Corey Whyte was born in Staffordshire in 1993 and has lived between Staffordshire and Carmel, California from an early age. He completed his BA Fine Art at Staffordshire University graduating in 2014 and is currently studying at Chelsea College of Art on the MA Fine Arts course. Whyte was the recent recipient of The Ingram Collection’s Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize in November 2016, hosted at The Cello Factory in London.
Corey Whyte was born in Staffordshire in 1993 and has lived between Staffordshire and Carmel, California from an early age. He completed his BA Fine Art at Staffordshire University graduating in 2014 and is currently studying at Chelsea College of Art on the MA Fine Arts course. Whyte was the recent recipient of The Ingram Collection’s Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize in November 2016, hosted at The Cello Factory in London.
Whyte observes on modern consumer behaviour, his current focus with his interest is limited edition product and the anxiety filled hold seasonal holidays such as Christmas, valentine’s day, Easter and Halloween have on the human condition.
Whyte takes inflatable products from these times and uses them as armatures or moulds, and uses sculptural materials which have limited control time, then challenges them by pushing them even further, intervening, contributing and continuing its disturbed state into absurdity, to then boomerang it back into being a new limited product by the artist himself.
b. 1993, Staffordshire
Lives and Works in London, England
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Qualifications:
2017 - 2018: MA Fine Art - Chelsea College of Art
2011 - 2014: BA Hons Fine Art - Staffordshire University
Prizes:
The Ingram Collection Young Contemporay Talent Prize 2016
Collections:
Shortlisted:
The Artist Collecting Society Studio Prize 2017
Selected Exhibitions:
Group Exhibitions:
2018:
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Chelsea MA Summer Shows - Chelsea College of Arts, London (September)
Young Contemporary Talent From The Ingram Collection – The Lightbox, Surrey (July)
One of One – After Projects & The Concept Space – The Concept Space, London (July)
MA Interim Shows Part 2 – Chelsea College of Arts, London
MA Interim Shows Part 1 – Chelsea College of Arts, London
Open Studios – MAFA Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts, London
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2017:
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Pissing up a wall - MAFA Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts. London
The Fridge - Pop up show in Seven Sisters. London
PATH - Chelsea College of Arts. London
Creekside Open 2017 – A.P.T Gallery. London
2016:
The Ingram Collection Young Contemporary Talent Prize - The Cello Factory. London, UK.
The Dark Arts - Candid Arts Centre. London, England.
New Art West Midlands 2016 - MAC Birmingham
New Art West Midlands 2016 - Waterhall Gallery at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
2015:
New Art WM Annuale – Article Gallery. Birmingham, England.
2014:
Nottingham Castle Open 2014 – Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, England. (till jan 2015)
Ex Factory – Olympus Engineering (Kules Residency). Stoke-on-Trent, England.
West Midlands Open 2014 - Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Birmingham, England.
Degree Show – Cadman Gallery’s, Staffordshire University, England.
