Eileen Cooper OBE RA (born 10 June 1953) is a British artist, known primarily as a painter and printmaker.
[1] Cooper was born in Glossop, Derbyshire and attended Ashton-under-Lyne College of Further Education.
[4] In 2017, Cooper curated and co-ordinated the Royal Academy of Arts' 249th annual Summer Exhibition.
[5] After ending her teaching role at the Royal Academy Schools in 2017 Cooper returned to drawing from life and portraiture in particular.
Two of the works from this series (one of fellow Royal Academician Cathie Pilkington and the other a self-portrait) were acquired by the National Portrait Gallery.