Maurice Cockrill RA, RCA
Maurice Cockrill studied at Wrexham School of Art and the University of Reading between 1960 and 1964. He lectured full time in the Faculty of Art at Liverpool Polytechnic from 1967 to 1980 and was a visiting tutor at Schools of Art in Manchester, Portsmouth, Farnham, Winchester and Nottingham between 1982 and 1985. He went on to become a Visiting Tutor at the Royal College of Art and Central School of Art from 1985 to 1988. He was Visiting Tutor at Saint Martins School of Art from 1984 to 1994. In 1995 he was Artist in Residence at GOFA University of NSW, Australia, and was Visiting Tutor at the Royal Academy Schools from 1994 until 1998. He became Keeper of the Royal Academy Schools in 2005.
Maurice's first solo exhibition was held in 1984 at the Edward Totah Gallery in London. He rapidly established an international reputation, with subsequent solo exhibitions being held at the Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf in 1985 and with the Bernard Jacobson Gallery both in London and New York. A retrospective of his work (1974 to 1994) was held at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool in 1995 and a further retrospective was held at the Royal West of England Academy in 1998. His work has also been included in many group exhibitions throughout Europe and in Australia.
He was a Prize Winner in the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition in 1974. Subsequent awards include Arts Council of Great Britain, Flags and other Projects (prize winner), Royal Festival Hall (1977), an Arts Council of Great Britain Major Award which led to an extended visit to the United States (1977-78) and the Arts Council Works of Art in Public Spaces (1978-9). He also received a British Council Award in 1985 and was short-listed for the Jerwood Prize in 1994. Maurice Cockrill lives and works in London.
Public Collections
British Museum
Arts Council of Great Britain
Welsh Arts Council
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Ulster Museum, Belfast
Hertfordshire Education Committee
The Leicester Collection
London Borough of Camden
University of Liverpool
Borough of Milton Keynes
Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport
Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf
Contemporary Arts Society
Centro Cultural Arte Contempraneo, Polanco, Mexico
Royal Academy of Arts, London
Astudiodd Maurice Cockrill yn Ysgol Gelf Wrexham ac ym Mhrifysgol Reading rhwng 1960 a 1964. Darlithiodd yn yr Adran Gelf yn Polytechnic Lerpwl o 1967 i 1980 ac roedd yn diwtor yn Ysgolion Celf Manceinion, Portsmouth, Farnham, Winchester a Nottingham rhwng 1982 a 1985. Bu'n diwtor yn y Coleg Celf Brenhinol ac Ysgol Gelf Central o 1984 i 1994. Yn 1995 bu'n artist breswyl yn Awstralia ac yn diwtor yn yr ysgolion yr Academi Brenhinol o 1994 i 1998. Penodwyd ef yn Geidwad Celf ysgolion yr Academi Brenhinol yn 2005.
Cynhaliwyd arddangosfa undyn cyntaf Maurice yn 1984 yn Oriel Edward Totah yn Llundain. Tyfodd ei enw da yn ryngwladol gydag arddangosfeydd undyn o ganlyniad yn y Kunstmuseum, Dusseldorf yn 1985 ac yn Oriel Bernard Jacobson yn Llundain ac yn Efrog Newydd. Cynhaliwyd arddangosfa olyddol (1974 i 1994) yn Oriel Gelf Walker, Lerpwl yn 1995 ac eto yn Academi Brenhinol Gorllewin Lloegr yn 1998. Mae ei waith wedi bod yn ran o arddangosfeydd grwp drwy Ewrop ac Awstralia.
Enillodd wobr yn arddangosfa John Moores yn 1974 ymysg nifer o wobrau eraill - gan Gyngor y Celfyddydau Prydain, Royal Festival Hall (1977), Prif Wobr Cyngor Celfyddydau Prydain, a agorodd ddrws i ymweld a'r UDA (1977-78), a gwobr Gweithiau Celf Cyhoeddus y Cyngor Celfyddydau yn (1978-9). Derbyniodd Wobr gan y Cyngor Prydeinig yn 1985 a bu ar restr fer gwobr Jerwood yn 1994.
Casgliadau Cyhoeddus
Amgueddfa Brydeinig
Cyngor Celfyddydau Prydain
Oriel Walker, Lerpwl
Amgueddfa Ulster, Belfast
Cyngor Addysg Herefordshire
Casgliad Caerlyr
Cyngor Camden, Llundain
Prifysgol Lerpwl
Cyngor Milton Keynes
Oriel Gelf Atkinson, Southport
Kunstmuseum Dusseldorf
Cymdeithas Gelfyddyd Gyfoes
Centro Cultural Arte Contempraneo, Polanco, Mexico
Academi Celf Brenhinol, Llundain
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