Education:
1975 M.F.A., Major in Studio Art (Painting), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1974 M.A., Major in Studio Art (Painting), University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1972 B.F.A., With Distinction, Major in Studio Art (Painting and Drawing) University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Robert D. Cocke: Timeframe, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2023 Robert Cocke: Safe Harbor, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2022 Robert Cocke, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California
2019 Robert D. Cocke, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California
2018 In Their Nature, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2013 Robert D. Cocke, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2012 Robert D. Cocke: Is, Was, Will Be, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2010 Robert D. Cocke: The Laughter of Trees, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2009 Robert D. Cocke: The Laws of Chance, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2009 Robert D. Cocke: Then and Now, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2008 Robert D Cocke: Notes from a Restless Time, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California
2007 Robert D. Cocke: South of Why, West of Because, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2006 Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2006 Other Places, Robert D. Cocke: New Paintings, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California
2005 Robert Cocke: South of Why, Tasende Gallery, West Hollywood, California
2003 Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2003 R.B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, California
2000 Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1999 Vanier Galleries on Main, Scottsdale, Arizona
1995 Temple of Music and Arts/Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1994 Gallery of Visual Arts, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
1992 Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1989 Zaks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1989 Etherton/Stern Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1986 Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1978 Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1976 Mundt Gallery, Dakota State College, Madison, South Dakota
Group Exhibitions:
2025 The Salon Show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2025 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2024 Botanical: An Invitational Exhibition in Celebration of our 70th Anniversary, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2024 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2023 35th Anniversary Show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2023 Alphabet Soup, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California
2023 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2022 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2021 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2020 On Being Human, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2020 The Dog Show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2019 The Bird Show, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2019 Nature Morte, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2018 30th Anniversary Show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2017 Necessary Territories, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California
2017 TREES: A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. (Greek Proverb), Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 Small Works Show, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2017 The Salon Show, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2016 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2016 Surreal…So Real, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2016 Into the Night, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2016 Piercing the Sky: Robert Cocke & Italo Scanga, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California
2016 Faculty + One, San Diego City College Gallery, San Diego, California
2016 Into the Woods: The Forest as Artistic Inspiration, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2015 Above Ground, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California
2015 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2014 60th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas (catalog)
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2014 Magical Realism (four artists), Bernal Gallery, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona
2013 Modern Landscapes, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2013 Suitable Subjects: Contemporary Still Lifes, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
2013 Natural Seductions (three artists), Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2013 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2013 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2012 Houston Fine Art Fair, Reliant Center, Houston, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2012 Group Show, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, California
2012 Small Things Considered: The 20th Small Works Invitational, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2012 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2011 The Good Earth, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2011 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2010 ART CHICAGO, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois (Valley House Gallery)
2010 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2009 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2009 Thank You Fort Worth: An Appreciation from Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas
2009 Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord between Nature and Society, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona (catalogue)
2008 Open Lands, A Survey of Landscape Painting, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2008 CADD Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2007 An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2007 CADD Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas Inaugural Art Fair, ```Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2006 Small Works Show, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2006 Big City: Cityscapes and Urban Life from the Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona
2005 ART Santa Fe 2005: Sixth Biennial Art Fair, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Tasende Gallery)
2005 Small Works Show, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2005 Gallery Artists, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California
