Momentary Flow is Oliver Cook’s second solo presentation with The Scottish Gallery, following his debut Form & Light in 2021.

Find out more in our Studio Insights blog here.

Oliver Cook is a remarkable talent, beginning his practice in ceramics and woodwork, and in a very short time he has been recognised within the wider art field, including being the subject of an artist studio film for The Modern House and Toast in 2022. In his latest body of work Cook continues to explore the translucent properties of carved alabaster and introduces Carrara and Egyptian marble, revealing new formal subtlety as he explores opaque forms: some reveal hidden doorways, others echo the landscape.

Oliver Cook

Born: 1992

Place of Birth: Bristol

Oliver Cook is an artist creating abstract sculptures and vessels primarily using alabaster, a material known for its delicate translucency. Self-taught, his practice has evolved naturally while exploring the interplay between stone and light, geometric and organic, solid and void.

His methods draw on traditional carving methods and skills learned in ceramics and woodwork. Cook’s work is a quiet dialogue between material and luminosity, inviting viewers to engage with the subtle, shifting qualities of alabaster as light subtly diffuses within the stone.

In 2024 he became a QEST scholar (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) to start a series of workshops in Italy, Spain and the UK to hone his skills working with stone under the tuition of master craftsmen and to begin scaling up & casting works in Bronze. He works from his studio outside Stockport.

Momentary Flow

Oliver Cook

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