SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 The White Papers 40th Anniversary, curated by Leo Fitzpatrick, Public Access, New York
2019 Drawn from Life: Paintings 2004 – 2019, Mike Cockrill selected recent works, Mosaic Art Space, NY
2017 Mike Cockrill: In Retrospect, Cross Contemporary Art, Saugerties, NY
2013 The Existential Man, Kent Fine Art, New York
2011 The Awakening, Kent Fine Art, New York
2009 Sentiment and Seduction, Kent Gallery, New York
2008 Butterfly Girls, Kent Gallery, New York
2007 The Broken Pitcher & Other Stories, Kent Gallery, New York
2006 Over the Garden Wall, 31 Grand Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Then Again, 31 Grand Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2002 Kim Foster Gallery, New York
1999 Make Me Laugh, Kim Foster Gallery, New York
Baby Doll Clown Killers in LA, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1997 Baby Doll Clown Killers, Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Baby Doll Clown Killers, Kim Foster Gallery, New York
1994 Go Figure, Kim Foster Gallery, New York
Discontents and Debutantes Illinois State University Galleries, Normal, IL
1992 Young, Alive and Beautiful, Webster Hall, New York
Bra Women/Green Monkeys, Elston Fine Arts, New York
1990 Little Girls U-Can Live With, Downing Street Gallery, New York
1986 Family Life: The Post War Years, Semaphore Gallery, New York
1985 Semaphore Gallery, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Behaving Badly: Smoking, Drinking, Cursing, Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY
2019 In Pursuit of Color, Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY
Among Friends, Clemente Sot Velez Cultural Center, New York
At Odds: 11 Artists on Guns and Violence in America, No Gallery, Los Angeles
2017 Between A Wail and a Clang, Contemporary Drawing and Painting, Donna Beam Gallery, UNLV,
Las Vegas, NV.
The Times, Flag Art Foundation, New York
Hand’s Off My Cuntry, Undercurrent Projects, New York
2016 The Fourth Wall, Booth Gallery, New York
Hard Love, Martos Gallery, New York
Four Forces, Cross Contemporary, Saugerties, NY
2015 Second Sight, Booth Gallery, New York
Hearsay: Artists Reveal Urban Legends, MOAH, Lancaster, CA
Drive By Gallery, Lift Trucks Project, Croton Falls, NY
60 Americans, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York
The Last Party: New York’s Club Culture: Mid 70s – Early 80s, White Box Gallery, New York
Take Five, Cross Contemporary, Saugerties, NY
2014 From the Borough to the Beach: Brooklyn-Based Art, Cornell Museum at Delray Beach Center for the Arts.
Delray Beach, FL
Revisiting Histories, Kent Fine Art, New York
2013 Memphis Social, Memphis, TN
2012 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts. The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
2010 Mad Men. Kent Gallery, New York
EK-fre- ses, Lift Trucks Projects, Croton Falls, NY
2006 Post Malcolm Modern, The Forbes Galleries, New York
Love Will Tear Us Apart, The National Arts Club, New York
2005 Desire, Kent Gallery, New York
Several Artists Consider Books, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Young Americans, Wake Forest University, IL
2003 Ready for War, University Galleries, Illinois State University, IL
2002 Girls and Guns, 31 Grand, Brooklyn, NY
One Thousand Clowns, More or Less, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Super Natural Playground, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2001 Figure/Disfigure, University of Rhode Island, RI
2000 2000 Clowns, University Galleries, Illinois State University, IL
Precious, Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
1999 Growing Up Post Modern, University Galleries, Illinois State University, IL
1998 Everybody Loves A Clown, Baby, Why Don’t You? Chapman University, Orange, CA
The Waking Dream - Psychological Realism in Contemporary Art, Castle Gallery, The College of New
Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
Camera Ready, Kim Foster Gallery, New York
Some Women/Pretty Girls, The Schmidt Center Gallery, FL
Drawings, Yearsley Spring Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Centennial Fellowship Exhibition, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Flowers & Computers: Nature & Technology, Shirley Feterman Gallery, New York
1993 Foster Peet Gallery, New York
Egg Art ’93, Meisner Soho, New York
1992 Faces, Rodger Smith Hotel, New York
By Foul Subtraction, Artspace, Jersey City State College, NJ
1991 JFK Myth & Denial, Renee Fotouhi Fine Art. East Hampton, NY
1990 Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Webo Gallery, New York
1989 Topical Rainforest, Redsquare, NYC, organized by Colab
The Helms Degenerate Art Show, Black & White in Color Gallery, Bronx, NY
The Prisoners of Art, The Police Building, New York Art on the Run, Grace Harkin Gallery, New York
1988 Guilt by Appropriation, Tunnel, New York
The All-Male Feminist Art Show, The New Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, NY
1986 The Corporate Lobby, Mokotoff Gallery, New York
Freedom of Painting, Paris, France
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, A&P Gallery, New York
1985 Summer Better Than Others, Semaphore Gallery, New York
Drawings, Nolo Contendere, New York
Innocence and Experience, Greenville County Museum of Art, SC
The Political Landscape, Robeson Center Gallery, Rutgers, NJ
Tight as Spring, Kamikaze, New York
The Mother Show, A.B.C. No Rio, New York
Americana Fair, Danceteria, New York
Red Tape Group Show, Casa Nada, New York
Feminists & Misogynists, Together at Last, Avenue B Gallery, New York
Start Again, Ground Zero, New York
1984 The X-mas Tree Show, Brooklyn Arts & Culture Assoc, Brooklyn, NY
The New Portrait, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
The Gorilla Art Show, Avenue B Gallery, New York
The Exploding Cartoon, Public Image, New York
Racist America, Dramatis Personae, New York
In My End Is My Beginning, Semaphore, New York
Artists’ Books, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Artists’ Call, P.S. 122, New York
The 1984 Show, Brooklyn Arts & Culture Assoc., Brooklyn, NY, curated by Greta Gundersen
1983 Terminal New York, Brooklyn Army Terminal, NY
History Painting, Monogram Products, New York
TODT Invitational, Alain Bilhaud Gallery, New York
The Liberty Show, Storefront for Art & Architecture, New York
The Ritz: Collaborative Projects and W.P.A., The Ritz Hotel, Washington, DC
1982 The All-Fools Show, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
The Monument Re-defined, Brooklyn Arts & Culture Assoc., Brooklyn, NY
1981 The Monumental Show, Gowanus Memorial Artyard, Brooklyn, NY
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2000 “Mike Cockrill at Kim Foster,” review by Dominique Nahas, Art in America, November
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The East Village Eye, April
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