Duncan Cook studied Fine Art (Time-based Studies) at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff and Photography at postgraduate level at Central Saint Martins School of Art and the Royal College of Art. He has worked as a teacher and lecturer since 1997 in visual and media cultures including Fine Art, Film, Photography and Critical & Historical Studies. Recently he has contributed to conferences organised by the Association of Art Historians, Slade School of Art, The Bartlett School of Architecture and Wimbledon College of Art on the politics of spatial practice and contemporary cultural production.