Curriculum vitae
Wendy Cook is a visual artist whose disciplines include painting, photography, book arts, assemblage, and jewelry. She has been exhibiting her art since 1986. She has been published in the US, Canada and the UK. Her work has been sold at charity events such as the "Postcards From the Edge" benefit for Visual AIDS of NYC; Northern Virginia Family Service; and The Fund for Women Artists.
Wendy is the founder and facilitator of Mighty Girl Art™ workshops for girls.
Formerly a NYC native, she now resides in Northern Virginia.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston, VA
"BITE Identity and Humor"
2010 Home Gallery, Chicago, IL"
The Sketchbook Project"
2010 Soulard Art Market, St. Louis, MO
"The Sketchbook Project"
2010 Art & Shelter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"The Sketchbook Project"
2010 Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
The Sketchbook Project"
2010 303 Grand, Brooklyn, NY
"The Sketchbook Project"
2010 Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"The Sketchbook Project"
2009 Artstream Gallery, Rochester, New Hampshire
"A Vision of Squam"
2008 Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, Kentucky
"Think Tank"
2006 CSMA Gallery, Ithaca, NY
"Coming Of Age: Art in Celebration of Girls and Women"
2004 Dallas Convention Center, Dallas, TX
"HIA Trade Show"
2003 Galerie Lelong, NY
"Postcards from the Edge
2002 Sperone Westwater Gallery, NY
"Postcards from the Edge"
2002 Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
"World Peace Project"
2001 Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
"Under the Influence"
1999 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
"Artist Members Exhibition"
1992 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
"Artist Members Exhibition"
1991 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
"Artist Members Exhibition"
1988 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
"Artist Members Exhibition"
1987 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
"Artist Members Exhibition"
1986 Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
"Artist Members Exhibition"
BIBLIOGRAPHY: BOOKS
“The Rainbow Way: Cultivating Creativity in the Midst of Motherhood” by Lucy
H. Pearce, Soul Rocks Books( UK ) November 2013, pg. 267
“Note to Self: The Secret Becoming Your Own Best Friend”, by Jo Macdonald,
Lulu Publishing ( UK ) August 2012, pg. 69
BIBLIOGRAPHY: PRESS
"Art With a Bite" The Arlington Examiner (Arlington, VA) June 2011, Victoria Weseley
2011 "BITE identity and humor" Reston, VA, Gallery Catalog, illus.
"Missing Letterbox Returned to Bookstore" The Observer, (Reston, Virginia) September 2008, Leslie Perales
"Letterbox Stolen From Bookstore" The Observer, (Reston, Virginia) August 2008, Rebecca Pelvin
"Mets' Collapse? Glavine Was Bushed", The Village Voice, The Bush Beat - Morning Report (New York) October 2, 2007 Ward Harkavy, Senior Editor, illus.
"Judge Raps FBI's Knuckles in Immigration Case", The Village Voice, The Bush Beat - Morning Report (New York) July 2, 2007 Ward Harkavy, Senior Editor, illus.
"Mediums Rare", Washington Post Express, (Washington, DC) February 2, 2007, p. 51, illus., Jennifer Barger
"Handmade Vintage Haute Button", Ant: Style, Life, Design, Art, (Korea), December 9, 2006
"Haute Button", Charles & Marie: The Quintessential Lifestyle Navigator, (San Carlos, California), December 8, 2006
"CSMA's 'Coming of Age' exhibit celebrates women and girls", The Ithaca Journal,(Ithaca, New York) March 3, 2006 Kiley Edgley
ARTitude, Hawthorne, California, Issue # 19, Winter 2005, "For Beautiful, My World, My True", pp. 32-33 illus.
Empowerment 4 Women (Portland, Oregon) Issue # 10 Winter 2005 illus. (Featured Cover Artist) Carly Hope Finseth, Editor/Publisher
"Bush Forges Early Lead in Iraq Polling", The Village Voice, The Bush Beat - Morning Report (New York) December 15, 2005 Ward Harkavy, Senior Editor, illus.