2005 Introductions, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2004 Gallery Artists, R. B. Stevenson Gallery, San Diego, California
2004 Landscapes and Inscapes, Tasende Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004 12th Small Works Invitational, Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2004 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2003 Curator's Choice, Grand Rapids Community College Gallery, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2003 Gallery Artists, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2003 Summer Group Show, The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2002 New Works in Paint 2002, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
2002 Summer Group Show, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2002 Summer Group Show, The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2002 Contemporary Landscapes, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2001 Summer Group Show, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2001 Recent Acquisitions, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2001 16th Annual National Works on Paper, The University of Texas at Tyler, Texas
2001 National Drawing 2001, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
2001 8th Annual Realism Invitational, van de Griff/Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 Biennale Internazionale dell’ Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
2000 McGrew and Friends, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2000 Gallery Artists, Vanier Galleries on Main, Scottsdale, Arizona
2000 Transcending Earth and Sky, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
2000 Summerscape, Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2000 Summer Group Show, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1999 Gallery Artists, Vanier Galleries on Main, Scottsdale, Arizona
1999 12th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
1999 Texas National ’99, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas
1999 Border to Border 7, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee
1999 Four Person Show, The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1999 Small Works Invitational, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1998 Realtime, three-person exhibition, Davis-Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1998 Texas National ’98, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas (catalogue)
1998 Group Show, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1998 National Drawing ’98, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey (catalogue)
1998 Close to the Border/Cerca De La Frontera, University Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
1998 Summer Group Show, The Morgan Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
1997 ANA 26 Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena Montana
1997 Seven from the Seventies, School of Art and Art History, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1997 Artists' Council 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
1997 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1996 National Drawing 1996, Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey (catalogue)
1996 National Works on Paper, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
1996 Southwest ‘96, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico (catalogue)
1996 41st National Juried Exhibition, The San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California
1995 8th McNeese National Works on Paper, Lake Charles, Louisiana (catalogue)
1995 10th Annual National Works on Paper, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
1995 Group Exhibition, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1995 The Landscape: Seven Painters, Art Gallery, Arizona State University West, Phoenix, Arizona
1994 Group Exhibition, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1993 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1993 American Drawing Biennial IV, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia (catalog)
1993 12th Annual September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana (catalog)
1993 Centennial Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
1992 Eco-Logic: Arizona Artists as Environmental Advocates, Arizona State Capitol Building, Phoenix, Arizona
1992 Anniversary Exhibition, Etherton/Stern Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1991 Group Exhibition, Etherton/Stern Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1991 Ruffin Memorial Juried Exhibition, Arizona Artists’ Alliance, Phoenix, Arizona
1991 Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition, Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1991 Movimento Artistico Rio Salado, Blue Lite Invitational, Phoenix, Arizona
1989 Group Exhibition, Keyes Lee Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1989 Evidence: Narrative Painters of the Southwest, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (catalog)
1988 22nd Southwestern Exhibition, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, Arizona
1988 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1987 Rutgers National Drawing '87/'88, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey (catalog)
1987 La Grange National XII, La Grange, Georgia (catalog)
1987 Second Juried Exhibition, Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1987 Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1987 Fine Arts for Fine Causes Exhibitions and Auction, Tucson, Arizona (catalog)
1987 Invitational 1987, University Gallery, University of Texas, Tyler, Texas
1987 Visions of America 1787-1987, ACA Galleries, New York, New York (catalog)
1986 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1986 Third Western States Biennial Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York with two-year tour to: Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado; San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California; Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California; Yellowstone Art Center, Billings, Montana (catalog)
1985 31st Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (catalog)
1984 18th Southwestern Invitational, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, Arizona, and Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
1984 Rutgers National Works on Paper 83/84, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey (catalog)
1984 North Dakota Print and Drawing Annual, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota (catalog)
1984 New Directions, Two-person exhibition, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
