Emily Cook

Education

2008 Master of Fine Arts – Printmaking, Louisiana State University
2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts - Printmaking, Ontario College of Art and Design

Exhibition Record

2010

Perceptions    City Hall, Ottawa, ON
Transplant    Arts Court,  Ottawa, ON
Objects of Desire (Part of Clay and Paper Theatre’s Day of Delight)
(in collaboration with Emily Comeau and Eden Kaill Fennrick)    Dufferin Grove Park, Toronto, ON
Marginalia    Le Cagibi, Montreal, QC
Reflections    The White House, Toronto ON

2009

The Blind Leading the Blind    The White House, Toronto ON
Searching For . . .    Gallery 345, Toronto, ON
Four Aces–Wide Format Print Exhibition    Common Wealth Gallery, Madison WI
2008

Drift** - Foster Galery Baton Rouge, LA
The Lost and Found Show - Backyard Gallery, Baton Rouge LA

2007

Phillyana  - Anderson Hall Print Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Four Aces - Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge LA
Venus Envy* - Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge LA
Spicy Lutefisk Doublewide - Quarter Gallery,
Three: Traveling Print Exchange  - Student Union Memorial Center Gallery, Tucson AZ

2006

Paper Potetica - Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge LA
Large Format Print Show  - Foster Gallery, Baton Rouge LA

2005

Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition* - Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, ON
Gallery 39 and Recent Prints - Belleville Public Library, Belleville, ON
Making More than One - Le. Gallery, Toronto, On
Annual Student Exhibition - Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON

2004

Annual Book Arts Fair - Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON
High Jinx - X-pace Cultural Centre, Toronto, ON
Go West* - Japanese Paper Place, Toronto, ON
Printmaker’s Devils - Le. Gallery, Toronto, ON
Wazgoose Book Arts Fair - Grimsby Public Library, Grimsby, ON

2003

Gallery 39 and Recent Print - Belleville Public Library, Belleville, ON
Citrus Art Collective - Patisserie-Boulangerie aux Plaisirs du Palais, Montréal, QC

* Juried show ** Solo Show

Collections

Toronto Reference Library Rare Books Collection - Toronto, Ontario
Louisiana State University Hill Memorial Library -Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Awards and Grants

2010 The Awesome Ottawa Creation Grant

2007 The Nell Meldahl Work-Study Scholarship (Paper and Book Intensive)
2005-07 Co-President and founding member of One of One Printmakers (LSU student group)

2005 Japanese Paper Place Award

2005 OCAD Printmaking Award

2004 Joint Coordinator of Print Anthology “What Would Mrs Grundy Say?”

2003 First Place Printmaking Award

2002 Bill Poole Memorial Award

Teaching Experience

SESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR 2008- 2010

Ontario College of Art and Design - Toronto, Ontario
PRNT 2B05 Introduction to Papermaking:
Course includes basic sheet forming, pulp painting, watermarking and an introduction to Japanese papermaking

INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD 2007-2008
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Art 1381 Introduction to Book Arts:
Course includes pamphlet, case binding, letterpress, relief printing, sculptural books, altered books, accordion binding, paste papers and basic papermaking.
Art 1371 Introduction to Intaglio:
Course includes dry point, line etching, aquatint and softground. Used some non-toxic acids and grounds as well as traditional grounds.

TEACHING ASSISTANT 2005-2008
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Teaching Assistant for Leslie Koptcho in Intaglio, Book Arts and Papermaking classes.

INSTRUCTOR July 2006
Ottawa School of Art - Ottawa, Ontario
Paper and Book: a four week paper and book arts class.

PAPER SHOP TECHNICIAN -2005-2008
Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Maintained papermaking shop equipment. Supervised students, demonstrated papermaking techniques & set up new papermaking equipment.

CLASS ASSISTANT 2005
Ontario College of Art and Design - Toronto, Ontario
Assisted in the running of 1st Year Printmaking classes for Professor Jack Cassady.