about
Brandon Cordrey is a mixed media artist living in Raleigh, North Carolina. He earned his BFA from East Carolina University in Painting and Drawing.
Brandon is the Executive Director for VAE in Downtown Raleigh.
artist statement
My work considers the information churned out during an election year (and beyond)—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 electorate. With so much information in our hands, you’d think we’d know more. We 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, and offensive language is forgotten with the next day’s headlines.
Current works are meant to visually represent, create caricatures of, or comment on the United States’ current political climate and the coverage of the 2016 elections, and the resulting political climate.
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
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