PJ CROOKP.J. CROOK

In the last decade PJ Crook has had exhibitions in the United States, Canada, France, Japan, Estonia and the UK.

Commissions have taken her to Japan and Saudi Arabia to study the people and cultures for a series of fifteen large canvases that she completed in her Gloucestershire studios. She is currently working on a large commission for Gloucestershire College measuring 2 x 4.5 metres. Last year she also painted a whole string quartet of instruments for the Cheltenham International Music Festival which will be auctioned later in the year towards the new Creative Arts Centre at the National Star College of which she is College Patron. Next year she shows in New York at the ACA Galleries.

PJ Crook’s work is always concerned with people - the human condition; often its dilemma in the urban environment. Her crowded newspaper compositions she sees as ‘history paintings’ reflecting the current state of affairs eitherlocally, nationally or internationally. She has been working on the series since 1988, during which time she has also observed great change in the formats. Broadsheets that are now tabloids; changing mastheads and the introduction of more colour.

BathersTinted gesso on

canvas and paintedwood frame,178 x 178 cm

NightclubTinted gesso on canvas and

painted wood frame,178 x 127 cm

Oh The Joy Of Family LifeTinted gesso on wood, 25 x 30 cm

Bride In WaitingOil on wood, 43 x 32 cm

The Card PlayerTinted gesso on

wood,43 x 38 cm

Petite NueOil on canvas and

painted woodframe,

81 x 91 cm

Wednesday detailTinted gesso on canvas on corrugated wood support91.5 x 127 cm

The Dance of TimeAcrylic on canvas and wooden frame88 x 93 cm

JazzamatazzAcrylic on canvas and wooden frame91.5 x 127 cm

FaunTinted gesso on canvas and wood50 x 45 cm

Everyone’s a WinnerTinted gesso on canvas on corrugated wood support45 x 79 cm

French ConnectionTinted gesso on canvas and wood57 x 57 cm

PastourelleTinted gesso on canvas and wood56 x 76 cm

Liberty HorseBronze with silk cordand feathers, edition of 861 x 53 x 19 cm

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2012 Art and Soul, Gloucestershire City Museum, Gloucester2011 ACA Galleries, New York

2010 Royal Academy of Arts Summer exhibition, London & 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 95, 2008, 2009

2010 Vaal Galerii, Tallinn2010 Loch Galleries, Toronto & 20072010 Hay Hill Gallery, London2008 Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris & 1991, 93, 95, 97, 99, 20022007 Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford & 1997, 99, 20042006 Draakoni Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia2006 Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum A Day at the Races & tour2006 Morohashi Museum of Modern Art, Japan2006 City Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester Paradise2004 Catmose Gallery, Vale of Catmose College, Rutland2003 Robert Sandelson, London & 19982002 City Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester The Angel & the Multitude2001 Morohashi Museum of Modern Art, Japan2001 Ad Hoc Gallery, Buddle Arts Centre, Tyne & Wear Deja Vrooom2000 Theo Waddington Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida1998 Nancy Poole Gallery, Toronto1998 Barry Friedman Ltd, New York - Art1998Chicago1997 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol1996 Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum tour:1996 Oriel Gallery, Theatr Clwyd, Mold; Musée Paul Valery, Séte; Rye Art Gallery1996 Montpelier Sandelson, London & 1994, 951994 Portal Gallery, London & 1980, 83, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 931994 Portal Gallery, London & 1980, 83, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 931989 Lee Drexler, New York1986 Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museums The Fourth Grand Illusion

PJ Crook is Patron of the National Star College, a Director and Trustee of ACS (the Artists Collecting Society), President of the Friends of Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, a Gloucestershire Ambassador, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Honorary Doctor of Arts, University of Gloucestershire.

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