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artportfolio: Ian Cook

The Crustacian's Return

The Crustacian's Return

Surreal composition relating to exoskeletons and marine life as sources

Original
Oil on canvas
81cm x 51cm

Introduction

Statement

Anyone who is interested in art evinces a curiousity not only about the creative product realised, but also a need to comprehend the basis and foundation of the artist's statement. To that end most of the artworks shown here provide a narrative that refers to the source and inspiration of the work. I have always sought to study diverse cultures, and, in order to amplify that understanding,  I've undertaken long-term projects of research in specific continents in the belief that unlimited travel broadens the horizons of  creative experience as well as embuing one with a greater sense of compassion and tolerance towards other races. They say that he, she who travels incessantly is seeking something. There's more than a degree of truth in that because the goal itself is probably more akin to a spiritual resolution than the mere accumulation of expeditionary miles.

 

Biography

IAN COOK   RI RSW                                                                                C/V

1969 –72 GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART

72 HUTCHESON DRAWING PRIZE

72 –73 POST GRADUATE YEAR

74 CARGILL TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP TO SPAIN AND NORTH AFRICA

84 ARTS COUNCIL TRAVEL BURSARY TO CENTRAL AFRICA

2000 THE RI AWARD, MALL GALLERIES, LONDON

2005 WINSOR & NEWTON AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO RI SHOW

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS FROM 1980 - 2010

RGI, RSW, ROYAL ACADEMY, RI

SUNDAY TIMES WATERCOLOUR COMP: 2001 2002 2004 2005 2007 2009

DISCERNING EYE: 2001

GALERIA GOYA, ZARAGOZA OBRAS OSCURAS

GALLERY 22 DUBLIN

LE SALON DE NATIONS, PARIS

CALDWELL’S GALLERY, BELFAST AND DUBLIN

TOURING EXHIBITION OF THE NETHERLANDS

EUROPEAN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM, BONN, GERMANY

ST, ANDREWS FESTIVAL

FLYING COLOURS, LONDON

NEW ACADEMY GALLERY, LONDON

BEAUX ARTS, BATH

ADAM GALLERY BATH

LONDON CONTEMP. ART FAIR

VARIOUS GLASGOW EDINBURGH BATH LONDON ART FAIRS

EAST WEST GALLERY, LONDON

KALIEDOSCOPE GALLERY, LONDON

ALEXANDER GALLERY, BRISTOL

CRAWFORD GALLERY, JONATHAN ROSS GALLERY, CELIA PURCELL GALLERY, RUSSELL GALLERY (ALL LONDON)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

KELLY GALLERY, GLASGOW ’79 AND ‘81

HENDERSON’S GALLERY EDINBURGH ‘81

THE SCOTTISH GALLERY, EDINBURGH : EASTERN WORKS

THE SCOTTISH GALLERY  “      “     “      : 86 / RURAL AMERICA

THE SCOTTISH GALLERY  “      “     “      : 90/ AFRICAN IMAGES

ROYAL GLASGOW CONCERT HALL      : 96/ PROMISED LAND

120 PAINTINGS AND LITERARY TEXTS BASED ON THE AMERICAN WEST

CIRCLE GALLERY, EDINBURGH : 2003

 ARTESANAT, PERTH 2006 LATIN AMERICAN WORKS KILMORACK GALLERY 2009, KILMORACK GALLERY 2009

COLLECTIONS :  THE BBC, TRAINLOAD FREIGHT, LLOYDS TSB. NUMEROUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE. IN THE 1980S IAN COOK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WHITE MEN INVITED TO VISIT SPECIFIC NATIVE FISHING VILLAGES ON THE S.WESTERN SIDE OF LAKE TANGANYKA SINCE LIVINGSTONE’S TIME.            W.G. SMITH