Biography
ARTIST STATEMENT
Jennifer Gloster Kok is a printmaker whose work explores the processes of the natural world through the physical language of print. Her practice centres on the materiality of printmaking—where flow, resist and direction action of corrosion and sedimentation in the creation of plates and texture, pressure and the unpredictable interaction of ink and substrate become active forces within the work. Rather than seeking metaphor or narrative, Gloster Kok’s prints aim to capture the dynamic forces of nature, creating pieces to resonate with the viewer on a visceral level, telling of the evolving vitality of everything.
With a background in theatre design and crafts, Gloster Kok brings a tactile sensitivity and intuitive understanding of materials to her printmaking. Years spent as a breakdown artist and prop maker honed her attention to surface, wear, and transformation—sensibilities that now underpin her use of substances often derived from the landscapes she visits and worked into pigments and mediums, inks and resists.
Jennifer Gloster Kok’s process is informed by phenomenology and a long-standing interest in Eastern Art and Craft practices, aiming to explore the concrete in sensory experience, to be receptive and allow things to show themselves. In her work Gloster Kok has touched upon the processes of fossilisation, growth and decay, flow and metamorphosis.
Jennifer gained a post graduate Diploma Theatre Design at Croydon College, an MA. Middlesex University (CASCAD) in Computing in Art and Design and has experimented with a range of print making processes in courses at Art Academy, Morley College and City Lit.
Her work has been exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Linden Hall Gallery, and as a member of the Printmakers Council, purchased by private collectors.
CV
EXPERIENCE
PROPERTY WORKS, COSPROPS, ANGELS COSTUMES AND FREELANCE
Prop Maker, Breakdown Artist and Costumier: particular skills in adding age and surface texture
ALIEN TECHNOLOGY 3D AND FREELANCE
3d GCI Artist: titles and content for Film, TV, Education and Museums. https://vimeo.com/tenpics
VISITING LECTURER: 2001-2006
University of the Arts, Camberwell, London: emphasis on Computing in Drawing, facilitating exploration by students of the creative possibilities offered by working in virtual 3d space and time.
WORKSHOP FACILITATOR: 2012-2014
STOP GAP LONDON: facilitating stop frame animation workshops in primary Schools. https://vimeo.com/109373388
TRAINEE CHILD COUNSELLOR:2 012-2014
Kids Company
QUALIFICATIONS
MA Computing in Art and Design: CASCAD, Middlesex University, London .
QTFE2: Teaching Diploma: City and Islington College.
Advanced Diploma in the Therapeutic and Educational Application of the Arts: IATE
Advanced Diploma in Theatre Design and Craft: Croydon College, London.
AWARDS
"Walking with Hogarth's Dog" Long-listed LDC Graphic Novel Competition: 2019
"Ariadne Rides the Rails" Judges Special Mention LDC Graphic Novel Competition: 2020
SCREENINGS AND ANIMATED SHORTS
“Diddle Diddle: A Tale from Treacle Town”: 2010 Shortlisted and screened at London Short Film Festival, on board MS Stubnitz and at Whirlgig. https://vimeo.com/tenpics/httpvimeocomtenpicsdiddlediddle
"Gyrus 2" https://vimeo.com/1056878721?share=copy#t=0
PUBLICATIONS
Illustrations for "Walks for Each Season" 2022
Walks for Each Season: 26 great days out in the countryside near London a book by Julia Smith, Victoria George and Jennifer Gloster Kok. (bookshop.org)
EXHIBITIONS
The Horsebridge Whitstable: Print Council 2024
Awagami International MiniPrint Exhibition October 2023
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2023
Linden Hall Winter Show 2022