Ray Cook CV
2003, MVA (by research), Griffith University, Queensland College of Art.
Currently PhD Candidate and sessional lecturer at the same institution.
Board member, Queensland Centre for Photography.
Exhibition History
Solo Exhibitions
2009.....Money up front and no kissing, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane Qld.
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, artist in residence 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.
Group Exhibitions
2009 New Skin, Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane Qld
2009 Photo LA (Queensland Centre for Photography, Los Angeles, USA
2008 International Centres of Photography, Centro Andaluz de la Fotografia, Almeria, Spain. (May – July then touring Spain till 2010).
...................Selected Photographs from the Darl Hewson Collection, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Qld.
...................Step Right Up, Albury Regional Gallery (then touring Australia till 2010), Albury, NSW.
..................Photo LA, (Queensland Centre for Photography), Los Angeles. USA
2007 To be Confirmed - Arc Biennial Exhibition, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, Qld.
.................Topsy, Metro Arts, Chris Comer (curator) Brisbane, Qld
.................Artists: Eleanor Avery, Ray Cook, Kim Demuth, Alice Lang, David Spooner & Grubbanax Swinnasen (Archie Moore)
................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.
.................Photo LA, (Queensland Centre for Photography), Los Angeles.
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 curated by Timothy Morrell).
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.
...............The Stars Shine Bright, Logan Regional Art Gallery, Logan, Qld 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, Qld.
..............Toowoomba Regional Gallery, Qld.
..............Gladestone Regional Gallery, Qld
.............Winton Regional Gallery, Qld
.............Logan Regional Gallery, Qld
.............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.
Grants and Awards
2007 William & Winifred Bowness photography prize (winner).
2006 Australia Council, New Work (established category) outcome, Oblivion.
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, Qld.
.....................Andrew Baker Gallery, Brisbane, Qld.
.....................Gamma Space Melbourne, Qld.
.....................BBA Gallery, Sydney, Qld.
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. NSW.
1992 Homodagene Festival funding to produce and exhibit Where is my Husband, Gallery Opera, Bergen, Norway.
Curatorial Projects
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
2008 International Photography Centres (working title), Centro Andaluz de la fotografica, Almeria, Spain
2008 the 50 most collectible Australian artists, Australian Art Collector, issue 43, Jan- march, 2008
2007 Diary of a Fortunate Man, Anne Kirker, otografia Kwartalnik No. 24 - 2008 (published in Poland)
2007 Photo LA – smile and say “Export Please!”, ed Amanda Weaver, SD magazine, winter 07, Queensland Govt
2007 Diary of a Fortunate Man, Anne Kirker, Art Monthly, March, 2007
2007 Construction Sites, Tony Stephens Photofile, issue 81, Spring 2007
2007 Subversive Eye for the Queer Guy, Iain Clacher, Queensland Pride, issue 241, November 2007
2007 Turning the Tableaux, Garry Bithell, SX Magazine, issue 353 Sydney
2007 Stephen Zagala, William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize, Monash Gallery of Art publication, spring/summer 2007
2007 ARC (art, design & craft biennial), Gordon Craig, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
2007 Diary of a Fortunate Man, Ray Cook Photographs, Alasdair Foster, David Broker, Timothy Morrell, Ray Cook, Queensland Centre for ....................Photography, Brisbane
2005 Ray Cook, catalogue for Seduction – Shedding light on Dark Desires, Queensland Centre for Photography2007 , Queenslnd 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