K J Pocock
My work includes painting, drawing, prints and video. Originally from Dorset I studied architecture at Cambridge University. Now based in Manchester I show my artwork in the UK (including the John Moores exhibition) and internationally.
My work is inspired by the built and natural environment, their relationship to each other and to my own thoughts, dreams, memories and experiences. I am interested in the effect these different environments have on us and how we feel and respond to them - physically, psychologically, knowingly and unknowingly. I construct and express this private interior of thoughts usually as a colourful, semi-abstracted space. It encompasses themes such as power, control, hierarchy, repetition, aggression, the passage of time, transformation and contemplation. I am interested in how the personal can represent the universal. Sometimes the subject and theme is about the wider built and natural environment, sometimes more personal about a special place and sometimes both together. I develop my ideas through a design process that involves sketches, investigative studies, technical drawings and software.
INTRODUCTION
I first trained as an architect at Cambridge University, graduating with an MA and Diploma. Originally from Dorset I now live and work in Manchester showing in the UK as well as Europe, the USA and Australia.
Since my solo show at Castlefield Gallery, Manchester in 2013, and the John Moores Painting Exhibition in 2012, I have not been involved in the making of art for several years. This was due to a family illness and personal loss. In 2017 I started making work again.
EXHIBITIONS AND FILM SHOWINGS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
- Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, England
- Stockport Art Gallery, Stockport, England
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
- Monument (with Jessica Rae Ecker, Gareth Kemp, Mandy Payne and Luke Skiffington), Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool
- Print North (showcasing 17 print artists working in the north of England), Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
- Tarpey Open, Tarpey Gallery, Castle Donington
2022
- Beyond landscapes, Cotton On MCR, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
- Aesthetica Art Prize (listed artist)
2021
- Fronteer Open, Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield
- ANNIVER5ARY, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
- Figurative art now, Federation of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London
- Summer Exhibition, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
- In Manchester, Cotton On MCR, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
2020
- Traces of Reality (with Alan Begg, Emma Bennett, Aaron Rawcliffe and James Roper), PS Mirabel Gallery, Manchester
- Saatchi Art - showcased artist by the chief curator
- New Light curators exhibition, Scarborough Art Gallery, Scarborough
- Derwent Art Prize (selected artist for drawing), gallery@oxo, London and Paris, France
- Quarantzine 03, Gaada Projects CIC, Shetland
- Manchester Open, HOME Arts Centre, Manchester
2019
- Giving Art a New Home (with Suzanne Bethell, Patrick Cunningham and Barry White), Didsbury Arts Festival, Manchester
- Warrington Contemporary Arts Open, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington
2018
- Material Illusions (with Demi Bromfield and Jason Simpson), King Street Studios Gallery, Lancaster
- TBCTV (part of Frieze week), Somerset House Studios, Somerset House, London
- Forms Assembled in the Light, Sunny Bank Mills Gallery, Leeds
- Warrington Contemporary Arts Open, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington
- Bankley Open, Bankley Gallery, Manchester
2013
- Ludlow Open, The Harley Centre, Ludlow College, Ludlow, England
- Worcester Open, Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Worcester, England
2012
- John Moores Painting Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England
- Pop, Print and Stitch, Marburae Gallery, Macclesfield, England
2011
- New York Art Fair, New York, USA
- Los Angeles International Art Show, Los Angeles, USA
- Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- The Open West, Cheltenham, England
- Open Exhibition, Runnymede Gallery, Windsor, England
2009
- Outcasting, Cardiff, Wales
2008
- Abstracta - International Abstract Cinema Exhibition, Rome, Italy
- Shot By The Sea Film Festival, Hastings, England
- Multichannel. ArtSway, Sway, England
- Elysium Artspace, Swansea, Wales
2007
- FourDocs, Channel 4 TV, London, England
- Embryo, Manchester, England
2006
- Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, England
- Nunnery Gallery, London, England
- Waiting Project, Arts for Health Cornwall, England
- Sea Views 2, Blackpool, England
- Camera Obscura, Sydney, Australia
- Marziart Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
- Max5 Film Festival, Cafe Gallery, London, England
- The Walk Gallery, London, England
- Flick Film Festival, Manchester, England
2005
- Stroud House Gallery, Stroud, England
- Prototype, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Norwich, England
- Atkinson Gallery, Southport, England
- Artists Harbour Gallery, Portsmouth, England
2004
- Astley Hall Museum and Art Gallery, Chorley, England