Ray Cook CV
2003, MVA (by research), Griffith University, Queensland College of Art.
Currently PhD Candidate at the same institution.
Sessional lecturer, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art.
Board member, Queensland Centre for Photography.
2007 Oblivion, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane, Qld.
.......... Not with a bang but a whimper, Red Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
2005 “….at first I was afraid, I was petrified”. Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane, Qld.
2004 Not with a bang but a whimper, (new photo media), Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Qld
2003 “…at first I was afraid, I was petrified” Powerhouse Centre for Live Arts, Brisbane, Qld.
........................“…at first I was afraid, I was petrified” Depot Gallery, 2 Danks St, Waterloo, NSW.
2002 The History of Love BBA Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
........................The History of Love” Love Gamma Space, Melbourne, Vic.
2001 The History of Love” Love Andrew Baker Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
The History of Love Umbrella Studio, Townsville, Qld.
The History of Love Pt 1, Powerhouse Centre for Live Arts, Brisbane, Qld
The History of Love Pt 1. BBA Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2001 ...............There is Going to be a Big Disaster Pt 1. Gamma Space, Melbourne, Vic.
2000 Bloody Big Photographs Double Helix, Brisbane, Qld
Real Love Trevenen House Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
Real Love Tap Gallery, Sydney, NSW.
1998 I Tried to Drown my Sorrows but the Bastards Learnt to Swim, Fox Galleries, Brisbane, Qld.
1996 Been There, Done That Universal Joint Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
1995 The Dark Documentation of work with the Rock and Roll Circus, Princess Theatre, Brisbane, Qld.
I Have Lost Control Again Michael Bourke Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
1994 I am on my Way Tap Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1993 Tunnel at the End of the Light The Stronghold Leather Bar, Clock Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Tunnel at the End of the Light Wild at Heart Tattoo Studio, Brisbane, Qld
Symbiosis The Loft Space, Brisbane, Qld.
1992 I am Usually Foolish The Photographers Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
Where is my Husband Gallery Opera, Bergen, Norway.
1991 Bad Luck - When my Ship Comes in I'll be Waiting at the Airport, The Photographers Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
1990 Plague The Photographers Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
Fodder The Photographers Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
1988 Untitled Young Artists Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Brisbane, Qld.
1988 Passion Play Photographers Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
2007 To be Confirmed - Arc Biennial Exhibition, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Qld
........................William and Winifred Bowness Prize exhibition, (Winner) Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Vic.
........................Josephine Ulrich Photographic Award, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
2006 The Viewer and the Viewed, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane, Qld
2005 Beyond Real (dressing up).. Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW
2005 Pride Show, Brisbane Powerhouse Centre for live Arts, Brisbane, Qld
Starry Eyed, Art Gallery Schubert, Gold Coast, Qld
Sleight, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Qld
2004 Ladies and Gentlemen, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane, Qld
Sleight, Redlands regional art gallery, Qld, then touring regional galleries throughout Qld..
Kopp This, Auction to raise funds for St Luke Nurses, Spring Hill Hotel, Brisbane, Qld
Reflections Bryan Hooper Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2003 Celebrate BBA Gallery, Sydney, NSW,
Jupiters Art Prize (finalist) Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
Showtime Brisbane Powerhouse Centre for live Arts, Brisbane, Qld
Other Worlds Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2002 Josephine Ulrich Photographic Award (finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
Jupiters Art Prize (finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
Re-Identifications Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW
Toowoomba Biennial Acquisitive Art Award and Exhibition Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, Qld.
Itch BBA Gallery, Sydney NSW
Beauty and Violence Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra, ACT
Other Worlds Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld and regional centres throughout Qld
Josephine Ulrich Photographic Award (finalist), Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
2001 Group BBA Gallery, Sydney, NSW
........................Jupiter’s Art Prize Exhibition, Gold Coast Art Centre. Gold Coast, Qld Ready Set Go Global Arts Link, Ipswich, QLD (a centenary of .......................federation event)
Erotica, Stephanie Burns Fine Art, Canberra, ACT
Hero Festival Art, the Edge Space, Auckland, New Zealand
2000 Josephine Ulrich Photographic Award, Gold Coast City art Gallery, Gold Coast, Qld
........................Inaugural Exhibition, BBA Gallery, Sydney NSW 2000 The Stars Shine Bright, Logan Regional Art Gallery, Logan, Qld 2000 Queer .......................Transgressions, Brisbane Powerhouse, Centre for Live Arts, Brisbane, Qld.
.......................Out and Loud A Forum of Gay and Lesbian Artists Tap Gallery, Sydney, NSW
.......................The Art of Inclusion, (Recent Australian Photography) Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
1999 The Art of Inclusion (Recent Australian Photography Cairns Regional Gallery, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Gladestone Regional .......................Gallery, Winton Regional Gallery, Logan Regional gallery
.......................Candid Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
1998 Lick, Sip, Suck Smith and Stonely Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
......................Peepshow Soapbox Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
1997 Tangye and Other Flavors Gilchrist Galleries, Brisbane, Qld
1996 PMT (Pre Millennia Tension Universal Joint Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Kuntswollen Fortitude Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
The Power to Move Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
1995 A Swell Party – 1995, Metro Arts Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Out and Down Tap Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Art from the Heart, Artists responding to the HIV epidemic Bondi Pavilion, Sydney, Qld
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Photographic Competition Tap Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Fearless - Erotica Exhibition Gallery of the Australian Landscape, Brisbane, Qld
1994 Queer Portraits: Metro Arts Gallery Metro Arts Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Reference Points 3- recent Australian Photography Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Remain in Light Blaxland Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Homage World AIDS Day Show Ric's Bar and Cafe, Brisbane, Qld.
