EDUCATION
2018 - International College of Christian Ministries, BA, Ministry
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
Westside Earth Keepers, Build Chicago Gallery, Chicago, IL
2025
Echoes of Home, The BLKRoom, Chicago, IL
2024
#BlackMenWeLoveYou, Bethel New Life, Chicago, IL
#BlackMenWeLoveYou, Columbus Park, Chicago, IL
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
The Chicago 11, Leica Galley Chicago, Chicago, IL
2025
Praise and Protest: Voices from the Chicago Black Renaissance, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection at the Woodson
Regional Library, Chicago IL
Documenting Everyday Life: Illumination of the Mundane, Purple Window Gallery, Chicago, IL
More Than a Month, Forest Park Public Library, Forest Park, IL
2024
Through the Lens, Avondale Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Red Hot + Blue, Fat Cat Art Gallery, Oak Park, IL
VII: Annual Members Exhibition, Filter Photo Gallery, Chicago, IL
( R ) Evolution Art Exhibition, Front Porch Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Traveling Art Museum, Alees Edwards, Chicago, IL
2023
Never Been Kissed, ArtSpace Chicago Art Gallery & Art School, Chicago, IL
BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, Michigan
RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS & REVIEWS
2025- Legler Library Artist-in-Residence, Chicago, IL
2024 - LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards 2024 Winner
2024 - Filter Photo Festival Participant with Portfolio Review
2024 - Chicago White Sox, 2024 Game Changer Photographer Series
2024 - Filter Photo’s Annual Members Exhibition “VII”, People’s Choice Award Winner
2024 - Individual Artist Program Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
2024 - Prism Photo Workshop Participant with Portfolio Review
ARTIST LECTURES & PANELS
St. Agatha Catholic Church - Black History Month Celebration, Lecture, February 2025
Forest Park Public Library - More Than a Month, Artist Talk, February 2025
The University of Chicago - Peter & Judy Kovler Career Conference, Panelist, July 2024
Front Porch Art Center - Westside Stories, Artist Talk, June 2024
Lucky Jefferson - Beyond The Frame Photography Series, Artist Talk, May 2024
PRESS
2025 - Photographing Chicago’s West Side is a Labor of Love for Artist-in-Residence at Legler Library
2025 - WGN Spotlight Chicago, Photographer Kenn Cook Jr. Debuts New Studio
2024 - Block Club Chicago, West Side Photographer Kenn Cook Jr. Named Legler Library’s 2025 Artist-In-Residence
2024 - OurCulture.Us, The Making of Argument, Review of #BlackMenWeLoveYou Exhibition
2024 - WBEZ Chicago The Rundown, ‘This is what Chicago Sounds Like’
2024 - Vocalo, Kenn Cook Jr. Shares His West Side Story
2024 -Block Club Chicago, West Side Photographer Offers Visual Love Letter To Community With #MyWestSideStory
SELECTED CLIENTS
Jet Magazine, Uber, Chicago History Museum, Know Magazine, MALVIE Magazine, Selin, Pluralist, güdPPL Fashion House, Chicago Westside NAACP, Austin African American Business Networking Association (AAABNA), Westside Health Authority (WHA), The Voice Newspapers, Chicago News Weekly, North Lawndale Community News, Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA), OurCulture.Us