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Maurice Cockrill    (British, 1936)

 Maurice Cockrill - Dilation Series 4 (Paintings) h: 184 x w: 153 cm / h: 72.4 x w: 60.2 in
Maurice Cockrill
Dilation Series 4 1997
 
  

Biography
1936 Born Hartlepool, England
1960 - 1964 Studied at Wrexham School of Art and the University of Reading
1967 - 1980 Lectured full time in the Faculty of Art at Liverpool Polytechnic
1982 - 1985 Visiting tutor at Schools of Art in Manchester, Portsmouth, Farnham, Winchester and Nottingham
1985 - 1988 Visiting Tutor at the Royal College of Art and Central School of Art
1984 - 1994 Visiting Tutor at Saint Martins School of Art
1995 Artist in Residence at GOFA University of NSW, Australia
1994 - 1998 Visiting Tutor at the Royal Academy Schools
Lives and works in London
Awards
Prize Winner in the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition, 1974
Arts Council of Arts Council of Great Britain, Flags and other Projects (prize winner), Royal Festival Hall, 1977
Arts Council of Great Britain Major Award which led to an extended visit to the United States, 1977-78
Arts Council Works of Art in Public Spaces, 1978-79
British Council Award, 1985
Short listed for the Jerwood Prize, 1994

Exhibitions
1999 Zwischenraum #1. Malerei, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer Düsseldorf
1998 The Enduring Tradition - Drawings, Queensland Australia (travelling exhibition)
1998 Recent Paintings, Royal West of England Academy Bristol, England
1998 The Elements, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer Düsseldorf
1998 DG Bank/German British Forum London
1997 Tamworth City Art Gallery New South Wales, Australia
1995 Malerei. Sechs Bilder - Sechs Positionen, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer Düsseldorf
1995 Paintings and Drawings 1974-1994, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool/Djanogly Art Gallery The University of Nottinghams Arts Centre, England
1995 Annandale Gallery Sidney, Australia
1994 Jerwood exhibitions, Royal Scottish Academy & Edinburgh & Royal Academy London
1993 Paintings, Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer Düsseldorf
1992 Plymouth Art Centre Plymouth, England
1991 Cabinet Paintings, Gillian Jason Gallery London (travelling exhibition)
1990 Forces of Nature, Manchester City Art Gallery (travelling exhibition)
1985 Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf
1985 Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London and New York
1984 Edward Totah Gallery, London
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