Cory Wanamaker

Cory S. Wanamaker (born May 17, 1970 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania) is an American painter and bronze sculptor living abroad. Currently his studio and base of operations is in Shanghai, China. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Art Education with a concentration in sculpture from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. He attended the Goddard College in Vermont and received a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Art. Wanamaker worked as a Fulbright Fellow from 2006-2007. He is a former member of the National Art Education Association and the National Education Association.

Professional life

The artist began his travels as an expat artist in 2006 as a Fulbright Fellow living and working in the United Kingdom. He immersed himself in his community as a teacher, collaborator, artist, and explorer. During this period in Wanamaker’s life, he was able to hone in on and enhance his understanding of place and from that moment on, he began to integrate that understanding into his art. Since that time, he has been able to use his travels to inspire his work and to incorporate true place in unique ways. In 2009 he moved to Moscow, Russia where he lived and worked for three years. During this time Wanamaker incorporated place in a painting he titled Red Square http://airyhillstudio.com/travel/ga0m5jtcskbx4afbbcfy5e4ij50ugo where he mixed dirt from shoes of many individuals that had walked through Red Square into the paint itself, forming a true connection between the place and the art.

Wanamaker moved to Prague, Czech Republic in 2012, and immediately began creating art. Through his exploration of the Czech Republic he became friends with a well-known Czech artist who connected him with a bronze foundry. It was through this connection that the artist was able to re-establish himself as a bronze sculptor and once again nourish his strong desire to create meaningful three-dimensional works of art. His studies of place and angel were both transformed over his duration in Prague and he made a new study of time in this location famously known for its connection to Horology through the medieval Prague astronomical clock. The artist progressed his art in Prague and challenged himself with adapting new techniques and by using different materials than he had before.

Wanamaker’s work has been shown at the Rezidence Ostrovní (Stone Hall), Dancing House and Jindrišská 16 in Prague, Czech Republic, the Russian Ministry of Culture Tushino Gallery in Moscow, Russia, the Irish Embassy in Moscow, Russia, the North American Biannual, Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado, USA, at Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Agora Gallery in SoHo, New York City, the Stage Gallery in Merrick, New York, USA, Mulberry Galleries in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, and at the Teresa Yost Gallery in Havre de Grace, Maryland, USA.

Awards and achievements

• Work Inducted into the Country of Ireland State Collection - Irish Embassy H.E. Philip McDonagh
• Solo Exhibition, House of Two, Stone Hall Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic
• Solo Exhibition, Dacha Art House, Ayise Galleries - Moscow, Russian Federation
• Two Man Exhibition Terra Incognito Russian State Gallery - Russian Ministry of Culture, Moscow, Russian Federation
• Fulbright Scholarship, International Teacher Exchange - United States of America to the United Kingdom
• International Contemporary Toam Environmental Art Festival - Pusan Korea
• SoHo International Art Show Agora Gallery - New York, NY USA
• International Art Fair, Focal Artist - Anglo-American School, Moscow Russia
• International Art Expo, The Floating Art Gallery Carnegie Hall: - New York, New York USA
• North American Bi-Annual Sculpture Exhibition Foothills Art Center Inc., - Golden, Colorado USA
• Face to Face Exhibition The Stage Gallery - Merrick, New York USA
• Speaker for Artist as Educator, Pennsylvania Art Education Association - State Conference, Pennsylvania USA
• Small Group Show Agora Gallery, - SoHo, New York, New York USA
• Awarded representation Agora Gallery - SoHo, New York, New York USA
• Group Sculpture Show, Teresa Yost Bennett Gallery - Havre de Grace, Maryland USA
• Lecture Grant From Lititz Art Association - Lititz, Pennsylvania USA
• Artist Lecture, York Artists Association - York, Pennsylvania USA
• Private Commission from Clayton and Betty Bell - Ephrata, Pennsylvania USA
• Airy Hill Group Show Mulberry Studios - Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA
• Solo Show, Bube’s Catacomb Gallery, - Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania USA
• Bring Rocks Community Art Practicum, - Manheim, Pennsylvania USA
• Land Grant for Community Based Practicum, - Manheim, Pennsylvania USA
• Private Commission for Aaron and Michelle Snodgrass, - Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA
• Community Awareness through Art - Veterans of Foreign War Publication in The Sociology Journal: 2010 - http://www.sociology.org/uncategorized/future/
• Publication in Radical Pedagogy 2008 : -