ASHLEY COOK
Ashley Cook was born in Edinburgh in 1964. She graduated from Glasgow School of Art with First Class BA Hons in 1986, going on to do Postgraduate Printmaking in 1987. Following her studies, she was Screen-printing technician from 1987 to 1990, then Lecturer in Printmaking from 1990 to 1995 at Glasgow School of Art. Ashley continued her practice throughout, winning awards and exhibiting internationally. Received awards from The British Council, The Scottish Arts Council, The Lady Artist Club Trust, Glasgow Art Club, The Icelandic Cultural Council, The Mexican Cultural Council and a Kate & Robert Wilson Town Award. After leaving employment at GSA in 1995 she taught night classes and workshops in screen printing at Glasgow Print Studio and worked in the GPS shop until 2004.Following this she was Project Co-ordinator for the Scottish Academy of Asian Arts from 2004 to 2008. She volunteered in The Gambia from 2008 to 2010, establishing a Centre for Children at Juffereh which is still open. Since 2010 she has focused on her practice, producing her work at Glasgow Print Studio, with a studio at the Briggait. Her current passion is making decks of tarot and playing cards which sell world-wide. She works in the mediums of screen-printing, mono-printing, digital imaging and collage. Her work is collected internationally. Ashley became an elected member of the RGI and of the Glasgow Group in 2023. Email: lagnoma_asherscook@yahoo.co.uk Website: www.ashleycook.art www.instagram.com/asherscook www.etsy.com/uk/shop/AshleyCookPrints www.facebook.com/ashley.cook.338863 |
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