Russell Cook
1002 Ave A
Rome Ga, 30165
404-580-1057
baconandcoffee@gmail.com
Education
2014-16 MA Art History studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2007 MFA, Drawing, Painting and Printmaking, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2002 Graduate studies, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
2000 BFA, Drawing and Painting, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
1996 Undergraduate studies, Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
1995 UGA at Oxford Program, Keeble College, Oxford, England
Professional Experience
2018 Associate Professor of Art with Tenure, Georgia Highlands College, Cartersville, GA
2017 Assistant Professor of Art with Tenure, Georgia Highlands College, Cartersville, GA
2014-17 Assistant Professor of Art, Georgia Highlands College, Cartersville, GA
2015 Co-owner, Blue Star Gallery, Jasper, Ga
2002-17 Writer, Principal Performer, Little Country Giants
2012 Ensemble Understudy, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Alliance Theater, Atl, GA,
2009-14 Full-time Lecturer in Art, Georgia Highlands College, Cartersville, GA
(courses taught: Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Art Appreciation)
2008-09 Full-time Instructor of Art, Georgia Highlands College, Cartersville, GA
2008 Staff Writer, Burnaway.org, art reviews and criticism, Atlanta, GA
2007 Part-time Instructor of Art, Georgia Highlands College, Rome, GA
2005-07 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
(Instructor of Record: Drawing 1, Drawing 2, 2D Design)
2005 Lab Assistant in Photography, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2004-06 Art Editor, Writer, Rome Unscene Alternative Weekly, Rome, GA
2004-05 Drawing Instructor, Coosa Valley Technical College, Rome, GA
2005 Foundryman, Mark Hopkins Sculpture Studio, Rome, GA
2001-02 Assistant Artist, Deljou Art Group, Atlanta, GA
Awards/Honors
Kinetic Communications Signature Award, Magic City Arts Connection, Birmingham, Al, 2017
Judge’s Choice, Pin-Up, Georgia Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Ga, 2011
Nominated for Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant, Georgia State University, 2007
Reader’s Choice: Best Local Traditional Folk Act, Little Country Giants, Creative Loafing Atlanta Atlanta, Ga, 2005, 2006
Emerging Artist of the Year: Little Country Giants, Rome Area Council for the Arts, Rome, Ga, 2006
Gold Prize, Decatur Fine Arts Festival, Decatur, Ga 2002
Presidential Scholar, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga, 2000
Deans List, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga, 2000
Lamar Dodd School of Art Award, Yancey Robertson Memorial Competition, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga, 2000
Selected Exhibitions
2020 Embodiment II, Moon Gallery, Berry College, Rome, Ga
2019 Inspiring Artists, Harbin Clinic Gallery, Rome, Ga
2019 Russell Cook, Harris Arts Center, Calhoun, Ga
2019 Works on Paper, Lowe Mill Galleries, Huntsville, Al
2018 Finsterfest, Paradise Garden, Pennville, Ga
2018 Magic City Arts Connection, Birmingham, Al
2017 Smooth Down the Noise, Solo Show, Georgia Highlands College Gallery
2017 Disarrangement of Form, Solo Show, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, Ga
2017 Magic City Arts Connection, Birmingham, Al
2016 Moss Rock Festival, Hoover Al
2016 FinsterFest, Paradise Garden, Pennville, Ga
2015 Regional Art Show, Harris Arts Center, Calhoun Ga
2015 Opening Exhibition, Blue Star Gallery, Jasper Ga
2014 Collage @ (SCENE), (SCENE) metrospace, East Lansing, MI
2014 85 Years, 85 Artists, Menlo College, Atherton, CA
2013 First Place Losers, Solo Exhibition, Georgia Highlands College Gallery
2011 Pin-Up, Georgia Museum of Contemporary Art
2010 Russell Cook, Solo Exhibition, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
2007 Fists of Foam and Fury, MFA Thesis Exhibition, GSU
2006 Configuration, 11 Lindbergh Street, Rome, GA
2005 Spring Show, Whitespace, Atlanta, GA
Russell Cook and Myrtice West, Rome Area Council for the Arts
2004 Eternal Spring, Rome Area Council for the Arts, Rome, GA
2003 Viv and a Movie Art & Film Show, San Francisco, CA
Arts on Parade, Benicia, CA
2002 Eclectic Electric, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
Collaborative Works (Music, Film, and Theater)
2019 Live in The Library, Russell Cook & the Sweet Teeth, writer/performer
2019 To Kingdom Come, film score, (writer/performer- I Will Always Be Around)
2016 Dead Reckoning, Little Country Giants, writer/performer
2013 Blind Tiger: The Legend of Belltree Smith, film soundtrack and performance
2012 Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Ensemble Understudy, Alliance Theater, Atlanta, GA,
(premier production by Stephen King, John Mellencamp, and T-Bone Burnett)
2012 60 Grit, Little Country Giants, Cowboy Angel Records, writer/performer
