
Patricia L. Cooke
is a mixed-media fibers artist, born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina. Cooke currently lives and works in Miami, Florida. Cooke earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina (2011), and her Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida (2018).
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The breadth of my work is tied together via investigation of feminine-gendered materials, colors, shapes, textures, processes, and imagery. Process, material, women’s work, feminism, over-adornment, and the duality between new technologies and traditional hand techniques drives my overall practice and are common themes throughout the breadth of my work.
Playing with space as a medium in my installation work leads me to investigate the structures in which we dwell; the inherent architecture of a space can be embraced or ignored. Installation provides an opportunity to create worlds of my own where I can invite the viewer to enter the fantasy. Exploration of home is the focus throughout my installation practice; ideals of home, homemaking, gender roles and stereotypes permeate my mind.