DIANE COOK | CURRICULUM VITAE
GRANTS & AWARDS
2015 Expedition Council, National Geographic Society
2014 Expedition Council, National Geographic Society
2003 New York State Council on the Arts
2002 Design Trust for Public Space
1996 Ernst Haas Golden Light Award
1987 New York Foundation for the Arts
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
National Geographic Society Museum, Washington, DC
Mar, 2013 Gardens By Night
Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Dec, 2009 On Ice
Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
Sep, 2009 Edge of New York: NYC Waterfront
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Sep, 2008 On The Line: Border Walls
Miami Dade College Gallery, Miami, FL
Jan, 2006 On Ice
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Mar, 2004 Aquarium
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Jan, 2004 Aquarium
Klotz/Sirmon Gallery, New York, NY
Nov, 2003 Aquarium
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
Oct, 2000 Full Tank: An In Depth Look at Aquariums
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Oct, 2000 Aquarium
Aspen Gallery of Photography, Aspen, CO
Mar, 1999 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle WA
May, 1997 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
May, 1997 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Dec, 1996 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Penn Station, New York, NY / MTA Arts for Transit
Nov, 1996 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
Oct, 1996 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Oct, 1995 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Mar, 1994 Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Midtown Y Photography Gallery, New York, NY
Jun, 1989 Photographs
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Mar, 1986 The Angle of a Landscape
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Feb, 1986 Recent Landscapes
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY
Feb, 2022 New York, New Publics
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Feb, 2020 Volcano! Mount St. Helens in Art
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Jan, 2019 Arboreal
Museon, The Hague, Netherlands
Jun, 2018 National Geographic / 50 Greatest Landscapes
Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA (traveling exhibition)
Sep, 2016 Women Of Vision
Field Museum, Chicago, IL
May, 2016 Women Of Vision (traveling exhibition)
Whatcom Museum, Seattle, WA (traveling exhibition)
Nov, 2013 Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775-2012
National Geographic Society Museum, Washington, DC (traveling exhibition)
Oct, 2013 Women Of Vision
Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, CA
Oct, 2013 The Power of Photography: National Geographic 125 Years
Beetles & Huxley Gallery, London, England
Sep, 2013 National Geographic: Then and Now
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Aug, 2013 Ordinary World
National Geographic Society Museum, Washington, DC (traveling exhibition)
Oct, 2012 National Geographic Greatest Photographs of the American West
Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, DC
Jun, 2011 Mexico Through the Lens of National Geographic
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
May, 2010 Blow Up: Homage to Mount St Helens
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Dec, 2009 Beyond Place
Alan Klotz Gallery, New York, NY
Sep, 2009 Seeing the Hudson
Deutsche Bank Art Gallery, New York, NY
Sep, 2009 Back To The Garden
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
May, 2008 Solitary Ice
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Sep, 2007 Photographs from the Ends of the Earth
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Nov, 2002 On the Waterfront
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Nov, 2000 Ten Year Anniversary Show
G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle WA
Jul, 2000 Still Waters
Alan Klotz Gallery, New York, NY
May, 1999 Down From Up: Views From On High
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
May, 1999 Under Construction
Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
Dec, 1998 Icebergs
L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Dec, 1997 Developing a Collection
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Sep, 1997 Eye of the Beholder: The Avon Collection
Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR
Jan, 1996 Blue Sky 20th Anniversary Show
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
Jul, 1995 H 2 O: Contemporary & Vintage Images of Water
San Francisco Museum Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Feb, 1994 Recent Acquisitions
Scheinbaum & Russek Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Sep, 1993 The Tree
Huntington Gallery, Mass College of Art, Boston, MA
Jan, 1992 The Country Between Us
Maine Photographic Gallery, Rockport, ME
Aug, 1986 Variations on the Landscape
Art Institute of Pittsburgh Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Jun, 1985 Photography / Three Rivers Festival
Los Angeles Photography Center, Los Angeles, CA
Apr, 1985 Women Photographers in America
International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Nov, 1983 High Light: The Mountain in Photography
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Mar, 1984 The Water Show
MONOGRAPHS
Wise Trees
Photographs by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel
Abrams, New York, NY 2017
Aquarium
Photographs by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel
Aperture, New York, NY 2003
Hot Spots: America's Volcanic Landscape
Photographs by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel
