ABOUT OUR Graduate Program Students

Elizabeth Cook grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana. She received her BFA in painting and drawing from Louisiana State University in 2008. Shortly after graduating, Elizabeth decided to pursue medical illustration and spent the next two years taking biology courses at LSU.

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Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Master of Arts in Medical and Biological Illustration, May 2012.

Louisiana State University
College of Art and Design, Baton Rouge, LA
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting minor in Art History, 2008.

:: experience & activities

Scientific illustrator
Comparative anatomy lab under Dr. Dominique Homberger
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 2009-2010.

:: associations

Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI), Student Member, 2011 - present.

:: recognition

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2012     Frank H. Netter Scholarship

New York Studio School
2008     Drawing Marathon scholarship recipient

Louisiana State University
2008     4.0 University medalist recipient
2006     1st place LSU juried student art show
2004     State Literary Rally Scholarship for Biology
2004     TOPS Academic Scholarship

:: exhibitions

• Association of Medical Illustrators, Annual Salon Exhibition, Baltimore, MD, 2011.
• Senior Art Show, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, 2008.
• Fresh Paint Student Art Show, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, 2008.
• LSU Juried Student Art Show, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, 2006, 2007.