Jill Ann Cook
Jill Cook's work tip-toes around ideas of domestic space as a site of potential violence, infiltration, fear, secrecy. Her work concentrates on physical memories in which the past trespasses into the present moment: a wave of nausea, a pang of loss.
Cook graduated from Rhode Island College with a BA in Art History and a BFA in Painting. She is currently pursuing an MFA in multi-disciplinary art at the Vermont College of Fine Art.
Exhibition History:
Jill Ann Cook
Education:
Vermont College of Fine Art, Montpelier, VT: Graduate student, MFA program 2010-present
BFA, in Painting, Rhode Island College, North Providence, January 2007
BA, in Art History, Rhode Island College, North Providence, January 2007
AFA, Community College of Rhode Island, Warwick, May 1999
Exhibition History:
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions:
Jill Cook: Recent Work, Gallery 239, Chadron Sate University; Feb. 2011
Jill Cook & Steve Labadessa, Pearl Conard Gallery, Ohio State University; Nov. 2009
Marks in White: Jill Cook & Jacqueline Sylvia, Mathewson Street Gallery, Providence, RI; June 2009
Jill Cook: White Series, Gail Cahalan Gallery, Providence, RI; April 2008
Jill Ann Cook: Personal Space, Knight Gallery, CCRI; Dec. 2007
Jill Cook: Recent Work, Bill Krull Gallery, Narragansett RI; Jan. 2006
Featured Artist Exhibitions:
Group Exhibitions:
Recent Work Skitch Henderson Museum, Main Gallery, CT; April 2012
The State of the Arts in Rhode Island, URI Feinstein Gallery, Providence, RI; June 2011
Small Works Inivitational, Elon University; Dec. 2010-Feb. 2011
Group Exhibition, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan; Oct. 2010
Group Exhibition, Buckham Gallery, Flint, Michigan; Oct. 2010
The State of Art in Rhode Island, Feinstein Gallery, University of Rhode Island; June 2010
Helsinki USA Traveling Exhibit, Eva G. Farris Gallery, Thomas Moore College, Crestview Hills; KY Jan. 2010
Helsinki USA Traveling Exhibition, Helsinki Galleries, Helsinki, Finland; Fall 2010
Black & White, Courthouse Center for the Arts,Kingston,RI; 2009
Prolific Arts (7 Artists), Courthouse Center for the Arts, Kingston; RI Oct. 2009
Body as Temple/House as Home, Holden Street Gallery, Providence; RI Aug. 2009
State of the Arts in RI, University of Rhode Island Providence Campus Gallery; June 2009
Positively Aware, University of Rhode Island Providence Campus Gallery; Dec 2008
Group Show, Same Day Surgery Gallery, South County Hospital, RI; Spring-Summer 2008
9 x 12 on Paper Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, TX; Nov. 2007
The Prolific Arts Show, New Urban Arts Gallery Space, Providence, RI; Aug. 2007
Crazy 8's Show, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; Aug., 2007
The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe, Apex Gallery, NYC, NY; July, 2007
Senior Exhibition, Bannister Gallery, North Providence, RI; May 2007
A Show for a Show, Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT; April 2007
Small Picture Show, The Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Dec, 2006
9 x 12 on Paper Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, TX; Nov, 2006
Mapping the Square: Jill Cook, Graham Heffernan, Jacqueline Sylvia, The Warwick Museum of Art; Aug., 2006
Art & Fashion Show: Colby Cook, Jill Cook and Tovah Stephenson, Dead Cat Gallery, Providence; April 2006
Cut, Bitten and Scraped: An Exhibition of Prints, The Warwick Museum of Art; Feb, 2006
Art & Fashion Show: Colby Cook, Jill Cook and Tovah Stephenson, Dead Cat Gallery, Providence; April 2006
Cut, Bitten and Scraped: An Exhibition of Prints, The Warwick Museum of Art; Feb, 2006
Manifestations of the Metaphysical, The Warwick Museum of Art; Aug, 2005
URI, RIC, CCRI: The State of Art in Rhode Island, URI Feinstein Providence Gallery; June 2005
It Was the Best of Times; It Was the Worst of Times, Deblois Gallery, Newport, RI; March 2005
Juried Shows:
Facets of Transformation, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA; March 2007
Juror: Gallery Owner/Director, Marjorie Kaye
The Nude International, Louden House Gallery, Lexington, KY; Jan-March, 2007
Juror: Vincent Desiderios
Drawing No Conclusions, Monroe Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Dec-March, 2007
Juror: Dominic Molon: Pamela Alper Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art
100 Under 100, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA; Jan, 2007
Juror: Gallery Owner/Director, Marjorie Kaye
Articles:
"Where Everyone's a Curator," by Stephanie Murg. Downtown Express. Volume 20, Issue 12, Aug. 3-9, 2007.
"Manifestations of the Metaphysical," Warwick Beacon. August 7th, 2005.
Awards and Achievements:
Merit Award, Vermont College of Fine Art, 2010
Graduating Senior ART Award winner, 2007
Senior Art Award in Painting, 2006
Cum Laude, RIC 2007
This page was last updated: February 19, 2012
