BIOGRAPHY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Born: Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, 1953 Veneer: Paintings and A Video, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, January 11-March 5, 2000. Michael Cook @ ..., Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, September 30-October 30, 1999. Michael Cook, Instructions: Paintings 1991-1996,The Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico November 22, 1996 - January 4, 1997 Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Gallery A, Chicago, Illinois, July 30 - August 28, 1993. Michael Cook, The Suite: Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?, Alcove Exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts of the Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 3 - July 10, 1990. Michael Cook: Charity, large scale drawings, Shidoni Contemporary Gallery, Tesuque, New Mexico, March 2 - April 2, 1990. Michael Cook: Recent and Past Work, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 17 - March 19, 1989. Michael Cook: Suite 71645, Painting and Drawing, Janet Steinberg Gallery, San Francisco, California, April 30 - May 31, 1986. Michael Cook: Paintings and Drawings, The Wenger Gallery, San Diego, California, February 24 - April 2, 1984. Michael Cook: Paintings and Drawings, The Grayson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; March 25-April 26, 1983. Michael Cook: Drawings, Barat College, Riecher Gallery, Lake Forest, Illinois (Chicago), November 17 - December 17, 1982. Michael Cook, Paintings, Drawings, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, March 1982. Selected Video Works, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 24, 1981. Screen Test - Work In Progress, Tangeman Fine Arts Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1979. Remains, Clifford Gallery, Dallas, Texas, November 4 - December 2, 1978. Container, Contained, Remains, Lightwell Gallery, University of Oklahoma, March 1978.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Our Good Earth, Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. May 12- July 3, 1999 Why Albuquerque? An Enquiry into Art and Place, Albuquerque Museum, 1999. Technological Bottom Feeders, ARTCITE INC., Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 29- June 27, 1998. Technological Bottom Feeders, N.A.C., St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada, September, 1998. Vehicle: Art and Transportation in New Mexico, Plan B Evolving Arts and The Harwood Art Center, Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico, November-December 1998, Billboard Project. Technological Bottom Feeders, ARTCITE INC., Windsor, Ontario, Canada, May 29-June 27, 1998. Technological Bottom Feeders, Niagra Artists Company,St Catherines, Ontario, Canada, September, 1998. The Tie That Binds, Anderson Contemporary Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 10, 1997- January 14, 1998. Re-Inventing the Emblem: Contemporary Artists Recreate a Renaissance Idea, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, January 20 - March 26, 1995 Worlds at Risk: Dangerous Environments and Vanishing Traditions, Cambridge Multi- Cultural Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 30 - December 30, 1993. Art of This Century, 30th Anniversary Exhibition 1963-1993, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, September 26 - December 19, 1993. The End of the Millennium, Nautilus Foundation, Inc., Tallahassee, Florida, curated by Robert Fichter, March 1993. 21 Steps, University Art Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, March 22 April 28, 1993. 21 Steps, Jonson Gallery, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, August 25 - October 2, 1992. Playing With Fire, Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 9 - December 15, 1990 18 Artists: 18 Major Works, 1800 Clybourn, Chicago, Illinois, August 18 - October 15, 1990. 20 x 24, Jayne Baum Gallery, New York, New York, June 25 - July 20, 1989. Drawings, Iannetti/Lanzone Gallery, San Francisco, California, May 25 - July 1, 1989. Still Life, Daley College Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, August 15 - September 20, 1989. Centennial Polaroid Exhibition, University Art Museum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 17 - March 19, 1989. Visions, Contemporary Photography in New Mexico, State of New Mexico Fine Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 11-26, 1989. Get It On Paper! An exhibition of works on paper, Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 1988. Social Space, Janet Steinberg Gallery, San Francisco, California, February 1988. New Work From the Bay Area, Center for the Visual Arts, Boulder, Colorado, January 8 -February 11, 1988. Small Works Invitational, Janet Steinberg Gallery, San Francisco, California,
December 3 -December 19, 1987.
The End of the World: Contemporary Visions of the Apocalypse, The New Museum of
Contemporary Art, New York, New York, December 10, 1983 - January 22, 1984.
Disarming Images: Film & Video, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio,
October 13, 1984.
Drawings by Sculptors, Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum School Gallery, Boston,
Massachusetts, October 13 - November 6, 1983.
System & Structure: Seven Chicago Artists, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay,
September 10 - October 13, 1983.
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Allan Priebe Art Gallery, October 18 - November
10, 1983.
Burpee Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois, November 12 - December 11, 1983.
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, Illinois, January 12 - February 24,
1984.
Disarm Show/War Games, The Kitchen, New York, New York, June 1982.
Invitational Drawing Exhibition, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, Ohio, September 1981.
Working Drawings, Hunter Gallery, New York, New York, March - April, 1981.
Working Drawings, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, June 1981.
New Dimension - Time, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, February 22,
April 27, 1980.
Radiation Remains the Same, Image Union, WTTW (Channel ll), Chicago, Illinois, July
10, 1981.
Selected Video Works, in conjunction with Magnetic Image Program, Cable Atlanta
(Channel 10), 9:00 PM, February 23, 1981.
Magnetic Image 6 International Invitational Video Exhibition, Atlanta College of Art
Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, August 15 - September 15, 1980.
Works on Paper, Tony Birckhead Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, November, 1979.
The 77th Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity: Works on Paper, Art
Institute of Chicago, Illinois, November - December, 1978.
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