Jenik Cook

www.jenikcook.com

Known for her tech­ni­cal bril­liant and star­tling use of light and color, Jenik Cook incor­po­rates a plethora of ref­er­ences from lit­er­a­ture, and mythol­ogy, to land­scape and per­sonal rela­tion­ships. Her works form a mixed media inves­ti­ga­tion con­cern­ing the mul­ti­plic­ity of mar­ginal spaces, states, emo­tions and spaces that exist within the emo­tional land­scape. Cook’s works, allude to a space-between, a place of ambi­gu­ity and tran­si­tion, a site of pas­sage in which bor­ders, bound­aries and thresh­olds are crossed. It is an inde­ter­mi­nate zone of inter­ac­tions and exchange between Cook and the viewer. Cook, whose diverse artis­tic prac­tice engages with the con­cept of love and lim­i­nal­ity and their rela­tion­ship to our global land­scape, uti­lizes the strength and sub­tleties of paint in order to cre­ate and art based on light and move­ment that in turn explores color, lumi­nos­ity, and sculp­tural space—through move­ment and composition.

Con­ceiv­ing her visual art on the can­vas sur­face, Cook con­veys inven­tive points of view that form a syn­the­sis between abstract and fig­u­ra­tive ele­ments. Cook cre­ates a nar­ra­tive with light, uti­liz­ing abstract com­po­si­tions that reveal a life within the clin­i­cal world of abstract paint­ing. Her works deliver com­pelling pat­terns with grace­ful col­ors, method­i­cal lines and arches, an aes­thetic that can be closely iden­ti­fied with a deep spir­i­tu­al­ity. Work­ing toward being an impulse to change, with cre­ative energy, and inspi­ra­tion, she brings her knowl­edge of paint­ing, sculp­ture and the arts to every piece. At its core her art is an exper­i­ment of move­ment, light, con­tem­pla­tion and rit­ual, each per­fectly com­posed in order to touch the viewer on a more pro­found level.