Profiles
Mr Christopher Cook
Associate Professor (Reader) in Painting
School of Art, Design and Architecture (Faculty of Arts & Humanities)
Role
Reader (Associate Professor) in Painting
Critical project Module Leader
ARC Research Group
Land/Water Research Group
Qualifications
M.A. (RCA)
Italian Government Scholar
Teaching interests
Chinese and Japanese Art, historical and contemporary
Surrealism
Italian Renaissance Painting
Practice-led PhDs
English Landscape Painting
Indian Art
Calligraphic Painting
Research interests
Research through practice
Drawing/painting interfaces
17th century Dutch Still lIfe and Vanitas painting
Photographic references in contemporary painting
Japanese and Chinese Ink Painting traditions
Other research
Contemporary Poetry
Phenomenology
Systems Texts
Zen Buddhism
Grants & contracts
AHRB Small Grant 2000
Arts Council of England Award 2001-3
British Council Grant to Artists 2004
AHRC Small Grant 2005
Creative practice & artistic projects
Solo shows (2004 -)
Art Museum,University of Memphis , USA
Hirschl Contemporary Art London
CalState University, Long Beach, USA
Yokohama Museum, Japan
Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
Mary Ryan Gallery New York
Fine Art Society London
Peninsula Arts, Plymouth
Langgeng Foundation, Jogjakarta, Indonesia
Mary Ryan Gallery New York October 2013
Art First London 2014
Hubner and Hubner Frankfurt, 2015
Research groups
- Centre for Media, Art & Design Research (MADr)
7 exhibition catalogues
3 artist bookworks
3 volumes of Poetry
Reports & invited lectures
University of Memphis USA 2004
CalState Long Beach USA 2004
Moshashino University, Tokyo, Japan 2005
Links
www.christophercook.cc