NIGEL COOKE
b. 1973, United KingdomNigel Cooke (b. 1973, Manchester, U.K.) is known for his unique and complex paintings which thematically explore the meeting point between creative labour, individual consciousness, art history, consumer culture and the natural world.
Institutional exhibitions include The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX; South London Gallery, London, England; Art Now, Tate Britain, London.
Cooke’s paintings are held in major international collections, including Tate, London; British Council, London; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Dallas Museum of Art; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; and Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
Courtesy Pace Gallery
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