smith, Jasmine Levalley and Zandi) at the Taos Public Library, Taos, New Mexico, Nov 1, 2009 – Jan 4, 2010
SELECT PUBLIC TALKS & PARTICIPATORY ARTWORKS
E Pluribus Unum: El Norte, Roundtable Discussion, Taos Center for the Arts Encore Gallery, Taos, NM August 26, 2023
LEAP Overview, Lorien Commune 50th Anniversary, Questa, NM, July 27, 2019
Taos Environmental Film Festival Presentation and Panel Discussion, September 28, 2016
"Radio Dreaming Presentation and Fundraiser" OCHO Art and Event Space, Questa, NM, Mar. 30, 2013(collaboration with Anna Keleher)
"Place-Dreamer Pod Tour" Irish Borderlands, April - May, 2013(collaboration with Anna Keleher)
"Matter of Technology Presentation and Panel Discussion", ISEA2012 Albuquerque Machine Wilderness, Albuquerque, NM (collaboration with Anna Keleher), "If You'd Like To.....Albuquerque" perambulatory installation, Albuquerque, NM Sept. 24, 2012
"SEED Presentation" Pecha Kucha Taos 2, January 2011 (collaboration with Siena Sanderson, Mandy Stapleford and Katie Woodall)
"The Exchange", Site-based, Participatiry Exchange events at Tijeras Prehistoric Pueblo, Tijeras, NM, Fall 2009
“Navigating Narritory: people, place and story”, Presentation, Dartington College of Arts, Devon, UK, 2008
"Approaching an Exchange: Dartmoor", performance-based walk and exchange, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK (collaborative project with Anna Keleher) 2008
“New Works from Land Art of the American West” University Art Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, November, 2005.
SELECT WORKSHOPS & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 – Present Teaching Artist for Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, NM Gallery Tours and Studio Sessions with students, families, community members and visitors; lesson planning and execution.
2023, Spring Questa Stories Art and Story Workshop, Alta Vista Elementary School, Questa, NM
2014-2019 LEAP’s Spring Education Art-Science Themed Immersion for all elementary students in Questa District + Red River Charter School in 2019. Themes have included, Thinking Wilderness, Luz es Vida, Pollination2, Seeds and Universal Elements. Hands-on science and art curriculum, emphasizing public exhibition of youth art works and projects.
Winter 2013 – Facilitator of Recycled “Make and Take” Workshop at the Harwood Museum of Art, Taos N.M.
Fall 2012 – SEED 4 lead instructor for Art Exhibition and “Seeds to Food” scheduled field trips from local schools, Sept – Oct, 2012
May 2012 – LEAP lead Instructor for NeoKite project, creation of kites with three classes with video documentation, May – Sept. 2012
2010 - 2012 - Instructor for Rivers & Birds’ "Watershed Project" 6th graders at Taos Middle School, 5th graders at Taos Pueblo Day School, Taos Pueblo, Instructor for Rivers & Birds’ "Watershed Project" for 5th graders at Arroyos del Norte Elementary School, Arroyo Seco, Taos, New Mexico
LEAP Instructor and Coordinator for “What’s In the Water”, a week-long puppet-making workshop and short film created on-site at the Wild Rivers Recreation Area, New Mexico, spring 2011
Spring 201, Facilitator for “Sounds Surround”, an auditory awareness and sound-mapping workshop, Harwood Art Center, ABQ, NM in coordination with “How Far From Home Are We?” exhibition and radio broadcasts in collaboration with Anna Keleher & Becky Beinart.,
2010 - 2011 Curriculum Development and art and Science Instructor facilitating field trips from Taos Schools to The Stables Gallery for “SEED 2” art exhibition and the “SEED 2 Exploratorium”, Taos NM
Spring 2010 Co-Teacher /Facilitator, Three 2-hour Family Workshops Creating Recycled Art at the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico.
