Biography | CV
Date of birth: 1966
Place of birth: Portsmouth ( England )
B.A.(hons) Fine Art, Newcastle University 1984 -1988
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 1986 | A New Alternative , Kelburn Holdings, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| 1987 | Sand and Sea , Weymouth , Dorset |
| 1988 | Small works , Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne Summer Show , Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University |
| 1989 | Studio 92 Group Show, London |
| 1990 | County Hall Group Show, Dorset |
| 1994 | Dorset Art Week, Dorset Honiton Festival, Devon Group show, Studio 3 Gallery, London Group show, Galerie Internacionale de Arte , Portugal Eight Artists , Studio 3 Gallery, London Christmas Show, Studio 3 Gallery, Dorset |
| 1995 | East and West, Studio 3 Gallery, London Abstrart , Studio 3 Gallery, London East and West touring show, Heatherslow Gallery, Northumberland Group show, Galleriet, Norberg , Sweden |
| 1996 | Talents , Studio 3 Gallery, London |
| 1997 | Royal Academy , Summer Exhibition, London Six Contemporaries , Touring Exhibition |
| 1998 | Dorset Art Week |
| 1999 | Portland Portrayed , The Gallery Dorchester |
| 2000 | Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset Dorset Art Week |
| 2002 | 2002 Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset Dorset Art Week |
| 2003 | Rostra Gallery, Bath |
| 2004 | Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset Chalk House Gallery, St Ives, Cornwall Royal Academy , Summer Exhibition, London Dorset Art Week Withers Gallery, Norfolk |
| 2005 | Royal West of England Academy , Bristol . Open Painting Royal West of England Academy , Bristol . 153 rd Autumn Exhibition New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey |
| 2006 | Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne Dorset New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey Dorset Art Week Innocent Fine Art, Bristol Maltby Art, Winchester , Hampshire Rostra Gallery, Bath Bournemouth University Art Loan Collection 2006/2007 Fifty Wessex Artists, Brewhouse Gallery, Taunton Sarah Wiseman Gallery, The Art of Giving. Oxford |
| 2007 | Affordable Art Fair, Bristol . With Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford . Affordable Art Fair, London . With Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford . New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey Rostra Gallery, Bath |
| 2008 | Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne Dorset Glasgow Art Fair. With Sarah Wiseman Gallery Affordable Art Fair. With Sarah Wiseman Gallery Beyond Chesil Beach . The De Morgan Centre, London Glories of the Gorge. Innocent Fine Art, Bristol . Affordable Art Fair, London . With Sarah Wiseman Gallery New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey |
Solo Exhibitions
| 1987-92 | Dorset County Library , Dorset |
| 1989 | Gallery 273, Queen Mary College , London Dance Attic Studio, London |
| 1995 | Justin Cooke, Allsop Gallery, Bridport Art Centre, Dorset |
| 1996 | Sea Sky and Landscape , Studio 3 Gallery, London |
| 1988 -2008 | Annual Summer Exhibition, Upwey, Weymouth , Dorset (twenty-one exhibitions) |
| 2007 | New Ashgate Gallery. Farnham Surrey. The Field Paintings Justin Cooke The Ridgeway, Book Launch Exhibition, Upwey, Dorset |
| 2008 | Atrium Gallery, Bournemouth University , Dorset Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford |
Awards
| 2005 | Royal West of England Academy , Friends Prize |
Bibliography
Books
| Fifty Wessex Artists. | Published by | [EVOLVER] BOOKS. ISBN. 0955450306 © 2006 |
| Justin Cooke The Ridgeway | Published by | Culliford Tree ISBN 978 0 9557291 0 2 © 2007 Hardback 100 pages 56 colour plates Published : December 2007 |
Articles
| Western Gazette. | 28 th August 1997 |
| RWA magazine. | Issue No.38 Summer 2005, page 20, Open Painting and Friends Prize |
| The Artist Magazine. | May 2006, pages 46-47, In conversation Justin Cooke, written by Tim Saunders. |
| The Wessex Muse Magazine | December 2007, pages 10-11. Justin Cooke The Ridgeway |
| The Marshwood Vale Magazine | Images from the South Dorset Ridgeway |
Reviews and Editorials
| Arts Review. | January 2002 |
| Country Living. | November 2004 |
| Dorset Evening Echo. | Various from 1986 to present |
| Western Gazette | Various from 1988 to present |
| The Wessex Muse Magazine | August 2008, page13. The Ridgeway. BookReview. |
Other Publications
| Bournemouth University Art Loan Collection 2006/2007. | Published by Bournemouth University . Julie Herring, Curator. Talbot Campus. Fern Barrow Poole Dorset |