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Melissa Cooke is a young, up-and-coming player on the international art scene. Her powdered graphite on paper works explore themes of beauty, fantasy, violence, and identity, with the artist casting herself as subject in a myriad of thematic scenarios. Her work confronts the viewer, both with scale and stirring reflections of relationships, sexuality and gender. Her drawings are attracting attention from major art galleries, museums and collectors in Chicago, LA and NYC. Cooke is represented by Koplin Del Rio in Los Angeles, CA and Jenkins Johnson Gallery in New York, NY.

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October 30, 2011
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Studio Updates! “Just a Taste”, graphite on paper, 45” x 65”“Dead Friend”, graphite on paper, 38” x 38”

Studio Updates!

“Just a Taste”, graphite on paper, 45” x 65”
“Dead Friend”, graphite on paper, 38” x 38”

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October 21, 2011
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“Dead Friend”, graphite on paper, 38” x 38”

“Dead Friend”, graphite on paper, 38” x 38”

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October 17, 2011
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First of a new series! “Surfaced”, graphite on paper, 49” x 38”

First of a new series!

“Surfaced”, graphite on paper, 49” x 38”

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October 9, 2011
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“And No One Won”, graphite on paper, 49” x 38”

“And No One Won”, graphite on paper, 49” x 38”

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May 19, 2011
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Vacuum #6graphite on paper, 50 x 38” Revisited and completed for my upcoming Museum of Wisconsin Art exhibit

Vacuum #6
graphite on paper, 50 x 38”

Revisited and completed for my upcoming Museum of Wisconsin Art exhibit

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April 16, 2011
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“Mirror”graphite on paper, 29 x 22” First drawing from the new series “The Between Spaces”

“Mirror”
graphite on paper, 29 x 22”

First drawing from the new series “The Between Spaces”

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February 22, 2011
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“Hosed”graphite on paper, 50 x 38”

“Hosed”
graphite on paper, 50 x 38”

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January 11, 2011
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“Afternoon Delight”graphite on paper, 50 x 38”

“Afternoon Delight”
graphite on paper, 50 x 38”

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December 15, 2010
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“Too Much, But Never Enough (Drowning in LOKO)”graphite on paper, 50 x 38”

“Too Much, But Never Enough (Drowning in LOKO)”
graphite on paper, 50 x 38”

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December 5, 2010
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“That Girl”graphite on paper, 50 x 38”

“That Girl”
graphite on paper, 50 x 38”

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October 13, 2010
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Fresh Powder.  New Work. “The Fall of Summer”, graphite on paper, 50” x 38”

Fresh Powder.  New Work.

“The Fall of Summer”, graphite on paper, 50” x 38”

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September 21, 2010
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Fresh Powder.  New Work. “Keep It Together”, graphite on paper, 50” x 38”

Fresh Powder.  New Work.

“Keep It Together”, graphite on paper, 50” x 38”

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