GINNY COOK |
| www.ginnycook.net |
| Lives and works in Los Angeles |
EDUCATION |
| 2005 |
M.F.A. in Photography, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA |
| 2000 |
B.A. in Art History, Minors in Studio Art and German Emory University, Atlanta, GA |
| 1999 |
Institute for European Studies, Vienna, Austria |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
| 2010 |
Ginny Cook: Another Generation at the Spartanburg Art Museum (Spartanburg, SC) |
| 2006 |
Shapes for wanting images, South La Brea Gallery, Los Angeles |
| 2005 |
Into Something Flat, (Exposure: series two), studio 228, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles. Curated by Jessica Silverman. |
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In Nothing Flat, Lime Gallery, California Institute of the Arts |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
| 2014 |
RAW (Reed Arts Week), exhibition at Reed College, Portland, OR (upcoming) |
| 2013 |
We Speak Easy, curated by Kim Schoen, POST, Los Angeles |
| 2012 |
Yesterday Amphoric: Ginny Cook, Rosemary Mayer, David J. Merritt, Regina Rex, Queens, NY |
| 2011 |
Abstract Smallness, curated by Farrah Karapetian, POST, Los Angeles |
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Telephone, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA |
| 2010 |
Lovingly, Rose Peebles, curated by Kim Schoen with MATERIAL, Brand Library Art Gallery, Glendale, CA |
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Flirtation, Love, Passion, Hate, Separation, curated by Calvin Phelps, POST, Los Angeles |
| 2009 |
Sign/Co-Sign, Light & Wire Gallery at Miami Basel, Miami, FL |
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In Real Life, Capricious Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, organized by Laurel Ptak and ASDF Makes. |
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Light & Wire, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Complicity: Contemporary Photography and the Matter of Sculpture, Rena Bransten Gallery,
San Francisco. Curated by Leigh Markopoulos. |
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Flashpoint between the Fleeting and the Eternal, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles. |
| 2008 |
In the Round, Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Ed Gomez.
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Fault Line, Light and Wire Gallery, Los Angeles |
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Line Time, U.S. Post Office, Highland Park, Los Angeles; collaboration with Kim Schoen as MATERIAL Press; a project for Outpost for Contemporary Art’s Intersection 2008. |
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Alternative Places, LAX International Airport/Tom Bradley International Terminal, Los Angeles. Curated by Jay Lizo. |
| 2007 |
Natural Geographic, Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles.
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After Afterlife, Hockney Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, England. Curated by Kim Schoen. |
| 2006 |
International Waters, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Soo Kim. |
| 2005 |
Afterlife, Kuntur Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Curated by Kim Schoen. |
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Supersonic II: Los Angeles Design Center, L.A. Design Center, Los Angeles. |
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Shipping + Receiving, Armory Northwest, Pasadena, CA. |
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Experimenter Remix, Teoretica Gallery, San Jose, Costa Rica. |
