Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
1984 Master of Fine Arts, Drawing, California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts)
1982 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing & Painting, Mississippi University for Women. Magna Cum Laude
1981 Bachelor of Science, Biology, Mississippi University for Women. Magna Cum Laude
COLLECTIONS
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C.
City and County of San Francisco, 49 South Van Ness Building, San Francisco, CA
Downing Planetarium, Fresno, CA
Geneva Observatory, Versoix, Switzerland
Imagery Estate Winery, Glen Ellen, CA
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
Musée International d'Arts Modestes, Sète, France
St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO
SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA
swissnex San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, San Francisco, CA
Private Collections
2015 Art for Wine Label, Imagery Estate Winery, Glen Ellen, CA.
2003 Art for Donor T-Shirt, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA.
2002 Murals (3), Downing Planetarium, California State University, Fresno, CA.
1992 Art for NASA/SETI Turn-on Event, SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA.
1987 Art for Planetarium Shows, St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO.
2025 "Cream of the Crop," American Art Collector, February.
2023 Bayes, Nora. "Lynette Cook: 1st Place Winner." Art & Color 365, May.
2021 Kolpas, Norman. "Down to Earth." Southwest Art, February.
2019 Cheng, DeWitt. "Fooling the Eye." Punch, May.
2017 Skalka, Michael. "Acrylic Shifts and Shimmers." The Artist's Magazine, November.
2014 Miller, Ron. "The Art of Space": Elephant Book Company.
2012 Wall, Mike. "Exoplanet Art: The Illustrations of Lynette Cook." space.com. December 11.
Perkins, Anika. "Cook's Space Art Helps Educate Others about Discoveries." Visions, Spring.
2011 Vergano, Dan. "Art Can be a Tool in Planetary Exploration." usatoday.com. Updated May 18.
2010 Freedman, Wayne. "Artist Turns Pixels Into Planets." ABC7News (KGO, San Francisco), July 5.
2008 Nickerson, Colin. "Portrait of the Stars." The Boston Globe. April 14.
2003 Woodmansee, Laura. "Women in Space: Cool Careers on the Final Frontier": Apogee Space Series 38.
Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc.
GRANTS
2024 Quick Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, CA
2016 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc., New York, NY
2014 Quick Grant, Creative Capacity Fund, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, CA
2013 Quick Grant (2), Creative Capacity Fund, Center for Cultural Innovation, San Francisco, CA
Capelli d'Angeli Foundation, Canton, CT
1999 Research Corporation, Tucson, AZ
AWARDS
2025 First Place, Landscape, "17th International ARC Salon Competition," Art Renewal Center
2024 Best Realism, "Best of America Small Works Exhibition," National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society, Sugarman Peterson
Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Best Use of Light & Color, "Spring International Online Exhibition," National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society
2023 Most Innovative, "Fall International Online Exhibition," National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society
Best Use of Values, "Associate Member Online Exhibition," National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society
Best Technique and Handling, "Best of America Exhibition," National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society, Principle Gallery,
Alexandria, VA
Best Technique and Handling Award, "Best of America Small Works Exhibition," National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society,
Mary Williams Fine Arts, Boulder, CO
2022 Finalist, 16th International ARC Salon Competition, Art Renewal Center
Best of Show, "Acrylic International Biennial Juried Exhibition," Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha, WI
Signature First Place, "Spring Online Juried Show," American Women Artists, Lodi, CA
Third Place, "NOAPS Best of America Small Works Exhibition," National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society, Beverly McNeil
Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2021 Award of Excellence, "NOAPS Fall International Online Exhibition," National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society,
Montgomery, TX
Judge's Award, "December Juried Show," State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Grand Prize, "Lifting the Sky," National Online Exhibition, American Women Artists, Lodi, CA
First Place, "Richeson75 Online: Landscape, Seascape, & Architecture 2021," Richeson School of Art & Gallery,
Kimberly, WI
2020 Distinguished Achievement in Landscape, Seascape, or Cityscape Painting, "Making Their Mark: American Women Artists,"
Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA
First Place, "11th Annual Open International Online Exhibition," International Society of Acrylic Painters
First Place, "Richeson75 Online: Landscape, Seascape, & Architecture 2020," Richeson School of Art & Gallery,
Kimberly, WI
2019 First Place, "Bay Area Masters," Fine Arts Galleria, San Mateo County Fair, San Mateo, CA
Honorable Mention, "Salon at the Triton, 2D Art Competition & Exhibition," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2018 First Place, "Richeson75 Landscape, Seascape & Architecture 2018," Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI
2017 First Place, "2017 Artist's Magazine All-Media Competition," Artist's Magazine
Honorable Mention, "Salon at the Triton," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
2016 Third Place, "Fall National Juried Exhibition," Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
Second Place, "Richeson75 Still Life & Floral 2016," Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI
Top 100, "Artistic Excellence Competition," Southwest Art Magazine
Honorable Mention, "2016 Artist's Magazine All-Media Online Competition," Artist's Magazine
2015 Top 100, "Artistic Excellence Competition," Southwest Art Magazine
2014 Best in Show-Second Place, "University Art 2014 Open Exhibition," University Art, Redwood City, CA
Second Place, American Art Awards
2013 Honorable Mention, "2013 Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibition," Triton Museum of Art,
Santa Clara, CA
Best in Show, "Richeson Small Works 2013," Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI
Second Place, "Breath of Spring," Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
2012 Second Place, "Bon Appétit," Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
1995 Winner, Spaceweek International Association's Poster Competition, Houston, TX
1992 Bronze Discovery Award, Art of California Magazine
1989 Juror, “California Species: Biological Art and Illustration,” The Oakland Museum; Oakland, CA
1987 First Place, "Bridge Works," sponsored by KPIX/Evening Magazine/Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco, CA
REPRESENTATION
Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
Christopher-Clark Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2000-2001 Senior Illustrator, OneCosmos Network, San Francisco, CA
1984-2001 Freelance Artist, San Francisco, CA
1984-2000 Artist/Photographer, Morrison Planetarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
California Academy of Sciences, Adult Education, San Francisco, CA
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Lectures and Workshops, Various Locations
Michaels Arts & Crafts, Daly City and Redwood City, CA
Peninsula Volunteers, Inc., Menlo Park, CA
Sequoia District Adult Education, Redwood City, CA
University Art, Redwood City, CA
University of California, Adult Education, Berkeley, CA
University of California, Science Illustration Program, Lectures and Workshop, Santa Cruz, CA
American Women Artists
International Association of Astronomical Artists, Fellow
OTHER WEBSITES
http://extrasolar.spaceart.org (Astronomical Art)