ART OPENING | The Mothers In Me Will Meet You There: Paintings by Nicole Cooper
The Mothers In Me Will Meet You There: Paintings by Nicole Cooper is a solo exhibition featuring figurative oil paintings that explores Active Hope in the face of our climate crisis. Through vibrant colors, energetic brushwork, and the human form, these works investigate the complex emotions surrounding climate change while creating pathways toward connection, understanding, and collective action.
In a moment when awareness of climate change is widespread yet action remains elusive, these paintings engage the human dimension that scientific data alone cannot reach, giving form to feelings through the body to honor anxiety, grief, love, and hope as valid responses.
The compositions weave together human figures and elemental landscapes—rippling water, flaming terrains, swirling air—breaking down barriers between bodies to reveal our profound interdependence across generations and with the natural world. Through this visual language, the paintings reveal our human, emotional core—flesh and blood interwoven with Earth—expressing a deep-rooted spiritual belonging that emanates from within.
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, February 14, 2026 from 2:00 - 4:30 PM
Join us on Valentine’s Day to celebrate how love for our planet unlocks agency.
ON VIEW: February 9 - March 27, 2026
GALLERY HOURS: Wednesday - Sunday 1:00 - 5:00 PM (Hours subject to change, call to confirm: 212-242-8945)
LEARN MORE: https://www.nicolecooperartist.com/mothers-solo
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Nicole Cooper (b. 1983) is a New York-based artist. In 2025, her work won the People's Choice Award at the Creative Climate Awards and was featured in USA Today's 2023 article on climate conversations. Cooper curates with Climate Imaginarium and is a member of the New York Artists Circle. Recent exhibitions include Field Projects, Hudson Guild Gallery, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, and solo shows at Fontbonne University and Schmidt Art Center. She holds a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and completed the Yale Norfolk School of Art Summer Residency.