克利斯多夫?庫克（Christopher Cook) 出生于英國約克郡。 早期在英國愛克塞特大學(xué)就讀文學(xué)與美術(shù)，后又獲得倫敦英國皇家美術(shù)學(xué)院繪畫專業(yè)研究生學(xué)位。

庫克曾作為意大利政府專邀學(xué)者，在博羅涅爾進(jìn)行了三年的創(chuàng)作實踐。在此期間，參加了卡薩馬薩鞒的“敖爾比的厄爾斯女神”展，以及于佛羅倫薩舉辦的“從培根到現(xiàn)在”的展覽。1991年至1993年，庫克先后于德國法蘭克福與英國牛津大學(xué)任客座藝術(shù)家。1994年，他被評為美國加州大學(xué)杰出訪問藝術(shù)家，作品入選英國／洛杉磯藝術(shù)節(jié)，并代表英國參加了法國卡克尼斯繪畫雙年展以及在曼谷舉行的歐盟藝術(shù)展。

He studied Literature and Fine Art at the University of Exeter, UK, and MA Painting at the Royal College of Art, London. He spent three years in Bologna as Italian Government scholar, exhibiting in Eros in Albion at the Casa Masaccio and From Bacon to Now at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Between 1991-93 he was Guest Artist at the Stadelschule in Frankfurt, Germany and Visiting Fellow to the University of Oxford, and in 1994 became Distinguished Visiting Artist to CalState University Long Beach,  exhibiting in the UK/LA festival, and representing the UK at the Cagnes Painting Biennale, France and the European Union exhibition in Bangkok.

1995年與1997年間，三次較長時間的印度采風(fēng)之旅促使庫克對自己的藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作進(jìn)行了重新思考。 他早期作品中常用的色彩逐漸消失，而目前我們所看到的以黑白為主的石墨系列也由此時產(chǎn)生并慢慢成形。庫克的初期石墨系列作品曾獲得利物浦XX1約翰?摩爾斯獎。大量作品曾在挪威，德國和美國等國家的主要大型藝術(shù)展中展出。

Between 1995 to 1997 three extended research visits to India led to a rethink of his work, from which the ‘graphites’ appeared, and colour has not returned since. An early graphite was prize winner at John Moores Liverpool XX1 and others have been the subject of major group and solo shows in Norway, Germany and the USA.

自1998年起，庫克被任命為英國普利茅斯大學(xué)繪畫系講師。2000年出版了他的個人詩集《為自然，反對自然》。為深入這一主題，庫克在基金支助下走訪了澳大利亞布戴農(nóng)自然保護(hù)區(qū)，隨后又在英國文化委員會支持下成為英國西南部伊甸園生態(tài)工程的特邀駐地藝術(shù)家。在長達(dá)兩年的駐地創(chuàng)作期間，他開始試驗一些與生物基因，自然組織系統(tǒng)相關(guān)的大型繪畫作品。2004年起，庫克的個人藝術(shù)展在美國的四大美術(shù)館巡回展出。2005年十一月，其作品又于日本橫濱藝術(shù)三年展中展出。

In 1998 Cook was appointed Reader in Painting at the University of Plymouth. Following publication of his selected poems: For and Against Nature in 2000, he travelled on a scholarship to the Bundanon Trust in Australia, and later that year began a two year Arts Council of England residency at the Eden Project in Cornwall UK, where some of the larger images relating to genetics and self-organising systems began, along with material for his latest artist's book a thoroughbred golden calf. In 2004/05 a major survey show supported by the British Council toured four venues in the USA.

 今日美術(shù)館——克里斯多夫?庫克個展

克里斯多夫?庫克個展 新聞稿

主要個展：
Selected solo exhibitions

1985 倫敦Camden藝術(shù)中心
　　　　英國駐荷蘭使館
            Camden Arts Centre, London
 British Council Centre Amsterdam, NL

1986 英國 Spacex畫廊
            Spacex Gallery Exeter UK

1987 意大利 Maggiore畫廊
            Galeria Maggiore, Bologna, Italy

1988 倫敦 Benjamin Rhodes畫廊
            Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, London

1989 英國 Cleveland 畫廊
            Cleveland Gallery Middlesbrough, UK
 Plymouth Arts Centre, UK

1990 倫敦 Benjamin Rhodes畫廊
            Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, London

1991 德國法蘭克福 Stadelschule
            Stadelschule Frankfurt, Germany

1992 英國 Darlington 藝術(shù)中心
　　　　新西蘭 van Rhoon博物館
　　　　英國愛克塞特皇家阿爾伯特博物館
            Darlington Arts Centre,  UK
 Museum van Rhoon, Rotterdam, NL 
 Royal Albert Museum Exeter,  UK
 
1993 英國 Oldham城市博物館
　　　　英國北方現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)中心
            Oldham City Museum, UK
 Northern Centre for Contemporary Art UK

