Jessica Cooper (born 1967) is a designer and painter, living in

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

, England. She is a Royal West of England Academician and a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists. Cooper was born in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

and grew up in Cornwall. During 1985 and 1986, Cooper did a foundation course at the

Falmouth School of Art Falmouth University ( kw, Pennskol Aberfal) is a specialist public university for the creative industries based in Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, England. Founded as Falmouth School of Art in 1902, it was later known as Falmouth College of Ar ...

. At

Goldsmiths College Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...

from 1986 to 1989 Cooper earned a B.A. (Hons) in Fine Art and Textiles. Cooper coordinated the educational programme for the Newlyn Art Gallery's St. Ives International in 1997. She organised and led the course ''The Representational to the Abstract'' at

Dartington Hall Dartington Hall in Dartington, near Totnes, Devon, England, is an historic house and country estate of dating from medieval times. The group of late 14th century buildings are Grade I listed; described in Pevsner's Buildings of England as "on ...

. Cooper had a solo show at the Newlyn Gallery in 2001 and has featured in several group shows. Her work was featured in the 2007 "Art Now Cornwall" exhibition, at

Tate St Ives Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England, exhibiting work by modern British artists with links to the St Ives area. The Tate also took over management of another museum in the town, the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture ...

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1967 births Living people 20th-century English women artists 21st-century English women artists Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Artists from Bristol British contemporary painters English women painters St Ives artists {{UK-artist-stub