Education
Pratt Institute.
artist Photographer graphic designer
Pratt Institute.
He was president of Cook and Shanosky Associates, a graphic design firm he founded in 1967. The firm produced all forms of corporate communications including: Corporate Identity, Advertising, Signage, Annual Reports and Brochures. His graphic design and photography have been used by International Business Machines Corporation, Container Corporation of America, Montgomery Ward, Bristol Myers Squibb, Black & Decker, Volvo, Subaru, American Telephone & Telegraph Company, New York Times, Bell Atlantic, Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik, Lenox, and a number of other major international corporations.
In 2003, Symbols Signs a project designed by his firm for the United States Department of Transportation was accepted by the Acquisitions Committee to the collections of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, and The Smithsonian Institution.
Cook is a graduate of the Pratt Institute and in 1997 was selected as Alumni of the year, and has also served on the Pratt Advisory Board. Inspired in part by the work of Joseph Cornell, Cook has turned to sculptural assemblage.
Many of the “Boxes” that he has created are an expression of the artist’s deeply felt concern for human rights and for the tragic conditions in the Middle East. With this group he has traveled on fact-finding trips to Israel, Jordan, and Palestine (West Bank and Gaza).
He has been a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.