INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2017 Studio Gallery, Hampden Gallery, Amherst, MA
2015 Barton Museum, Wilson, NC
2012 The Industry, Long Island City, NY Sponsored by Silver Cup Studios
2011 Herter Art Gallery, Amherst, MA
2005 Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA
Herter Art Gallery, Amherst, MA
2003 Hampden Art Gallery, Amherst, MA
2000 Central Florida University, Orlando, FL
1999 Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1997 LP Projects, 167 W. 10th St., New York City
Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1996 SCC Gallery, Sanford, FL
1994 Main Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Pearl Conard Gallery, Ohio State University, Mansfield, OH
1993 Ben Shahn Galleries, (East Gallery) William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
Kent State University, Ashtabula, OH
1991 Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
1991 Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Holyoke Community College Gallery, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA
1990 Hollins College, Roanoke, VA
Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
1989 North Museum, Lancaster, PA
Student Union Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1987 Cummings Gallery, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA
1985 John Gibson Gallery, 568 Broadway, New York, NY
1984 John Gibson Gallery, 78th St., New York, NY
1983 Shircliff Gallery, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN
Steinman Gallery, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1981 University Center Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Richard F. Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
1980 Three Installations, Mary Ed McCoy Hall Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY
1979 Museum of Texas Tech University, (MFA Exhibition), Lubbock, TX
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 National X, Macon Museum of Art and Science, Macon, GA
2016 Dialogues, Satellite Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV (catalogue)
The Red Show, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (catalogue)
2015 Heros, Satellite Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV
Eyewitness, Hampden Gallery, Amherst, MA
2010 ‘Flower Power,’ Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts
‘Out of Sight,’ Wunderarts Gallery, Amherst, MA
2009 'Nowhere Else But Here,' Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts
2008 ‘Couples,’ Islip Museum, Long Island, NY, Reviewed in NYTimes and New York Newsday, (catalogue)
2007 ‘Titles,’ Amherst Books, MA and Toronto
‘Americura,’ Augusta Savage Gallery, U Mass and traveling to Cameroons, (catalogue)
2001 ‘Painting Invitational,’ Art Center Gallery, Bemidji, MN (catalogue)
2000 ‘Dreaming,’ Augusta Savage Gallery, Univ. of Mass., Amherst
1999 'Science,' Islip Museum, Long Island, NY
(curated by Karen Shaw) Reviewed New York Times, color reproduction
"Homecoming '99," Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX
"Five Colleges Faculty Exhibition," Smith College, Northampton, MA
1998 'Presence,' University of Connecticut, Storrs (curated by Kathryn Myers)
'State House Faculty Show,' Boston, MA (curated by Trevor Richardson)
1997 "New Work, New Artists," Spazi Gallery, Housatonic, MA
"Long Lake Open House Exhibition," Ancam, NY
1996 "U Mass Medical Center Group Show," Wooster, MA
"Faculties," 20th Anniversary Exhibition, University Gallery, Amherst
"5 Colleges Studio Art Faculty Drawing Exhibition," Herter Gallery
1995 "Inagural Exhibition," Viviane E. Browne Archives Adobe/Krow Archives, Bakersfield, CA
1994 "Art Against Political Correctness," ONETWENTYEIGHT Rivington Gallery, New York City
"Abstraction in the Valley," Springfield Museum Sales and Rental Gallery Springfield, MA
(curated by Sheldon LaPierre)
"Censorship," Hampden Gallery, Amherst, MA
"Art S.O.S. Exhibition," SoHo Alliance, 420 W.Broadway, New York
1993 "Three Women Artists/Educators," Dalton Galleries, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
"Aspects of Paper," ZONE Art Center, Springfield, MA
1992 "Impressions: Prints & Photographs of New England Artists," Attleboro Museum,
Attleboro, MA. Catherine Moyes, juror.
"Relativities" (25th Anniversary Invitational Alumni Exhibition) Fine Arts Center
and Texas Tech Univ. Art Department Gallery.
"Three Person Show," Arleese Gallery, Harwich, MA
"Utopia: Envisioning a Dream," Forum Gallery, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY
"Small Works," Amherst School of the Arts Gallery, Amherst, MA
1991 "Choice," A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
"Electronic Gallery," Texas Tech University Department of Art, Lubbock, TX
1990 "Faculty Show," R. Michaelson Gallery, Amherst, MA
"Nine Now," Herter Gallery, Amherst, MA
1988 "Introductions," Frumkin/Adams Gallery, New York, NY
"Group Invitational," SOHO 20 Gallery, New York, NY
"Gallery Invitational," Lubbock Arts Festival, Lubbock, TX
"Faculty Group Show," Steinman Gallery, Franklin & Marshall College
1987 "Group Invitational," Graphein Contemporary Drawing, Englewood, NJ
"Group Invitational," Gettysburg College Gallery, Gettysburg, PA
1986 "Group Invitational," Graphein Contemporary Drawing, Englewood, NJ
1985 "Governor's Show," New York Executive Suite, World Trade Center, New York, NY
1984 "Group Show," John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
1983 "Virginia Museum Biennial," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.
