Ana Cockerill

My current work explores the relationship between the image and the object.  My starting points are snap shots, which I like to make with an old mobile, and found objects of various categories. I work using a combination  of traditional and digital media, including design, photography , sculpture and painting. During the creative process, I play with a chosen item, multiplying and altering it according to what my imagination dictates.  The ‘here and now', represented by the captured object , may interweave  with  memories as the work develops. Shadows appear and disappear , lines are produced and  colours are changed , while  the chosen item continues as the major character of  ‘my play’. Through repetition  another ‘scenario’ is created, but does  the object retains or loses  its innate characteristic?...This is the question I put forward.

Ana Cockerill was born in Brazil and has lived in England since 1987. Her work has been exhibited in various countries,  including England, Scotland, Italy,Germany and Brazil. As well as having a BA (Hons) in Fine Art , she is  an  Art Psychotherapist with a Pg Dip/MA from Goldsmith University of London. She is a member of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT-UK), registered in the Health Professions Council  (HPC-UK) , and works in Private Practice  conducting   group and individual Art Therapy  sessions in her art studio, in West London.