Jim Cooper (potter)

Jim Cooper (born 1956) is a New Zealand potter.

Cooper was born in Westport in 1956.[1] He studied ceramics at the Otago Polytechnic School of Art in 1984 and 1989, and completed a Masters of Fine Arts there in 1999.[1][2] One of his major works is Sgt P, a ceramic installation loosely inspired by the album art of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles.[3] The installation, made up of more than 100 ceramic figures, cardboard cut-outs and drawings, was shown at The Dowse Art Museum in 2007 and then toured to Tauranga, Rotorua and Auckland.[3]

Cooper won first place in the Norsewear Art Awards in 2006 for his work Snowy from Cavy.[3] His exhibition 'Peppermints and Incense' was held at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery in 2008–2009.[3] He was named joint winner of the Portage Ceramic Awards in 2009 and was awarded the Premier Award in 2012 for his 30-piece installation Millbrook Holiday (the League for Spiritual Discovery).[2][4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schamroth, Helen (1998). 100 New Zealand Craft Artists. Auckland: Godwit Press. ISBN 1869620364.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Top clay artist on campus" (5 November 2009). The Bay Chronicle. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Elliott, Moyra (Summer 2008). "Record covers I have known". Art news 28 (4): 50–53. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Benson, Nigel (27 October 2012). "Premier award to Dunedin ceramist". Otago Daily Times. Allied Press Limited. Retrieved 5 December 2014.