Spring 2004 Volunteer at “OFFCenter” Community Art Studio, Albuquerque, NM
Summer 2003Teaching Assistant for “Southwest Water” at the University of NM, an inventive, field-based art studio class with Basia Irland, Albuquerque, NM
AWARDS
Spring - Fall 2024, Resident Artist with Taos Distillery, Creature Conserve Mentorship, CO
Spring 2024, Small Business Microgrant from the NM Regional Development Corporation
Fall 2017, Unsung Hero Award, Taos News, Taos, NM
Spring 2013, Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England, in collaboration with Anna Keleher
Collections/Archives
Nevada Museum of Art, Center for Art + Environment
NIVAL, the National Irish Visual Arts Library, Dublin, Publicly accessible at the museum library
Numerous private collections in the USA, Canada and UK
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
2009 – Present, Founder and director of LEAP (Land, Experience and Art of Place), an experimental, interdisciplinary, artist-driven initiative and networking hub, connecting artists with practitioners in other fields through classes, expeditions and events: LeapSite.org
June 2006 – Present, Owner Claire Cote Arts, Original works, fine art prints, cards, and hand-made creations (until 2019 also provided graphic design and web design)
September 2013 – Present, Parent: Mother of two spirited girls
2009 - Present, Off-Grid Homemaker and Homesteader, Sunshine Valley, NM
2017 – Present, Board Member for Questa Creative Council, Questa, NM, QuestaCreative.org
2007 – 2016 Board Member for Localogy, Questa, NM, www.localogy.org
2009 – 2015 Board Member for the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, Albuquerque, NM, www.nmwild.org
2009 – 2012 Educational Instructor and Web Support for Rivers & Birds, a Taos Area nonprofit, environmental education organization. Duties included leading educational programs and creating outreach materials for website and E-newsletters.
2006 – 2007 Outreach Coordinator, Office Manager and Graphic designer for Art of the Song, nationally syndicated radio show, Taos, New Mexico. October 2006 Archaeological Tech, 30-day hire for U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wild Rivers Recreation Area. Duties included GPS transect field survey with field notes, and artifact documentation and basic analysis.
Aug – Dec 2005 Student of the place-based, interdisciplinary program, Land Arts of the American West, University of New Mexico. 14 students traveled for 50 days as a nomadic group to 15 sites through out the American West and Northern Mexico, covering over 9,000 miles of territory, culminating in the annual Land Arts exhibition.
2004 - 2005: Outreach coordinator for the Los Alamos Study Group, Albuquerque, NM. Duties included management of and recruitment for the state-wide “Call for Nuclear Disarmament” campaign, researching and compiling public education tools and resources, organizing and promoting on-going events, authoring related promotional articles, supervising volunteers, and organizing August 6th: Hiroshima 60 Years in Los Alamos, a day of action including over 2000 commemorative sunflowers and 3000 candle lantern set a float at dusk.
May 2004: Senior Honors Thesis for the Anthropology Department at University of New Mexico, “Public Art in Albuquerque: Crossing Disciplines, Overcoming Boundaries to Create Community” (unpublished).
July 2003 to July 2004 (Intermittent): Student-hire as Computer Assistant at the U.S. National Park Service Intermountain Support Office—Santa Fe GS-07 level. Duties included cultural resource database management using Microsoft Access and Excel, electronic document archive development using Adobe Acrobat 5.3 and current scanning and optical character recognizing software; and taking and enhancing digital photos using Corel Draw 11 and Photoshop 7. Other duties included post-field sorting, labeling and packaging archeological artifacts according to Department of Interior curation standards, as well as photographing individual objects for inclusion in the final report.
August 2001 to May 2004: Work-study Director of Clark Field Archive and Anthropology Library at the University of New Mexico. Responsibilities included hiring and rehiring, training, scheduling and allocating duties according to the individual abilities of three to four work-study employees, maintenance of the collection, journal subscriptions, as well as cataloging and tracking reserve materials using Microsoft Access. Other duties included public relations with patrons and anthropology faculty, receiving donations and implementing policy decisions made by Clark Field Archives board of directors.
Fall 2000 - Fall 2001: Contract as graphic artist for the U.S. National Park Service. Duties included background research for and creation of 12 pen and ink renderings of natural environment, prehistoric inhabitants, Conquistadores, and Civil War residents at Fort Craig National Historical Site, for interpretive wayside signs.
September 2000: Poster-session of visual art and research project, “The Convergence of Peace, Spirituality, Conflict and Religion through Imagery and Symbols” at the International Society of Professionals In Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) conference, Albuquerque, N.M.
Abilities with ASL (American Sign Language): June 2004-Attended “Silent Week” at the New Mexico School for the Deaf in Santa Fe, during which all participants were immersed in sign language and deaf culture for 5 days. 2002-2005 attended classes in ASL at the University of New Mexico.
Abilities with Spanish: Attended four consecutive semesters of Spanish 2001-2003 at the University of New Mexico for basic comprehension and speaking ability. Travel to Spain for two weeks summer 2003, travel to Mexico for 3 weeks summer 2004.
