{"id":7,"date":"2024-06-17T11:08:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T11:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-01-18T17:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:56:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"681\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail-681x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-676\" style=\"width:430px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail-681x1024.jpeg 681w, https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail-768x1154.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail-1022x1536.jpeg 1022w, https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/thumbnail.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portrait by Amanda Eatwell for<em> Getting to Know You<\/em> (2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size\"><strong>Chloe Cooper<\/strong> is an artist and educator. She makes zines and prints using the risograph printer at the TACO! Print Studio in Thamesmead, London. Her zines and prints splash about in everyday instances of cheeky criticality and observational wonder. They include a hand-drawn compendium of cars, plants and people, a print of self-styled silicone \u201cpleasure pouches\u201d and a choose-your-own-adventure zine for people struggling to come to terms with the resurrection of their local community centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size\">When she&#8217;s not making zines, Chloe collaborates with composer and vibraphonist <strong>Jackie Walduck<\/strong> as <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/vibin-n-marblin\/\">Vibin n Marblin<\/a><\/strong><\/em> to make audiovisual performances where her marbling responds to Jackie\u2019s music and vice versa, resulting in immersive video projections and mesmeric vibraphone soundscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>EXHIBITIONS\/PERFORMANCES\/ZINE FAIRS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2025<\/strong><br><em>Love Shack<\/em>, hARTslane, London<br><em>The End Artists&#8217; Book Fair<\/em>, The Exchange, Penzance<br><em>Wet Wildlife<\/em>, LWT Woodberry Wetlands, London<br><em>Vibin n Marblin @ Bow Open<\/em>, Nunnery Gallery, London<br><em>Placard Power<\/em>, Greenwich &amp; Docklands International Festival, London<br><em>Fandom<\/em> by BAD Art, LAS, London<br><em>Thamesmead Times: Revisited!<\/em>, Moorings Sociable Club, London<br><em>It\u2019s Been a Long Way\u2026<\/em>, hARTslane, London<br><em>41st Annual Open Exhibition<\/em>, Southwark Park Galleries, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2024<\/strong><br><em>The Treasure Project<\/em>, Lakeside Centre, London<br><em>Sticky Fingers Publishing Fair<\/em>, Lewisham Art House, London<br><em>Lakeside Art Shop Launch<\/em>, Lakeside Centre, London<br><em>UAL Intercultural Zine Fair<\/em>, Peckham Levels, London<br><em>Pushkin House Zine Fair,<\/em> Pushkin House, London<br><em>Stapled: Zine-o-philia Zine Fair<\/em>, Left Bank, Leeds<br>Vibin n Marblin&#8217;s <em>Cleanse<\/em>, Crossness Pumping Station, London<br><em>All I Want for Christmas is\u2026 Peace<\/em>, hARTslane, London<br><em>40th Annual Open Exhibition<\/em>, Southwark Park Galleries, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2023<\/strong><br>Vibin n Marblin @ <em>Wildflower Whoopee!<\/em>, The Moorings Sociable Club, London<br><em>Pages Artists Book Fair<\/em>, University of Leeds, Leeds<br><em>Geranium<\/em>, Jupiter Projects, Penzance<br><em>Twin Town<\/em>, ArtWorks Project Space, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London<br><em>39th Annual Open Exhibition<\/em>, Southwark Park Galleries, London<br><em>Pagemasters Zine Fair,<\/em> South London Gallery, London<br><em>South London Comic &amp; Zine Fair,<\/em> Stanley House, London<br><em>Pushkin House Zine Fair,<\/em> Pushkin House, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2022<\/strong><br><em>TULCA Visual Arts Festival,<\/em> Galway, Ireland<br>Vibin n Marblin&#8217;s <em>Hyperpresence <\/em>@ The Hot Tin, Faversham<br><em>Lakesiders,<\/em> Lakeside Centre, London<br><em>Artists Book Fair, <\/em>Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland<br><em>38th Annual Open Exhibition<\/em>, Southwark Park Galleries, London<br><em>ME 2 U: A