Will Cotton

Will Cotton was born in Melrose, Massachusetts in 1965. He received a BFA from Cooper Union School of Art in New York, New York.

Cotton's recent solo and group exhibitions include "Between Instinct and Reason" at Galerie Templon in New York, New York (2025); "An Affair to Remember, Paintings and Studies" at Ross + Kramer Gallery in Miami, Florida (2025); "A Movable Feast" at Halsey McKay Gallery in New York, New York (2025); "Fantasyland" at Room57 Gallery in New York, New York (2025); "Studiolo: A Cabiner Painting Exhibition" at Adler Beatty in New York, New York (2024); "R´ESONANCE" at Château de La Napoule in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France (2024); "COSMOGRAPHY" at Galerie Templon in New York, New York (2024); "Summer Camp" at Sargent’s Daughters in New York, New York (2024); "Flawed Utopia" at Ronchini Gallery in London, United Kingdom (2023); "Friends & Lovers" at FLAG Art Foundation, New York, New York (2023); "Fantastic Animals" at Louvre Lens Museum in Lens, France (2023); "Trigger" at Galerie Templon in Paris, France (2023); "MARFA" at Brite Force, Brite House in Marfa, Texas (2022); Tennis Elbow at The Journal Gallery in New York, New York (2022); "The Chastened Cowboy" at Baldwin Gallery in Aspen, Colorado (2022); "This is America" at Kunstraum Potsdam in Potsdam, Germany (2021); "Horses?" at Chart Gallery in New York, New York (2021); "and I will wear you in my heart of heart" at FLAG Art Foundation in New York, New York (2021); "Really" at Miles McEnery Gallery in New York, New York (2020); "Artists for New York" at Hauser & Wirth in New York, New York (2020); "Comfort" at Friedman Benda in New York, New York (2020); and "The Taming of the Cowboy" at Galerie Templon in Brussels, Belgium (2020). 

Cotton's work is held in public collections including the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.; Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, Washington; and Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio.

Will Cotton lives and works in New York, New York.