1994 美國加州大學(xué)
            California State University USA

1995 德國法蘭克福 Helmut Pabst
英國諾丁漢 Angel Row
英國格拉斯哥 Collins 畫廊
            Helmut Pabst Frankfurt, Germany 
 Angel Row Nottingham, UK
 Collins Gallery Glasgow, UK

1996 倫敦 Jason and Rhodes畫廊
            Jason and Rhodes Gallery London
  
1997 挪威 Haugesund Kunstforening
            Haugesund Kunstforening, Norway

1999 德國法蘭克福 Helmut Pabst
            新西蘭 De Beyerd
            Helmut Pabst Frankfurt, Germany
 De Beyerd, Breda, Netherlands

2000 德國 Heidelberger Kunstverein
            澳大利亞新南威爾士Bundanon Trust,
            Heidelberger Kunstverein, Germany.
 Bundanon Trust, NSW, Australia

2001 英國 Ferens畫廊
　　　　英國 Towner畫廊
　　　　英國 Hirschl 當(dāng)代藝術(shù)畫廊
            Ferens Gallery Hull, UK
 Towner Gallery Eastbourne, UK
 Hirschl Contemporary Art London

2002 比利時 Koraalberg 畫廊
Koraalberg Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2003 英國伊甸園生態(tài)公園
            德國法蘭克福 EuropaischeZentral畫廊
            Eden Project Cornwall
 EuropaischeZentral Galerie Frankfurt, Germany

2004 美國新奧爾良 Diboll 畫廊
　　　　美國 Memphis大學(xué)美術(shù)館
            美國新奧爾良 Mary Ryan 畫廊
            Diboll Gallery, New Orleans USA
 Art Museum University of Memphis USA
 Mary Ryan Gallery New York

2005 美國加州大學(xué)
　　　　California State University Long Beach USA

參與展覽：
Selected recent group exhibitions

1999 John Moores XX1 Walker Gallery, Liverpool, UK
 West by South West Haugesund Kunstforening, Norway

2000 Helmut Pabst Frankfurt Germany
 Kunstforening Stavanger, Norway
 
2001 Royal West of England Academy Bristol, UK
 Kustenkunst  Stade Museum, Hamburg, Germany
 Chapel Row Gallery Bath, UK
 East of Eden Spacex Gallery, Exeter, UK

2002 Crossing Borders Morley Gallery, London
 Structure and Situation  EDE Gallery, Pomona, USA
 EZG Frankfurt Germany
 Eden Project, Cornwall UK
 
2003 Drawn Conclusions Plymouth City Museum, UK
 Structure and Situation  Michael Folonis, L.A. USA
 Cross Currents Quay Art Centre, Newport UK
 
2004 Hirschl Contemporary Art London
 Works on paper, Mary Ryan Gallery, New York
 Drawing Weatherspoon Art Center, Maryland, USA
 
2005 Bundanon Trust, Australia
 Yale Centre for British Art, CT. USA

作品被收藏于：
Collections

 Art Institute of Chicago, USA
 British Museum, UK
 Bundanon Trust, Australia
 Cleveland Museums UK
 Cleveland Museum USA
 Contemporary Arts Society UK
 Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge UK
 Haugesund Billedgalleri Norway
 Metropolitan Museum New York USA
 Minneapolis Museum of Art, USA
 Royal College of Art, UK
 University of Oxford, UK
 Universitat Frankfurt, Germany
 Victoria and Albert Museum, UK

藝術(shù)家相關(guān)文章：
Selected recent bibliography

Bahr Bob
 American Artist: Drawing
 Summer 2005
Cohen David
 The New York Sun July 2004
Cork Richard  
catalogue essay John Moores 21
UK Autumn 1999
Exley Roy
 Catalogue essay
 changing the need 
 Hull/Eastbourne UK 2001
Farquharson Alex
 catalogue essay: low res
 Hirschl London 2003
Furse John 
catalogue interview: Graphites and related works
 Netherlands/Germany  1999-2000
Frederick
 The Commercial Sun, Memphis
 March 2004
Gercke Hans
 catalogue essay: Graphites and related works
 Netherlands/Germany  1999-2000
Hubbard Sue
 The Independent June 3 2003
Kidson Alex 
exhibition catalogue notes,
 John Moores 21 catalogue Autumn 1999
Lambirth Andrew
The Spectator November 2000
Lucie-Smith Edward
introductory essay
Graphites and related works catalogue
 Frankfurt/Breda/Heidelberg  1999-2000
Lucie-Smith Edward
 Art Today  1998
Paraskos Michael
 Art Review Nov  2001
Patrick Keith
Contemporary Landscapes’
CVA Magazine January 2001
Rowe Matthew
 Catalogue essay
 changing the need
 Hull/Eastbourne UK 2001
Stegeman Elly
catalogue essay (Dutch) the inward gaze
 Netherlands/Germany 1999-2000
Worts Martin
catalogue essay West by South West (Norway)
 Haugesund/Stavanger Norway Oct-Dec 1999