Collective Manifesto<\/em>, Nunnery Gallery, London<br><em>ArtWorks Open,<\/em> Barbican Arts Group Trust, London<br><em>Pagemasters Zine Fair,<\/em> South London Gallery, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2021<\/strong><br><em>Visions<\/em>, Nunnery Gallery, London<br><em>Estuary Festival,<\/em> London<br>Vibin n Marblin&#8217;s <em>Diagnosis, Dreaming, Waiting,<\/em> C&amp;W Hospital, London<br>Vibin n Marblin&#8217;s <em>Miso Kitchen,<\/em> Electric Medway, Sun Pier House, Chatham<br><em>Winter Market,<\/em> Lakeside Centre, London<br><em>37th Annual Open Exhibition,<\/em> Southwark Park Galleries, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2020<\/strong><br><em>Bias Poems<\/em> at BIAS, A\/Side-B\/Side, London<br><em>URgh!#1: alternative art education zine, <\/em>Conway Hall, London<br><em>Client Culture Cross Polination Zine!,<\/em> Anti University, London<br><em>36th Annual Open Exhibition, <\/em>Southwark Park Galleries, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2019<\/strong><br><em>The Body Politic,<\/em> Catalyst Arts, Belfast<br><em>Repair Session <\/em>for Katrin Hanusch&#8217;s The Romance, All About Laptops, London<br><em>Learning Space: DESIRE. 50 years of new society<\/em>, nGbK, Berlin<br><em>Live Marbling with London Improvisors Orchestra<\/em>, Cafe Oto, London<br><em>To whom the flesh\u2026,<\/em> Inland Project @ The Poetry Society, London<br><em>35th Annual Open Exhibition,<\/em> Southwark Park Galleries, London<br><em>Patchings A5 Christmas Exhibition, <\/em>Patchings Art Centre, Nottinghamshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2018<\/strong><br><em>Internal Scratch,<\/em> Battersea Arts Centre, London<br><em>The Oasis Social Club: Brownfield Block Party, <\/em>Stoke-on-Trent<br><em>Bring Your Own Performance (BYOP)<\/em>, SPACE, London<br><em>LCN Showcase, <\/em>SPACE, London<br><em>Study Day and Launch: Redrawing Artistic Economies,<\/em> Company Drinks, London<br><em>34th Annual Open Exhibition, <\/em>CGP, London<br><em>Patchings A5 Christmas Exhibition, <\/em>Patchings Art Centre, Nottinghamshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2017<\/strong><br>Mount Florida Screenings, GOMA, Glasgow<br>Dancing on Borrowed Ground, Catalyst Arts, Belfast<br>The Weekender, The Tetley, Leeds<br>Late at Tate, Tate St Ives, St Ives<br>Anti Social Social Club by Eve Chabanon, Barking Town Hall, London<br>What Happened Between? Kerri and Sophie, Lewisham Arthouse, London<br>Catalyst Walks, Catalyst Arts, Belfast<br>Dedications, ArtReview Bar, London<br>Pop Up Feminist Library, Tate Modern, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2016<\/strong><br>Bedfellows: Sex Re-Education, Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London<br>Encounters, Galleri Mejan, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden<br>Art From Elsewhere\u2026, Arnolfini and Bristol Museum &amp; Art Gallery, Bristol<br>Chloe Cooper: Bronzin\u2019 (Totally Bronze), Tate Britain, London<br>Bedfellows: Artist Talk, Serpentine, London<br>21st Century Fox in the Snow, Embassy, Edinburgh<br>Secret Reasons, AND Publishing, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2015<\/strong><br>Caroline Smith&#8217;s Writer in Residence Winter Fair, Feminist Library, London<br>A Vehicle For Revolution, The Old Police Station, London<br>Louche Women Presents a Season in Sci Fi, The Poetry Society, London<br>Doing What Comes Naturally Presents: Spare Rib at The Feminist Library,<br>The Feminist Library, London<br>Be In Touch \/\/ Embassy Presents: Film Club, Embassy, Edinburgh<br>Take Away Monad Mollusc, LCCT, UCL, London<br>Feelings, Blockages and Pots, Centrum, Berlin<br>Reactor Halls E15: You can&#8217;t win them all, ladies &amp; gentlemen: A live radio show by Jenny Moore &amp; guests, Primary, Nottingham<br>sic, Sanderg Instituut Graduation Show 2015, Amsterdam<br>Looks Performatour, Looks, ICA, London<br>Loop-the-Loop, Five Years, London<br>Gavin&#8217;s Foot, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam<br>Jenny Moore&#8217;s You can&#8217;t win them all, ladies and gentlemen [Part Two: Expectations], Butcher&#8217;s Tears, Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2014<\/strong><br>EX-FACTORY, KULES, Stoke-on-Trent<br>How Near is Here?, Collective, Edinburgh<br>Rupert&#8217;s