William Corwin

William Corwin is a sculptor and writer who has shown his work widely in New York City and in Europe.

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Above:

Little Curragh , 2022
Iron
12.5 x 5.5 x 3 in.

A graduate of Princeton University, where he studied architecture, Will has exhibited  his work at LaMama Galleria, Zurcher Gallery, Geary Contemporary and The George and Jorgen Gallery in London.  Residencies include: the State Department Artist Residency at the Taipei Artist’s Village (2007), The Clocktower Gallery (2010), The Hamburg City Guest Artist Residency (2010), Art Omi (2014), Lower Manhattan Workspace Residency on Governors Island (2014).  Museum shows include Roots/Anchors in at The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor, a four person show featuring the work of Shervone Neckles, Katie Holten, and Xaviera Simmons, with exhibition catalog essay by Lucy Lippard.

In 2019 he curated Postwar Women at The Art Students League, an exhibition of forty-four of the institution’s alumnae active between 1945 and 1965, featuring artists such as Lee Krasner, Lenita Manrey, Mavis Pusey, Perle Fine, Elizabeth Catlett, and Dorothy Dehner. He has also curated a series of exhibitions centering on the midcentury French painters Marguerite Louppe and Maurice Brianchon, at Lafayette College, Albright College, and Seton Hall University, and most recently this past spring and summer at Rosenberg & Co. He is the author of the book &Model, published by Leeds Metropolitan University, and is the editor of the upcoming book: Formal Concerns: Collected essays of Saul Ostrow, to be published by Elective Affinity Press in 2023. He was most recently included in three of Phong Bui’s exhibitions, Singing in Unison, in the summer of 2022.

Exhibitions

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Lethe-wards, William Corwin

October 16, 2022 - December 18, 2022

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Green Ladder, William Corwin

March 19, 2021 - April 24, 2021

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Champollion, William Corwin

July 21, 2016 - August 12, 2016

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The Old Gods, William Corwin

September 6, 2018 - October 12, 2018

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Link to William Corwin: Lethe-Wards news page

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William Corwin: Lethe-Wards

The Brooklyn Rail | December 2022

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William Corwin

Sculpture Magazine | December 13, 2022

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Link to William Corwin at Geary news page

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William Corwin at Geary

WhiteHot Magazine | March 2021

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Link to William Corwin at Geary Contemporary (Millerton, New York) news page

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William Corwin at Geary Contemporary (Millerton, New York)

White Hot Magazine | November 2022

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William Corwin: Green Ladder

The Brooklyn Rail | April 2021

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Link to Doors of Perception: William Corwin at Geary Contemporary news page

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Doors of Perception: William Corwin at Geary Contemporary

ArtCritical | August 2016

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Link to How William Corwin Uses Sculpture to Decipher the Legacy of Jean-Françoise Champollion news page

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How William Corwin Uses Sculpture to Decipher the Legacy of Jean-Françoise Champollion

Whitehot Magazine | September 2016

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At the Galleries

The Hudson Review | February 2019

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Link to Champollion by Will Corwin news page

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Champollion by Will Corwin

Installation Magazine | August 2016

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Link to Will Corwin: The Old Gods, by Tom McGlynn news page

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Will Corwin: The Old Gods, by Tom McGlynn

Brooklyn Rail | October 2018

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