Biografia
Michael Cook, AKA Cookie, is a rising artist, illustrator and entrepreneur within the urban and street scene, an Urban Dr. Seuss for the twenty-first century. Born in Frankfurt, Germany and raised in a community just north of Los Angeles, Michael graduated in 2009 from San Diego State University with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts and an emphasis in Painting and Printmaking. Throughout college, Cookie was drawn to the energy and beauty of urban and everyday life, as depicted in the illustrations of first-generation street artists like Banksy, MBW, Jef Aerosol and Justin Bua. After graduation, Cookie embarked upon an apprenticeship with the world-famous commercial artist, Justin Bua. Under the mentorship and teachings of Bua, Cookie has taken his artistic stylings to a distinctively, energetic and new level.
