Cooke Latham Gallery

Cooke Latham Gallery Cooke Latham Gallery launched in December 2018 in a 19th-century warehouse in London’s Battersea.

With a slower-paced exhibition programme and intimate setting, the gallery is dedicated to the experience of Contemporary Art.

We are excited to announce the first exhibition in our autumn programme, a group show ‘Tinker, Tailor’ opening on Thursd...
26/08/2026

We are excited to announce the first exhibition in our autumn programme, a group show ‘Tinker, Tailor’ opening on Thursday the 17th September 6.30-8.30pm, join us for a post summer 🍷

‘Tinker, Tailor’ explores the idea of tailoring as an expression of identity. It follows thread as it weaves literally or figuratively through the compositions of different artists.

Referring back to the nursery rhyme in which children counted prune stones to determine their future profession (or girls the profession of their future spouse!), the exhibition explores the idea of clothes as both a joyous expression of selfhood and the inevitable flip side; the ‘uniform’ as a societal straight jacket to promote conformity.

With work by:
Cato
Johnny Izatt-Lowry
Lisa-Marie Harris
Beth McAlaster
Gloria Pescaru
Tanoa Sasraku
Laila Tara H

Pictured: Johnny Izatt-Lowry ‘The Smoker’ 2019

Cato Johnny Izatt-Lowry Beth Tanoa Sasraku Lisa-Marie Harris Laila Tara H gloria

Francisco Rodriguez ‘Studio Days’ is available to view by appointment throughout July, so do get in touch if you would l...
09/07/2026

Francisco Rodriguez ‘Studio Days’ is available to view by appointment throughout July, so do get in touch if you would like to see these extraordinary works in person and stop by for a coffee

As a teenager Japanese anime hugely influenced Francisco’s work and these new drawings speak to the expanded influence of early 20th century Japanese illustration, particularly the highly stylised work of Settai Komura. A Shin Hanga artist, Komura’s work is known for its brevity of line and for eloquently leaving much unsaid. Working from autobiographical fragments Rodriguez recreates a fictionalised adolescence in Santiago, a world poised between intimacy and unease.

The gallery is now closed for the summer, however we are open by appointment for viewings so please do get in touch if y...
06/07/2026

The gallery is now closed for the summer, however we are open by appointment for viewings so please do get in touch if you would like to pop by!

Image: Johnny Izatt Lowry ‘A flower on folder paper’ 2025 soft pastel on linen, 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Some favourite details from the works in Serena Korda’s show ‘The Golem Rises’ we can hardly believe it is the final day...
03/07/2026

Some favourite details from the works in Serena Korda’s show ‘The Golem Rises’ we can hardly believe it is the final day of this extraordinary exhibition, thank you to everyone who has visited, and there are still a few more hours for anyone who hasn’t!

At the heart of the exhibition is an allegorical ceramic frieze that reimagines the Golem’s creation, a story Korda has used to converse with her six-year-old daughter about mixed identity, inherited histories, and survival. Originating in Jewish folklore, the figure of the Golem is an animated anthropomorphic being created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. Entwined with this story is the reclamation of the woodwose of medieval tapestries, a figure most often depicted as male, and more rarely as monstrous ‘wild’ woman. In reworking this trope, these wild women are transformed into embodiments of a powerful, untamed creative force, celebrated for their instinct to protect themselves through the act of building a golem. Yet, as the myth reminds us, the golem ultimately turns on the community that summoned it, complicating the fragile boundary between protection and threat, a vehicle for both personal and collective reflection.

Thank you Serena Korda ❤️‍🔥

Join us for a coffee and a croissant to view ‘Studio Days’ a new series of large format works on paper by Francisco Rodr...
29/06/2026

Join us for a coffee and a croissant to view ‘Studio Days’ a new series of large format works on paper by Francisco Rodriguez

This Wednesday 1 July
10 - 11.30am
with a casual in conversation between Clemmie and Francisco at 11am
RSVP by DM or to [email protected]

We hope to see you there!
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The work of Francisco Rodríguez pulls inspiration from a rich matrix of different references, from Bruegel to Chinese woodblock prints, film and South American literature. In this current body of large format drawings however he returns to one of his formative early influences, Japan.

