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Location
Corinna is based in London UK, but during her years in Chicago (2010 – 2016) she was able to expand on her work in both printmaking and painting — often combining elements of both in one piece.
Education
BA Honours degree in Painting and pursued a postgraduate degree in Printmaking in the UK.
Solo shows
Gathering Storm, Gallery Kaleidoscope – London, UK, in 2007.
On The Pull, Cupola Gallery – Sheffield, UK, in 2007.
Rose Theatre, Featured Artist – Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey, UK, in 2008.
Chelsea Arts Club – London, UK, in 2009.
Brumfield Contemporary Art – Hastings, Sussex, UK, in 2009.
Painting on a plate, printing onto Canvas, Impact – University of West of England, Bristol, UK, in 2009.
Riverside Gallery, Barnes – London, UK, in 2010.
Feast, Cupola Gallery – Sheffield, UK, in 2010.
Flight of Fancy, Gallery 19 – Minneapolis, USA, in 2011.
Painting & Prints, Bath Contemporary – Bath, UK, in 2012.
Brumfield Contemporary Gallery – Boise, ID, USA, in 2013.
Moments of Being, Gallery C – Dubuque, IA, USA, in 2014.
University of Illinois, ULC Health in the Arts clinic – Chicago, USA, in 2014.
Caught in the Act, Cupola Gallery – Sheffield, UK, in 2016.
Watching you, watching me sculpture and painting, Pistachio – Chicago, USA, in 2016.
Interfaces’ – Hyde Park Arts Centre, Chicago (Featuring sculpture, printmaking, and painting), in 2017.
Made made Great, Chicago ‘Caught in an act II’ (Featuring sculpture, printmaking, and painting), in 2017.
Caught in a Fast Lane, Cupola Gallery – Sheffield, UK, in 2020.
Group shows
Hicks Gallery – London, UK in 2008
A Century of Sheffield Art, Millennium Galleries – Sheffield, UK in 2008
Design Centre, Leeds City Museum – Leeds, UK in 2008.
New Ashgate Gallery – Farnham, UK in 2008.
Royal West of England Academy Bristol – Avon, UK in 2009.
International print exhibition, Open Space Gallery – Cornwall, UK in 2010.
The London Original Print Fair Royal Academy of Art – London, UK in 2011.
TEN Painting & Printmaking, Curator: Jane Stobart, Bankside Gallery – London, UK in 2013.
Flourish’ Curator Printmaking awards – West Yorkshire Printmakers, UK in 2013.
Royal Society of Painters & Printmakers, Burton Museum – Devon, UK in 2013.
RE Painting & Printmaking, Bath Contemporary – Bath, UK in 2014.
The Masters – Relief prints, Curator: Angie Lewin RE, Bankside Gallery – London, UK in 2015.
In Print International Printmaking Biennale, Gallery 11 – Hull, UK in 2015.
Prints and Plates, Cupola Contemporary Gallery – Sheffield, UK in 2015.
The Masters – Etching Curated by Royal Academician: Norman Ackroyd, Bankside Gallery – London, UK in 2016.
London Original Print Fair; The Royal Academy in 2017.
The Masters – ‘The One Off’ monoprints. Curator: Morgan Doyle RE in 2017.
National Open Juried exhibition of Original Prints, London – Chief Curator: Jennifer Ramkalawon from British Museum in 2018.
ING ‘Discerning Eye’, Mall Galleries – London, UK in 2019.
The Prince’s Trust Suction, Highgrove House – Gloucestershire, UK in 2019.
Art On A Postcard, WeWork, 8 Devonshire Square – London, UK in 2019.
ING ‘Discerning Eye’, Mall Galleries – London, UK in 2020.
The Royal Academy Summer Show, Royal Academy of Art – London, UK in 2020.
Awards, publications & commissions
University of Aberystwyth prize, Wales in 2007.
Hector Purchase Prize, Printmaking UK in 2009.
Shortlisted for Printmaking prize A4 International open Print exhibition, Cornwall in 2010.
Extraordinary Sketchbooks, Jane Stobart published 2011 by A&C Black in 2011.
Not just another pretty Face, commissioned project. Hyde Part Art Centre, Chicago in 2013.
First Prize for painting. The Art Slam, Voices Gallery, Dubuque in 2014.
Urban Confusions Journal Publication, Issue No.4. in 2014.
‘Art by Design’ Feature in Modern Luxury Design Publication, Chicago in 2016.
NewCity Art Publication Review ‘Interfaces’ solo show, Chicago in 2016.
Dry Red Press Publishing Award in 2016.
Featured in New Art Examiner Publication; ‘Work that Caught our Eye’ in 2017.
Printmaking Today Publication, Creative Collaborations in 2018.
Not just another pretty Face, commissioned project. Hyde Park Art Centre, Chicago in 2019.
Collections
The Victoria and Albert Museum London
Jiangsu Art Museum, China
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
BBC Sheffield, UK
Castle Lesley, Ireland
University of Aberystwyth, Wales
Croydon School of Art
Corinna Button
Painting & Mixed Media | Printmaking | Sculpture
Whilst Corinna pursued a postgraduate degree in printmaking, she was impacted by the German Expressionists who made an indelible impression on her. Corinna has spent many subsequent years dedicating her time to the development of her work in etching and other forms of printmaking. To this day, printmaking continues to be a medium that intrigues Corinna and is hugely influential in the way she approaches painting and sculpture.
“People are the subjects of my work and I am intrigued by moments that, despite initially appearing quite commonplace, and (for me) charged with great significance and meaning. My inspiration is drawn from experiences or predicaments I encounter in daily life, such as social gatherings, images from social media and words from a song or a poem. All these generate ideas for themes that I can build upon, “dress-up”, and weave into my work. I compose figures either in groupings or as a single figure or just a face. My aim is not to create exact likenesses, but rather to create prototypical or archetypal figures whose personality or identity is both partly exposed and partly hidden beneath the surface. Everything about the way I work (both technique and subject) is motivated by the desire to reveal or “bring something to light.” Thus, my process involves layering then scraping back, building then excavating; otherwise, peeling back layers to “carve out” and reveal something hidden beneath the surface.
It is through these painted, sculpted or printed figures that I wish to project recognisable aspects of human experience. I want to compel and to draw the viewer in for a closer look beyond the surface”