THE GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS - Artists' Biographies
   
EILEEN COOPER
 

Eileen Cooper (born England 1953) studied at Goldsmith's and Royal College of Art, London (1974-77). Following a string of prestigious exhibitions during the 80's she emerged as one of Britain's foremost figurative artists and in 2001 was elected an academician of the Royal Academy of Arts. She has shown in many national and international exhibitions of British Art and her work has been seen in group shows at Art Space Gallery. In 1998 she was commissioned to make a suite of monotypes for the Impressions exhibition. She is currently represented by Art First.

PAUL GOPAL-CHOWDHURY
  Paul Gopal-Chowdhury (born India 1949) studied at Camberwell School of Art and the Slade School of Art, London (1969-73) During the 80's success followed with regular exhibitions in England and abroad including the Serpentine Gallery, an invitation to select and exhibit in the Hayward Annual (1979) and an Artist in Residence at Gonville and Ciaus College and Kettle's Yard, Cambridge. Since the mid nineties he has been working on a series of paintings that bring together a fusion of Indian mythological subjects and London street scenes. He is represented by Art Space Gallery and this new body of work will be shown for the first time in spring 2002.
 
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JOHN KIKI
  John Kiki (born Cyprus 1944 in) studied Camberwell School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools (1960-64). He has shown regularly in England and abroad including the Serpentine Gallery and the Barbican Gallery. In 1989 he was the subject of a film in the 'Artists Eye' series made by Franco Rosso for BBC TV and since 1991 his powerful images with their energetic brushwork and expressive colour have been regularly seen in one-man and mixed exhibitions at Art Space Gallery.
   
ANDREA McLEAN
 

Andrea McLean (born England 1968) studied at Falmouth School of Art and the Slade School of Art (1987-1994) and was awarded the Abbey Scholarship in painting at the British School at Rome (1994-95). Fascinated by the medieval world, and medieval maps in particular, she is currently Artist in Residence at Gloucester Cathedral where she is working on a large all encompassing ' Wheel of the Year' paintings that will be a visual diary that records her experience of the Cathedral, the medieval fabric of the building and the festivals of the ecclesiastical calendar. She had her first solo-exhibition at Art Space Gallery in 1999 with a second planned for autumn 2002 which will focus on the work being made at Gloucester Cathedral.

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GEORGE ROWLETT
  George Rowlett (born Scotland 1941) studied at Camberwell School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools (1965-68) and has an impressive record with work included in numerous prestigious exhibitions in England and abroad. He shares his time between Rotherhithe in London and Walmer in Kent, painting thickly impastoed pictures of the coastal area of East Kent and the river Thames. He is represented by Art Space Gallery.
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