• MFA, Painting, University of Missouri, 1996
• BA, Individual Studies: English, Columbia College, 1990
• BFA, Painting/Drawing, Columbia College, 1990

• CTL/MCI Grant, The Center for Teaching and Learning, (2020 - 2020)
• CTL/MCI Grant, The Center for Teaching and Learning, (2013 - 2013)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Hook, Michael. Review of The New Munsell Student Color Set by James Thomas Long. New York, NY: Fairchild Books - Bloomsbury Press.
• Hook, Michael. Review of Josef Albers’ Interaction of Color. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

• Residency, Jentel Foundation , 2016
• Faculty Exhibition Award, Friends of the John A. Day Gallery, 2013
• Purchase Award, South Dakota Art Museum, 2010
• Governor's Biennial Art Exhibition-Honorary Mention Award, Governor Mike Rounds, First Lady Jean Rounds and The Dahl Arts Center, 2010

• Hook, Michael, Invention and Dialogue: Meditations on an Unseen World. Presented at the Visiting Artist Presentation, Columbia, MO. (November 18, 2021)
• Hook, Michael, Jentel Presents. Presented at the Jentel Artist Residency Program, Sagebrush Community Art Center. (May 03, 2016)
• Hook, Michael, Panel: Mentorship in the Midst of Change – The Impact Brought by Graduate Teaching Assistants in a Foundations Program. Presented at the Tectonic Shifts: Breaking New Ground, Indianapolis, IN. (March 26, 2015)