Janet Cooling

Janet Cooling
Born(1951-10-14)October 14, 1951
Chester, Pennsylvania
DiedFebruary 25, 2022(2022-02-25) (aged 70)
Richmond, Virginia
Alma materPratt Institute, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Known forPainting
Websitejcooling.com

Janet Cooling (1951–2022) was an American painter and educator.

Cooling was born on October 14, 1951, in Chester, Pennsylvania. She attended the Pratt Institute and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Cooling taught from 1985 to 2009 at San Diego State University.[1] Cooling died on February 25, 2022, in Richmond, Virginia.[2]

In 1981 her work was included in the exhibition Young Americans at the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College.[3][4] In 1982 her work was included in the exhibition Extended Sensibilities: Homosexual Presence in Contemporary Art at the New Museum in New York.[5] Her work was included in the 1984 Venice Biennale.[6]

Cooling was influenced by the Chicago Imagists. Her 1979 painting "Bed of Dreams" is described in the The power of feminist art: the American movement of the 1970's history and impact.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Freeman, Emily L. Quint (30 March 2022). "In Celebration Of The Art Of Janet Cooling (1951-2022)". GO Magazine. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Janet Cooling, trailblazing lesbian artist and retired SDSU professor, dies at 70". San Diego Union-Tribune. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  3. ↑ Cooper, Ashton (14 March 2022). "Janet Cooling, Painter Who Broke New Ground for Lesbian Artists, Dies at 70". ARTnews. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  4. ↑ CRIMP, Douglas; FRUEH, Joanna; OLANDER, William; RATCLIFF, Carter (1980). "Young Americans; Janet Cooling, Hudson, David Salle, Cindy Sherman, David Saunders, and David Wells". OpenBibArt. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  5. ↑ "Exhibitions Extended Sensibilities: Homosexual Presence in Contemporary Art". New Museum Digital Archive. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Paradise Lost / Paradise Regained: American Visions of the New Decade". New Museum Digital Archive. Retrieved 23 June 2026.
  7. ↑ Broude, Norma; Garrard, Mary D. (1994). The power of feminist art: the American movement of the 1970's history and impact. New York: H. N. Abrams. ISBN 0810937328.
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