Anything But Zen
Carol Cooke - Textiles, Multimedia Artist and Author
Carol Cooke is a Canberra based artist encompasses two threads of enquiry, textiles and sculpture to create 2D and 3D works. This is supported by a drawing practice and extensive journal records. Textiles is her preferred medium and are sublimated by mixed media skills.
Author of Improv:Embroidery, Carol explores the use of traditional embroidery stitches but throwing away patterns, throw away the rules and relax as you make unique embroidered art. Compose your own works of art using imagination, inventiveness, creativity and improvise. Your results will be unexpected and amazing.
Carol's work explores traditional craft techniques with research based investigations, much of her work opens conversations to environmental, social and political issues of the day, the past and the future. Carol stitches daily, exploring experimental embroidery and records the process in journals.
Carol completed a double degree at Australian National University, Canberra completing a Visual Arts Degree, majoring in Textiles, 2016 and Art History and Curatorship 2018
Working from her home studio, Carol exhibits in Canberra and interstate and overseas. She constantly draws , sews and plays with textiles during her "thinking time".
Education
2014 - 2017 Australian National University Bachelor of Visual Arts, Textiles Major
2015 - 2018 ANU Bachelor of Art History and Curatorship
2014 ANU Weavers Summer School
2014 ANU Found Objects and Assemblage (8 Week) Sculpture Class
2014 ANU Object and Assemblage Sculpture Master (8 Week) Class
Membership
Textile Arts Association http://acttextiles.org.au
Continued Momentum Sculpture Group
Craft ACT: Craft + Design https://craftact.org.au/
S.E.W. Society for Embroidered Works
Selected Arts Residencies
2019 Icelandic Textile Centre residency www.textilecenter.is
Prizes
Finalist Small Sculpture Prize Woollahra NSW
Finalist Mini Art Series The Corner Store Gallery Orange NSW
Finalist Drawing Prize M16 ArtsSpace - Canberra