1983 Invitational Exhibition at the Navy Pier, Zaks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1983 SPAR National Art Exhibition, Barnwell Garden and Art Center, Shreveport, Louisiana
1981 Rutgers National Drawing '81, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey (catalog)
1980 Chiaha Guild 8th Annual Southeastern Competition, Rome, Georgia
1980 Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina (catalog)
1980 Ford Foundation/Junior Artists-in-Residence Exhibition, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
1979 National Drawing '79, Trenton State College, Trenton, New Jersey (catalog)
1979 Mid Four Annual Exhibition, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
1978 Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina (catalog)
1978 La Grange National IV, La Grange, Georgia
1977 Arts '77, Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Sioux Falls Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1977 South Dakota Biennial III, South Dakota Memorial Art Center, Brookings, South Dakota
1976 38th Annual Fall Show, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa (catalog)
1976 Arts '76 Bicentennial Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Sioux Falls Civic Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1976 Western Annual Juried Exhibition of Works of Art on Paper, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois
1976 10 State Bicentennial Juried Exhibition, Montana Institute of the Arts, Great Falls, Montana (catalog)
1975 37th Annual Fall Show, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1975 13th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, sponsored by the Container Corporation of America, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois (catalog)
1974 36th Annual Fall Show, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1974 26th Annual Iowa Artist's Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa (catalog)
1974 12th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois
1974 Paper Works, Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, Iowa
1974 Tri-State Art Exhibit, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, Wisconsin
Awards and Honors:
2004 New American Paintings, Vol. 54, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts
2002 Juror’s Award, New Works in Paint, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
2001 New American Paintings, Vol. 36, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts
2001 Best of Show Award, Close to the Border/Cerca De La Frontera, (International Juried Exhibition), New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico
1999 New American Paintings, Vol. 18, Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts
1991 Best of Show Award, Ruffin Memorial Exhibition, Phoenix, Arizona
1991 Best of Show Award, Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition, Dinnerware Artists' Cooperative Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1988 Best of Show Award, 2nd Southwestern Exhibition, Yuma Art Center, Yuma, Arizona
1988 Western States Arts Federation/N.E.A. Visual Arts Fellowship (drawing)
1987 Purchase Award, La Grange National XII, La Grange, Georgia
1987 Artist's Materials Grant, The Contemporary Forum/Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1986 Visual Arts Fellowship, Arizona Commission on the Arts
1984 Faculty Grant-in-Aid for Research, Arizona State University
1983 Faculty Research Grant, Northwest Missouri State University
1980 Second Award of Merit, Chiaha Guild 8th Annual Southeastern Competition, Rome, Georgia
1979 Individual Artist's Fellowship, South Dakota Arts Council
1977 First Award (Painting), Arts '77, Sioux Falls Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1977 Honorable Mention, Appalachian National Drawing Competition, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
1977 Purchase Award, South Dakota Biennial III, South Dakota Memorial Art Center, Brookings, South Dakota
1976 First Award (Painting), Arts '76, Sioux Falls Fine Arts Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1976 Juror's Honorable Mention, 38th Annual Fall Show, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1975 Judge's Award of Merit, 37th Annual Fall Show, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
1974 Graduate Scholarship, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1974 Judge's Special Mention Award, Paper Works, Waterloo Municipal Galleries, Waterloo, Iowa
1974 Second Award, 12th Annual Rock Island Fine Arts Exhibition, Rock Island, Illinois
1974 Student Award, 26th Annual Iowa Artists' Exhibition, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Selected Literature:
Wikipedia (online), Robert D. Cocke, 2022.
The Bark Editors, “The Dog Show Art Exhibit,” The Bark Magazine (online), August 2020.
Margaret Regan, “To Hounds!” Tucson Weekly, April 26, 2018.
Andrew Webster, “A Salon that Sizzles,” Fine Art Connoisseur, July 13, 2017.
“Shade You’ll Never Sit In,” Patron.com, August 17, 2017.
60th Anniversary Catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2014; Respite reproduced.
Jessica Z. Schafer, “Review: ‘The Modern Landscape’ at the Tory Folliard Gallery,” Milwaukee Journal – Sentinel, online publication, October 31, 2013, page 2.
Margaret Regan, “Scenes of the Southwest,” Tucson Weekly, May 9, 2013.
Debra Behmer, “Best Bets,” Milwaukee Magazine, October 2010, page 20.
Peggy Sue Dunigan, “Folliard Gallery Captures ‘The Laughter of Trees,’” Shepherd Express, Milwaukee, October 21, 2010, p. 60.
Mary Louise Schumacher, “Scenes from my Gallery Night Adventures,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, October 19, 2010.
Mary Louise Schumacher, “Robert Cocke at the Tory Folliard Gallery,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinal, October 14, 2010.
Robert D. Cocke: Paintings 1980-2009, Foreword by Robert Knight and Interview by Tina Yapelli, 2010, 48 pages.
The Dallas Morning News: Guide Picks, “The Laws of Chance” exhibition, 9 Oct. 2009, page 30.
Duncan Tweedy, “Apocalypse, Wow!” Tucson Lifestyle Home & Garden, March – April 2009, pages 20-21 (reproduction).
Julie Sasse, “Trouble in Paradise: Examining Discord between Nature and Society,” exhibition catalogue, Tucson Museum of Art, 2009.
Gretchen Reynolds, “Seriously Funny,” Southwest Art Magazine, May 2008, pages 108-109 (reproduction).
“Exhibitions: An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection,” Tucson Museum of Art: Preview Magazine, September – December 2007, pages 3-4 (reproduction.)
Merritt Martin, “Night & Day: Cocke of the Walk,” Dallas Observer, August 30 – September 5, 2007, page 40 (reproduction.)
Peter Frank, “Robert D. Cocke, Tasende, West Hollywod,” ARTNews, January 2005, page 128-129.
ArtScene, review of the exhibition Robert Cocke: South of Why, volume 24, no. 7, March 2005, page 19.
