Julie Cook was born in 1961 and educated in North London. She has been employed as a nurse for more than 20 years and in 1996 she decided to take a career break to pursue an artistic direction. She discovered that her creative life and nursing background are inextricably linked, and each one feeds the other. Her BA Jewellery at Middlesex University encouraged her use of alternative materials in relation to the body. Since graduating in 2002 she has been exhibiting her work both nationally and internationally.

 

juliecook298@hotmail.com

 

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Collections

2007
Crafts Council Collection,
‘Asentamiento Dress’ from the 2006 series titled ‘Duende A Time For Healing’

Professional Awards

2010
The Arts Foundation Award for Textile Art
2006
Arts Council England’s Grants for the Arts
2005-2006
Crafts Council Development Award
2005-2006
The Florence Trust Studio residency programme

 

Education

1998-2002
BA Jewellery (First class honours)
with placement year, Middlesex University London
1996-1998
BTEC Diploma Foundation Art & Design, Barnet College
1980-1983
Registered General Nurse,
St Bartholomew’s Hospital London

Employment

2004-2005
Artist in residence School of Arts
Middlesex University
2002-to-date
Night Sister at The BMI Cavell Hospital Enfield
1992-1995
Senior Nurse Neurosciences,
The Royal London Hospitals Trust
1983-1995
Employed in a variety of London teaching hospitals specialising in neuroscience

 

Selected Exhibitions

2009
‘Object as Muse’
Crafts Council Touring Exhibition. ‘Asentamiento Dress’
from the Crafts Council Collection.
Kirkcaldy Museum & Art Gallery,
Fife, Scotland.

2008
‘Object as Muse’
Crafts Council Touring Exhibition. ‘Asentamiento Dress’
Winchester Discovery Centre.
‘De Main A Main: From Hand to Hand’ Mudac Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
‘Inspire: Mortal & Visible’
Wallspace,
All Hallows Church, London

2007
‘Magpie’ group show
Rochester Art Gallery & Craft Case
Rochester, Kent
‘Pathogeographies’
A Project of Feel Tank Chicago and Gallery 400’s "At The Edge" series
Chicago, USA

2006
‘The Liminal Phase’
Hornsey Studios, London.
‘Florence Trust Annual Summer Exhibition’ St Saviour’s, London
‘Madness of the Bulls’ Solo exhibition:
At Ex Cantieri Navali, Venice, Italy
Curated by Sonia Rolak
‘Madness of the Bulls’ Solo exhibition: Westbourne Grove Church Art Space, London. Funded by The Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts

2005
‘Art on the Borders of Art’
BWA Design Gallery, Wroclaw, Poland.
‘Therapeutic Appliances / Madness of the Bulls’ Solo exhibition: The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Swansea. Curated by Ralph Turner

2004
‘Body Extensions’ Mudac Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland.
‘Body Conscious’ Crafts Council Shop at the V&A, V&A Museum, London
‘Claustrophobia’ Surface Gallery Nottingham

2003
‘Art on the Borders of Art’ Venice, Italy. Curated by Sonia Rolak
‘The Link to the Body’ Third Biennale of Contemporary Jewellery, Le Porte Objet, Nimes, France
‘Mutiny at the Bargehouse’ Lostpropertyart, Oxo Tower Wharf, London

2002
‘Embroiderer’s Guild Graduate Showcase’ Knitting & Stitching Shows, London
‘Fresh Art’ the Business Design Centre, London
‘New Designers’ (graduate show) the Business Design Centre, London
‘Jewellery 2002’ Middlesex University graduate show at Judith Clark Costume Gallery, London.

2001
‘Art of the Stitch’ Embroiderer’s Guild International exhibitions, Mall Galleries London, Williamston Gallery Birkenhead