As a teenager Japanese anime hugely influenced his work and these new drawings speak to the expanded influence of early 20th century Japanese illustration, particularly the highly stylised work of Settai Komura. A Shin Hanga artist, Komura’s work is known for its brevity of line and for eloquently leaving much unsaid. Working from autobiographical fragments Rodriguez recreates a fictionalised adolescence in Santiago, a world poised between intimacy and unease.

The series focuses upon compositional reduction, prioritised negative space, and a heightened narrative rhythm. The result is a distinctive body of large format drawings that crackle with the electricity of stories alluded to but not quite revealed.

Serena Korda’s extraordinary exhibition ‘The Rise of the Golem’ continues until 3 JulyFor this her second solo exhibitio...
24/06/2026

Serena Korda’s extraordinary exhibition ‘The Rise of the Golem’ continues until 3 July

For this her second solo exhibition at the gallery, Serena explores the transformative power of motherhood and the wild, elemental energy of creation while acknowledging the societal pressure to subsequently narrow, contain, and domesticate the self.

By conjuring a mythic city of women and merging it with the enduring science-fiction power of the Golem, Korda positions maternal creation as both elemental and political, wild and protective. The work reframes motherhood as a site of radical power, imagination, and survival.

Serena Korda
Photography

‘Growing up in Chile during the 1990s and early 2000s, Japanese manga, animation, and graphic culture formed part of my ...
23/06/2026

‘Growing up in Chile during the 1990s and early 2000s, Japanese manga, animation, and graphic culture formed part of my everyday visual education. Long before I understood their origins, these images shaped how I understood line, atmosphere, narrative suspension, and emotional space.’

Francisco Rodríguez, 2026

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We are excited to present Francisco Rodríguez ‘Studio Days’ an online exhibition of large format works on paper

Join us on Wednesday 1st July for breakfast at the gallery to view the works in person and celebrate
10 - 11.30am
Francisco will be in conversation at 11am
Please RSVP by DM or email [email protected]

Sunnyside unfolds as a series of stolen psychological vignettes, a window into the artist’s thoughts and an invitation t...
15/06/2026

Sunnyside unfolds as a series of stolen psychological vignettes, a window into the artist’s thoughts and an invitation to explore our own. The works share a fantastical yet cohesive visual language that Budge has forged and perfected over time. To quote Janet Frame who so inspired Budge’s practice. “Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination. ”

View Kirsty Budge’s online exhibition and our interview in her dreamy studio in Castlemaine via the link in our bio

Kirsty Budge

A site of experimentation in both subject matter and material, Serena Korda continues her ongoing series of plates as pa...
12/06/2026

A site of experimentation in both subject matter and material, Serena Korda continues her ongoing series of plates as part of The Golem Rises, with a series being displayed ‘north of the wall’

These works relate directly to the plates made in collaboration with the artist’s daughter Yuffie for her current exhibition ‘Triple Goddess’ at the The Harley Foundation (See final slide)

Images: ‘Hairy Mary’ ‘Sheela in the woods’ ‘The unicorn and the woodwose’ ‘The Unicorn Dance I,II & III’ all 2026

Serena Korda

06/06/2026

💡Today 💡

Join us to celebrate the opening of Serena Korda’s exhibition ‘The Golem Rises’ on the South London day of London Gallery Weekend

Serena and Clemmie will be in conversation at 12pm & 3pm, coffee & English sparkling wine will be served all afternoon.

Across the gallery two domestically scaled ceramic lamps ‘speak’ to each other across the room. Referencing and paying homage to numerous cultures, the lamps take the form of two strong primal mother figures while the bulbs flash intermittently, spelling ‘MOTHER’ in morse code. A tongue in cheek play with the idea of mother tongue it acknowledges the crucial maternal role in forming language and identity. There is an urgency to the communication – do they signal to remind us of their presence or are they in fact signalling a warning.

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