THOMAS COOK
GALLERY
AWARD WINNING FINE ART | LIMITED EDITIONS
Worth the Trip
Welcome to Thomas Cook’s award winning gallery. Tom is one of the luckiest guys on the planet. He calls Montana home, he’s skied, hiked, golfed, fished, hunted, created art films that have screened in the Hirshhorn Museum and the American Film Institute, been interviewed for the cover of Advertising Age and honored in Print Magazine, won 2 Cine Golden Eagles, received national recognition on NBC’s Today Show, collected over 125 Addy Awards, and made some of the best friends ever…
Born in Minnesota and raised a few miles west of the WALKER ART CENTER, Tom left the land of 10,000 lakes to live under the Big Sky. There, he played college football, earned a B.A. in Art and Professional Design, started a communications company, and received a 2nd B.S. in Motion Picture and Television Production.
In 1981, Gene Yungblood, judge of the Portland 9th Annual Film and Video Festival and author of Expanded Cinema, a classic work on experimental medium theory and criticism, gave Tom his first and best critical review:
“Toward a radical sense-‐ability is color and back-‐and-‐white film, animation and film dying. Sound collages and video feedback, flash frames, smoke rings, and subtitles are used in this energetic pursuit of altered states. The
conclusion is unresolved but getting there is worth the trip”
To this day, Tom continues to produce works that are energetic and unresolved. Thanks for getting here.
We hope it is worth the trip!
Recent Reviews:
“Vibrant colors, striking perspectives, a work at once familiar and unexpected. Tom Cook’s beautiful photograph taken in side Richard Serra's Five Plates, Two Poles (left), took my breath away. Finding inspiration in Serra's monumental, raw sculpture, Cook taps his own creative spirit to transform the monochromatic peice into something luminous.
-Mary Ann Nord, WPA Contributor and Education Coordinator, Walker Art Center
© 2015 Thomas Cook
Awards and Recognition
WALKER People’s Archive-‐WALKER Art Center Minneapolis Minnesota
13 Photographs accepted into the WALKER People’s Archive
1 Photo was selected as an Archive Favorite
The Advertising Council, New York
Alternative energy TV PSA’s selected to air nationwide
NBC Today Show
Political TV advertising featured as nation’s most unique
Print Regional Design Annual
Bison Belong logo honored in western division
Advertising Age
Featured in cover story “Westward HOpeful”
Cine Golden Eagle
A.B. Guthrie’s Vanishing Paradise-‐documentary
Cine Golden Eagle
We are Water-‐documentary
Athen’s International Film Festival We Are Water-‐documentary
Portland 9th Annual Film and Video Festival Toward a Radical Sense-‐ability-‐3 minute Art Film
Portland 12th Annual Film and Video Festival
A.B. Guthrie’s Vanishing Paradise-‐documentary
11th Annual Best-‐Of-‐The-‐Northwest Competition and Film Makers Seminar Man and Water-‐documentary
John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts
The National Committee, Arts for the Handicapped
Honored for supporting “A very special Arts Festival program”
Addy Awards
Winner of over 125 awards of excellence
United Way of America
Leadership Giving Promotion recognized nationally
Financial Advertising Review
Campaigns for several banks featured nationally
Montana Arts Council
Served as Artist in Residence in schools across Montana
Art and Film Showings
Toward a Radical Sense-ability
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Portland Art Museum, Portland Oregon
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Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
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American Film Institute, Washington D.C.
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Focal Point Media Center, Seattle Washington
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Boise Gallery of Art, Boise Idaho
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Bumpershoot Film Festival, Seattle Washington
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U.S. Film and Video Festival, Salt Lake City Utah
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Salem Art Association, Salem Oregon
Eclipse
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Portland Art Museum, Portland Oregon
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Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
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American Film Institute, Washington D.C.
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Focal Point Media Center, Seattle Washington
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Art and Professional Design Montana State University Bozeman, MT
Bachelor of Science in Film and Television Production Montana State University Bozeman, MT
ADVERTISING
NEW WEST
AWARD WINNING ADVERTISING | SINCE 1974
Tom started New West Advertising Inc. while attending college at MSU in Bozeman, Montana. 40 plus years later, he continues to produce communications and marketing campaigns that exceed his clients expectations. For a free consultation, give him a call or send him an email.
