ABOUT

Brandon Cordrey is a mixed media artist living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He earned his BFA with a concentration in painting and drawing from East Carolina University. When he is not working in the studio he is enjoying life with a tiny human, husband, and dog.


STATEMENT

Much of my work considers the information  we churn through in our everyday lives—its amount and effect. Technology and the internet allow us to access lots of information immediately and continuously, but quantity doesn’t equal quality. And having so much information doesn’t result in a better-informed public. With so much information in our hands, you’d think we’d know more. Alas, we (including myself) choose TV channels, podcasts, and talk-radio stations that reinforce what we already believe rather than encourage us to consider what we immediately dismiss. With all of this information—and all the yelling, spinning, cursing, lying— statements go unchecked, opinions become fact, offensive language is forgotten with the next day’s headlines, and everything becomes subjective.

My works are meant to visually represent, create caricatures of, or comment on the United States’ current political and social climate and the polarizing coverage of non-political issues.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 CONSIDERABLE SHOULDER PADS, Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2015 The Lie Box, Roundabout Art Collective, Raleigh, NC

2015 Beautiful Alchemy, BLOCK Gallery, Raleigh NC

2014 PROCESSOR, Gallery A, Raleigh NC

2013 STUDY, Morning Times Gallery, Raleigh NC

2013 Recent Works, Kinston Community Council for the Arts

2013 Foster, Durham Arts Council, Durham NC

2013 Introductions, Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC

2013 Changing Context, Benelux Cafe, Raleigh NC

2011 (un)suspended, Gallery A, Raleigh NC

2011 My Impractical Darling, Benelux Cafe, Raleigh NC

2011 20 Questions, Benelux Cafe, Raleigh NC

2010 Ovid’s Poem: Redefining Moments, LGBT Center, Raleigh NC

2010 Senior Exhibition, East Carolina University, Greenville NC


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020, ILLUMINATE, Downtown Raleigh Alliance, Raleigh NC

2017, Refresh, Fine Art at Baxters Gallery, New Bern NC

2017, RAPG17 Exhibition, United Arts Council, Raleigh NC

2017, FLOAT, VAE Raleigh, Raleigh NC

2016 Collectors Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh NC

2015 Collectors Exhibitions, Artspace, Raleigh NC

2014 RADIOACTIVE, Randolph County Arts Council, Asheboro NC

2014, Collectors, Strickland Gallery, Greenville

2013 Scrapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC

2013 Annual Juried Exhibition, Fine Arts League of Cary, Cary NC

2013 Annual Competitive Exhibition, Kinston Community Council for the Arts, Kinston NC

2013 Trasitions, Durham Art Guild, Durham NC

2013,2012, 2011, 2010 100 Under 1000. Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh NC

2011 Drawing 2011, Front Gallery, Chattanooga TN

2011 Fresh, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh NC

2010 Artist Choice, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro NC

2010, 09, 08, 07 Undergraduate Exhibition, East Carolina University, Greenville NC

2009 Rebel 52, Emerge Gallery, Greenville NC - First Place, Painting

2009 Annual Juried Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville NC


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