Corrie Slawson

Corrie Slawson’s work engages with a matrix of social, political, and cultural concerns that are often difficult to resolve. Centering on such issues as justice and human rights, land-use, climate change, environmental degradation, and the current-day impacts of European Colonialism, Corrie approaches the notions of place, home, and community as if they were constructed, physical bodies—sometimes inflamed and falling apart, other times resilient and growing.

Born, raised, and currently living in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Corrie’s work consists primarily of painting, printmaking, drawing, and collaged elements that coalesce into detailed, panoramic landscapes or extreme close-up shots of swirling, amalgamated forms. Sometimes naturalistic, other times channeling a baroque surrealism, Corrie’s imagery evolved from a photo-journalistic practice rooted in the visuals of her daily commute towards a broader concern with global inequities that often stem from Colonization and unbalanced wealth accumulation. Continually sourcing recognizable elements—from national and international architectural landmarks and historical icons to the local gas station on the corner—Corrie’s deepest concerns as an artist and as an individual focus on tho...

Slawson earned her BFA in painting at Parsons School of Design in New York City and her MFA in painting at Kent State University School of Art in Kent, OH.

Corrie's work has been exhibited throughout the United States at numerous northeast Ohio institutions, including MOCA Cleveland, The Toledo Museum of Art, Akron Art Museum, The Massillon Museum, SPACES, The Sculpture Center, The Morgan Paper Conservancy, Heights Arts, Gallery W and Shaheen Modern and Contemporary. Nationally Corrie’s work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions at such venues as Soltesz Fine Art (Portland, OR), Opalka Galley (Albany, NY), Long Beach Island Foundation (Long Beach Island, NJ), Rhombus Space (Brooklyn, NY), Rockford Art Museum (Rockford, IL), and the Arnold and Shiela Aronson Galleries at the Parsons School of Design (NY). Internationally, Corrie’s work has been exhibited at NIDO International Center for the Arts (Montecastello di Vibio, Italy); Galerie Module Drei (Dresden, Germany); Texture Printmaking Studio (Taipei, Tawian); Fondazione Estetica & Progresso (Sardinia, Italy); and Centro Cultural (Tijuana, Mexico).

In addition to earning two Individual Artist Awards from the Ohio Arts Council (2012, 2019), in 2021 Corrie was honored with the Cleveland Arts Prize Mid-Career Artist Award. Most recently, with support from SPACES Satellite Fund, The Andy Warhol Foundation and Akron Soul Train, Cor...