Mike Cookson

About

Mike Cookson is an Edinburgh based photographic artist. His work explores experiences of the 'man-altered’ landscape and how these can be related to real and imagined memories and narratives.

Mike has an MA in Photographic Arts from the University of Westminster together with a first class BA in photography awarded by the University for the Creative Arts. He is a long term member of London Independent Photography and the Contemporary Group of the Royal Photographic Society and was awarded the Associate distinction of the RPS in 2000. Mike is currently a Board Director of Stills Centre for Photograpy in Edinburgh.

Selected Exhibitions:

2024:

Stills Salon, Stills Centre for Photography, Edinburgh

Forbidden Land, The Photobook Café, London

Shutter Hub TEN exhibition

2021

Shutter Hub Open 2020/12, St Margaret's House, London

Shutter Hub Open, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Shutter Hub, Postcards from Great Britain

2020

Brighton Photofringe October 2020, Uncommon

Shutter Hub, Postcards from Great Britain, Harlem, Netherlands

2019

Shutter Hub Everyday Delights, Free Space Project, London

London Independent Photography 31st Annual Exhibition, London

2018

London Independent Photography 30th Annual Exhibition, London

2017

Photo Hastings, Hastings Art Forum

Light Into Matter, Ambika P3 Gallery, London

The Project Space, London Gallery West