Cori Bartz

    Cori Bartz was born in the early 70's growing up alongside muppets, stuffed toys, and Saturday morning cartoons while languishing in 80's hair, clothing and music. She remembers the beginning of MTV, when electronics came with dials and the internet was as far away as a replicator on Star Trek. Cori’s paintings are a combination of the past and present, in which imagination and reality co-exist. They are a place where childhood fantasies can flourish, where monsters, bugs and rabbits that talk (or smoke) can find a home and big-eyed girls can tell a tale.
    Much of Cori’s art references a love of nature and animals. Her subject matter involves a reflection on the relationship between one's self and others and how one might exist alongside our world and its inhabitants. Her paintings integrate pieces of her past with current reflections on relationships with people, animals and our natural world.
    Cori’s paintings are done in oil on canvas or wood panel. She uses multiple layers of color washes, building some areas up with more depth while leaving others thin and transparent. Some pieces integrate wax or torn paper within the layers of medium washes.

    Cori currently resides in Neenah, WI. She received a BFA in paint...

Cori received a BFA in painting from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.

2017
March, "A Night at the Movies" - group exhibit, Penumbra Art Boutique, Loures, Portugal​
April, 'Nightmares' - group exhibit featuring Strange Dreams Surreal Artist Collective, Thumbprint Gallery, LaJolla CA
April, '100 Days: The Creatives Respond' - Liminal Space Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
June, '37th Annual Secura Fine Arts Exhibition' - Trout Museum of Art, Appleton WI
June-September, 'Sweet n Low: An International Juried Show of Cute' - Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

2016
January, 'Fur, Feathers and Figments' continued - The Hang Up Gallery of Fine Art, Neenah WI
February, 'Quirky' - The ART Garage, Green Bay, WI
February, 'The Dark One' - February 13 - March 13, group exhibit, Penumbra Art Boutique, Loures, Portugal
March, '36th Annual Secura Fine Arts Exhibition' - Honorable Mention, Trout Museum of Art, Appleton WI
September 2-4, 'The Star Trek Show' - group exhibit, Gristle Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
December - solo show - The Hang Up Gallery of Fine Art, Neenah WI

2015
January, "Pop Art "- Group Exhibit, The Art Garage, Green Bay, WI
April - June, Featured Spring Artist - Wild Apple Gallery, Menasha WI
April, Secura Fine Arts Exhibit, Purchase Award*- The Trout Museum, Appleton WI
July, Heart of the...