Coit’s career as a professional interdisciplinary artist spans fifty years and has produced numerous series in media including sprayed-oil paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, installation, video projection, writing, performance, and neon pieces. The environment in flux influences her work and often is the direct subject. Her work has been exhibited nationally at the Los Angeles County Museum, the Hammer Museum, the San Antonio Art Institute, and the Anchorage Museum of Art. Locally, she has shown work in Santa Fe at the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Center for Contemporary Arts, SITE Santa Fe, AXLE Contemporary, Gerald Peters Gallery, and James Kelly Contemporary. Her work is in the collections of the State of New Mexico, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the Skirball Museum in Los Angeles, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe, and has been featured in publications such as THE Magazine, ARTnews, and Artweek. She received her BFA from the University of Connecticut.
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Sheridan Press SCENE, October 3, 2018
The Center for Contemporary Arts press release for Interface solo exhibition, December 2016
THE Magazine, Santa Fe's Monthly Magazine of and for the Arts, May 2014
Pasatiempo, The New Mexican's Weekly Magazine of Arts, Entertainment & Culture, May 10, 2013
Pasatiempo, The New Mexican's Weekly Magazine of Arts, Entertainment & Culture, March 6-12, 2009
Pasatiempo, The New Mexican's Weekly Magazine of Arts, Entertainment & Culture, February 20-26, 2009
THE Magazine, Santa Fe's Monthly Magazine of and for the Arts, July 2003
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM — 2021
Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM — 2021
Whitney Center for the Arts, Sheridan, WY — 2018
Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN — 2017
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM — 2009
Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA — 1995
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA — 1995
San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, TX — 1991
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK — 1990
LACMA, Los Angeles, CA — 1989
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston — 1970
SELECT COLLECTIONS
The Permanent Collection of the State of New Mexico
Skirball Museum, Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe
Executive Life Insurance, Los Angeles
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Mitsui Manufacturers Bank, Los Angeles
Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles