MIKE COCKRILL

JUNE 13 - JULY 12, 2026

My fighter jets are constructed largely from canvas and textile fragments removed and saved from other paintings being modified and reworked in my studio. This process of repurposing collage elements brings a kind of history to the objects I make.



In my work the subject could be a businessman, a suburban house or a fighter jet; the scraps can go from one work to another, giving them a ragged continuity. I’m interested in portraying a sense of something emerging while it also appears to be falling into ruin. Creation and destruction are placed in tension.