Ck Cooper

Everyone needs something that they do just for themselves, something that nourishes the spirit and keeps the pressures of life at bay. We all need to have one thing that symbolizes the space in our hearts where we are perfect beings. This is the one thing that I do just for me. When I don’t care if anyone is watching, the world stands still, and it is just the mesh, the shadow, the model, and me.

When there is light, there are shadows in life and in art. Sometimes, those shadows are soft, flowing, mystical, magical, fuzzy shaded areas, and sometimes harsh, stark, profound, dark pits of nothing. Most interpretations rely on the experience and judgment of the viewer to decide whether it’s safe or scary or magic or fearsome. I shine a bright light on my work and watch the shadows take shape. I have been working with wire since the mid-nineties, and the interplay between light and shadow continuously surprises and delights me.
I am a third-generation, primarily figurative artist. I have had various jobs and life experiences that have impacted who I am and how I create. I have studied with a variety of master sculptors and craftsmen. In October of 2023 I participated in an intensive, 10-week, 400 hour, rapid prototyping IoT course to l...

• CNM Deep Dive Internet of things 400 hr course, Albuquerque, Fall NM 2023
• Philippe Faraut, portrait class, Scottsdale, AZ, February, 2016
• Philippe Faraut, portrait class, Scottsdale, AZ, February 2011
• Philippe Faraut, full figure class, Longview TX, October, 2010
• Technical courses for Certified Computer Technician and Web Design: A+ certification, Network+, 2126 Managing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Environment, 2151 Windows 2000 Network and Operating System Essentials, 2152 Implementing Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server, Adobe Photoshop 6.0.1, Adobe Illustrator, HTML 4.0, and Adobe GoLive

Albuquerque Rail Trail Prototype show, Gallery One, May 2024

16 Foot Sculpture at 130 Quincy St NE in collaboration with Randy Cooper and Anna F Cooper

2 Life-sized sculptures made to simulate a transparent skin for two 15-million-year-old fossilized skeletons to demonstrate the perceived appearance of these prehistoric sea mammals (with Randy Cooper) for Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 2009-2010