Malynda Cooper
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 Born in 1977, in Provo Utah.  Malynda was surrounded by art from a very young age with an artist mother, a father that would cast sculptures in their backyard and uncles that sculpted.  This constant exposure to the art world helped build and reinforce her desire to create art.  Her medium of choice is clay, as it can easily move and capture the expression of the model.

Malynda received her BFA from Brigham Young University and her MFA from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.  Both in Sculpture.  She has also won several National and international competitions for her work, including the National Portrait Society, American Women Artists and The PACAF (Japan).  Her work is in Public and Private collections across the United States.  Malynda Currently resides in Pocatello, Idaho with her husband and two of her children. 






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Education
2017       MFA    Sculpture                      Academy of Art University.  San Francisco, CA
2005-6   MAE    K-12 Education            Western Governors University, Salt Lake City, Utah
2000      BFA      Figure Sculpture         Brigham Young University.  Provo, UT

Solo Exhibitions
2017    Connections, Gate City Fine Art Gallery, Pocatello, ID
2013    Figure, Museum of Clean Fine Art Gallery, Pocatello, ID
2012    Art of Form, Gate City Fine Art Gallery, Pocatello, ID

Exhibitions
2021     Certain Women, Anthony’s Fine Art and Antiques, SLC, UT
2021.    Snake River Landing, Idaho Falls, ID  
2021     The Agora Gallery, New York, NY
2021     The Florence Biennel, Florence, Italy
2020    Willowtree Gallery, Idaho Falls, ID
2020    The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID
2020    Carr Gallery, Idaho Falls, ID
2020    CEI, Idaho Falls, ID
2020    Gallery 12, Snake River Landing, Idaho Falls, ID
2020    A Place to Belong: Reflections from Modern Latter-day Saint Women Art Exhibit, Provo, UT
2019     Gallery 12, Obler Gallery, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
2019     Faculty and Alumni Auction, The Cannery, San Francisco, CA
2019     Miniature Show, Teton Gallery, St. Anthony, ID
2019     Gallery 12, Snake River Landing, Idaho Falls, ID
2019     Eagle Rock Gallery, Idaho Falls, ID
2019     Gallery 12, Gate City Fine Art Gallery, Pocatello, ID
2019     Certain Women, Anthony’s Fine Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2019     Faculty Art Show, Spori Gallery, Rexburg, Idaho
2018     Gallery 12, St. John’s Cathedral, Idaho Falls, ID
2018     Gallery 12, College of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID
2018     Gallery 12, Williard Art Center, Idaho Falls, ID
2018     Gallery 12, Gate City Fine Art Gallery, Pocatello, ID
2018     Art Collective, The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID
2018     Alliance of Inspirational Artists, Spring Show, Salt Lake City, UT
2018     Gallery 12, The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls, ID
2017-18   Art Idaho, Museum of Art, Idaho Falls, Idaho 
2017     Spring Show, The Cannery, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2017    Art Expo, Idaho Art Lab, Saint Anthony, Idaho
2016    Faculty Art Show, Spori Gallery, Rexburg, Idaho
2016    Art and Soul Exhibition, Twin Falls, Idaho
2015    Art Expo, Idaho Art Lab, Saint Anthony, Idaho
2014    Art Expo, Idaho Art Lab, Saint Anthony, Idaho
2012    Winter Art Exhibition, Wild at Art Studio and Gallery, Idaho Falls, Idaho
2012    In the Nude, New Dawn Gallery, Pocatello, Idaho
2011    Winter Art Exhibition, Wild at Art Studio and Gallery, Idaho Falls, Idaho
2002    Pacific Rim Art Competition, Yokohama, Japan
1999    XEROX, Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah

Commissions
City of Pocatello, stone carving: The Art of Becoming a Fish.  Pocatello, Idaho
Idaho State University.  1-1/2 Life size Bronze Bengal Tiger.  Pocatello, Idaho
Brooklyn’s Playground.  Mosaic Wall. 4’x24’, Pocatello, Idaho
Hogle Zoo, Cat House Savannah Mural, Salt Lake City, Utah
Thomas Nash, Portrait, Pocatello, Idaho
Larry Aslett, Full figure Portrait of Don Aslett, Pocatello, Idaho     

Collections
Heller Rose Gardens, Stanwood, Washington
Don Aslett’s Museum of Clean, Pocatello, Idaho
Wild at Art Studio and Gallery, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Gate City Fine Arts Gallery, Pocatello, Idaho
​and other private collections

Professional Experience
Workshop - Small figures (proportion and gesture) John Bryan Ceramic Center, YellowSprings, Ohio
Guest Artist - University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
Adjunct Art Faculty -  Sculpture, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho
Vice Chair/Treasurer – Pocatello Arts Council, Pocatello, Idaho
Board of Directors, New Dawn Gallery, Pocatello, Idaho
Workshop Instructor – Figure and Portrait Sculpture, Pocatello, Idaho
Owner/Operator, Pocatello Art Supply and Gallery, Pocatello, Idaho
Apprenticeship with Sculptor Matthew Geddes, Rexburg, Idaho
Apprenticeship with sculptor Sherman Payne, West Jordon, Utah
Internship, Adonis Bronze Foundry, Orem (now Alpine), Utah
Stained Glass Instructor, Yokota Skills Development Center, Fusha-shi, Japan
 
​Awards
2020.    First Place Sculpture, American Women Artists
2019.    Third Place, Member’s Only Show, International Portrait Society
2018     International Portrait Society, Select Fifty
2018     Alliance of Inspirational Artists, Juror’s Choice Award
2016    International Portrait Society, International Portrait Society Tuition Scholarship
2015    Southeast Idaho State Fair, First Place 3D
2015    Southeast Idaho State Fair, Second Place 3D
2012    Southeast Idaho State Fair, Juror’s Choice Award
2011    Southeast Idaho State Fair, First Place 3D
2002    PACAF Pacific Rim Art Competition, First Place Sculpture

Workshops
2016    International Portrait Society Conference, Washington D.C.
2012    Oil Painting Portraits with Daniel Sorenson, New Dawn Gallery, Pocatello, Idaho
2011    Forensic 3D Reconstruction and Unknown Remains with Carrie Stewart Parks, Cataldo, Idaho
2011    Oil Painting Workshop with Richard Bingham, New Dawn Gallery, Pocatello, Idaho
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