c3:studio residency

c3:initiative in partnership with Disjecta

Andy Coolquitt 
Studio Resident at c3:initiative | February 1–March 14
Solo Exhibition at Disjecta | March 14–April 26

Potluck with Andy Coolquitt
Sunday, February 15th | 6:30pm

Open Studio with Andy Coolquitt
Sunday, March 1st | 2:00pm

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Austin-based artist Andy Coolquitt is influenced by the detritus he scavenges from the neighborhoods surrounding his studio. An avid collector, he gathers the remnants of human activity to create objects that imply domesticity, structure, comfort and shelter.  His site-specific works reference the individuality of both the gallery environment and the socio-economic status of the communities in which he resides. His practice includes pieces that occupy a hybrid position between discrete artworks and what the artist calls “somebodymades” and “in-betweens.” In his first major solo exhibition on the West Coast, Coolquitt will combine various sculptures, “somebodymades,” “in-betweens,” and tableaus created on-site as part of a six-week studio residency in partnership with c3:initiative, located in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland.


About the Artist
Andy Coolquitt (b. 1964) is perhaps most widely known for a house, a performance/studio/ domestic space that began as his master's thesis project at the University of Texas at Austin in 1994, and continues to the present day.

An avid collector, Coolquitt is influenced by the detritus he scavenges in the neighborhoods surrounding his studio. He gathers the remnants of human activity to create objects that imply domesticity, structure, comfort, and shelter, building site-specific works that reference the individuality of both the gallery environment and the socio-economic status of the communities in which he resides.