Bio
Born in Ireland Liadin Cooke studied sculpture at NCAD in Dublin in the mid 1980s. In 1993 Cooke moved to London and in 2000 to West Yorkshire. Cooke has exhibited widely in the UK, Ireland and internationally. Solo shows include exhibitions at RAUMX, London 2017, noshowspace, London (2014) New Arts Centre, Roche Court (2010); Huddersfield Art Gallery (2010); Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2006); Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (2003) and PS1, New York. She currently lives and works in West Yorkshire.
Education
1983-87 - National College of Art & Design, Dublin
1994-96 - Goldsmiths College, London
Solo Exhibitions
2017 - New Work, Raumx, London
2014 - Nostos, noshowspace, London
2010 - Holden, Huddersfield Art Gallery, New Art Centre, Roche Court
2006 - Overlay: Sculpture & Drawing, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
2003 - Ballroom (ornament), Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
1994 - Two Worlds, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
1992 - Sliced, City Arts Centre, Dublin
1990 - Beyond Reach, PS1 Contemporary Art Centre, New York
1989 - Salt Reading, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick
1988 - Making A Dream, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 - Tableaux, Dean Clough, Halifax | Resonance, Beverley Minster | Process and Practice, West Yorkshire Print Workshop Gallery | The Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair
2015 - Floribunda, Dean Clough, Halifax | Contemporary Sculpture at Burnby Hall | Light Falls, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin | 20:20 Touring Print exhibition | Thought Positions in Sculpture, Huddersfield Art Gallery
2014 - Conversations around Marlow Moss, & Model, Leeds
2012 - Exchanges around construction, Derwent London Gallery, London
2011 - Northern Art Prize, Leeds Art Gallery
2010 - Art 42 Basel | 13th International Artists Book Fair, University of Leeds | Leeds Open 2010, Leeds Art Gallery
2009 - Ballroom, Borris House, Ireland
2008 - Prospects and Interiors, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds | Open Window, St James Hospital, Dublin | atp08, Public Libraries on the Transpennine Route Between Manchester & Leeds
2007 - Artfutures ’07, Bloomsberg Space, London | Summer Show ’07, Royal Academy, London. [invited artist]
2006 - The Square Root of Drawing, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2005 - New Sculpture from Ireland, New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Roche Court, Wiltshire | Strata, Pontrhydfendigaid, Wales; Kells, Ireland | Kirklees-Art, Besancon, France
2004 - Para Sites, Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset | Birds, Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland
2003-11 - Flix, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2000 - 0044, PS1 Contemporary Art Centre, New York; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Ormeau Baths, Belfast; Crawford Gallery, Cork | A Measured Quietude: Contemporary Irish Drawings, The Drawing Centre, New York; | Berkeley Art Gallery, C.A; David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
1999 - Contemporary Responses to the Burlington cartoon, Ormeau Baths, Belfast | Gaze, Artist Project, Circa Issue 88
1998 - Dark Field, Boiler House, London
1997 - Not Yet Titled, Kirsty Ogg, Norwich
1996 - National Collection of Contemporary Drawing, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick; Model Arts Centre, Sligo | NCAD 250 – Drawings 1746 - 1996, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
1995 - Mix, Annexed, London
1993 - Fields of Vision, Trout Gallery, Carlisle, PA, U.S.A. | EV+A 93, Limerick City Gallery of Art | Summer group show, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
1991 - In A State, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
1990 - Irish Artists in New York, Touring Exhibition
1989 - Prints From the Black Church, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
1988 - EV+A 1&2 88, Limerick City Art Gallery, Limerick | Sculpture Trail, Merrion Square, Dublin | WAAG, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin | GPA Awards for Emerging Artists, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin | Meta-furniture
1987 - SADE, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork | Irish Exhibition Of Living Art, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin
1986 - Irish Women Artists, Battersea Arts Centre, London | Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin
1984 - Dublin Film and Video Festival
Awards
2014 - ACE grant for the arts
2011 - Shortlisted for Northern Art Prize
2010 - Nominated for 2011 Arts Foundation ‘Yoma Sasburg Fellowship’
2005 - Nominated for Jerwood Platform
2004 - Arts Council England Grant, Nominated for Becks Futures
1993 - EV+A Open Award Winner, Arts Council of Ireland Grant
1992 - Arts Council of Ireland Grant, Artist in Residence, Butler Gallery, Ireland
1989-90 - PS1 International artist studio program, New York
1988 - GPA Award for Emerging Artists, Residency at Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
1987 - Dublin Film and Video Festival, Special Award
Commissions
1997 - Camden Town Hall, London
1993 - Office of Public Works, Dublin Castle
1987 - Irish National Insurance, Dublin
Publications
2015 - Thought Positions in Sculpture. Dr Rowan Bailey, University of Huddersfield (https://www.hud.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/st/thoughtpositionsinsculpture/)
2014 - Nostos, A conversation between Liadin Cooke and Natalie Rudd. Pub. noshowspace
2010 - Holden, Text by Penelope Curtis, interview with Sarah Brown. Huddersfield art Gallery
2008 - Henry Moore Institute: Essays on Sculpture no.59. Prospects and Interiors. Sophie Riekes
2007 - Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Landscape for Art essay by Lynne Green
2006 - Overlay, Text by Clare Lilley, Pub. Yorkshire Sculpture Park | The Square root of Drawing, CD/DVD pub. Temple Bar Gallery
2005 - Strata, Text by Ann Mulrooney and Tim Davies
2003 - Ballroom (ornament), Pub. Henry Moore Institute. Text the artist | Calendar, Henry Moore Foundation, April - August, Sept - Dec
1999 - 0044, Pub. Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Ireland. Essay by Peter Murry. A Measured Quietude; Contemporary Irish Drawings, Pub. The Drawing Centre, New York, Essay by Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith.
1998 - Dark Field – Eastway Baths, London. Essay by Artists
1997 - An Gorta Mor. The Great Famine Commemorated in London – Pub. Camden Town Hall. | NCAD 250 Drawing 1746-1996 – Pub. RHA Gallery, Dublin. Essay by Noel Sheridan
1993 - Fields of Vision – Pub. Trout Gallery, Dickinson College PA. Essay by Peter Lukehart | EV+A - Pub. Limerick City Gallery. Essay By Gloria Moure
1991 - In A State – Pub. Project Art Centre. Essay by Fintain O’Toole
1990 - Post Card Collection, National and International Studio Programme, PS1 Museum, New York
The Irish Artist In New York - Pub. The Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Essay by Brian Ferran. | Spring Board – Pub. Irish Life Policy committee.
1989 - Salt Reading – Pub. Belltable Art Centre.
1988 - EV+A – Pub. Limerick City Gallery. Ireland | GPA Awards for Emerging Artists - Pub. Douglas Hyde Gallery. Essay by Dorothy Walker
1987 - SADE – Pub. Crawford Art Gallery. Cork. Essay By Peter Murray