Rhian
Cooke is an artist based in Leeds who works across sculpture, installation and
moving image, exploring sonic worlds using handmade and digital processes. She tells
on-going stories about nature and the environment.
Education
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Leeds Arts University, 2017
Lincoln College, Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, 2013-2014
Awards
︎ Yorkshire Sculpture International Associate Artist (Supported by Henry Moore Institute, The Hepworth Wakefield, Leeds Art Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park & Yorkshire Sculpture International, January - September 2019)
Commissions
︎Loose Screw Film Film Festival Commission (Loose Screw Film Festival, The Art House, Wakefield, UK, 2022)
︎Invisible, Real collaboration with musician Faye MacCalman (Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham, UK, 2022)
Material Matters (Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, UK, 2021)
Bicentenary of Anne Brontё Engagement Project + Beckfoot Thornton Students (South Square Gallery, Thornton, Bradford, UK, 2019-20)
Random Acts North Commission (Northern Tyneside Cinema,True North Productions and HOME Manchester,UK, 2018)
Selected Exhibitions
Leeds Artist Show (Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK, 2023)
Open Exhibition (Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK, 2022)
Solo Exhibition: Divide by Two (BLANK_Gallery,Index Festival, University Centre Leeds, UK, 2019)
Associated Matter (Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK, 2019)
Common Points (Serf, Leeds, UK, 2017).
Selected Screenings
Re-shift, Re-calibrate Curated by Myriam Mouflih Online, (Pavillion, Leeds, UK, 2020)
An Eye To Notice Them (Hyde Park Picture House, Poor Image Projects, Leeds, UK, 2019)
Theme From ‘The Gentle Touch’ (Pavilion Artist Moving Image Network Screening Weekend, Index Festival, Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds, UK, 2019)
The Video Art Film Club (Leyden Gallery, London, UK,2018)
Leeds Digital Art Festival ( Millennium Square, Leeds, UK, 2018)
Playback Festival 2018 (In Association with Random Acts, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK, 2018)
Residencies
The Art House Graduate Residency (The Art House, Wakefield, UK, 2017)
Serf Graduate Residency (Serf Studios, Leeds, UK, 2017)
Press
2019 Yorkshire Sculpture International Associate Artist, The Yorkshire Post
2019 Divide by Two, Blank_ Gallery, Corridor 8 2020 Anne Brontё Exhibition, South Square Gallery, Telegraph & Argus
Full cv available on request
Education
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Leeds Arts University, 2017
Lincoln College, Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, 2013-2014
Awards
︎ Yorkshire Sculpture International Associate Artist (Supported by Henry Moore Institute, The Hepworth Wakefield, Leeds Art Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park & Yorkshire Sculpture International, January - September 2019)
Commissions
︎Loose Screw Film Film Festival Commission (Loose Screw Film Festival, The Art House, Wakefield, UK, 2022)
︎Invisible, Real collaboration with musician Faye MacCalman (Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham, UK, 2022)
Material Matters (Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, UK, 2021)
Bicentenary of Anne Brontё Engagement Project + Beckfoot Thornton Students (South Square Gallery, Thornton, Bradford, UK, 2019-20)
Random Acts North Commission (Northern Tyneside Cinema,True North Productions and HOME Manchester,UK, 2018)
Selected Exhibitions
Leeds Artist Show (Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK, 2023)
Open Exhibition (Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK, 2022)
Solo Exhibition: Divide by Two (BLANK_Gallery,Index Festival, University Centre Leeds, UK, 2019)
Associated Matter (Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK, 2019)
Common Points (Serf, Leeds, UK, 2017).
Selected Screenings
Re-shift, Re-calibrate Curated by Myriam Mouflih Online, (Pavillion, Leeds, UK, 2020)
An Eye To Notice Them (Hyde Park Picture House, Poor Image Projects, Leeds, UK, 2019)
Theme From ‘The Gentle Touch’ (Pavilion Artist Moving Image Network Screening Weekend, Index Festival, Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds, UK, 2019)
The Video Art Film Club (Leyden Gallery, London, UK,2018)
Leeds Digital Art Festival ( Millennium Square, Leeds, UK, 2018)
Playback Festival 2018 (In Association with Random Acts, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK, 2018)
Residencies
The Art House Graduate Residency (The Art House, Wakefield, UK, 2017)
Serf Graduate Residency (Serf Studios, Leeds, UK, 2017)
Press
2019 Yorkshire Sculpture International Associate Artist, The Yorkshire Post
2019 Divide by Two, Blank_ Gallery, Corridor 8 2020 Anne Brontё Exhibition, South Square Gallery, Telegraph & Argus
Full cv available on request