CORY OBERNDORFER - curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
2008 MFA, American University, Washington, D.C. – Painting Emphasis
2005 BFA, Weber State University, Ogden, UT – 2-D Emphasis
2001 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT – Film Studies
1999 AA, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS – Theatre Emphasis
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 "Pop: Pourri", Martha Spak Gallery @ The Wharf, Washington, DC
2020 "Pop: Summer", VisArts, Rockville, MD
2019 "Pop: Camp", Martha Spak Gallery @ The Wharf, Washington, DC
2018 "Pop: Recall", Metro Micro Gallery, Arlington, VA
2016 “Pop: Artists”, Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg, PA
2015 “Bitter/Sweet”, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
“Pop: Return”, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2014 “Pop: Everlasting”, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
“Pop: Summer”, Jericho Advisors, Charleston, SC
“Pop: Sucker”, Hierarchy, Washington, DC
2010 “Novelty”, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2009 “Flavor of the Month”, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
2008 “Just a Taste”, G Fine Art Gallery, Washington, DC
“5 Flavors, DC”, American University Museum, Washington, DC
“Novelty”, Katzen Arts Center, Rotunda Galleries 1 & 2, Washington, DC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 “59th Annual Juried Competition”, The Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2021 “Minted”, Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
“INK IT: Contemporary Printmaking”, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
2019 “Art-n-Stuff”, Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA
2018 “Recollections”, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
“One House”, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
2017 "Best Medicine", Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Center, Washington, DC (curator)
2016 "The Drawing Board", DC Arts Center, Washington, DC (curator)
"Pow! Wow! DC", Mural Festival, Washington, DC
2015 "icono-pop!", Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
“Play”, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
“Presence”, King Street Gallery, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD (curator)
2014 “Softer, Softest”, Delicious Spectacle, Washington, DC
2013 “Slippage”, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD
“Strictly Painting 9”, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
“Radius 250”, artspace, Richmond, VA
“WESTMARYGINIASYLVANINGTON”, Hodson Gallery, Frederick, MD
2012 “RIDE: Worldwide”, Dakar, Senegal
“Aqua Art”, Alida Anderson, Miami, FL
“She Got Game”, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
2011 “RIDE”, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
2010 “Uncle Cory’s Art Show”, The Fridge, Washington, DC (artist/curator)
“By Request”, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
“Sondheim Semi-Finalist Show”, Decker and Meyerhoff Galleries, Baltimore, MD
2008 “Once Again, Again”, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
-juried by Annie Gawlak
2007 “WPA\C OPTIONS Biennial”, Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC
-curated by Paul Brewer
“Strictly Painting 6”, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
-juried by Kristen Hileman
2006 “down to this”, Kayo Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
“Statewide Juried Competition”, Bountiful/Davis Arts Center, Bountiful, UT
“President’s Juried Competition”, Utah Museum of Art & History, Salt Lake City, UT
2005 “The Box Show”, Kayo Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
“Utah Arts Council Statewide Juried Competition”, Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Ogden, UT
“Statewide Juried Competition”, Bountiful/Davis Arts Center, Bountiful, UT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014-present Adjunct Faculty, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Painting: Contemporary Issues (graduate and undergraduate)
Painting: Visual Thinking, Drawing I
2014-present Adjunct Faculty, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Drawing II, Painting I, 2-D Design
2010-2014 Adjunct Faculty, Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD
Drawing, Drawing II, 2-D Design, Digital Imaging, Color Theory
2008-2015 Adjunct Faculty, Montgomery College, Silver Spring, MD
Drawing, 2-D Design, Color Theory, Figure Drawing I & II, 3-D Design
2008-2017 Adjunct Faculty, American University, Washington, DC
Studio Experience, Painting
2008-2011 Adjunct Faculty, Marymount University, Arlington, VA
Drawing
2006-2008 Teaching Assistant, American University, Washington, DC
Studio Experience, Typography
2005-2006 Adjunct Faculty, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Studio Experience
2007-2008 Studio Manager/Painting Assistant, iona rozeal brown/3rdi productions,
Washington, DC
2006-2007 Assistant Preparator/Art Handler, American University Museum, Washington, DC
2005-2006 Assistant Preparator, Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Ogden, UT
2004-2005 President, Student Art Guild, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
