Emma Coop is a British Artist who lives and works in London. She holds an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design.
The drawings of Emma Coop are quiet and reflective, they invite the viewer to look and to be immersed in their detail. Repeatedly making drawings of the sea, Coop has a connection with late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Romanticism, whereby a landscape could summon a visual representation of an emotional state.
Drawing with graphite, an interplay of emotions is expressed through the relationship between opposing drawing styles, or by the tension created by the materiality of the surfaces she draws onto. These varying surfaces include cut paper, folded paper and a crumpled survival blanket, each of these surfaces compete in differing ways with the drawn sea surface of her work.
Coop’s work examines the nature of ‘a moment’ or, by contrast, the lengthy unraveling of time. The drawings created depict split second moments, yet take considerable time to make. Her work slowly dwells on the assimilation of detail to the point where by the process of drawing becomes an mesmeric act in itself. The resulting artworks express this laboured process along with it’s inherent futility and desire.
Selected Exhibitions
2018
THRESHOLDS, Gonzo Unit, Thessaloniki, Greece
MURMURATION, ICE Space, Bath Fringe, Bath
SIGHTLINES, Christmas Steps Gallery, Bristol
2017
THE SAME DEEP WATER (Two-person residency/show with Darren Nixon), The Great Medical Disaster, Manchester
EVOLVE DAMN IT, Camberwell Arts Festival, London
PROOF, Art Hub Gallery, London
THIS YEAR’S MODEL: DEEP SPACE, Studio 1.1, London
RE:COUNT, Someth1ng, London
2016
LOOKING UP, Studio 1.1, London
SIXTY, Art Athina, Art Fair, Athens
SIXTY, Lubomirov / Angus Hughes, London
KEEP ME POSTED, Art Hub Gallery, London
COVER VERSION, Studio 73 Gallery, London
LOVE AND LOSS WE’RE ALL JUST ANIMALS, Someth1ng, London
ART CONVERTERS, Studio 1.1, London
2015
SEASONAL FAIR, Chalton Gallery, London
SEASONAL FAIR, Someth1ng Gallery, London
BAZAAR, Lubomirov / Angus Hughes, London
ART NOUVEAU, Studio 73 Gallery, London
UNTITLED, Someth1ng Gallery, London
CHEMCRAFT, Espacio Gallery, London
THE PRINT EXHIBITION, ArtHub Gallery, London
2006
UNTIL IT MAKES SENSE, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris
UNTIL IT MAKES SENSE, Seventeen Gallery, London
WHO CARES ABOUT GREEK ART?, Independant space, Athens
2005
I.E. Video Archive, Independant space, London
HER UP STAIRS, Open studio, Temporary Contemporary, London
2004
Video Symposium, Rhotas 2 Gallery, Lahore, Pakistan
Experimental Video Art, Puratha University, Thailand
2002
THERE TO HERE, Tmesis Gallery, Manchester (Solo Show)
2001
Glass Box Gallery, Salford (Solo Show)
SUMMER BIENNALE, International 3 Gallery, Manchester
2000
YOU ARE HERE, Holden Gallery, Manchester
MAN MOMA, International 3 Gallery, Manchester
