Benjamin Cook is an Assistant Professor of Painting at the University of Louisville. Cook is a painter researching the effects of image movement across various platforms of digital dissemination. His paintings, and online-based projects have been exhibited nationally and internationally at galleries including Hashimoto Contemporary (LA), Zg Gallery (Chicago), Gallery COA (Montreal), The Rochester Museum of Fine Arts (New Hampshire), Cidney Ruckers Gallery (New York), as well as in publications including the Art Newspaper, Artnet, Forbes, New American Paintings, and LA Weekly. His work utilizes a broad range of materials including colored pencil drawings, acrylic and oil paintings, textiles, photography, animations, and digital manipulations, all through the lens of painting. He is represented by Zg Gallery and is a memeber of the North American Vexillological Association.