Lorraine Cooke

3rd Place

Lorraine Cooke

Kinetic Blue | 2021 Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas | 99.5 x 5 x 79.5 cm POR

Lorraine Cooke

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About

Lorraine Cooke is a professional artist and curator, exhibiting internationally. She graduated from Norwich school of Art and Design (UK) with a BA(hons) in Fine Art in 2003 and Northampton University with an MA in Fine in 2011. Cooke works between both the UK and Cyprus and she contributed to the Paphos European Capital of Culture programme in 2017. Past collaborations have included the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts and the Sainsbury Institute for Study of Japanese Arts and Culture, Norwich, UK. Cooke is noted as a Saatchi Art ‘Artist of recognition’ with work included in the ‘Inspired by Miro’ Saatchi Collection. She is an AA2A Engage Member (active role model for students, providing insights into professional life as an artist outside UK universities.)

Curator Review

Kinetic Blue

Artist Lorraine Cooke’s energetic and quite visceral piece, resonates with automatism in an absolutely liberated manner. Cooke’s spatial segues and interplay of cool and warm tones, contrasts with translucent layers, forming a conglomerative visual force. Her connective piece flows from one singular refrain to the next, manifesting an almost auditory experience. - E.E. Jacks Norfolk United Kingdom