ARTitude (Canada) Autumn 2005, Gallery p.3 illus.
"Access of Evil", The Village Voice, The Bush Beat - Morning Report (New York) August 12, 2005, Ward Harkavy, Senior Editor, illus.
"Bunker Mentality" The Village Voice, The Bush Beat - Morning Report (New York) January 28, 2005 Ward Harkavy, Senior Editor, illus.
*Scroll down the Village Voice archive page to view article.
"Pretzel Logic", The Village Voice, The Bush Beat (New York) January 4, 2005 Ward Harkavy, Senior Editor
"Art Openings and Closings: Pushing Buttons and Playing Games in the Bush Era" The Village Voice, The Bush Beat (New York) September 7, 2004 Ward Harkavy, Senior Editor
"Currents" Coastal Living Magazine (Birmingham, Alabama) April 2004 Volume 8. Issue 3 p. 20 illus. Lacey N. Howard and Charly Porter Kusta
"Cute as a Button" The New York Sun (New York) January 20, 2004 Vol. 119 No. 194 p.16 illus. Pia Catton
"Hot Buttons" Women's Wear Daily (New York) Accessories Supplement January 5, 2004 p. 6 illus. Melanie Kletter, Editor
ARTitude (Canada) Winter 2003, Gallery, p. 5 illus.
ARTitude (Canada) Winter 2003 Issue #11 "The Process" pp. 10-11 illus.
ARTitude (Canada) Fall 2003 Issue #10 "Then a
nd How" pp. 30-31 illus.
ARTitude (Canada) Summer 2003, Gallery, p. 6 illus. ARTitude (Canada) Summer 2003, Issue # 9, p. 25 illus.
The Arts Paper (Boulder, CO) 2003 "Artists For Peace, Justice & Civil Liberties"
The Rack (Florida) Fall 2002 Catherine Noonan, Editor
Artswire Current (New York Foundation of the Arts) October 2001 Volume #10 No. #37 Judy Malloy , Editor
Artscope News (Chicago, IL) "From the Art Community" October 2001
"8 Days: A Week and a Day in the Life of Long Island" Long Island Voice (New York) p. 8 April 1-7 1999 Volume No. 51 illus. Bill Jensen
1999 Artist Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY, Museum Catalog
1992 Artist Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY, Museum Catalog
1991 Artist Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY, Museum Catalog
1988 Artist Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY, Museum Catalog
1987 Artist Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY, Museum Catalog
1986 Artist Members Exhibition, East Hampton, NY, Museum Catalog
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 Certified Virginia Master Naturalist
Loudoun County, VA
2017 Wildlife Center of VA Certification
Wildlife Rehabilitation
Waynesboro, VA
2015 Artist Assistant to Patrick Doughtery
"A Bird in the Hand"
Large Scale Environmental Sculpture Installation
Reston, VA
2015 Presenter
NoVA Maker Faire
Reston, VA
2015 MoMA Certification
Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies for the Classroom
NY, NY
2014 Medical Dance Movement Therapy Intensive
Alternate Student Training Scholarship
Quogue, NY
Berkeley edX Certification
The Science of Happiness
2014 Presenter
NoVA Maker Faire
Reston, VA
2013 Presenter
"Imprinting Individuality: Making Art with Girls
Patti Digh's Design Your Life Camp
Lake Lanier Resort Buford, Georgia
2013 Embodying Conscious Femininity / Marion Woodman Workshop
Omega Institute
Rhinebeck, NY
2005-2006 Site Specific Installation
"She's Got the Whole World In Her Hands"
Syracuse, New York
(A collection of b/w portraits of women in their last trimester of pregnancy)
2003 Curatorial Consultant
"The Nerve of Expression" NY, NY
(An exhibition for artists with Multiple Sclerosis)