Janice Kok

Janice Kok fuses abstraction and figuration to create hybrid paintings that are essentially decorative and which explore relationships of colour area against colour area."I remain an admirer of those colourists who make paint sing... a long catalogue of heroes: John Hoyland, Albert Irvin, Barbara... More»

Janice Kok fuses abstraction and figuration to create hybrid paintings that are essentially decorative and which explore relationships of colour area against colour area."I remain an admirer of those colourists who make paint sing... a long catalogue of heroes: John Hoyland, Albert Irvin, Barbara Rae, Martin Maloney, Patrick Heron, Henri Matisse."
Kok uses acrylic paint with the highest colourfastness and pigmentation and experiments with all
forms of mixed media as the specific subject may dictate.
Her decisions are based predominantly on formal issues, believing that composition forms the linchpin of a good painting with colour always engaging with it.
Her subject matter is wide and varied, including Whitby, geology, biodiversity, still life and coincidence. With recent sortees to North Yorkshire producing a series of work about Whitby, she is currently researching for the next body of work about book titles.

Exhibitions
2010 Joint Exhibition, Sam Scorer Gallery, London
2009 Joint exhibition, Beverly Art Gallery, Yorkshire
2009 Joint Exhibition, St Martins Gallery, Lincoln
2008 Cooper Gallery, Barnsley
Usher Gallery
Riverhouse Gallery, Surrey
2008 Koukan Gallery, London
2007
Lines and Levels, Boston Black friars Gallery
Patchings, Nottingham - Prize Winner
Djanogly, Nottingham - highest price in contemporary auction

2006
Colourist Group, Clarendon Gallery, London
Great Art Fair, Alexandra Palance, London
Usher gallery, Lincolnshire Artists Centenary

2005
Usher Gallery, Linconshire Artists Society, Lincoln, Prize Winner
Nadine Group, Lincoln
Arts Coritani, Swineshead
Ropewalk Gallery, Barton-on-Humber
20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
Art On The Map; Lincolnshire Open Studios

Solo Exhibitions
2005
Gallery On The Strait, Lincoln
Patchings Art Centre, Nottinghamshire

2004
Streets Building, Peterborough
Chambers Gallery, London EC1

20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
Chambers Gallery
Whisby Nature World, Lincoln

2003
Sam Scorer Gallery, Lincoln
Islington Art Factory, London
Gallery, Drury Lane, Lincoln