Summary
Kelly Corpting is an artist, curator, writer and teacher. Her main interest is drawing, both in art and out of art. Prior to joining UnR in 2022, she is the leader of the BA Fine Art: Drawing (2006-2019) course, and then program director of fine arts (2019-2022) at Camberwell College of Arts, UAL ( University of Arts London), UK. She was a 2017-2020 teaching scientist. Her interdisciplinary work includes regular cooperation with the Architectural Association, the Music Conservatory of Trinity Laban, the Museum of Pathology of Gordon and the National Gallery, London. It has given presentations at conferences in the UK on: London National Gallery, Tate UK, ICA, Borough Road Gallery and Royal Society, and Beyond: Collage of the Arts Association, Carnegie College, RMIM MELBORNE , and for the European Forum of the Paradox for Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland and Granada, Spain.
Research interests
Interdisciplinary research projects based in practice include:
- “Drawing in Social Space,” (2022-2023) A Curatorial Project, Working with Renee Odjidja and Misty Ingham, In Collaboration with Drawing Room, Camberw and uno Munities from Around the UK , USA, Bolivia, Netherlands, Ghana and Morocco
- “Between Thought and Space” (2014-2015) co-produced with Mirage Ahmed, with exhibitions and events at the Kamberel Arts College, the Architectural Association and Dilston Grove, CGP, London; Collective research working in the field of art, architecture, sound and dance
- Drawing- in and out of writing, (2011-2012), a project between Kelly Cording, Rebecca Fortnum, Peter Marens and Ans Nis, with two publications of the same name (one published by Kuleuven, the other published jointly by RGAP, UK, UK, UK Britain , UK, and Sint-Lucas Visual Arts Ghent, Belgium) and a large-scale exhibition at Voorkamer in LIER, Belgium
Selected Publications
- Satellite of contemporary drawing2020 [co-authored with Rebecca Fortnum] Wylie Blackwell
- Associate Editor: A journey of contemporary paintingIntelligence books
Remarkable exhibitions and courage
- Drawing History, 2018, curator and exhibitor, Camberwell Space, London
- “Intangible statements, 2016”, solo exhibition, Horatio -Jr., London
- Selected as a Jerwood Drawing Award and Derwent Drawing Award, 2016, Tournament Exhibitions, London
- “Between Thought and Space,” 2015, Coiler and Exhibitor, Dilston Grove, Southwork Park, London
- “In and Out of Writing”, 2011, Cooperation and Exhibitor, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
- “Vertigo before Words”, 2006, solo exhibition, Salon Am Hof, Vienna
- “Surprise Animation”, 2006, solo exhibition, Shlam Smith Gallery, London