PJ Crook

PJ CROOK P.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.

Bathers Tinted gesso on canvas and painted wood frame, 178 x 178 cm

Nightclub Tinted gesso on canvas and painted wood frame, 178 x 127 cm

Oh The Joy Of Family Life Tinted gesso on wood, 25 x 30 cm Bride In Waiting Oil on wood, 43 x 32 cm

The Card Player Tinted gesso on wood, 43 x 38 cm

Petite Nue Oil on canvas and painted wood frame, 81 x 91 cm

Wednesday detail Tinted gesso on canvas on corrugated wood support 91.5 x 127 cm

The Dance of Time Acrylic on canvas and wooden frame 88 x 93 cm

Jazzamatazz Acrylic on canvas and wooden frame 91.5 x 127 cm

Faun Tinted gesso on canvas and wood 50 x 45 cm

Everyone’s a Winner Tinted gesso on canvas on corrugated wood support 45 x 79 cm

French Connection Tinted gesso on canvas and wood 57 x 57 cm

Pastourelle Tinted gesso on canvas and wood 56 x 76 cm

Liberty Horse Bronze with silk cord and feathers, edition of 8 61 x 53 x 19 cm

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2012 Art and Soul, Gloucestershire City Museum, Gloucester 2011 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, Tallinn 2010 Loch Galleries, Toronto & 2007 2010 Hay Hill Gallery, London 2008 Galerie Alain Blondel, Paris & 1991, 93, 95, 97, 99, 2002 2007 Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford & 1997, 99, 2004 2006 Draakoni Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia 2006 Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum A Day at the Races & tour 2006 Morohashi Museum of Modern Art, Japan 2006 City Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester Paradise 2004 Catmose Gallery, Vale of Catmose College, Rutland 2003 Robert Sandelson, London & 1998 2002 City Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucester The Angel & the Multitude 2001 Morohashi Museum of Modern Art, Japan 2001 Ad Hoc Gallery, Buddle Arts Centre, Tyne & Wear Deja Vrooom 2000 Theo Waddington Fine Art, Boca Raton, Florida 1998 Nancy Poole Gallery, Toronto 1998 Barry Friedman Ltd, New York - Art1998Chicago 1997 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol 1996 Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum tour: 1996 Oriel Gallery, Theatr Clwyd, Mold; Musée Paul Valery, Séte; Rye Art Gallery 1996 Montpelier Sandelson, London & 1994, 95 1994 Portal Gallery, London & 1980, 83, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 93 1994 Portal Gallery, London & 1980, 83, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92, 93 1989 Lee Drexler, New York 1986 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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