Maurice Cockrill RA
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Maurice Cockrill RA

1936

Born, 8 October, Hartlepool, UK

1958-1960

Studied at Wrexham School of Art, National Diploma in Design and Painting Special

1960-64

University of Reading, Art Teacher Diploma & BA in Fine Art

1967-80

Lecturer, Faculty of Art, Liverpool Polytechnic

1971

Visits Spain

1975

Visits Holland, Belgium and Germany

1981

Extended visit to Italy

1982

Moves to London

1982-85

Occasional visiting tutor at Schools of Art in Manchester, Portsmouth,  Farnham, Winchester and Nottingham

1985-88

Visiting tutor at Royal College of Art and Central School of Art

1984-94

Visiting tutor at Royal College of Art and Central School of Art

1984-94

Visiting tutor at Saint Martins School of Art

1994

Nominated for the Jerwood Prize

1995

Artist in Residence at G.O.F.A. University of N.S.W. Australia

1995-97

Visiting tutor at Royal Academy Schools

1999

Elected to the Royal Academy of Arts

2002

Visiting Artist, Vermont

2004

Visiting Artist, Vermont Studio Center

 

Elected the Keeper of the Royal Academy of Arts and Head of the Royal Academy Schools

2005

Honorary Member of Royal West of England Academy

2006

President of the Royal Cambrian Academy

 

Professor of Contemporary Fine Art in Liverpool John Moores University

2007

Honorary Member of Royal Watercolour Society

 

Guest Professor, Xi'an Academy of Fine Art Academy

2008

Honorary Fellow of Glyndwr University

 

 

 

Lives and works in London

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

 

2009

Adam Gallery , London

 

Charleston, East Sussex, UK

 

Richmond Hill Gallery, Richmond

2007

Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery

 

Francis Kyle Gallery

2006

Dover Arts Club

2004

Archeus Fine Art, London

 

Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy, Wales

 

Attic Gallery, Swansea

 

Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead

 

Galerie Bruno Mory , Besanceuil , France

 

Hillsborough Fine Art, Dublin

 

Archeus Fine Art, London

2002

Archeus Fine Art, London

 

Royal Academy, London, Friends' Room exhibition

2001 

Galerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt

2000

Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer , Düsseldorf

 

Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle , Paris

1999

Annandale Galleries, Sydney Australia

1998

Galerie Bugdahn und Kaimer , Düsseldorf

 

Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. Retrospective

 

Purdy Hicks Gallery, London

 

Galerie le Triangle Bleu, Stavelot , Belgium

 

Galerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt

 

Ogilvy and Estill Gallery, Conwy, Wales

1997

Galerie Clivages , Paris

 

Galerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt

 

Belgrave Gallery, London; works on paper

1996

Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia. Drawings

 

Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London. A Portable Kingdom

1995

Galerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt

 

Retrospective 1974-1994, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

 

Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London. Place of Fire

 

Galerie Clivages , Paris The Ash Series

 

Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia

 

Djanogly Gallery, University of Nottingham, retrospective

1994

Galerie Helmut Pabst, Frankfurt

 

Galerie Molinaars , Breda, Holland; works on paper

1993

Bugdahn und Kaimer , Düsseldorf

1992

Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

 

Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance

 

Spacex Gallery, Exeter

 

Plymouth Art Centre, Plymouth

1988

Bernard Jacobson Gallery, New York

1987-90

Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London

1986

Galerie Bugdahn und Szeimies , Düsseldorf

1985

Kunstmuseum , Düsseldorf

1984-85

Edward Totah Gallery, London

1983

University of Nottingham Gallery

1981

Festival Commission, Milton Keynes

 

Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

1979-80

Lime Street Station, Liverpool

1979

St. Paul's Gallery, Leeds

1976

Liverpool Academy Gallery

1974-79

Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

1971

Serpentine Gallery, London

 

Peterloo Gallery, Manchester