Curriculum vitae

Joelle Cook

Born 2002 in Everett, Washington, USA

Lives and works in San Diego, California, USA

Education

2020 - 2024 BA cum laude, Interdisciplinary Visual Arts and Honors English: Creative Writing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Solo Exhibitions

2025 Symbiotic, Chula Vista City Hall, Chula Vista, California

Residencies

2025 Friday Harbor Labs, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025 Of Ancestors and Descendants, San Juan Island, Washington

TELEPHONE, Base Camp Studios 2, Seattle, Washington

UNITY, Centro Cultural de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, California

REWIND, Art Through the Glass, Chula Vista, California

Elemental, Raven’s Nest Gallery, Escondido, California

Creature Comforts: The Art of Pets and Animals, Studio ACE Gallery, Oceanside, California

San Diego County Fair Fine Art Exhibition, San Diego, California

Art Among the Stars, University of Washington Planetarium, Seattle, Washington

World Bee Day Art Exhibition, Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, California

Itty Bitty, Base Camp Studios, Seattle, Washington

Feathers, Fangs, & Fur, Raven’s Nest Gallery, Escondido, California

Sakura, Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park, San Diego, California

2024 Departing Figures, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington School of Art, Seattle, Washington

Interstice & Interfoliar, University of Washington School of Art, Seattle, Washington

Illuminate: A Bricolage Exhibit, University of Washington School of Art Library, Seattle, Washington

2023 How to Live Together, Sand Point Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2022 Works in Progress, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington School of Art, Seattle, Washington

2020 Student Art Exhibition, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, Virginia

2019 That’s Funny: Art with a Sense of Humor, Charles Taylor Art Center, Hampton, Virginia

Work in Publications

(Titles in italics indicate artwork. Titles in quotes indicate poetry.)

The Flood and the Cupbearer, TELEPHONE, 2025, https://telephonegame.art/artists/joelle-cook

Shifting Shapes Star Map, Art Among the Stars, 2025, https://uwplanetariumarts.myportfolio.com/shifting-shapes-star-map-joelle-cook

“Advent Calendar”, Rainy Day Magazine, Vol LIV, No. 1, Cornell University, 2024, page 20, https://www.rainydaymagazine.org/current 

Falcon II, The Basement, Publication #03 – Sunkissed, 2024, https://thebasement.cargo.site/joelle-cook-1 

Lynx I, The Basement, Publication #02 – Rebirth, 2024, https://thebasement.cargo.site/joelle-cook 

Does God Play Dice with the Universe?, Bricolage, Issue 42, Bricolage Literary & Visual Arts Journal, 2024

“Family Salmon Stories”, Bricolage, Issue 42, Bricolage Literary & Visual Arts Journal, 2024

“Bird, Watching”, Bricolage, Issue 42, Bricolage Literary & Visual Arts Journal, 2024

Fort Whitman, Bricolage, Issue 41, Bricolage Literary & Visual Arts Journal, 2023, page 36

Window Seat, Bricolage, Issue 41, Bricolage Literary & Visual Arts Journal, 2023, page 16

“The Murder Weapon was a Paintbrush”, Capillaries Journal of Medical Humanities, Issue 15, Capillaries Journal, 2023, page 20, https://cjuw.weebly.com/uploads/1/2/1/1/121181825/manuscript_winter_2023__2_.pdf 

“It’s Funny ‘Cause He’s Stupid”, Bricolage, Issue 40, Bricolage Literary & Visual Arts Journal, 2022, pages 82-83

“Shadowlands”, Bricolage, Issue 40, Bricolage Literary & Visual Arts Journal, 2022, page 93

Collections

Friday Harbor Labs, San Juan Island, Washington

Bibliography

Rojas-Rincon, Sebastian, and Lauren Higgins. “The BASEMENT Publication #2.” School of Art + Art History + Design, University of Washington, 15 Feb. 2024, art.washington.edu/news/2024/02/15/basement-publication-2. 

Neville, Julia. “A Celestial Debut: UW Planetarium Arts Presents Inaugural Event, ‘Art Among the Stars.’” The Daily, University of Washington, 6 June 2025, www.dailyuw.com/article/0c1e41c2-6853-4721-922a-54597246375d. 

“Joelle Cook.” San Diego Artist Directory, Rolodex Project, 2025, directory.sdartsrolodex.com/artists/united-states/california/san-diego/joelle-cook/.