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About
Bill Cook is a creative artist, with a high skill margin. He is a graduate from the SA School of Art who obtained credits and distinctions throughout his course, and won the W C Wright Memorial Prize for Life Drawing and Painting, upon graduation.

He now has numerous group exhibitions and solo showings to his credit, all of which have been greeted with acclamation and praise. Now a mature artist, he continues his innovative and uniquely original approach to creating intellectually challenging works of art.

His works are held in many university collections, private collections, interstate and overseas, as well as the National Gallery of Victoria.


Exhibitions

1975 Channel 10 Young Artists – Invitation Exhibition – Art Gallery of South Australia
1976
“Seven Young Artists” Royal South Australian Society of the Arts – Gallery, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
1977 Two-man Exhibition with Bill Bilecki – R.S.A.S.A. Gallery, Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
1978 Group Exhibition – Hogarth Galleries – Sydney
1979 Whyalla Art Prize
Solo Exhibition, Adelaide University Union Gallery: Opened by Peter Duncan M.P.
1980 Whyalla Art Prize
1981 Solo Exhibition, Adelaide University Union Gallery: Opened by former S.A. Premier, Mr Don Dunstan
1983 “Land of Promises” Exhibition, Adelaide Festival Theatre Gallery
Gold Coast City Art Prize
Elizabeth City Art Prize
1984 Elizabeth City Art Prize – Winner First Prize
Winner Acquisition Prize
1985 Elizabeth City Art Prize – Runner Up
1986 Elizabeth City Art Prize- Winner First Prize
Solo Exhibition, “Visions of a Larrikin”, Adelaide University Union Gallery: Opened by Senator Peter Cook, (Bill’s brother)
1987 Elizabeth City Art Prize – Runner Up
1988 Port Adelaide Art Prize
1991 Solo Exhibition “Icons of Australia”, Flinders University, Level Three Gallery: Opened by Eric Bogle
1995 Solo Exhibition, “Two Worlds”, Art Zone Gallery, Adelaide: Opened by John Lesses, Secretary United Trades and Labour Council of SA 
1997 Solo Exhibition, “Half a World Away”, Prospect Gallery, Adelaide: Opened by Nicholas Niarchos, President, Greek Orthodox Community of SA
2000 Riverland Greek Festival, Renmark, South Australia
2002 Solo Exhibition “Journeys”, Gallery M, Marion: Opened by Theo Maras, President Greek Orthodox Community, South Australia
2003 Solo Exhibition “The Presence of Absence”, Steps Gallery, Melbourne: Opened by Ms Julia Gillard, Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration and Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs
2004 Solo Exhibition “You are There, I am Here”, Kapunda City Art Gallery, SA:
Opened by Mr Roger Kalleske
2004 Tea Tree Gully City Art Exhibition, Tea Tree Gully City Council
2005 Group Exhibition “All Fired Up” Hahndorf Academy” SA:
Opened by Mr Robert Gutteridge, Lecturer Mt Barker TAFE
Group Exhibition “The Olive and the Eucalypt” Rundle Street, Adelaide: Opened by MLC Nick Xenophon
2006 Solo Exhibition “The Persistence of Origin” Gallery M, Marion SA:
Opened by Hon. John Hill MP Minister for Health, Minister for Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts.
Group Exhibition SALA Week, “All Sorts” Radbone House Potters Group, 16 Radbone Road, Bridgewater
Group Exhibition SALA Week, “Northern Artists Present”, Arts North, Judd Street, Elizabeth
Group Exhibition Contemporary Greek Australian Art Exhibition, Nexus Multicultural Art Center Gallery North Terrace, Adelaide.
Group Exhibition “Out of the Earth”, Mt Barker TAFE South Australia
Group Exhibition Tea Tree Gully Art Exhibition, Tea Tree Gully Council
2007 Solo Exhibition “Bill Cook at Greenhill Galleries” SA, 
Opened by Theo Maras, President of Greek Orthodox Community of SA
2007 Group Exhibition SALA Week “Shou and Tell” Radbone House Potters Group, 16 Radbone Road, Bridgewater
2008 Skopelos Art Foundtion Arts Residency, Skopelos, Greece.
Studio Exhibition Skopelos Arts Foundation, Skopelos, Greece
Solo Exhibition, “Bill Cook in Evdilos”, Evdilos, Ikaria, Greece, opened by Greek writer, Ms Sosa Mberni-Plakida.
Group Exhibition, Hellenic Cultural Festival “Odyssey”, Adelaide, SA
Group Exhibition, “The Flight of Ikaros”Pan Ikarian 50th anniversary Exhibition, Gallery M, Marion, SA, opened by Steve Georganas MP
Group Exhibition, “Feats of Clay”, Mt Barker TAFE, SA, opened by Damon Moon
2009 Group Exhibition, Klemzig Potters’ SALA Exhibition, Adelaide, SA


Prizes

1966 Wattle Park Teachers’ College Art Prize
1975 S.A. School of Art, G. C. Wright Memorial Prize for Life Drawing and Painting
1978 Contributor of the Year Award – S.A. Teachers’ Journal
1983 Contributor of the Year Award – S.A. Teachers’ Journal
Winner Australia Folk Logo Design competition for the National Folk festival, Adelaide,
“Crow about it in ‘83”
1984 Special Contributor of the Year Award – S.A. Teachers’ Journal
Winner – Elizabeth City Art Prize
Winner of the Elizabeth city Acquisition Prize
1985 Second Prize – Elizabeth City Art Prize
1986 Winner – Elizabeth City Art Prize
1987 Runner Up – Elizabeth City Art Prize
2004 Tea Tree Gully City Prize – Painting
2006 Tea TreeGully City Prize – Drawing - second place
Contemporary Greek Australian Invitation Art Prize (Acquisitive) - Winner


Collections

National Gallery of Victoria
Adelaide University Union Collection
Flinders University Collection
Tea Tree Gully City Art Collection
Elizabeth City Collection
Marion City Collection
Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia
Mt Barker TAFE
Evdilos City Council, Ikaria, Greece
Private Collections in South Australia, Western Australia, Greece, and Oregon U.S.A.


Work Published in The Following 

Sunday Mail, Probe, Preview, Focus, ASH, S.A. Herald, WWF Credit Union, OAS Broadsheet,
Murray Park Nexus and numerous Book Reviews.

Cartoons and Articles for the South Australian Teachers’ Journal.

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