Brian Cooley is a Canadian sculptor, specializing in

dinosaurs Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...

Notable work

He produced the fleshed-out head of the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' 'Sue' at the

Field Museum of Natural History The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational ...

. He created several gigantic dinosaurs either climbing into or bursting out of The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indiana, including an adult and two juvenile alamosaurs which were installed at the museum June 11, 2004.

Awards

Cooley was the recipient of the

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) is a professional organization that was founded in the United States in 1940 to advance the science of vertebrate paleontology around the world. Mission and Activities SVP has about 2,300 members inter ...

's John Lanzendorf PaleoArt Prize for 3-dimensional art in 2005.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooley, Brian Living people Canadian sculptors Canadian male sculptors Paleoartists Year of birth missing (living people)