Nigel Cooke (born 1973 in Manchester, England, UK) is a British painter who currently lives and works in Kent.
[1] Nigel Cooke attended Nottingham Trent University at Undergraduate level (1991–1994) before completing a M.A at The Royal College of Art, London (1995–1997) and PHD from Goldsmiths (1998–2004).
[2] Nigel Cooke’s paintings depict carnivalesque figures set within harsh landscapes that are littered with urban decay.
[3] The paintings imply a strong sense of foreboding both through the depicted forms such as skulls and derelict buildings and also through his use of colour which often features bilious toxic greens.
[3] Vast areas of colour are combined with obsessively detailed figuration and in recent works Cooke has incorporated large sweeping gestural marks into his compositions.