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Born and raised in Lyon, France. Lived in Taiwan, Mexico and Egypt. Living and working in New York since 1984.

Public Art Collections:

Museums:

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Prints and Drawings, New York.
  • The Getty, Los Angeles.
  • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
  • Legion of Honor, Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco.
  • Brooklyn Museum
  • Museum of the City of New York.
  • MOMA Library, New York.
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
  • New York Historical Society, New York.
  • Portable Work Collection, City of Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Musée Saint-John Perse, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.
  • Musée de l'hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun, France.
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts, Belfort, France.
  • Musée de la Miniature, Lyon, France.
  • Musée Baron Gérard, Bayeux, France.

Libraries:

  • Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum, New York.
  • Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.
  • Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
  • New York Public Library, Spencer Collection.
  • Bibliothèque Nationale du Luxembourg.
  • Cerritos Library, California.
  • The Evergreen's rare book collection,Washington.
  • Newark Public Library, New Jersey.
  • Sackner Collection of Visual & Concrete Poetry, Florida.

French city library collections:

Albertville, Albi, Amiens, Annecy, Auxerre, Besançon, Brest, Chalon en Champagne, Cherbourg, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Douai, Dunkerque, Grasse, La Rochelle, Le Havre, Issoudun, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Lille, Limoges, Lourdes, Lyon, Metz, Montpellier, Mulhouse, Nantes, Narbonne, Nice, Niort, Oullins, Quimper, Rennes, Riom, Royan, les Sables d'Olonne, Saint-Priest, Saumur, Sète, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Vannes

University Collections:

  • Atheneum La Jolla, California.
  • Brown University, Rhode Island.
  • Connecticut College.
  • Columbia College Library, Illinois.
  • Florida Atlantic University, Arthur Jaffe collection.
  • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
  • Mills College, California.
  • Occidental College, Mary Norton Clapp Library, Los Angeles.
  • Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles.
  • Princeton University Firestone Library, New Jersey.
  • Rutgers University Libraries (Newark, Dana library, Jazz collection; New Brunswick, Roebling Collection & special collections), New Jersey.
  • Stanford University, California.
  • U.C.L.A., California.
  • University of Connecticut.
  • University of Louisiana, Lafayette.
  • University of Louisville, Kentucky.
  • University of Minnesota.
  • Temple University, Pennsylviana.
  • Yale University: Arts of the Book Collection, New Haven, Connecticut.

Public Art:

Works in progress:

Santa Teresa Public Library, San Jose,California;
Aurora, Colorado: "the Intersection of Art & Function" project.
Paris, France, decorative fences for residential building
Scottsdale, Arizona, Floating banners at the Bell Tower, installation September 8, 2008

  • "Energie"- 2007- stainless steel and LEDs, Halle de sport de Tigery, France.
  • "Postcards from North Carolina"-2007, six aluminum murals, Charlotte Douglas International Airport, North Carolina.
  • "Patterns of Life"-2006, stainless steel shadow boxes for the Chelsea House, Manhattan, commissionned by the Clarett Group.
  • "Have a Ball"-2006, Kent, Washington, cut-out metal gates.
  • "Bronx Literature"-2006, Burke subway station,New York City: permanent faceted glass mural commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts in Transit, New York City.
  • "Seeds of the Future are Planted Today"-2004, Kostner subway Station, Chicago: stainless steel fence Chicago Transit Authority Commission administered by the City of Chicago's Public Art Program.
  • "Working in the Same Direction"-2003, permanent sculpture commissioned by the Percent for Art Program of the New York Department of Cultural affairs, the New York City Fire Department and the Department of Design and Construction - Rossville, Staten Island, New York City.

Curated slide registry:

The Drawing Center, New York, www.drawingcenter.org
White Columns, New York, www.registry.whitecolumns.org
PlacerArts Public Art Registry, CA, www.publicart.placerarts.org
City of Atlanta Public Art Registry
Prequalified artist for Public Art in the City of Evanston, IL
Prequalified artist for Public Art in the City of Santa Cruz, CA
Prequalified artist for Public Art in the City of El Paso, TX

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

Selected Group Shows:

