Emma Coop lives and works in London. She holds an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design.
Drawing is the main focus of Coop’s practice. Her drawings are quiet but intense, they require the viewer to look and to be immersed in their detail. Repeatedly making drawings of the sea, Coop shares a connection with late 18th and early 19th century Romanticism, whereby a landscape could summon a visual representation of an emotional state.
Coop’s work examines the nature of ‘being lost in a moment’ or, by contrast, the lengthy unraveling of time. The drawings created depict split second moments, yet take considerable time to make. There is an element of performance and endurance. Her work slowly dwells on the assimilation of detail to the point whereby drawing becomes an mesmeric act in itself. The resulting artworks express this laboured process along with it’s inherent futility and desire.
Her drawing practice is at times punctuated with video works and photography which explore similar lines of inquiry, that of the perception of experience and the nature of ‘a moment’.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019
WE EACH HAVE OUR OWN LANDSCAPE, Lewisham Art House, London
BLUE MIND, 3rd on 3rd Gallery, Jamestown, NY
CREEKSIDE OPEN: SELECTED BY BRIAN GRIFFITHS, APT Gallery, London
EDITION 5: HIDE AND SEEK, 44AD Gallery, Bath
2018
ON THE EDGE, (SOLO SHOW) Lodestone Creative, Bowling, Scotland
ART FEAST, Someth1ng Gallery, London
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 Gallery, 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, (SOLO SHOW) Tmesis Gallery, Manchester
2001
INTERIOR LANDSCAPE, (SOLO SHOW) Glass Box Gallery Salford
SUMMER BIENNALE, International 3 Gallery, Manchester
2000
YOU ARE HERE, Holden Gallery, Manchester
MAN MOMA, International 3 Gallery, Manchester
RESIDENCIES
2018
Arch 8, Lodestone Creative, Bowling, Scotland
2017
The Great Medical Disaster, Two-person residency collaboration with Darren Nixon, Manchester
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