EDUCATION
2013 George Washington University, MFA
2010 Plattsburgh State University of New York, BA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY.
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD.
Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Department of Justice, Washington DC.
Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington DC.
University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, MD.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Larry W. Cook, Weiss Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Remember Me, The Photography Gallery, University of Notre Dame.
2019 On The Scene, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI.
Eternal Splendor, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD.
2015 Stockholm Syndrome, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington DC.
2014 Looking Black at Me, Stamp Gallery, University of Maryland.
From An Eighth to A key, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington DC.
2013 Americana, Pleasant Plains Workshop, Washington DC.
2012 And the Wisdom to Know the Difference, Gallery 102, George Washington University.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Elastic Visions, Efie Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
2023 Radial Survey Vol. 3, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA.
PhotoFairs New York represented by Chela Mitchell Gallery, New York, NY.
A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, Brooklyn Museum, New York,
NY.
Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture, New York, NY.
The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century, Baltimore Museum of Art.
Frieze Art Fair represented by Chela Mitchell Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2022 Tradewinds (Two-Person Exhibition), Stable Arts, Washington DC.
A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, Mississippi Museum of Art,
Jackson, MI.
The Afro‐Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy.
Mit Parallelität von Widersprüchen wird Komplexes missverständlicher, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin,
Germany.
2021 The Outwin: American Portraiture Today, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas, MO.
Wherever There is Light, The Canary Test, Los Angeles, CA.
We Wear The Mask, Higher Pictures Generation, Brooklyn, NY.
2020 Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, MoMA PS1. Queens, NY.
The Outwin: American Portraiture Today, Springfield Museums, Springfield, MA.
Renaissance Noir, UTA Artist Space, Beverly Hills, CA.
2019 The Outwin: American Portraiture Today, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC.
Goosin’, The Nicholson Project, Washington DC.
The Revolution Will Be Televised, Transformer Gallery, Washington DC.
2018 Art Basel Miami, SCOPE Art Show, Miami Beach, FL.
Art on the Vine, Fisher House, Martha’s Vineyard, MA.
Faculty, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY.
2017 Trawick Prize Finalist Exhibition, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD.
Spiral, Recoil, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE.
Black Cinema House, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
Chocolate Cities, PG County African American Museum, Brentwood, MD.
What’s Next?, Kohl Gallery, Washington College.
2016 Lest We Forget, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD.
It Takes A Nation, Katzen Arts Center, American University.
Sondheim Artscape Finalist Exhibition, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD.
2015 How We Lost DC, Honfleur Gallery, Washington DC.
Ceci n’est pas une T.V., Fine Art Gallery, George Mason University.
Untitled, Outer Gallery, Montana State University.
2014 CONTEXT Miami Art Fair, represented by Curator’s Office, Miami, FL.
Ceremonies of Dark Men, part of the 5x5 Public Art Project, DC Commissions on the Arts and
Humanities, Washington DC.
Trawick Prize Finalist Exhibition, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD.
2013 (e)merge Art Fair exhibiting with Present Company, Capital Skyline Hotel, Washington DC.
New. (Now), Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington DC.
Sondheim Artscape Finalist Exhibition, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD.
Academy 2013, CONNERSMITH., Washington DC.
Artist-Citizen, Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington DC.
RESIDENCIES
2022 Artist in Residence, Stable Arts, Washington DC.
2021 Artist in Residence, Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
2020 Artist in Residence, The Nicholson Project, Washington DC.
2018 Artist in Residence, Art on the Vine, Martha’s Vineyard, MA.
2017 Artist in Residence, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC.
AWARDS
2024 Gordon Parks Artist Fellowship, Gordon Parks Foundation, Pleasantville, NY
2022 PEW Grant, (In Collaboration with TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image), Philadelphia, PA.
Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award, College of Fine Art, Howard University.
Wherewithal Grant, Washington Project for the Arts. Washington DC.
2021 Artist Commission, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MI & Baltimore Museum of Art,
Baltimore, MD.
Public Art Grant, Department of General Services, Washington DC.
2020 Harvard University Committee on the Arts Award, Harvard University.
Frederick Arts Council Public Art Grant, Frederick, MD.
2019 Finalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery,
Washington, DC
Summer Faculty Fellowship, College of Arts and Sciences, Howard University.
2018 Public Art Grant, Department of General Services, Washington DC.
Individual Artist Grant, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore, MD.
2017 The Trawick Prize “Best in Show”, Bethesda, MD.
2016 The Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalist, Baltimore, MD.
2014 Trawick Prize Young Artist Award, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD.
2013 The Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Prize Finalist, Baltimore, MD.
Hamiltonian Artists Fellowship, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington DC.
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Capps, Kriston. “Four art shows highlight Black portraiture.” The Washington Post, October 12, 2022.
Cotter, Holland. “For Black Artists, the Great Migration Is an Unfinished Journey.” The New York Times, August 4, 2022.
Brown, Jessica Bell and Dennis, Ryan. A Movement in Every Direction, A Great Migration Critical Reader. Yale University Press, 2022.
Scott, Chadd. “Leading Contemporary Artists Take On The Great Migration.” Forbes, May 20, 2022.
Funderburg, Lisa. “For These Families, H.B.C.U.s Aren’t Just an Option. They’re a Tradition.” The New York Times, May 13, 2022.
Penrice, Ronda. “Contemporary Black Artists Explore the Great Migration.” Ebony, May 3, 2022.
Valentine, Victoria. “Baltimore Museum of Art Adds 250+ Works to Collection.” Culture Type, August 3, 2021.
Bukuts, Carina. “Top 10 Shows in the EU of 2020.” Frieze Magazine, December 18, 2020.
Silverman, Amy. “Teaching Photography.” Daylight, November, 10, 2020.
Limbong, Andrew. “'Marking Time' And Making Art In Confinement.” NPR, October 28, 2020.
Dafoe, Taylor. “What Does Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration Look Like?” Artnet, October 27, 2020.
Cardwell, Erica. “Making Art Against the Backdrop of Incarceration.” Hyperallergic, October 21, 2020.
Kleinman, Adam. “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration.” Art Agenda, October 8, 2020.
Otieno, Eric. “Larry W. Cook Photographs the Vulnerability of Black Fatherhood.” Frieze Magazine, July 23, 2020.
Kirkiman, Rebekah. “The Best Baltimore Art Exhibitions of 2019.” Bmore Art, December 23, 2019.