Corey Wright
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Corey Wright, an illustrator/ visual artist born in Middletown, Connecticut, has been refining his craft for over fifteen years. As a child, he was inspired heavily by the story telling format of comic books, and was introduced to art by creating stories using his favorite super heroes and cartoon characters.
Corey’s commissioned work includes freelance storyboard work, freelance comic book work, character design and merchandise design. Corey has received awards both nationally and internationally for his work. His work has been displayed at such institutions as the prestigious Lyme Art Association (located on the Florence Griswold grounds in Connecticut).
His published work has been in Walmart, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Apple Music, Spotify, SoundCloud, and Youtube. He has also illustrated work for an Amazon Best Seller Children's Book.
His work is heavily inspired by comic books because he believes that we are all born with God given gifts. These gifts are our superpowers, which would make us all superheroes. He wants to help others tell their superhero origin story, and hopes to use his art to inspire others to tap into their superpowers, and use them to change the world. -
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Bachelor of Arts Liberal Arts and SciencesUniversity of Connecticut
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FREELANCE ILLUSTRATORFREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR2015 - Present (9 years)Built a thriving art/illustration business, with a solid and dedicated client base. Commission work includes character design, professional comic book work, storyboards for animation, and illustration for advertising/promotional use.
Clients Include:
- Professional Athletes
- Professional Recording Artists
- Businesses (For profit and non-profit)
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COMIC ARTISTSGUILD, CTCHAPTER Attend meetings with professional comic book artists/writers/publishers to network and collaborate in projects that involved storyboarding and sequential art for publishing.
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FREE LUNCH STUDIOSCollaborate with professional comic book artists/writers to produce published stories and projects. Took courses taught by artists/writers in the comic book industry, learning storyboarding, character design, reading scripts and sequential art. ACCOLADES: RECOGNITION FOR ILLUSTRATION WORK: 2018: - 2ND Place Prize, The Joy of Art! 15th Annual Juried Show 2016: - Art in the Heart of the City: Mayor Erin Stewart's 2016 Invitational Exhibition - An Exhibition in Four Acts, Lyme Art Association - 4th Place Prize, ArtCompetition.net International Fine Art Cultural Diversity Competition - Hospital for Special Care Award, The Joy of Art! 13th Annual Juried Show 2015: - Paris in Plantsville 5th Annual Juried Exhibition
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RANDOM ARTS OF KINDNESS INITIATIVEEntertainment CompaniesImplement creative guerilla marketing campaigns to raise money (and awareness) for various charities, and people/places in need. Develop marketing strategies in collaboration with others to find new/innovative ways to implement art as a catalyst for change and to raise funds for charity. Also met with Mayoral teams to discuss plans to incorporate art locally, in collaboration with small business, with hopes to boost tourism within the city.
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Awards
2015 Paris in Plantsville 5th Annual Juried Exhibition
| 2016 Art in the Heart of the City (Mayor Erin Stewart's 2016 Invitational Exhibition)
| 2016 An Exhibition in Four Acts (Lyme Arts Association)
| 2016 Fourth Place in ArtCompetition.net's International "Cultural Diversity" Competition for "The Pledge" (Mixed Media)
| 2016 Hospital For Special Care Award Winner (13th Annual Joy of Art Show) for "David Write (Mixed Media)
| 2018 2nd Place Award Winner (15th Annual Joy of Art Show) for "The Sacrifice" (Mixed Media)
| 2020 Amazon Best Seller: Kyng & Kyren's Generational Wealth Building Activity Book for Kids -
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