2004-2005 Teaching Assistant, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Painting
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2021 ArtBank Acquisition, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2020 Keyholder Residency, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
2020 Individual Artist Fine Arts Grant, Corcoran Women’s Committee, Washington, DC
2019 Individual Artist Project Grant, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD
2017 Artist Fellowship Grant, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2017 Artist Residency and Drawing Instructor, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2016 Artist Residency, Kunstnarhuset Messen, Ålvik, Norway
2016 Artist Fellowship Grant, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2015 Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2015 Public Art Funding, Arlington Public Art, Arlington, VA
2015 City Arts Project Grant, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2015 Artist Fellowship Grant, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2013 Artist Fellowship Grant, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2013 ArtBank Acquisition, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2011 Artist Fellowship Grant, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2010 Semi-finalist, 2010 Sondheim Prize
2010 Artist-in-Residence, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2009 Small Projects Grant, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
JUROR, LECTURER, PANELIST, COMMUNITY
2021 Grant Panelist, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2020 Grant Panelist, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2017 Grant Panelist, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
2016-present Artist Advisory Committee, Washington Studio School
2016 Juror, Student Exhibition, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
2015 Juror, Perspective: Contemporary Painting & Drawing, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
2014 Juror, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
2014 Juror, The Art League, Alexandria, VA
2014-2020 Artist Advisory Committee, Hillyer Art Space
2014 Lecturer, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
2014 Grant Panelist, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2014 Grant Panelist, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
2013-2015 Montgomery College Exhibitions Committee
2013 Panelist, Art and Acquisition: Conversations with Artists & Their Collectors, Washington, DC
2013 Grant Panelist, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2011 Guest Artist, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
2011 Grant Panelist, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2011 Grant Panelist, Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
2010 Grant Panelist, DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
2010 Panelist, Pink Panel with Jeffry Cudlin, Flashpoint, Washington, DC
2010 Contributing Writer, thestudiovisit.com
2009 Washington Project for the Arts Artist Committee
2004-2005 President, Student Art Guild, Weber State University, Ogden, UT
PUBLISHINGS
Washington Post, “Artists have come out to play”, September 17, 2015.
Bmore Art, “All Fun and Games Until…”, August 5, 2015.
Washington City Paper, “Local Artist’s Mural Censored at American University”, January 30, 2015.
Washington Post, “Please don’t lick the colorful treats in Cory Oberndorfer’s ‘Pop: Everlasting’”, September 5, 2014.
Charleston City Paper, “Pop: Summer | New Work by Cory Oberndorfer”, July 17, 2014.
Washington City Paper, “Cory Oberndorfer and Decoy at Hierarchy”, February 21, 2014.
Washington City Paper, “Uncle Cory’s Secret Playtime at Source Festival”, June 14, 2013.
DC Theatre Scene, “Uncle Cory’s Secret Playtime”, June 13, 2013.
DC Metro Theater Arts, “Source Festival: Uncle Cory’s Secret Playtime”, June 13, 2013.
Campello, F. Lennox. 100 Artists of Washington, D.C., Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 2011.
TBD.com, “Two tickets to the gun art shows”, September 28, 2010.
Charleston Scene, “D.C. Artist Finds Beauty in the Lowcountry”, May 20, 2010.
Charleston City Paper, “Sticky Sweet”, May 25, 2010.
Washington City Paper, “Immature Hour: Good Times for D.C. Artists with Peter Pan Complexes”, February 3, 2010.
A.V. Club, “Uncle Cory’s Art Show at The Fridge”, January 13, 2010.
ReadySetDC.com, “Words w/ Cory Oberndorfer”, January 7, 2010.
Five on Five Magazine, Spring 2009.
DC Modern Luxury, April 2009.
Barrelhousemag.com, “WashPost Chases It’s Philosophical Tail Over Oberndorfer’s Roller Derby Art”, January 17, 2009.
Washington Post, “Sugar and Spice, but Who’s Playing Nice?”, January 16, 2009.
Washington City Paper, “Cory Oberndorfer’s ‘Flavor of the Month’”, January 14, 2009.
Examiner.com, “Catch the ‘Flavor of the Month’ at Flashpoint Gallery”, January 13, 2009.
Five on Five Magazine, Winter, 2008.
Washington Post, “Where Did the Optimism Go?”, October 10, 2008.
DC Modern Luxury, “The Radar: Artist”, September 2008.
Northern Virginia Magazine, September 2008.
Barrelhouse Literary Magazine, July 2008.
Art Papers, 2007.