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Christopher Cook (born 1959)[1] is a British painter known for works since 1998 in graphite powder and resin, which have been exhibited in, and collected by, several major museums, predominantly in the USA.[2]

Work

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Cook's works since 1998/9 have been almost exclusively monochromatic, painted and drawn in graphite powder suspended in resin and oil, onto coated papers, aluminium sheet, or linen. The surfaces of what he terms ‘graphites’ are extremely thin, and involve much reworking but almost no layering. The images have considerable range in terms of subject matter. Formal connections to Daguerreotype, Photorealism, lithography and Surrealism have been noted in reviews[3]

In some works, especially those arising from an Arts Council residency at Eden Project,[4] there is a strongly microscopic component, emphasized by the intricacy of the graphite surfaces, and sometimes linked to Baroque architecture.

Cook is represented by Mary Ryan Gallery, New York.[5] He is also a writer, and has published a number of artist books and collections of poems,[6] and has also contributed catalogue essays,[7] exhibition and book reviews.

Career

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Studied: 1979-81 BA English Literature & Fine Art, Exeter University (University poetry prize). 1983-86 MA Painting, Royal College of Art.

First solo show at Camden Arts Centre in 1985. Awarded Italian Government scholarship in 1986 and moved to Italy for three years. During this time his strongly coloured, symbolic work received curatorial attention, and was included in the exhibitions Eros in Albion[8] at the Casa Massaccio, and in da Bacon a oggi, Palazzo Vecchio Florence.[9]

In 1991/2 he was Guest Artist to the Stadelschule[10] Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, and the following year was Visiting Fellow at Ruskin School, Oxford University.[11] In 1994/5 he was Distinguished Visiting Artist to California State University, Long Beach, USA.

From 1995 to 1997 he made three extended visits to India, working mainly on texts, sand drawings and an artist's book. On returning to the UK he made the first of his monochromatic ‘graphites’, and has rarely used colour since. He attributes the change to experiences in India, the influence of the sand drawings, and the benefits of grayscale to the imagination. He has lectured extensively in the UK, the US, and the Netherlands. In 1998 he was appointed Reader in Painting at the University of Plymouth.[12]

A graphite was selected for John Moores 2014,[13] and another was a prizewinner at John Moores 21.[14] In 2017 he was first prizewinner (Valeria Sykes Award) in the biennial New Light exhibition, touring four venues in the UK.[15] In 2019 he won the Sunny Art Prize, London/Shanghai.

Exhibitions

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Solo shows (graphite works)

Selected group exhibitions (graphite works):

  • 2018 Layers of Visibility Archived 10 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine, NiMAC, Nicosia
  • 2017 A Different Way of Painting, curated by Tony Godfrey, Langgeng Foundation, Yogyakarta, Indonesia[20]
  • 2014 John Moores, Liverpool
  • 2012 Graphite, GV Art, London;[21] Amalgam, Mary Ryan Gallery, New York
  • 2011 ICA Singapore; Drawings for the New Century, Minneapolis Museum of Art, USA; Grey, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge[22]
  • 2010 Dust on the Mirror, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham, UK[23]
  • 2009 Leaded, Salina Art Gallery, Kansas, USA
  • 2006 Until it Makes Sense, Gallery Seventeen, London; Thaddeus Ropac Gallery, Paris
  • 2005 Yale Center for British Art, USA; Cleveland Museum, USA
  • 2003 East of Eden, Spacex Gallery, Exeter

Collections

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Allen Memorial Art Museum, USA; British Museum, UK; Bundanon Trust, Australia; Cleveland Museum USA; Contemporary Arts Society UK; Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge UK;[24] Haugesund Art Gallery Norway; Hereford Museum, UK; Metropolitan Museum New York USA; Minneapolis Institute of Art USA; MIMA, Middlesbrough, UK;[25] Today Art Museum Beijing, China; University of Exeter, UK;[25] Yale Center for British Art, USA; Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan;

Recent Awards

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  • 2001 Arts Council England Residency, Eden Project Cornwall UK
  • 2005 Daiwa Award, Yokohama Triennial
  • 2005 AHRC award, Yokohama Triennial
  • 2006 British Council Award, Beijing
  • 2011 Residency, Langgeng Foundation, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
  • 2017 Nicosia Municipal Art Gallery Residency
  • 2017 New Light Exhibition First Prizewinner (Valeria Sykes Award)
  • 2019 Sunny Art Prize, First Prizewinner London/Shanghai

References

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  1. ↑ "Christopher Cook". www.artnet.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Search the Collection - The Metropolitan Museum of Art". metmuseum.org.
  3. ↑ "Christopher Cook - Graphites". cookgraphites.com. Archived from the original on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Christopher Cook (born 1959), recently appointed artist-in-residence to the remarkable". The Spectator Archive.
  5. ↑ "RYAN LEE Gallery: Christopher Cook: A Sign of Things to Come". ryanleegallery.com.
  6. ↑ "Oversteps Books". overstepsbooks.com.
  7. ↑ "Christopher Cook – catalogue essays". plymouth.ac.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)[dead link]
  8. ↑ (curated by Antonio Del Guercio ISBN 9788843530090)
  9. ↑ Curators : Lores, Maite; Patrick, Keith (Published Electa, Milan, 1991)
  10. ↑ "Städelschule - Kalender". staedelschule.de.
  11. ↑ "The Ruskin School of Art - Home Page". ox.ac.uk.
  12. ↑ "Mr Christopher Cook - University of Plymouth". www5.plymouth.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "John Moores 2014 exhibitors - Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool museums". liverpoolmuseums.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "John Moores 21, 1999". liverpoolmuseums.org.uk.
  15. ↑ "Yorkshire-born Artist Comes Full Circle to Win Major Award". Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  16. ↑ "Liquid Graphite Works by Christopher Cook at Mary Ryan Gallery". allartnews.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  17. ↑ "Tadashi Kawamata on Christopher Cook". cookgraphites.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ↑ "Past Exhibitions – Art Museum, University of Memphis". memphis.edu. Archived from the original on 11 November 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  19. ↑ "Christopher Cook – Yale Center for British Art Collections". britishart.yale.edu.
  20. ↑ "A Different Way of Painting". langgengfoundation.org.
  21. ↑ "GV Art – Graphite Exhibition Catalogue" (PDF). gvart.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  22. ↑ "Grey – Fitzwilliam Museum". fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  23. ↑ "Dust on the Mirror – Lakeside Arts". lakesidearts.org.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ↑ "The Fitzwilliam Museum : Home". Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  25. 1 2 Artworks by or after Christopher Cook at the Art UK site
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