Corey Pemberton
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BIO
Corey Pemberton (b. 1990, Reston, VA) received a BFA in Craft and Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA. Pemberton’s work is interdisciplinary, primarily working in glass, mixed media, paint, and fiber.
He has enjoyed previous solo exhibitions at the Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO (2024); Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC (2023); Chili Art Projects, London, UK (2023); Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA (2023); Penland Focus Gallery, Penland, NC (2021). Pemberton is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; Museum of Art and Design, NY; the Chrysler Museum of Art, VA; and the private collections of notable figures, including Alicia Keys and Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean, Laura Dern, and Cynthia Erivo. He has been awarded grants and residencies from Penland School of Craft, Pilchuck Glass School, and Pittsburgh Glass Center. Pemberton also serves as the Executive Director of ‘Crafting the Future,’ a non-profit that aims to broaden perspectives in visual art, craft, and design to build an accessible art landscape for artists of color. The artist lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