  • Raleigh, NC, Flanders Art Gallery, "Running with Scissors"- Laura Cooperman & Béatrice Coron, July 11- September 2, 2008
  • Huntington,NY, B.J. Spoke Gallery, 2008 International PaperWorks Competition, August 2-31, 2008
  • Lyon, France, Musée de la Miniature et des Décors de Cinéma, "Ombres & Lumières" December 4, 2007-January 31, 2008.
  • East Hampton, Solar Gallery, NY,"Brave New World", October 27, 2007-January 30, 2008.
  • Cerritos, CA,Cerritos Library, "Black/White (and read)", October 28, 2007-January 14, 2008.
  • Brooklyn, NY, Proteus Gowanus, "Play", 2007-2008.
  • Powys, Wales ,Oriel Davies Gallery, "PaperCuts", October 27– December 8, 2007.
  • Taipei, Taiwan, Natural History Museum, “Artist Books: From Matisse to Present”, June 1-July 8, 2007.
  • Hove, England, Hove Museum and Art Gallery, "Papercuts", 6 April-July 1, 2007.
  • New York, The Center for Book Arts, New York, "Black/White [and Read]"April 13-June 30, 2007.
  • Rye, New York, The Rye Art Center, "Cutting Across Cultures", January 7-February 17, 2007.
  • Jersey City, NJ, New Jersey City University Visual Arts Gallery "Open Book",November 15-December 20, 2006.
  • Hempstead, New York, Hofstra Museum,"Euclid to E-books: ideal books moving ideas" September 18-December 8, 2006.
  • Washington, DC, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, "Book As Art"October 27, 2006-February 4, 2007.
  • Suffolk, England, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, "PaperCuts", 11 August-23 September 23, 2006.
  • New York, The Center for Book Arts, "Mutilated/Cultivated Environments", June 29-September 16, 2006.
  • The Bronx, NY, Lehman College Art Gallery,"Bronx Bound", February 8-May 14 2006.
  • Bristol, England, University of West of England Library, "Sharp Impressions", February 1–March 6, 2006.
  • Easton,PA, Lafayette College "EX LIBRIS Artists" Sept 2-October 23, 2005.
  • Shanghai, Jinshan "Shanghai Cultural Festival" October 17-22, 2005.
  • Yokohama, Japan, Minato Mirai Gallery: "Decalage-Time lag" October 5-16, 2005.
  • Brooklyn, Tabla Rasa Gallery, "Paper Cut" September 21-October 29, 2005.
  • Montréal, Canada, Marché de la Poésie, June 3-5, 2005.
  • New York, NY, City Art,Center for Architecture: "City Arts" April 28-September 3, 2005.
  • Washington PA, Olin Fine Arts Center:"Books/Multiples" April 1-30, 2005.
  • Richmond, VA, ADA gallery:"Pulp:book art, art books & works on paper" December 2004.
  • Lincoln, NE, The Loft at the Mill: "Out of the Frame" October 6-9, 2004.
  • Portland, OR, Reading Frenzy:"Freedom Frenzy" September 4-30, 2004.
  • New York, NY, The Center for Book Arts: "Member Juried Exhibition" June 17-August 20, 2004.
  • Brooklyn, New york: Rongio Gallery:"CitiEscapes" April 3-25, 2004.
  • New York Historical Society, Luce Center Drawing: "From a Woman’s Point of View" August 25-December 14, 2003.
  • Brooklyn, NY, South Portland Antiques: "Portland Arts and SATTA" November 15-December 13, 2003.
  • Arlington, Va., Ellipse Arts Center: "Beyond Reading" September 9-October 18, 2003.
  • New York Historical Society: "Petropolis" July 8-November 9, 2003
  • New York,The Center for Book Arts: "Artist Members Show" June 19-August 16, 2003
  • Washington, D.C., Pyramid Atlantic: "Built by hand: the book as art" November 20, 2002- February 8, 2003
  • Chicago: Center for Book & Paper Arts:"The Third Biennial" September 13 - October 25, 2002
  • Abbaye de Saint Florent le Vieil-49-France: "Les Petits Papiers" June 7-Septembre 29, 2002.
  • Washington, D.C., National Museum of Women in the Arts, Library & Research Center: "Temptations" March 4, 2002-Jan 5, 2003.
  • New York Historical Society: "Building on the Flatiron" April 23-September 1, 2002.
  • New York, Museum of The City of New York: "Skyline" January-March 2002.
  • New York, Queens Library Gallery: "Universal Language: The Art of Papercutting" January 17-February 23, 2002.
  • Newark, New Jersey: Rutgers University Dana Library: "Book Symposium" November 1, 2001-January 10, 2002.
  • St Johns, Newfoundland-Canada- Eastern Edge Gallery: "Transactions" September 30-October 24, 2001.
  • Kingston, Massachusetts: Saltwinds Yankee Barn: "Book Explorations 2001" April 2001.
  • Qingdao, China: Qingdao Art Gallery: "Print Exhibition" November 20-December 10, 2000.
  • Chicago, Center for Book & Paper Arts: "The Second Biennial" September 15-October 27, 2000.
  • New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dpt of Prints and Drawings, Johnson Gallery:"new acquisitions," June 27-Sept 10, 2000.
  • Portland, Maine: Institute of Contemporary Art: "The Art of Reading: Books and Non-Books" September 1999.
  • New York, HarperCollins Gallery: "New York, New York" April 5-May 22, 1999.
  • New York, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery: "Cut Paper" January 13-March 6, 1999.
  • Morganstown, WV: West Virginia University @ Paul Mesaros Gallery: "Bound to Happen" January 28-March 6, 1999.
  • Chicago, Center for Book & Paper Arts: "The First Biennial" September 18-October 30, 1998.
  • New York, Center for Book Art: "Textiles/fibers/threads: the book show" September 12- November 14, 1998.
  • Stamford, Connecticut: Whitney Museum: "Animal Tales" November 1997-February 1998.
  • New York, Center for Book Art: "Beautiful Beasts" June-September 1997.
  • New York, Center for Book Art: "Paper, Art & the Book" September-December 1996.
  • Taichung, Taiwan: Museum of Art, December 1995.
  • Chamalières, France: "3e Triennale Mondiale d'Estampes" September 1994.

