Biography

James was born with an identical twin, Theodore, who is a sculptor (Gillick-sculpture.com), in Norfolk, England in 1972. He gained a degree in Landscape Architecture from Cheltenham and Gloucester College in 1993. All his stretchers, canvasses, panels, oils, glues, waxes, varnishes and paints he makes by hand in order to achieve the effects he seeks. Each picture represents the coming together of a complete and exacting set of physical and intellectual demands.

Joint & Solo Shows
Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London 2001
CLA Game Fair (with Theodore Gillick) 2002
Burghley Horse Trials (with Theodore Gillick) 2002
Nigel Stacy-Marks Ltd., Perth (with Theodore Gillick) Feb 2003
Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London June 2003
Burghley Horse Trials (with Theodore Gillick) August 2003
CLA Game Fair (with Theodore Gillick) July 2004
Burghley Horse Trials (with Theodore Gillick) September 2004
Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London June 2005
CLA Game Fair (with Theodore Gillick) July 2005
Burghley Horse Trials (with Theodore Gillick) September 2005
CLA Game Fair (with Theodore Gillick) July 2006
Burghley Horse Trials (with Theodore Gillick) September 2006
Jonathan Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London 2007
Burghley Horse Trials (with Theodore Gillick) September 2007
CLA Game Fair (with Theodore Gillick) July 2008
Burghley Horse Trials (with Theodore Gillick) September 2008
CLA Game Fair (with Theodore Gillick) July 2009
Burghley Horse Trials (with Theodore Gillick) September 2009
Jonathon Cooper, Park Walk Gallery, London 2009
CLA Game Fair (with Theodore Gillick) July 2010
Duddington Manor, nr Stamford November 2010
RHS Chelsea Flower Show, 2011

Group Exhibitions
Eastern Open Exhibition 1996
Catto Gallery 1996 - 1998
Montpellier Gallery, Cheltenham 1996 - 2001
Dillon Gallery, Barnes 1996
Edith Grove Gallery, Fulham 1996
L'Bidi Gallery, St. Ives 1996 - 2003
New Grafton Gallery ("Artists of Today & Tomorrow"), Barnes 1996
"Montpellier", Stratford-upon-Avon 2000 - 2003
Spencer Coleman Galleries, Stamford, Lincoln, Beverley 2000 - 2003
Jonathan Cooper "A Dealer's Eye" 2000
Jonathan Cooper at Art, Islington, 2001, 2002, 2003
Holland & Holland, Mayfair, London 2002 - 2003
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries May 2003
Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries 2004
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries May 2004
Gallery 12 Cheltenham 2004
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Mall Galleries 2005
Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Mall Galleries May 2005
Jonathan Cooper at Art London 2005
Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Mall Galleries May 2006
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Mall Galleries 2006
Eastern Open Exhibition 2007
Art Antiques London 2010
Art of Giving, Saatchi Gallery, London 2010

Notable Portrait Commissions
Rt. Honourable Margaret Thatcher 1998
Very Rev. M. Couve de Murville, Archbishop of Birmingham 1999
His Holiness Pope John Paul II 2004 - 05