1993 Money = Life The Loft Art Space, (an exhibition and auction with all proceeds donated to Wattlebrae HIV and Infectious Diseases Ward, .......................Royal Brisbane Hospital. Brisbane, Qld
MacGregor Photography Prize Exhibition University of Southern Qld, Toowoomba, Qld
1992 Lemons and other Fruit: McWhirters Art Space, Brisbane, Qld.
1991 A Fall From Grace Options Nightclub, Brisbane, Qld.
Queensland State of the Art, Warana Festival, Brisbane, Qld
OUT (the Photographers Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
1990 Sunday Art Ship Inn Hotel, Brisbane, Qld
Vache Art Site Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
1989 Inaugural exhibition, Arch Lane Public Art, Brisbane, Qld,
2007 William & Winifred Bowness photography prize (winner)
2006 Australia Council, New Work (established category)
Arts QLD, major funding to produce a monograph entitled “the diary of a fortunate man”.
2001 Arts Qld major funding to produce and tour The History of Love. Umbrella Studios, Townsville, Andrew Baker Gallery, Brisbane, Gamma ........................Space Melbourne, BBA Gallery, Sydney.
2000 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras funding to produce and exhibit The History of Love Pt.1, BBA Gallery, Sydney, NSW
2000 Midsumma Festival funding to produce and exhibit There is Going to be a Big Disaster, Gamma Space, Melbourne, Vic.
1995 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras funding to curate and exhibit Out and Down, an exhibition of Qld queer artists, Tap Gallery, Sydney
1992 Homodagene Festival funding to produce and exhibit Where is my Husband, Gallery Opera, Bergen, Norway
2005 Seduction – Shedding Light on Dark Desires, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane, Qld. Featuring Alain Francois, Sharon .......................Green, Stephen Hobson, Garrett Hughes, Michael Meads, Scott Redford, Bill Henson, Pierre Molinier, Thomas Ruff, Jan Saudek, Christine .......................Webster.
2003 Showtime, Brisbane Powerhouse Centre for Live Art, Brisbane, Qld
1995 A Swell Party Metro Arts Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
1995 Out and Down Co-curated with Angela Bailey, 1995 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival, Tap Gallery, Sydney, NSW
1993 Money = Life Proceeds donated to Wattlebrae – (HIV and Infectious Diseases Ward, Royal Brisbane Hospital), The Loft Art space, ........................Brisbane. Qld
1989 – 1993 Director of the Photographers Gallery, Brisbane, Qld
Some Publications
2007 Diary of a Fortunate Man, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane
2005 Ray Cook, catalogue for Seduction – Shedding light on Dark Desires, Queensland Centre for Photography
2004 Ray Cook, at first I was afraid, I was petrified, Talkabout, PlWHA NSW. Issue #132, May – April
2003 Benjamin Laws, Shock Tactics, Courier Mail, 1, Dec, 2003
2003 Sydney Star Observer issue 2 Festival Guide, cover photograph
2002 Robert McFarlane, Front Row at Theatres of Sexuality, Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 23rd 2002
2002 Folio, Artlink, volume 22, No1, 2002
2001 Iain Clacher, Qld Pride, Toga Lifters and Pillar Biters, The Photographic Art of Ray Cook Issue126, June 13 2001
2001 Carl Warner and Ray Cook, The History of Love Catalogue
2001 Benjamim Genocchio, The Australian, So Long, Soft Porn, it’s on to the Hard Issues, March 2
2001 Tim Benzie Profile 4 Sydney Star Observer issue 1 Festival Guide and cover photograph
2001 Sydney Star Observer issue 2 Festival Guide, cover photograph
2001 Max McLean OutBiz Web magazine, My life as an Antique, January
2001 Editorial DNA magazine, There is Going to be a Big Disaster
2001 Peter Timms, The Age, review of There is Going to be a Big Disaster
2001 Timothy Morrell The History of Love Pt.1, Catalogue
2000 PHOTOFILE Magazine, issue #61
2000 Sally Rob, Eyeline Magazine, No. 43 Review, Queer Transgressions,
2000 Evelyn Hartog, Artlink Magazine, vol 20 #3 Queer Transgressions,
2000 Peter Hill, PHOTOFILE, Magazine, issue #59, The Decay of Lying Review of “Art of Inclusion” at the Queensland Art Gallery
2000 Campaign Magazine,#289 April, Arts Feature
2000 Capital Q Review of Real Love by Merryn Johns, Feb 18,
2000 Courier Mail, by Sue Smith Courier Mail review of Real Love, April 20
1996 Anne Kirker and Clare Williamson,1995, The Power to Move, aspects of
Australian Photography, Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery Press
1997 Pictorial Spread in Burn Magazine Courier Mail, Review of Tunnel at the End of the Light by Sue Smith
1993 Catalogue for Tunnel at the End of the Light - Catalogue essay by Kirsty Grant
1992 Sex, Dod og det gatefulle, Bergens Tidende, April 1992
1991 Catalogue for Bad Luck - Catalogue essay by Clare Williamson