Statement

For over a decade, my work has been exploring the complex relationship between representation and abstraction. The motif-driven compositions, comprised of natural, social and historical iconography, serve as a framework to investigate this interaction. The automatic process, in which they are executed, combined with the use of traditional and non-traditional materials, allows me to work in an abstract manner, yet still follow certain established rules of academic or image-based painting. Oil, sawdust, charcoal and found objects often collide in the works, creating surfaces of linear and textural alchemy.

Bio

Will Corr was born in 1972 in Birmingham, AL. He studied the visual arts from 1981-1990 at the Old Donation Center for the Gifted and Talented in Virginia Beach, VA. This vigorous, intensive art program set a foundation in art and art history at an early age. He later went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts from Virginia Wesleyan College in 1994 and his Master of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2002.

He has taught for the Old Donation Center for the Gifted and Talented Summer Program, Adjunct Faculty for Salisbury University, and was a Teaching Intern at the Maryland Institute College of Art. His works are in numerous corporate and private collections across the country.

Will lives and works on Anna Maria Island, FL with his wife Cindy and daughter Makena.

EDUCATION

2002

MFA Mount Royal School of Art, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1994

BA Studio Art, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA

1981-1990

Old Donation Center for the Gifted and Talented, Virginia Beach, VA

SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2011

Will Corr Towne Bank Headquarters, Virginia Beach, VA (forthcoming)

2010

At the Edge of Dawn Neil Britton Gallery, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA

2008

MERGE: Will Corr & Matt Fine Red Door Gallery, Richmond, VA

2007

Will Corr: New Paintings Beach Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

2006

Southern Exposure: Will Corr Art Center Manatee, Bradenton, FL

2005

Will Corr Magnolia, Tampa, FL

2004

Explorations: New Works by Will Corr & Cece Wheeler Portsmouth Visual Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA

Will Corr: A Collection of New Works Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA

Will Corr Magnolia, Tampa, FL

2003

New Works by Will Corr Beach Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA

2002

New Paintings by Will Corr Morris A. Mechanic Theatre, Baltimore, MD

MFA Thesis Exhibition Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2001

Will Corr & David Burch Maryland Federation of Art, City Gallery, Baltimore, MD

1999

Visions from the Swag: New Works by Will Corr Pavilion Center, Virginia Beach, VA

1995

Will Corr: New Works The Generic Theatre, Norfolk, VA

1994

Memoir: New Works by Will Corr & Clayton Singleton Hoffheimer Gallery, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010

Re-purposed Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2009

Group Show Perlow-Stevens Gallery, Columbia, MO

Virginia Wesleyan Invitational Neil Britton Gallery, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA

2008

Nature Interpreted Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Abstraction Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA

15 x 15 Meyerhoff & Pinkard Galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2007

12 x 12 on the 12 of 12 Las Olas Fine Arts, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

2006

Winrights Daryl Bunn Studios, Jacksonville, FL

2005

New American Paintings Exhibition in print: Volume 58, Open Studios Press, South Edition

2004

Abstraction Lurie Fine Art Galleries, Boca Raton, FL

2003

15 x 15 Meyerhoff & Pinkard Galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2002

Group Show Third Floor South, Baltimore, MD

8th Annual Juried Exhibition Mattawoman Creek Art Center, La Plata, MD

Reactions Exit Art, New York, NY

War Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Six Degrees in Cold Storage College Art Association, Philadelphia, PA

2001

Mount Royal School of Art Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Meditations: Reflections on the Human Spirit Douglas Memorial Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD

69th Annual Juried Exhibition Washington County Museum of Arts, Hagerstown, MD

Japonisme: Asian Inspirations Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA

On the Shelf Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

MFA 2002 Candidates Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2000

Meglomania Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

Mount Royal School of Art Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

1999

Still Life: Point of Departure Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA

1998

Miniature The Hermitage Foundation, Norfolk, VA

1995

The Cutting Edge Crestar Bank Gallery, Norfolk, VA

COLLECITONS

• Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
• Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, Virginia Beach, VA
• Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA
• Hope House Foundation, Norfolk, VA
• Towers Perrin, Chesapeake, VA
• Premier Eye Care of Florida, Delray Beach, FL
• First City Bank, Ft. Walton Beach, FL
• St. Mary’s Academy, Denver, CO
• Copper Mesa Elementary, Denver, CO

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2002

Salisbury University (Adjunct faculty) Salisbury, MD

2000-2002

Maryland Institute College of Art (Teaching Intern) Baltimore, MD

1993-1994

Old Donation Center for the Gifted & Talented (Summer Program) Virginia Beach, VA

Press

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Veer Magazine February 2010 “Colliding Planes of Space” by Betsy Dijulio
• LINK June 12, 2008 “The Beach Gets a Splash of Color” by Deanne M. Bradley
• Portfolio Weekly July 2006 “Best Artistic Export” by Betsy Dijulio
• Winrights Spring 2006 Daryl Bunn Studios
• Anna Maria Island Sun January 2006 “Southern Exposure” By Laurie Krosney
• Tampa Bay Metro June/July 2005 “Discovering Will and the Corr of his art” By Nancy Kipnis
• FLAIR July 2005 “Painting Utopia” by Mary Mulhern
• New American Paintings 2005 Volume 58, Open Studio Press South Edition
• Portfolio Weekly August 2004 “Will the Real Will Corr Please Stand Up?” by Tracy Kennedy
• Portfolio Weekly July 2004 “Corr & Wheeler Celebrate the Power of Simplicity” Review by Betsy Dijulio
• Portfolio Weekly February 2004 “Will Corr: Contemporary Art Center of VA Review by Catherine Dorsey
• The Virginia Pilot January 2004 “Young Artist Returns Home to Show Latest Work” by Laine M. Rutherford
• City Paper August 2001 “Primal Theme” by Mike Giuliano
• The Virginia Pilot June 2001 “Art Show Winners Share $23,000” by Teresa Annas
• Catalog, Contemporary Art Center of Viginia September 1999 “Contemporary Still Life” curatorial statement by Carla Hanzal
• The Virginia Pilot February 1994 “An Art Show with Choice of Styles” by Guy Friddell