[1] He was raised by adoptive parents Ronda and Keith Cook,[2] who were not Indigenous, but brought him up to value and nurture his Aboriginal identity.
[1] His first solo exhibition, Through My Eyes (2010), consisted of photographs of Australia’s prime ministers overlaid with the faces of Aboriginal people, conveying the idea of the government seeing things from the perspective of Indigenous Australians.
[1] In 2011 Cook created two new series, Broken Dreams[5] and Undiscovered, which were included in the 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial, titled Undisclosed, in 2012, and are now held in the NGA.
[4] In 2020 his series "Livin’ the Dream" was selected for the Paris Photo art fair in New York, before its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[1] He aims to foster understanding of Indigenous cultures in his work:[1] It’s about learning Australia’s history to create a better future.