Corinne Beardsley

Corinne Beardsley’s geological sculptures embody memory and touch through haptic records of clay. Water transforms raw clay figures through cycles of disintegration and renewal. Plaster castings of finger drawings in clay and sand are fossils of gestural touch. Symmetrical earthlings are shaped by layering native clay, splayed open in visceral cross-sections; time embedded into geological strata. Some of these designs are inspired by pareidolia- finding faces in visual patterns, and the way that insects disguise themselves as a form of protection in their environments from predators. The transformative processes of her materials reflect on our fragile relationship with the environment, and how we are shaped by technology.

Corinne received a MFA from the New York Academy of Art and a BFA from Hartford Art School. Corinne has exhibited in the United States and Internationally. Select solo and group exhibitions include Field Projects (New York), Sargent Daughters/Shrine (NY), Flowers Gallery (NY), Site:Brooklyn, ADS Gallery (NY), Central Academy of Fine Art Museum (China), M16 Artspace (Australia), Sawtooth Gallery (Australia), Real Art Ways (Hartford, CT), and Salisbury University Gallery (Maryland). She has been awarded fellowships and residencies including at the Vermont Studio Center, Red Lodge Clay Center (Montana), Central Academy of Fine Art (China), Babayan Culture House (Turkey), University of Tasmania (Australia) and Poh Chang University (Thailand). She directed Mosely Gallery and lectured at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore and Salisbury University. Currently she is a contributing writer for Frontrunner Magazine and organizes Gold Star Fridge. Corinne is from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and lives and works in Hudson Valley NY.