2012 Child’s Play, Anthony-Masterson short film, performer
2011 Ghost Brothers of Darkland County pre-production workshop, Alliance Theater
2011 Grow!, Anthony-Masterson documentary, 9 song film score
2011 Esposito, Vanguard Cinema, soundtrack
2010 Pushin’ Up Daisies, film score, (writer/performer-Buckaby Crenshaw)
2009 Fists of Foam and Fury, Little Country Giants, writer/performer
2007 Freelance, film score, (writer/performer-More Than Everything To Me)
2007 Sing Pretty For The People, Little Country Giants, writer/performer,
2005 Breaking Hearts And Living Free, Little Country Giants, writer/performer
2002 Just For This Song’s Time, Little Country Giants, writer/performer
Selected Performances
Alliance Theater, Atlanta, GA
Americana Folk Festival, Dickson, TN
Americana Music Conference, Nashville, TN
Atlanta Dogwood Festival, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, GA
Arts on Main Street Summer Concert Series, Scottsville, KY
Athens Americana Festival, Athens, GA
AthFest, Athens, GA
Barking Legs Theater, Chattanooga, TN
Bristol Rhythm and Roots Festival, Bristol, TN
Cafe Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY
Celebration South Festival, Statesboro, GA
Chiaha Arts Festival, Rome, GA
Clementine, Harrisonburg, VA
Club Passim, Camden, MA
Eddie’s Attic, Decatur, GA
First Friday Folk Series, Savannah, GA
Folk Alliance, Memphis, TN
Gem Theater, Calhoun, GA
Georgia Public Broadcasting, Mountain Music and Medicine Show
Georgia State University Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
Harris Arts Center, Calhoun, GA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta Ga
International String Band Festival, Calhoun, GA
Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Northpoint, AL
Legacy Fine Arts Festival, Cartersville, GA
Nightfall Concert Series, Chattanooga, TN
North Georgia Folk Festival, Athens, GA
Pete’s Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY
Pickathon, Portland, OR
Red Clay Theater, Duluth, GA
Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY
Rome Area History Museum, Rome, GA
Rome City Auditorium, Rome, GA
The 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA
Artist Talks and Lectures
“Pennville’s Paradise”(on Howard Finster), Harbin Clinic Gallery, Makervillage, Rome, GA 2019
Artist’s Talk, Lowe Mill Galleries, Huntsville, AL, 2019
Artist’s Talk, Graduate Symposium on the Human Condition, Georgia State University, 2006
Publications and Press
Chattanooga Times Free Press, December 10, 2019
Calhoun Times, April 26, 2019
Adult Swim Bloodfeast, performance, Sept. 19, 2017
Best of the North Georgia Mountains, October issue, 2016
Highlander Magazine, Faculty Spotlight, Spring 2016
Highlander Magazine, Staff Spotlight, Spring 2015
Exhibition Catalog, 85 Years, 85 Artists, Menlo College, Atherton CA, 2014
Old Red Kimono Literary Journal, Visual Art, 2012, 2013, 2014
Flagpole Magazine, Athens GA, Calendar Picks, July 10, 2013
The Pulse, Little Country Giants: Storytellers in the Southern Tradition, Feb 2013
WUTC Radio, Chattanooga, TN, interview and performance, August 17, 2012
WUOG Radio, Athens, GA, interview and performance, August 15, 2012
WDVX Radio, Knoxville, TN, interview and performance, December 1, 2006
WREK Radio, Atlanta, GA, interview and performance, May 3, 2005
WRAS Radio, Atlanta, GA, interview and performance, July 21, 2005
Georgia Trend magazine, March 2005, Exhibition announcement with photograph
Professional and Community Service
2018-20 Board of Directors, Paradise Garden Foundation, Summerville, GA
2018 Juror, Floyd County Governor’s Honors Program in Art
2017-18 Pre-Tenure Review Committee, Georgia Highlands College
2016-17 Statute and Faculty Affairs Committee, Georgia Highlands College
2015-17 Steering Committee, Georgia String Band Festival, Calhoun, GA
2015 Summer Concert Series Committee, Harris Arts Center, Calhoun, GA
2014 Entertainment Coordinator, Fairmount Folk Art Fest, Fairmount, GA
2013-15 Assessment Coordinator, Humanities Team, Georgia Highlands College
2013 Spring Papermaking Workshop for GreenHighlands Student Organization
Professional Affiliations/Memberships
College Art Association (CAA), New York, NY
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Harris Arts Center, Calhoun, GA
Americana Music Association, Nashville, TN
References
Jonathan Hershey, Ph.D.
Dean, Humanities Division
Professor of English
Director, GHAME Initiative and Brother 2 Brother
Georgia Highlands College
jhershey@highlands.edu
706.368.7629 office / 678.872.8098 fax
706.506.4625 cell
Art Rosenbaum
Professor Emeritus, University of Georgia
Lamar Dodd School of Art
420 Jackson St.
Athens, GA 30602
706-548-7730
artspark@uga.edu
Tim Flowers
Foundations Coordinator, Senior Lecturer
Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design
Georgia State University
PO Box 4107
Atlanta, GA 30302-4107
404-413-5248
trflowers@gsu.edu