Artist: Cory Brown
Cory Brown, NEW YORK
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My studio practice is driven by the desire to innovate. Ceramics has
provided a rich platform to make discoveries about science, culture,
and art.
The nature of my process makes the work playful, with a sense of
movement, highlighted by bright and bold colors. I often reference
historical cultures and riff on their designs, methods and innovations.
Currently my work is focused on an inlay technique I am developing
that simultaneously combines pattern, form, and color. I utilize a
variety of wooden rollers to form the work which allows the surface to
maintain its pattern but moves and changes based on how the form
grows.
Using my inlay technique, I am able to collaborate with the inherent
nature of clay to create an integrated and fluid motif, allowing an
element of chance into my work, and endless opportunity for color,
pattern, and formal references.
Education
2017 M.F.A. in ceramics, NYSCC, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2009 B.F.A. in ceramics, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Work Experience
2017- Research and Development, Industrial Designer, American Art Clay Company,
AMACO, Indianapolis, IN (off-campus lab in Alfred, NY)
2017-2018 Studio Assistant for Wayne Higby, NYSCC, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2016-2017 Ceramic Engineering Research Assistant, NYSCC, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2013-2015 Studio Manager, Clay Art Center, Port Chester NY
2012-2013 Ceramics Studio Technician, 92Y, New York City, NY
2009-2010 Ceramics Studio Technician, Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington, MA
Residencies
2018 La Meridiana, Certaldo, Italy (NCECA International Residency Award)
2013 Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry, India
2011-2012 Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2010-2011 Cub Creek Foundation, Appomattox, VA
Teaching Experience
2019 Instructor of Record: The Wheel Thrown Form, NYSCC, Alfred University, Alfred NY
2017 Corning Community College, Corning, NY Sabbatical Replacement
Ceramics 1
Ceramics 2
3D Design
2017 Instructor of Record: Beginning Ceramics, NYSCC, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2015-2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant, NYSCC, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
Fall 2015 – Intro to Wheel, Matt Kelleher
Spring 2016 – Intro to Wheel, Chase Folsom
Fall 2017 – Raw Materials, Keith Simpson
2015 Whiskey and Flask Class, 92Y, New York City, NY
2013 Golden Bridge Pottery, Pondicherry, India 6-month intensive wheel throwing course
2012-2015 Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY-Hand building and Wheel Throwing
2011-2015 Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY-Hand building and Wheel Throwing
2010 Academy of Fine Arts Outreach Instructor, Lynchburg, VA
Summer Ceramics Class Instructor, Simon’s Rock College, Great Barrington, MA
Ceramics Instructor, Flying Cloud Institute, New Marlborough, MA
Publications
2017 “Movement and Flow”, Ceramics Monthly Magazine, January issue, featured article
Awards
2018 NCECA International Residency Award, La Meridiana, Certaldo, Italy
2012 The Elaine Hoffman Rattet Grant, Port Chester, NY - offers opportunities for deserving artists to support their studio practice
2005 NCECA K-12 Award of Artistic Merit, Indianapolis, Indiana-juror Val Cushing
Exhibitions
2019 Making Matters, Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ
2019 Kilns of Alfred: Transactions with Fire, Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, NYSCC, Alfred
University, Alfred NY
2018 Stain, Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT
Ware/Wear, Southern Dreams Gallery, Pocosin Arts Center, Columbia, NC 2017
New Work, Signature Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Faculty Exhibition, Corning Community College, Corning, NY
2017 Synthesis, MFA thesis exhibition, Robert C. Turner Gallery, NYSCC, Alfred University,
Alfred, NY
2017 Rewind: 60 years at Clay Art Center, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2016 Vision and Persistence: 30 Years of Excellence at Utah State University, NCECA, Blvd
Tavern, Kansas City, Missouri
New Work, Kitchen Gallery, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Georgetown, Washington D.C.
2015 NCECA Gallery Expo, represented by Clay Art Center Gallery, Providence, RI
Greenscapes, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
2014 Strictly Functional Pottery National, Kevin Lehman’s Pottery, Lancaster, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
2013 Solo Exhibition, Golden Brown, 25 Rue Dumas, Pondicherry, India
Tea Time, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
2012 Faculty Exhibition, 92Y, New York City, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
Solo Exhibition, In Use, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Ceramic Artist of Clay Art Center, Clay Place at Standard, Carnegie, PA
2011 Figure it Out, Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY
Bowls, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
2010 Containers 2010, Myers Gallery, Santa Ana, CA