An Artist and A Rover, Art Vilnius 14, Vilnius, Lithuania<br>SpiderS, Smaragd, Berlin<br>Justin Bieber on Museums, October Gallery, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2013<\/strong><br>Reactor Halls E03: Daniel Oliver presents Live Art Dogging, Primary Studios, Nottingham<br>Project Visible, Tate Modern, London<br>The Everything and Nothing Problem, Ceri Hand\/Jerwood Space, London<br>Leeds Leeds Leeds!, blip blip blip, Leeds<br>Of Local Interest: Untitled London, Collective, London<br>Until I, I Know You Better, Ti Pi Tin, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2012<\/strong><br>Whitstable Biennale, Whitstable<br>TURN IT ON AGAIN, Motel De Nowhere, London<br>Project Visible, Tate Modern, London<br>Plunge, Artsadmin and LIFT, London<br>Every Picture Tells a Story, October Gallery, London<br>AIR Performance Evening, Whitechapel Gallery, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2011<\/strong><br>AiR Artists in Residence, Whitechapel Gallery, London<br>THIS IS NOT A SCHOOL, Five Years, London<br>BAT Pack II, Mile End Art Pavilion, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2010<\/strong><br>BAT Pack, Mile End Art Pavilion, London<br>Open Studios, P1, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2009<\/strong><br>50 Not Out! The Montague Arms, London<br>What Line Isn\u2019t that Anyone? Resonance FM, London<br>The Work In Progress Presents: Noisy Image, Caf\u00e9 Oto, London<br>Ten Seconds on Speed, Oubliette Arthouse, Mexican Embassy, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2008<\/strong><br>Live Art on Petticoat Lane, Whitechapel Gallery, London<br>The Fete Encounter, Camp Bestival, Dorset<br>Home Live Art Village Fete, National Theatre, London<br>The Fete Encounter, Whitstable Biennial, Whitstable<br>The Fete Encounter, Fierce Festival, Various Locations, Birmingham<br>Rules and Regs, Southampton<br>Start, Trash, Leeds<br>Passage European Forum For Young Artists, Beursshouwburg, Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>2007<\/strong><br>Artgos, The Art Market, Leeds<br>Emergency, Greenroom, Manchester<br>Yomu Visual Arts Festival, Various Locations, York<br>Fresh Meat, The Art Market, Leeds<br>If This Ain\u2019t Art, Why Does It Feel So Good? Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds<br>Get Your Tits Out, Custard Factory, Birmingham<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>RESIDENCIES<\/strong><br>2020-2021 Pull Up a Chair, Ideas Test \/ Quiet Down There, Isle of Sheppey<br>2017 Performance Art Intensive, The Tetley, Leeds<br>2017 Bedfellows: Sex Re-Education, AirSpace, Stoke-on-Trent<br>2016 Bedfellows: Sex Re-Education, Tate Schools and Teachers, London<br>2014 KULES, Stoke-on-Trent<br>2013 Artist in Residence, Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania<br>2010-2012 AiR Artists in Residence, Whitechapel Gallery, London<br>2008 Rules and Regs, Southampton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>ADVISORY ROLES<\/strong><br>2022 &#8211; Current Director at Fountain Arts, Scunthorpe<br>2017 &#8211; Current Creative Council member at Create, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>PRIZES<\/strong><br>2022 ArtWorks Open Exhibition Prize, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>COLLECTIONS<\/strong><br>2023 Tunnel Tourists, London Transport Museum Collection<br>2023 Experimental Salamis\u2026, Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><br>2009 &#8211; 2011 MA Museums and Galleries in Education, Institute of Education, London<br>2005 &#8211; 2006 Erasmus Programme, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Utrecht<br>2004 &#8211; 2007 BA Fine Art, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chloe Cooper is an artist and educator. She makes zines and prints using the risograph printer at the TACO! Print Studio in Thamesmead, London. Her zines and prints splash about in everyday instances of cheeky criticality and observational wonder. They include a hand-drawn compendium of cars, plants and people, a print of self-styled silicone \u201cpleasure&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/about\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1152,"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chloecooper.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}