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
Awards
National College of Art & Design, Dublin
1984-87
Goldsmiths College, London
1993-96
Solo Exhibitions
I Learned how to be a Crow and a Pigeon, Huddersfield Art Gallery, West Yorkshire
2022
Tests, Dye House Gallery, Bradford
2019
New Work, RAUMX, London [link]
2017
Nostos, noshowspace, London [link]
2014
Holden, Huddersfield Art Gallery, New Art Centre, Roche Court
2010
Overlay: Sculpture & Drawing, Yorkshire Sculpture Park [link]
2006
Ballroom (ornament), Henry Moore Institute, Leeds [link]
2003
Two Worlds, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
1994
Sliced, City Arts Centre, Dublin
1992
Beyond Reach, PS1 Contemporary Art Centre, New York
1990
Salt Reading, Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick
1989
Making A Dream, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
1988
Selected Group Exhibitions
Land and Language in Contemporary Irish Art, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, USA [link]
2024
Borrow Pit, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield
Our World, Our Crisis, Point Gallery, Doncaster
2024
Raw Edge, SunnyBank Mills, Leeds
20:20, Touring Print Exhibition, UK
2022
Passages, Old Parcel Office gallery, Scarborough
2021
Invasive Species, Harlow Carr, North Yorkshire
Blue Skies Museum, Art & Heritage, Online
Extraordinary Postcards, Newlyn Art Gallery
20:20, Touring Print Exhibition, UK
2020
The Sculpture Collections, Leeds Art Gallery
Ciaos of Collaboration, WYPW Gallery
20:20 Touring print exhibition, UK
Traveling Light, Baltimore, USA
2018
Neo-Geometry, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire
Contemporary Sculpture, Dye House Gallery, Bradford
2017
Process and Practise, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Yorkshire
Hepworth Wakefield Print Fair, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Tableaux, Dean Clough, Halifax
Resonance, Beverly Minster, Beverly
2016
Floribunda, Dean Clough, Halifax
Light Falls, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
Contemporary Sculpture at Burnby Hall Gardens, East Yorkshire
Thought Positions in Sculpture, Huddersfield Art Gallery
2015
Conversations around Marlow Moss, & Model, Leeds
2014
Exchanges around construction, Derwent London Gallery, London
2012
Northern Art Prize, Leeds Art Gallery
2011
Art 42 Basel
13th International Artists Book Fair, University of Leeds
Leeds Open 2010, Leeds Art Gallery
2010
Ballroom, Borris House, Ireland
2009
Prospects and Interiors, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Open Window, St James Hospital, Dublin
atp08, Public Libraries on the Transpennine Route Between Manchester & Leeds
2008
Artfutures ’07, Bloomsberg Space, London
Summer Show ’07, Royal Academy, London. [invited artist]
2007
The Square Root of Drawing, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2006
New Sculpture from Ireland, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire
Strata, Pontrhydfendigaid, Wales, Kells, Ireland
Kirklees-Art, Besancon, France
2005
Para Sites, Bridport Arts Centre, Dorset
Birds, Sligo Art Gallery, Ireland
2004
Flix, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin
2003-11
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.
1999-2000
Contemporary Responses to the Burlington cartoon, Ormeau Baths, Belfast
Gaze, Artist Project, Circa Issue 88
1999
Dark Field, Boiler House, London
1998
Not Yet Titled, Kirsty Ogg, Norwich
1997
National Collection of Contemporary Drawing, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick; Model Arts Centre, Sligo
NCAD 250 - Drawings 1746 - 1996, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
1996
Mix, Annexed, London
1995
Open Air in the Square, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
1994
Fields of Vision, Trout Gallery, Carlisle, PA, U.S.A.
EV+A 93, Limerick City Gallery of Art
Untitled, Performance, Mother Redcap’s Tavern, Dublin
Summer group show, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
1993
The Ancient Landscape, Ballyvaughan, Ireland
1992
Transmission, Irish Life Centre, Dublin
In A State, Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin
1991
Irish Artists in New York, Touring Exhibition
Spring Board, Irish Life Centre, Dublin
Mail Art, Triskel Art Centre, Cork
1990
Prints From the Black Church, Solomon Gallery, Dublin
1989
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
1988
Meta-furniture, Sculptors Society of Ireland Touring Exhibition,
1987-88
SADE, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
Irish Exhibition Of Living Art, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin
1987
Irish Women Artists, Battersea Arts Centre, London
Irish Exhibition of Living Art, Guinness Hop Store, Dublin
1986
Dublin Film and Video Festival
1984
Joanna Drew Travel Bursary
Artists Residency Cill Railaig, Ireland
2017
Artist Residency Cill Railaig, Ireland
2015
Arts Council England Award
2014
Shortlisted for Northern Art Prize
2011
Nominated for 2011 Arts Foundation ‘Yoma Sasburg Fellowship’
2010
Nominated for Jerwood Platform
2005
Arts Council England Grant
Nominated for Becks Futures
2004
EV+A Open Award Winner
Arts Council of Ireland Grant
1993
Arts Council of Ireland Grant
Artist in Residence, Butler Gallery, Ireland
1992
PS1 International artist studio program, New York
1989-90
Guinness Peat Aviation Award for Emerging Artists
Residency, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
1988
Dublin Film and Video Festival, Special Award
1987
Commissions
Kirklees Council, West Yorkshire
2022
Arts&Heritage
2020
Camden Town Hall, London
1997
Office of Public Works, Dublin
1993
Irish National Insurance, Dublin
1987
Publications
Scott, Y. Landscape and Environment in Contemporary Irish Art
Ireland, Churchill House Press
2023
Bridger, A. I learned How to be a Crow and a Pigeon, 2022. Kirklees Council
2022
McCarthy, Paula. Sculpture in Ireland, 2015. Yale University Press
2015
Nostos, Interview with Natalie Rudd, noshowspace
2014
Holden, Text by Penelope Curtis, interview with Sarah Brown. Huddersfield art Gallery
2010
Henry Moore Institute: Essays on Sculpture no.59. Prospects and Interiors. Sophie Reikes
2008
Yorkshire Sculpture Park: Landscape for Art. Lynne Green
2007
Overlay, Text by Clare Lilley, Pub. Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The Square root of Drawing, CD /DVD pub. Temple Bar Gallery
2006
Strata, Text by Ann Mulrooney and Tim Davies
2005
Ballroom (ornament), Pub. Henry Moore Institute. Text the artist
Calendar, Henry Moore Foundation, April - August, Sept - Dec
2003
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 MacGiolla Leith.
1999
Dark Field - Eastway Baths, London. Essay By Artists
1998
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
1997
Fields of Vision - Pub. Trout Gallery, Dickinson College PA. Essay by Peter Lukehart
EV+A - Pub. Limerick City Gallery. Essay By Gloria Moure
1993
In A State - Pub. Project Art Centre. Essay by Fintain O’Toole
1991
Post Card Collection, National and International Studio Programme, PS1 Museum, New York
1990
The Irish Artist In New York - Pub. The Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Essay by Brian Ferran.
Spring Board - Pub. Irish Life Policy committee.
1989-90
Salt Reading - Pub. Belltable Art Centre
1989
EV+A - Pub. Limerick City Gallery. Ireland
GPA Awards for Emerging Artists - Pub. Douglas Hyde Gallery.
Essay by Dorothy Walker
1988
SADE - Pub. Crawford Art Gallery. Cork. Essay By Peter Murry
The Graduate Exhibition - Pub. Temple Bar Gallery. Dublin
1987