Alice Cook is a visual artist that uses abstraction in her work to express thoughts and emotions in conversation with each other to foster awareness.  Her practice includes paintings, drawings, prints, collages, and mixed media works.  Cook has exhibited in the Midwest, USA, and is an award-winning artist.  She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in painting and drawing.  She was born in Chicago and still works in the Chicago area.

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Education

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Master of Fine Arts, 2021, Painting & Drawing

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Harper College, Palatine, Illinois

Associate of Fine Arts, 2018

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University of Illinois at Chicago

Bachelor of Science

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Group Exhibitions

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2022

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ILLIART, Gallery Seven, Lockport, Illinois

           

Draw: Ways to See, Carriage House Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois

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Small Works, Carriage House Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois

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Spark in the Mundane, Studio 659, Whiting, Indiana

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2021

           

Journey/Explore Exhibition, Fulton Street Collective Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 

          

Virtual Gallery Fall 2021, Homewood Arts Council, Homewood, Illinois

                 

Midsummer Dream, Studio 659, Whiting, Indiana

                 

SAIC MFA Graduate Exhibition, SAIC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

                 

Small Works, Carriage House Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois

                 

Spring Show, Elmhurst Artists' Guild Gallery, Elmhurst, Illinois

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2020

          

Under the Influence, Carriage House Gallery, Oak Park , Illinois

                  

Fall Show, Elmhurst Artists' Guild Gallery, Elmhurst, Illinois

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2019

           

Zentangle Disco, Patient Info Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

                  

Real, Sullivan Center, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

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2018

          

Holiday One Hundred, Carriage House Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois

                 

Winter Show, Elmhurst Artists' Guild Gallery, Elmhurst, Illinois

                 

Homecoming, Carriage House Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois

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2017

          

16 X 16, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois

                 

Inception, South Lake Artists Coop, Griffith, Indiana

                 

Abstract Aesthetic, Carriage House Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois

                

Artistic License, Studio 659, Whiting, Indiana

                 

Emerging Artist, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, Illinois     

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