Patterson Sims, Jim Dine, Jurors.
"Virginia Artists Painting Exhibition," (traveling exhibition)
Maier Museum, Randolph‑Macon College, Lynchburg, VA
Walter Cecil Rawls Museum, Courtland, VA
"CPC Invitational," Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
1982 "Group Show," Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
"Paper in Particular," Columbia College, Columbia, MO, James McGarrell, Juror
"A Contemporary Viewpoint," Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
"3rd Annual Painting Invitational," Weber State College, Ogden, UT
"Annual Acquisitions Exhibition," Brush Gallery, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
Boyce, Roger, Art Review, ‘Food and Shelter,’ Art New England, November 2003.
Fellowship Program 1940-2000, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, VA (artwork reproduced), 2001, p.8.
Harrison, Helen. "In Islip, Experimentations and Installation," New York Times, August 29, 1999, p. 20LI.
Artwork reproduced.
Aleci, Linda. "Lucy Lippard, The Pink Glass Swan: Selected Essays on Feminist Art," Women's Art Journal, Summer 1999, p.40. Artwork reproduced.
Benvenuto, Christine. "Totally at risk, totally out there," Amherst Bulletin, January 31, 1997, p. 14.
Russell, Gloria. "Artist's works build ideas from fragments," Sunday Republican, February 9, 1997, p. 14.
Russell, Gloria. "High quality, innovation hallmarks of Spazi show," Sunday Republican, August 31, 1997,
Leisure Section.
Russell, Gloria. "UMass faculty members practice what they teach," Sunday Republican, April 28, 1996.
Russell, Gloria. "A melding of emotion, vision," Sunday Republican, September 11, 1994, D2.
Russell, Gloria. "'Two Visions' bound to African heritage, memories," Sunday Republican, September18, 1994, F‑2.
Wright, P."Art Views: 2 visions at Hampshire College," Hampshire Daily Gazette, September 22, 1994, p. 40.
Wright, P."Pushing the envelope not a pretty sight," Hampshire Daily Gazette, November 10, 1994, p.25, 27.
MacLean, M. "Banned On Campus exhibit on display in Hampden Art Gallery," Daily Collegian, November 9, 1994.
Flynn, A. "Canvassing the Galleries," Sunday Republican, October 16, 1994, p. G‑6.
Cullum, Jerry. "Agnes Scott show has abstract work of three painters," Atlanta Constitution, December 10, 1993.
Russell, Gloria. "On paper, 'Aspects' is an exciting, colorful exhibit," Sunday Republican, February 7, 1993, p. G5.
Wright, Patricia. "College ZONE shows push the paperwork," Hampshire Daily Gazette, Thursday, February 4, 1993, pp. 17 & 19.
Relativities: 25th Anniversary Exhibition. (catalogue) Texas Tech University, 1993. Artwork reproduced.
Latter, Ruth. (exhibition review) The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, September, l99l. Artwork Reproduced.
"Recent Paintings by Jeanette Cole," The Second Glance, Vol. 4, No. l, Fall 1991, p.l. Artwork reproduced.
Wright, Patricia. "Cole's works remind us that Flux can be painted," Hampshire Daily Gazette, Thursday, April 11, 1991, p.21. Artwork reproduced.
Wright, Patricia. "Smaller setting enhances work of UMass Faculty," Hampshire Daily Gazette, May 1990.
Fabos, Bettina. "A painter plays with inside‑out." Amherst Bulletin, Wednesday, April 26, 1989
Speight, Jerry. "Environmental Installation," School Arts, Vol. 8, No. 5, January l989, pp. 20‑22. Artwork reproduced
Schlenker, Eunice. "Art show exemplifies current art trends," Signpost, April 23, 1982, Ogden, UT
Lansdell, Sarah. "Color defines drawing show at Louisville Art Gallery," Louisville Courier Journal, February 8, 1981, p.H14.
"'Contemporary Viewpoint' Exhibit Slated at Tech," Lubbock Avalanche Journal, December 27, l981, p.4E.
Hodgman, Kathryn, "Local Gallery displays 'newest in contemporary art,'" Island Packet. April l, 1980, Hilton Head Island, SC p.20.
COLLECTIONS
Pieter Sanders, Holland
Max Imgrueth, New York and Switzerland
Shearson‑American Express, New York
Central Fidelity Bank, Virginia
Viviane Browne‑Adobe Krow Archives, California
St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
Mountain View College, Dallas, Texas
The Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Drury College, Springfield, Missouri
Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
(Work also in over 35 private collections)
DEGREES MFA, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 1979
BFA Ed, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 1973
TEACHING Professor, Department of Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 1989-2017
1999 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
HONORS AND GRANTS
George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation Fellowship,1995-96
Virginia Museum Professional Fellowship, 1994
Faculty Research Grants, University of Massachusetts, 1990 and 1991
Distinguished Graduate Alumni in Studio, 25th Anniversary Awards, Texas Tech, 1991
Painting Prize Honorable Mention, Virginia Commission on the Arts, 1989