| 2004 |
100 Artists See Satan, Grand Central Art Center Gallery at California State University Fullerton.
Collaboration with Soo Kim and Bia Gayotto, Fullerton, CA. |
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Experimenter Remix, El Teatro Presidente, San Salvador, El Salvador. |
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Experimenter Remix, F.U.S.I.O.N.: Festival Universal de Sonido, Imagen y Ondas Nuevas, San Jose, Costa Rica. |
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GPS: Cypress Park, 583 Cypress Ave., Los Angeles. |
| 2003 |
December Test, South La Brea Gallery, Los Angeles. |
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Humanitarian Superpower, Orbetello Gallery, Los Angeles. |
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Experimenter Remix, The National Center for the Arts (CENAR), San Salvador, El Salvador. |
AWARDS, GRANTS + RESIDENCIES |
| 2008 |
Artist-in-Residence, Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, GA |
| 2004 |
CalArts Tuition Grant, California Institute of the Arts |
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Dean’s Project Grant, California Institute of the Arts |
| 2003 |
CalArts Tuition Grant, California Institute of the Arts |
| 2000 |
Award for Excellence in Painting and Drawing, Emory University, Atlanta
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Selection for solo exhibition, White Hall, Emory University |
| 1997-99 |
STIPE Society of Creative Scholars recipient of annual research grant, Emory University |
PUBLICATIONS |
| 2013 |
Editor of August Wood, artist's monograph, forthcoming |
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Participant in Susan Silton's publication/launch event Who's In a Name?, at MOCA, Los Angeles |
| 2012 |
Dirt, Slake Issue 4, photographs and writing |
| 2011 |
New Tools for Busy Artists, four drawings included in RE-OPENING, a journal of artists’ responses
to Outpost for Contemporary Art’s archive, published by MATERIAL |
| 2010 |
Making Art, THE FUTILITY OF MAKING SALAD, published by MATERIAL |
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Excerpts from Some Notes Toward Plants, April 2010 MATERIAL Limited Edition Project Space,
www.materialpress.org |
| 2009 |
Some Notes Toward Plants, MATERIAL Issue Two |
| 2008 |
A Wikipedia Reader, edited by David Horvitz |
| 2004 |
Four photographs featured in Rojo magazine, November issue dedicated to emerging international artists |
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Seeing Satan, edited and published by Bia Gayotto; collaboration with Soo Kim |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| 2011 |
Yury, Carrie, Under Construction: Photography and the Word, The Huffington Post, January 13, www.huffingtonpost.com |
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| 2007 |
Parme Giuntini and Kathryn Hagen, Garb: A Fashion and Culture Reader |
| 2006 |
Kim, Soo, International Waters [catalogue], May 2006 |
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Angeleno Magazine, Ginny Cook, February 2006 |
| 2005 |
Timberg, Scott. “Affordable Art? Right this way,” LA Times, August 25, 2005 |
LECTURES & ACADEMIC POSITIONS |
| 2014 |
RAW (Reed Arts Week), Reed College, Portland, OR (upcoming) |
| 2013 |
Visiting Artist, Weber State University, Ogden, UT |
| 2012 |
Visiting Artist, Otis College of Art, MFA program |
| 2011 |
Adjunct Professor, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles |
| 2009 |
Visiting Artist, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2008 |
1 Image/1 Minute, for X-TRA magazine launch party, REDCAT, Los Angeles |
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Guest Lecturer, University of California, Irvine |
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Visiting Artist, UCLA Extension class “Art Appreciation in Los Angeles” |
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Adjunct Photography Instructor, College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA |
| 2007 |
Guest Lecturer, University of California, Irvine |
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Visiting Artist, Soo Kim’s BFA Studio Visits class, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena |
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Adjunct Photography Instructor, College of the Canyons, Valencia, CA |
| 2006 |
Visiting Artist, Otis College of Art, Los Angeles |
| 2004 |
Panel Discussion Coordinator and Participant, “Los Angeles MFA Art Students,” Otis College of Art |
| 2003 |
Visiting Artist, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles |
MATERIAL
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| Cook is the cofounder and coeditor of MATERIAL, a journal of artists’ writings. www.materialpress.org |
| 2012 |
Issue 3 launch, Los Angeles, Studio Friedrich Kunath, October 2012. |
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Issue 3 launch at Motto Berlin, August 12, 2012. |
| 2011 |
RE-OPENING, a journal made of artists’ responses to the Mining the Archive project, at Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; launched February 2011 |
| 2010 |
LOVINGLY, ROSE PEEBLES, an exhibition curated by Kim Schoen with MATERIAL, accompanied by a
small publication |
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THE FUTILITY OF MAKING SALAD, a publication and panel discussion on artists’ communities |
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THE ORATORIUM, a simultaneous reading by 10 artists, Chinatown, Los Angeles |
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ISSUE 2, launched at The Whitechapel Gallery, London, December 2009, and REDCAT, Los Angeles, February 2010 |
| 2008-2009 |
ISSUE 1, launched at Man&Eve, London, and Monte Vista, Los Angeles, January 2008 |
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