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Rocky McCorkle

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> QUICK FACTS
BIRTHPLACE:  
Columbus
BIRTH YEAR:  
1978
LIVES IN:  
San Francisco
WORKS IN:  
San Francisco
PHONE:  
(614) 284-2087
WEBSITE:  
http://www.rockymccorkle.com
REPRESENTING GALLERIES:  
little tree gallery, Irvine Contemporary
TAGS:  
conceptual, photography, San-Francisco, fiction, large-format
> STATEMENT

Since 2007, I have been constructing a "silent film" narrating the internal discourse of an elderly woman in today's pervasively influential world. Through a sequence of stills, 'You and Me On A Sunny Day' explores the impact that film and fictional media has on her way of life.

 

Education


2007 San Francisco Art Institute, MFA Photography
2005 The Ohio State University, BFA Photography

Selected Exhibitions

2009 A Thin Slice, Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
International Festival for Photography & Video, GoEun Museum of Photography, Busan, Korea
Lincoln Photofest, Elder Gallery, Lincoln NE
Inaugural Art Exhibit, Art Raw Gallery, West Chelsea NYC
2008 APA SF Something Personal, Leftspace, San Francisco, CA
2007 Aqua Art Miami 07, Aqua Hotel, Miami, FL
PDN Pix Digital Imaging Contest 13, Splashlight Studios, New York, NY
Solo Exhibition, Little Tree Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Introductions3, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, D.C.
2006 Snap To Grid, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Art for AIDS Live Auction, Bonham's & Butterfield's, San Francisco, CA
Photo Digital, Carnegie Kentucky, Convington, KY
Digital International Photography Exhibition, Museum Of The Living Artist, San Diego, CA
Composing Biology, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 Ohio Art League Spring Exhibition, Springfield Museum Of Art, Springfield, OH
2003 Photo Plus, Jacob Javits Center, New York, NY

Honors & Awards



2009 2nd Place, Fine Art Professional, Lucie Foundation's International Photography Awards

Winner USA, Flash Forward Emerging Photographers
2008 Honorable Mention, PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris
2007 New Talent Winner, PDN's Pix Digital Imaging Contest 13

Honorable Mention, Pilsner Urquell International Awards
4th Place, Photographer's Forum magazine's 27th Annual Photography Contest
2006 Inducted into Nikon's Emerging Artist Hall of Fame

1st Place, Photographer's Forum 26th Annual College Contest
Excellence Award, Digital International Photography Exhibition
2005 People's Choice Award, Ohio Expo Professional Artist Exhibition
1st Place, Best In Show, & Juror's Award, Ohio State University Undergraduate Exhibition

Firestone Scholarship
21st Hoyt Sherman Memorial Scholarship
2004 Finalist, Photographer's Forum magazine's Photography Contest
Undergraduate Research Scholarship
2003 1st Place, Texas Instruments Intelligence Photography Contest


Current Exhibitions and Events
Nov, 2009 September Showcase: Editor's Watch
Test 2 Gallery
 
November Showcase Entry

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Rocky McCorkle Safe In Sound

 

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