About Me
Artist Bio
Christopher Cook is a New York-based artist born and raised in Brooklyn. After a friend recommended one of his very first cameras, a Canon AE-1; he began photographing his neighborhood and those around it. Cook has exhibited his work in gallery exhibitions throughout New York State, from Lower East Side to upstate Auburn. He is a recent alumnus fromAIM Fellowship of Bronx Museum of the Arts. Cook currently has a solo exhibition by Welancora Gallery, “Am I Next?” in February 2021. It showcases his recent project documenting the Black Lives Matter Movement from May 2020 toSeptember 2020.
Artist CV
September 2018
Metro Texture lll – Con Artist Collective
Group Show in Lower East Side
November 2018
Cultural Center of Cape Cod – Apertures 2018 Awards
2nd Place
March 2019 – May 2019
Schweinfurth Art Center
Made in NY 2019
Group Show in Auburn, NY
August 2019 – October 2019
Schweinfurth Art Center
Group Show in Auburn, NY
January 2020 – December 2020
AIM Fellowship
Bronx Museum of the Arts
September 3 – 17, 2020
Bathing in Blackness: A Necessary New Order
Group Exhibition curated by Kamra Hakim
February 13 – April 10, 2021
Am I Next?
Solo Show by Welancora Gallery
February 24, 2021
Virtual Photo Exhibit and Artist Talk
Megar Evers College
June 7, 2021
Artist Talk about Black Lives Matter
The Scholar’s Academy HS