Designed in 1953 by architect James Wallace, the Cooper Gallery provides a unique space for exhibitions and events with its dark polished hardwood floor and the curved corners of the gallery walls. Our premier space, the Cooper Gallery, has a curated programme of five major shows a year, comprising of contemporary artists invited from UK and abroad. Although Exhibitions Department operates the Cooper Gallery’s programme by invitation only, we are happy to be made aware of artists’ practices, from all medias. Please send an up-to-date CV, artist statement and up to six slides, or show reel.

Previous exhibitions include

‘Counter Logic’ which presented works by Olaf Brzeski, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Tomasz Kozak, Maciej Kurak, Anna Molska, Janek Simon, Anthony Schrag (2009)

'Back of the Head: some alternative approaches to portraiture' with Nina Lola Bachhuber, Wojciech Bakowski, Ruth Claxton, Peter Haining, Siniša Labrovic, Magnus Larsson, Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan (2009)

'Life is Over! If you want it' Tracy Mackenna and Edwin Janssen (2009)

'Copy Wrong' SIC Technology, Adam Zaretsky and The pFARM Collective, Paul Vanouse, The Institute for PostNatural History (2008)

'I Gave You Life' showing animation and fims from Nathalie Djurberg and Erica Eyres alongside drawings by Eri Itoi and Kirsty Whiten (2007)

‘EF103 603’ video works by Jordan Baseman (2003);

‘An American Conversation’ by Alex Frost and Karla Black (2002),

‘Poul Henningsen Simon Starling’ (curated by Rob Tufnell, 2001).

Open: Monday – Friday 9.30am – 5pm, Saturday 10.30am – 4.30pm