Bulfinch Press, Little Brown & Co., Boston, MA 1996
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
L.A. County Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Avon Art Collection, New York, NY
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Deutsche Bank Corporate Art Collection, New York, NY
EDUCATION
Douglass College, Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
B.A. 1976 Magna Cum Laude, Senior Art Award
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY Summer, 1985
Special Arts Program Scholarship
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Items in BOLD refer to books)
Invisible Wonders: Photographs of the Hidden World
Anand Varma, National Geographic, 2023, pgs 144,145
New York Times / Lens Mar 15, 2018
“Revealing the Garden’s Secrets,” by Jordan G. Teicher
BuchMarkt Jan 11,2018
Tree Book, “Das Wissen der Bäume” by Christin Nase
Mein Fernweh Jan 2, 2018
“Das Wissen der Bäume,” Anbetungswürdig Riesen
Daily Mail.com, UK Dec 12, 2017 “Amazing Images of the
Most Extraordinary Trees in the World” by Jennifer Newton
Smithsonian Dec 1, 2017
“Ten Best Travel Books of 2017” by Anna Diamond
Ruhr Nachrichten Nov 25, 2017
“Das Wissen der Bäume” by Elke Terweg
Ouest, France Nov 15, 2017 “Huit arbres incroyables qui
ont traversé l’Histoire” by Celine Deluzarche
BBC World Service / “Outlook” Nov 13, 2017
“Taking pictures of trees with stories to tell”
Hamburger Morgenpost Nov 12, 2017
“Ein Freund, der Baum”
Bild Am Sonntag, Berlin Oct 12, 2017
“Diese Baume blattern in der Geschichte”
The Photographer in the Garden Jamie Allen & Sarah McNear
Aperture / George Eastman Museum, 2018
L.A. Times Oct 19, 2017 “Book WISE TREES Showcases
Ancient Trees Around the World” by Agatha French
Oklahoma Review Oct 15, 2017
“Photography Book Evokes Poetry” by Ed Godfrey
Outdoor Photography, UK Oct 1, 2017
“Out There” by David Plummer
Night Vision: Magical Photographs of Life After Dark
Susan Tyler Hitchcock / Foreword by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel,
National Geographic, Washington, DC 2017, Pgs. 16,19,118-119,223,388-389
National Geographic Online Photo Gallery, Apr 22, 2016
“Ten Remarkable Trees” by Cathy Newman
Women Of Vision: National Geographic Photographers on Assignment
Ann Curry, National Geographic, 2013
Dawn to Dark Photographs: The Magic of Light
National Geographic Society, Washington, DC 2013
National Public Radio / The Picture Show Feb 28, 2013
“Midnight in the Garden of Long Exposures” by Claire O’Neill
National Geographic Greatest Photographs of the American West
James C. McNutt, National Geographic, 2012
Conde Nast Traveler: Photographs, 25th Anniversary Intro by Luc Sante
Assouline Publishing, New York, NY 2012, pgs. 50-51, 152-153
Photography: Eighth Edition by Barbara London
Pearson/Prentice Hall 2012 pg. 3
Digital Photo Pro Nov 16, 2011
“Diane Cook and Len Jenshel: Master of Doubling Up” by Russel Hart
On Earth Magazine Spring, 2010
“Water’s Edge” by Robert Sullivan
The San Diego Union Tribune Jan 14, 2010
“Photography: Stone-cold Beauty” by Robert L. Pincus
Photo District News Jan, 2010
“On Ice / Our Picks of the Month”
New York Times / Lens Oct 27, 2009
“At The City’s Edg” by Niko Koppel
National Public Radio / The Picture Show Sep 17, 2009
“New York’s Forgotten Shoreline” by Claire O’Neill
Harper’s Magazine Apr, 2009
“Graveyard of Ships: Photographs of Staten Island”
Visions of Paradise By Bronwen Latimer
National Geographic Society, 2008
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Nov 7, 2007
Photographs from the Ends of the Earth by Mary Louise Schumacher
French GEO Magazine Aug, 2005
“La Mer en Cinemascope: Aquariums” by Ute Eberle
The New York Times Apr 16, 2006
On the Waterfront by Ben Gibberd
The Washington Post Mar 25, 2004
“Life Through A Fisheye Lens” by Jessica Dawson pg C5
Photo District News Mar, 2004 EXPOSURES
“Underwater Travels in Hyperreality” by Edgar Beem pg 120
AG Magazine Jan, 2004
“Aquarium: Photographs by Diane Cook & Len Jenshel”
The New Yorker Magazine 11/24/2003
“Goings on About Town / Photography” pg 25
National Geographic Adventure Magazine Oct, 2003
“Totally Tanked” pg 46
Audubon Magazine Sep, 2003
“The Age of Aquarium” pg 68
The Seattle Times Nov 10, 2000
“Through the Looking Glass” by Caitlin Cleary
Art & Antiques Dec, 1998
Art & Antiques Magazine Sep, 1998
“Landscapes in Flux” by Andrew Long pg 74
American Photo Jan/Feb, 1997
“Best Books of 1996” by Carol Squiers pgs 84, 85
DoubleTake / Fall 1996
“Hot Spots: Americas Volcanic Landscape”
New York Magazine 11/4/1996
“Art” by Carol Diehl Pg 105
The Los Angeles Times 12/1/1996
“Finding a Vent for their Creativity” by Christine McKenna Pg 63
The New Yorker Magazine 11/27/1995
“Goings on About Town”
The New York Times 9/10/1995
“The New Season” by Vicki Goldberg
Tradition and the Unpredictable by Ann W. Tucker, Charles Traub,
Vince Aletti, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1994
The West: A Treasury of Art & Literature
T. H. Watkins & Joan Parker Watkins, 1994
Chicago Tribune 4/11/86 “Landscapes Are A Visual Form Of Poetry”
by Abigail Foerstner
New Jersey: An American Portrait
by April Bernard and Luc Sante, Roundtable Press, 1986
Art Matters Jun, 1985
“Imagemaking/Regeneration” by Deborah Fairfield
The Pittsburgh Press 6/11/85
“Festival Art Fresh, Varied, and Best Ever” by Patricia Lowry
Burlington County Times 5/31/85
“Artists Show Off Their Talent / Outlook”
Los Angeles Times 4/28/85
“Reflective Portraits of Women” by Dinah Berland
Photo Review / Fall, 1985,
Philadelphia, PA
Women Photographers in America 1985 / Summer 1985
by Irene Borger and Josine Ianco-Starrels
Art New England Oct, 1981 / Vol II No 9
Worlds Made, Worlds Found by Roger Baldwin