bio

Amy Alma Corazon

Born in Arlington, VA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

***updated bio listed on WILD TORUS page****

Exhibitions:

2013
-MFA Thesis Show, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (Wild Torus, May 6-13)
-MFA Open Studios 2013, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (April 12-13)
-Focus and Motivation Lecture Series, Hunter College, New York, NY (April 11)
-AVGMEN+ed RE@L!TY/B.Y.O.B. Brooklyn, Pratt MFA Studios-Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (Wild Torus)
-Bachelorette Party, Loft 594, Brooklyn, NY (Wild Torus performance/installation)

2012
-Greasy Pink, by French Neon, 8 Pell St, NY, NY (Wild Torus performance/installation)
-BAK'TUN 13, by(re:)FORM art, Broome Street Gallery, NY, NY
-Fruit Punch, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
-ANX.ARS (online)
-GO! Brooklyn Museum Open Studios Project, Pratt MFA Studios-Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
-BETA: round 40, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
-Artscape: Roadside Attractions, Baltimore, MD (Wild Torus)
-Pratt Institute MFA Open Studios 2012, Fall + Spring, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2011
-No Comment, Loft in the Red Zone, Occupy Wall Street, NY, NY
-Defiguration, by(re:)FORM art, St. John the Evangelist Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, NY
-Grotesque Frikoño!, Escuela Superior de Diseño de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain
-One on One, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
-Feedback Video Series, University of Richmond, VA
-Pratt Institute MFA Open Studios Fall 2011, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY


2010
-Detour, Vacant Spaces/Artful Places, Gallery 5, Richmond, VA
-GAIA, The Fridge, Washington, DC
-Art of Life, MOVA Lounge, Washington, DC
-The University of Richmond Honors Thesis Exhibition, Russell Projects and Harnett Museum of Art, Richmond, VA
-Heliotrope (Public Art w/ Dr. David Wood, Vanderbilt Univ.), University of Richmond, VA
-The Greater Washington Indie Arts Festival, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA 
-Haiti Benefit Auction, University of Richmond, VA

2009
-Chi-Yun, Breath Resonance in Contemporary Art: Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition curated with Curator’s Office (Washington, DC), University of Richmond, VA


Education:

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
MFA Sculpture, Certificate in Museum Studies (2013)
-Thesis w/ Ann Messner

University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
BA Studio Art, Art History Minor, Latin & Iberian Studies Minor,
     Museum Studies Concentration      magna cum laude (2010)
-Thesis w/ Erling Sjovold

St. Louis University, Madrid Campus, Madrid, Spain (Fall 2008)

Awards:

2012-2013 Visiting Artists Lecture Series Co-coordinator, Pratt Institute

2011-2013 Graduate Scholarship, Pratt Institute

2010 Bobby Chandler Award in Art, Studio Art Award, University of Richmond

2006 RISD Annual Art Award, Annandale High School, Fairfax County, VA


Press + Links:
-Loft 594 Announcement