About
Born in Hull in 1971, Jayne Cooper is an artist, performer, and educator whose creative practice is grounded in painting.
Exploring the dynamic exchange between image and object, she employs a fluid, collage-like approach that spans painting, object-making, performance, and the exploration of alternative ways to present work to audiences.
Her work often carries a playful undertone of indiscretion and fantasy, engaging with themes of ritual, female transgression, and desire.
Jayne lives and works in Louth, Lincolnshire, where she is the founder and director of Queen Street Studios — an artist-led, multipurpose space dedicated to collaborative making, sharing, and exhibition.
The first and second floor rooms of this former sweet factory have been the home to Jayne’s practice since 2015.
The studios are also available to hire — for exhibitions, events, meetings, or as creative workspaces — offered at accessible, non-profit rates to help nurture artistic practice.
Education
1996-1999 BA (Hons) Fine art Painting, Glasgow School of Art
2018- 2021 MA Fine Art, University of Lincoln
Solo Exhibitions
2024 ‘ The Earth Beneath Us and the Light that Waits Above’ Piazza Via Rughe, Montefegatesi, Italy
2020 ‘Outfits for Painters’ Spout Yard Gallery, Louth
2018 ‘Rebel Daughters’ The Old Courtroom, Market Rasen
2017 ‘The Great Wall of Wyatt’ Spout Yard Gallery, Louth
2017 ‘Within’ Caistor Arts and Heritage Centre
2016 ‘Broken Beautiful’ The Point, Doncaster (funded by Arts Council England)
Selected Exhibitions and Events
2025 ‘Mucky Men and Other Vessels’ two person pop-up show at Queen Street Studios, Louth
2025 ‘Is Forever Still the Last, Nothing’ General Practice, Lincoln
2024 ‘I don’t want to live in a world without love’ Beep Painting Biennial, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales
2023 ‘Intermission’ collaborative performance/installation funded by Arts Council England, various locations in Louth, Lincolnshire
2022 ‘Eyes Down’ Noticeboard United, Uffington
2022 'Misplaced' Two person show at General Practice, Lincoln
2022 'Threads' MA Fine Art exhibition, University of Lincoln
2021 ‘Polyvocality’ The Usher Gallery, Lincoln
2018 ‘Rebel Daughters’, The Point, Doncaster
2019 ‘Collision’ The Collection, Lincoln
2017 ‘Stendhal Syndrome’ Kingston Art Group Gallery, Hull
2015 ‘Unseen, Unsung’ Two person show at Church View, Doncaster
2015 ‘3@eleven’ Studio Eleven, Hull
2009 'Fabricate’ Two person show at Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery
2009 ‘BP Portrait Award’ National Portrait Gallery, London
Residencies
2024 Common Good, Uffington, Lincolnshire
2021 GP Graduate Residency, General Practice, Lincoln
2020 Artist in Residence, Zero Degrees Festival, Louth, Lincolnshire
2018 Slade Educational Residency, Slade School of Art, London
2008- 2025 Artist in Residence, Arbourthorne Primary School, Sheffield
Awards
2022 'Claire Frances Peasnall Memorial Award' St Hugh's Foundation for the Arts
2022 ‘Best MA Fine Art Student 2021’ University of Lincoln
2021 ‘GP Graduate Residency Award’, General Practice, Lincoln
2002 and 2008 Arts Council Grant ‘Awards for all’
2013, 2016 and 2022 Arts Council Grant ‘Grants for the Arts’
Born in Hull 1971
Lives and works in Louth, Lincolnshire