BERNARD ROOKE STUDIED PAINTING AND LITHOGRAPHY AT IPSWICH SCHOOL OF ART 1955-59

STUDIED PRINTMAKING AND CERAMICS AT GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE, LONDON. 1959-60.

Exhibited U.K. and abroad. Work in private collections and, Victoria and Albert Museum, Buckinghamshire County Museum, Liecester Museum,Cleveland Museum, Paisley Museum, Nuffield Foundation, Rosska Museum-Sweden, Trondhiem Museum-Norway.

Some early works are to be found at auction at Christies, Bonhams, Phillips, . Collectors fairs and internet auctions, and other auction houses around the country and abroad

Paul Rice Gallery.1995. Bury St Edmunds Festival 1996. Crafts Council Gallery 1995. Edinburgh Festival Queens Hall 1996, 1997, and 1999 Norwich Festival- Paintings, 1998.