New American Paintings: Juried Exhibitions-in-Print - Book 54 - 2004 Western Edition, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 2004 (Principal Juror: Lynn M. Herbert, Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.)
Robert L. Pincus, “2 Kinds of Inspiration,” San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California, October 2, 2003, Day and Night, page 43 (reproduction.)
New American Paintings: Juried Exhibitions-in-Print - Book 36 - 2001 Western Edition, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 2001.
Robert L. Pincus, “Landscapes,” San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, California, April 23, 2000, p. E-4 (reproduction)
Robin Trafton, “Four Fine Artists”, The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri, August 6, 1999, p. 16 (reproduction)
Deborah Campbell, “Four Stars in the Future?” The Pitch Weekly, Kansas City, Missouri, July 22-28, 1999, p. 27
Margaret Regan, “Small World”, Tucson Weekly, Tucson, Arizona, July 1-7, 1999, p. 24
Ann Patterson, “Art Oasis in the Desert,” Art and Antiques Magazine, December 1999, p. 120.
New American Paintings: Juried Exhibitions-in-Print - Book 18 - 1998 Western Edition, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1998.
Richard Nilsen, "Contemporary Art in Arizona," Art in Arizona, Sam Negri, Ed., The Stanbery Corp., Tucson, Pub., 1994, p. 13.
Margaret Regan, "Best of the West," Tucson Weekly, Tucson, Arizona, June 12-18, 1991, p. 24.
Michael Boyle (producer) "Interview with Robert Cocke," Arizona Illustrated, KUAT-TV, Tucson, Arizona, October 5, 1989.
Robert S. Cauthorn, "Cocke Clutches Heart," The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, September 15, 1989, Sec. F, p. 7.
Steve Bennett, "Evidence," The San Antonio Light, San Antonio, Texas, June 18, 1989, Sec. K, p. 1, 4. (reproduction)
Robert S. Cauthorn, "Fine Causes Show Offers," The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, March 15, 1987, Sec. E, p. 7. (reproduction)
Suzanne Muchnic, "Western States Show A Murky View," The Los Angeles Times, December 26, 1987, Part V, p. 1. (reproduction)
Irene Clurman, "Treasures Elude Shows in Springs," The Rocky Mountain News, Denver, Colorado, March 23, 1987, p. 48. (reproduction)
Robert S. Cauthorn, "Cocke paints a world...," Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Arizona, January 26, 1986, sec. F, p. 5. (reproduction)
Pamela Portwood, "An Apocalypse not to Miss," Tucson Weekly, Tucson, Arizona, January 22-28, 1986, p. 7.
Charles D. Andresen, "Phoenix/Tucson Letter," Artspace, Spring, 1985, p. 61. (reproduction)
Charles D. Andresen, "Timely Exposure," The New Times, Phoenix, Arizona, December 5-11, 1984, p. 52-53. (reproduction)
Donald Locke, "The 18th Southwestern Invitational," Artspace, Fall, 1984, p. 69.
Teaching:
2001-2004 Professor of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1989-2001 Associate Professor of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1987 Visiting Professor of Art, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
1983- 1989 Assistant Professor of Art, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1979-1980 Ford Foundation/University of Georgia Junior Artist-in-Residence, Athens, Georgia
1978-1983 Instructor of Art, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri
1975-1978 Instructor in Art, Dakota State College, Madison, South Dakota
Panels and Public Lectures:
2002 Visiting Artist, Oklahoma Arts Institute, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma
2000 Gallery Talk, opening reception, “Transcending Earth and Sky,” San Diego State University, San Diego, California
1999 Visiting Artist, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1994 Slide Lecture, The Spirit of the Senses, Phoenix, Arizona
1994 Visiting Artist, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
1994 Visiting Artist, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1990 Panel member (one of three), "Artists as Teachers," University Art Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1987 Gallery Talk, "German Expressionism," Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1986 Slide Lecture, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Public Collections:
Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, Missouri
Arizona State University West, Phoenix, Arizona
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Chase Bank, Phoenix, Arizona
Chattahoochee Valley Art Association, La Grange, Georgia
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
South Dakota Memorial Art Center, Brookings, South Dakota
Sprint Inc., Kansas City, Missouri
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Iowa City, Iowa
University of New Mexico Museum of Art, Albuquerque, New Mexico
