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CV
EDUCATION:
2012 Skowhegan School of Art, Skowhegan, Maine
2004 School of Visual Arts, Studio Residency Program, New York, NY
1996 BFA, Suma Cum Laude, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
1995 Savannah College of Art and Design off campus program, New York study,
New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2018 Postmasters Gallery, Rome, Italy
2018 Gallery Poulson, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017 Milk, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Milk Fruit, Cress Gallery, Diane Marek Series, University of Tennessee,
Chattanooga, TN
2013 Milk Fruit, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Volley, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
2011 ACP Annual Public Art Commission, Atlanta, GA
2009 Seeded and Soiled, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 A Different Kind of Order, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 Migration, Pinnacle, Savannah, GA
2004 Admit One, Icovozzi Gallery, Savannah, GA
2003 Recent Works with the Savannah Symphony, Civic Center, Savannah, GA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018 Monica Cook & Lavar Munroe, HK Art Central, Hong Kong, China (created by Storm Janse van
Rensburg and Ben Tollefsen)
2018 Absence, Absence Projects #0, Brooklyn, NY (Curated by Alexandra Lyre Mein)
2018 About Face, Southampton Art Center, Southhampton, NY (Curated by Scott Avett and David Kratz)
2017 One Night Stand, W Hotel, New York, NY (Curated by Brigitte Mulholland and Ryan Michael Ford)
2016 This One Is Smaller Than This One, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY (Curated by Paulina Bebecka)
2015 Beautiful Beast, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY (curated by Peter Drake)
Ask the Wind, Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark (2 person show w/JP Roy)
2014 This Is What Sculpture Looks Like, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
2013 True Believers, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Videonale 14, MoMA, Bonn, Germany
2012 NothingSomething, New York, NY (curated by Angela Dufresne)
Summer Exhibition, NYAA, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark, (curated by René Holm)
Animafest, Animated Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
Fest Anca, International Animation Festival, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
GIRAF Animation Festival, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2011 ReconFigure: New Acquisitions from SCAD's Permanent Collection, Gallery See,
Atlanta, GA
COLORIFIC, We Make an Art Rainbow, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
(curated by Paulina Bebecka)
FLUX Public Art Projects 2011, Atlanta, GA
KROK Animated Film Festival, Traveled throughout the Ukraine
2010 Eat Me!, Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY, (curated by Paulina Bebecka)
YouTube Play Biennial, Guggenheim Museum, New York, Bilbao, Venice, Berlin
Momenta Gallery, Art Auction, White Columns, New York, NY
Art Papers Annual Art Auction, Mason Murer Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA
2009 A Dry Run, Charlie Horse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Self & Beyond, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (curated by Sienna Freeman)
Summer Guest House, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Gluttony, Plastic, Gesu Church, Brussels, Belgium
Art Papers Annual Art Auction, Mason Murer Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA
2008 Untitled (On Paper), Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
GenX, Moblie Museum of Art, curated by Lisa Gadel Johnston, Mobile, AL
Art Papers Annual Art Auction, Mason Murer Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA
7th Biennial, AIR Gallery, New York, NY (Curated by Connie Butler)
2007 The Girly Show, Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (curated by Denise
Johnson)
Magical Mundane, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL (curated by Dan Kopp)
2006 Icarus, Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 King Bridge Biennial, Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA (curated by Erica
Mohar)
Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Conversions, Whitney Gallery, Savannah, GA
Cityscapes, Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA
2003 Purr-fect, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Pour L’ Amour des Chiens, Mona Bismark Foundation, Paris , France
Red On Red, Red Gallery, Savannah, GA and Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Dog Days, Broom Street Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Art Link, Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv, Israel
Art Link, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
Art Link, Sotheby’s, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000 Transcending Limits, Texas Fine Arts Association
Transcending Limits, Abraham Gallery, Plainview, TX
Transcending Limits, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX
Transcending Limits, The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX
Transcending Limits, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
Transcending Limits, Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Hyperallergic, Visions of Pulsing Milk and Toothy Corn, Benjamin Sutton, January 5, 2017
Huffington Post, 16 Contemporary Women Sculptors You Should Know, Pricilla Frank, July 1, 2014
New Yorker, Goings On About Town: Art, November 19, 2013
Blouin ARTINFO, Pithy Takes on Casebere, Cook, Thoroddsen, and More, November 1, 2013
Hyperallergic, Art Rx, November 19, 2013
Blouin ARTINFO, The Best Booths of Armory Show 2014, Top 9 Booths, Video and Article, Kristen Boatright
Blouin ARTINFO, Year in Review: Our staff Picks for the Best Art We Saw This Year, Daniel Kunitz, Dec. 9, 2012
Hunger Magazine, “Simply Absurd: Monica Cook", Amelia Phillips, Interview, August 2, 2012
Time Out New York, Review: Monica Cook, "Volley”, Merrily Kerr, Feburary 7, 2012
Beautiful Decay, Monica Cook's Skull Faced Monkey Love Story, Amir, February 1, 2012
Gawker, Here is the Creepiest Thing You Will See All Year, John Cook, January 24, 2012
Animal, "Life and Death of Phosphorescent Ape Mutants", Marina Galperina, January 24, 1012
Hyperallergic,"Lewd Monkey Goddesses, Luminous Death and Sequined Birth", Sarah Walko, Jan 20, 2010
Creative Loafing Atlanta, GA, "Monica Cook 'Volleys' between beauty and repulsion", Wyatt Williams, Oct.25, 2011
Village Voice, "Best in Show: Color Scheming at Postmaster's Gallery", Robert Shuster, Aug. 3 2011
The New York Times, "Home Video Rises to Museum Grade", Roberta Smith, October 21, 2010
Atlanta Journal and Constitution, "Images of Beauty and Repulsion", Lisa Kurzner, January 6, 2008
Carey Lovelace, "Girls, Girls, Girls", Art in America, pg. 88 June/July 2007
Michiko Rico Nose, "New York Artist Backstage", Tokyo, 2006
New American Paintings,Number 58, 2005
Allison Hersh, "Cook's Creative Migration continues", Savannah Morning News, July 27, 2005
The Atlanta Journal Constitution, “A look within reveals truths about us all”, Catherine Fox, August 29 2004
Creative Loafing, “Women Behaving Boldly”, Felicia Feaster, Atlanta, GA, August, 19, 2004
Le Figaro, Le Journal du Dimanche, “Pour L’ Amour”, Elle, Le Point, Paris-Match, 2003