My intention is to negate traditional methods of painting through large-scale painterly informed spaces. I have an elemental approach to my practice, materiality, colour and surface apply across mediums setting up an equation to inform making when in a given site. I’m Interrogating paintings discourse through a range of mediums, which adopt site, space, architecture and domestic environment to create an experiential navigation upon viewing my work. My practice relies on a strong sense of craftsmanship, which I believe is key to producing work in an expanded field yet still relatable to a painterly informed practice. Derived through my experiences of making the picture plane becomes destabilised, through the production of a somewhat hap-hazard sense of composition and sculptural forms using a visceral choice of found materials too construction matter.
Studio member at The Royal Standard, Liverpool.
BA graduate in Fine Art
MA Student undergoing study in Fine Art
Joseph Cotgrave
Born May, 17, 1993
Currently lives on Merseyside.
Born in Liverpool.
Co-Founder/Director of TPA.
[email protected] | 07568189369
Joseph John Cotgrave is an emerging artist. His intentions are to negate traditional methods of painting through large-scale painterly informed spaces. He has an elemental approach to his practice, materiality, colour and surface apply across mediums setting up an equation to inform making when in a given site. Interrogating paintings discourse through a range of mediums, which adopt site, space, architecture and domestic environment to create an experiential navigation upon viewing his work. He refers to his practice as making and relies on a strong sense of craftsmanship, which he believes is key to producing work in an expanded field yet still relatable to a painterly informed practice. Derived through experiences of making the picture plane becomes destabilised, through the production of a somewhat hap-hazard sense of composition and sculptural forms using a visceral choice of found materials to construction matter.
Education
2004-2011: St-Anselm’s College – All GCSE/A-Levels attained, A*-C.
2011-2012: Liverpool Community College - BTEC Diploma in Foundation Arts, Merit.
2012 - 2015: Leeds Beckett - BA Fine Arts degree, First Class Honours.
2015 - Current: JMU - MA Fine Arts, current.
Exhibitions
2009: Group Exhibition at the Williamson Art Gallery, Wirral.
2012: End of year exhibition at Liverpool Community College Art Space, Liverpool.
2013: Collective Flash Show at Melbourne St. Studios, Leeds.
2014: Group Exhibition at Rag Factory, London.
2014: Group Exhibition at East Street Arts, Leeds.
2014: Collective Flash Show at Birds Yard, Leeds.
2015: Mother of Invention, Degree Show at Broadcasting Building, Leeds.
2015: TPA, Pop-up, Liverpool.
2015: Node Nine, LJMU, ERC
2016: Node Nine Pt 2, LJMU, ERC
Residencies
2015: 'The Beauty Of... The Creative space' - Yellow Door Artists/ Heart of Glass, St Helens
