C O R E Y W H Y T E
Growing up in both America and England, Corey Whyte sets his foundations on consumerism and cultural identity. While objectifying the consumer experience, he creates artefacts from the regurgitative culture we are swaddled by, together with an exploration and nomadic vigilance on the human condition and bastardisation of history. Considering this, Corey takes influence from polytheistic ancient mythologies namely Egyptian, Greek, Roman and Norse, but also, from his more formative years, 90s pop culture TV such as Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! transporting the duality between worship and god-like complex and permeating his work with the intention of taking aim at society, capitalism and self. Corey's approach to making is laced with iconoclastic language, whilst simultaneously allowing research to dictate his disruption through art process, he violates the ready made construct with a sculptors mind. The works are forced into existence; there is a struggle between artist, material and vision, birthing something unwillingly collaborative and unapologetically from the Studio. It's a draining fight with material, time and the ever-changing identity of the work, where both artist and material have thoughts towards an outcome. Often traces of process and disassociated materials, personal touches and finishing methods are applied to the visual experience, Othering the work as a whole, further.
b. 1993 - From Staffordshire, UK and Carmel, CA, USA
Lives and Works in London, UK
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Education:
2017 - 2018: MA Fine Art - Chelsea College of Arts UAL
2011 - 2014: BA Hons Fine Art - Staffordshire University
Collections:
Stavanger Kunst Museum
The Ingram Collection
Awards:
The Ingram Collection Young Contemporary Talent Prize 2016
Solo Exhibitions:
2019:
Enter The Golden Quarter - Cole Projects, London
Group Exhibitions:
2023:
Blink - The Collection of Trond Mohn - Stavanger Kunst Museum, Norway
2021:
Dreamlands Part 1 - OHSH Projects, London, UK
2019:
Karen Tronel, London
Absinthe Part 2 – Spit and Sawdust, London, UK
Polaroid – After Projects, 163 Gallery, London, UK
2018:
Chelsea MA Summer Shows - Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK
Summer Exhibition - The Concept Space, London, UK
&anOther angle - Maxilla Space, Acava, London, UK
Young Contemporary Talent From The Ingram Collection – The Lightbox, Surrey, UK
MA Interim Shows Part 2 – Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK
MA Interim Shows Part 1 – Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK
Open Studios – MAFA Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK
2017:
Pissing up a wall - MAFA Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK
The Fridge - Pop up show in Seven Sisters, London, UK
PATH - Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK
Creekside Open 2017 – A.P.T Gallery, London, UK
2016:
The Ingram Collection Young Contemporary Talent Prize - The Cello Factory, London, UK
The Dark Arts - Candid Arts Centre, London, UK
New Art West Midlands 2016 - MAC Birmingham, UK
New Art West Midlands 2016 - Waterhall Gallery at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK
2015:
New Art WM Annuale – Article Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Nottingham Castle Open 2014 – Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, UK (Dec - Jan)
2014:
Nottingham Castle Open 2014 – Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, UK (Dec - Jan)
Ex Factory – Olympus Engineering (Kules Residency), Stoke-on-Trent, UK
West Midlands Open 2014 - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Degree Show – Cadman Gallery’s, Staffordshire University, UK