Installations:

  • Interactive Shadows: "Singular views of the urban multitude, I'm different like everybody else," The Graduate Center, City University of New York, April 2000 (view realplayer video).
  • "Books 2 Eat" International Edible Book Festival," a yearly celebration on April 1st.

Publications and Reviews:

  • Blueprint, the magazine for leading architects and designers, issue 259, October 2007, page 178.
  • Teachers & Writers Magazine, cover, Fall 2007.
  • Mercure Liquide number 7, October 2007.
  • Resident illustrator of Attitude: The Dancers Magazine since 1989.
  • Riding Easy: Works to Soothe the Harried, New York Time, Art review, April 23, 2006.
  • Arcade, Ephémère, Montréal, été 2005, numéro 63, page 64-65.
  • City Art: New York's Percent for Art Program, 2005, Merrell publishers, pages 230-231.
  • DesignNet June 2005, Seoul, pages120-123.
  • “Celle qui enchantait la ville” Métiers d’Art, numéro221, page 28-29, Mai-Juin 2005.
  • Book Paradise by Fang-Ling Jong, Taipei 2004, pages 60-61.
  • Recto Verso, Radio Suisse Romande interview par Alain Maillard, 2 Novembre 2004.
  • Come Decorare con gli stencil by Celina di Pisa, 2003,p.61-63 ISBN 88-86422-48-2 .
  • Book Arts by Ha-Rae Kim, Seoul 2003, pages 110-111.
  • "New directions in creation" Photosign, Russian CD, December 2003 (view realplayer video).
  • "Paper Magic" The Morning Call review by Geoff Gehman, December 2003.
  • Wall Street Journal review by Stuart Ferguson, December 17, 2003.
  • "Creative Process and Organization." Tabellae Ansatae, Volume 3, number 1, Fall issue 2003.
  • DesignNet March 2003, Seoul, pages126-131.
  • "The art of using papercutting as pochoirs & stencils." Tabellae Ansatae, Volume 2, number 2, Spring issue 2002.
  • The book of papercutting by Haeyong Kwon.2002.p.27-28 ISBN 89-86009-10-2.
  • "Spotlight on Artist" Newsletter of the Ph.D. Program in French, The City University of New York, volume 2, April 2001.
  • Paper Illuminated by Helen Hiebert. 2001 p.39 Storey books-ISBN 1-58017-330-6.
  • "Le Magazine des Femmes," interview avec Béatrice Coron. Laurence Garcia, pour Radio France Internationale, 20 Septembre 1999 (écouter en Real Player 20mn).
  • "Regards: livres et découpes." Lunes, numéro 8 (juillet 1999).
  • "Béatrice Coron ou l'art du papier découpé, "Christophe Comentale. Art & Métiers du Livre, numéro 211 (Septembre-Octobre 1998): pages16-20.

Weblinks:

Workshops & Lectures:

Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Cutting workshop, May 31- June 1, 2008
Penland School of Crafts, NC, Fresh Cuttings Workshop, April 26-May 2, 2008.
Florida Atlantic University, Arthur & Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts, Lecture November, .Workshop "Cutting for Design" November 10-11, 2007.
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, March 10-April 13, 2007.
Ubud, Indonesia: Mitra-Bali, January 2007.
Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya, Japan, Sharp New Art with Traditional Kiri-e Techniques Nov 8-9, 2006.
Kagoshima, Japan: Asuka Gallery, Kanoya (see pictures), October 2006.
Brooklyn Public Library "Making Books" Spring 2006.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2005.
Taller Leñateros, San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, 2005.
Macalaster College- French Series Program- December 2004.
Relevance/Resonance, MAPC2004, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. October 6-9, 2004.
 Paper and Book Intensive, Portland, Or June 7-18, 2004.
Maison des Mémoires, Carcassonne May 2004.
The Ink Pad, New York, 2002.
Queens Library, "The Art of Book Design", Spring 2001.
Borough of Manhattan Community College, May 1998, March 2001.
American Craft Museum, New York 2000-2001.
The University of Arizona, Tucson, April 2000-2001.
Au Papier Japonais, Montréal, October 2001.
Papercutting workshops at the New York: Center for Book Art and Creative Women with Cancer since 1999.
Book Structures & Papercutting workshops in France: Matière Contact, Lyon since 2001.
Papercutting workshops at the Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago since 2002.
 

Web pages design: concept, illustrations, logos and animated illustrations.

running (without scissors):
Marathon du Médoc 1999: 4h20
50k 2003 5h20
Kurt Steiner 50 miles 2004 9h22
Knickerbocker 60km (37.2 miles) Nov 2007 7h16

last update July 2008

 


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