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koreloy wildrekinde-mcwhirter
7036 State Highway 80 South, Burnsville, North Carolina 28714
phone: 828-675-5909, email: koreloy@gmail.com
CURRENT POSITION
2000-present Founding operator of hellbendrepresse~leathrewingeditionnes, drawing,
line etching, stone lithography, letterpress, hand bookbinding.
EDUCATION
1950-present Essentially self taught, I learn by constant practice and am influenced by
hand.
2002 Plate lithography with Wayne Kimball and stone lithograph with Charles
Massey, Frogman's Printmaking Workshops, University of South Dakota,
Vermillion, SD.
2001 Wood engraving with Gaylord Schanilec, Penland School of Art and Craft Penland, North Carolina.
1996-97 Printmaking at the University of North Carolina, Asheville, NC.
RELATED EXPERIENCE and PRACTICE
1967-present Artist’s model for Katherine and William Bernstein, Sandy Wilcox and
David Lewis, University of Ohio Bowling Green, Penland School of Art and
Craft, Warren Wilson College, University of North Carolina Asheville, Ringling School of Art at Wildacres, NC.
10/2014 Vising artist/guest lecturer, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.
10/2014 Visiting artist/guest lecturer, Wells College, Aurora, NY.
3/2012 Printmaking residency, Anchor Graphics, Columbia College, Chicago, IL.
3/2012 Guest lecturer visiting artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago,
IL.
9/2011 Guest lecturer/visiting artist, State College of Florida, Bradenton, FL.
9/2010 Guest lecturer/visiting artist, Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, GA.
3/2009 Guest lecturer/visiting artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2/2009 Guest lecturer/visiting artist, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
5/2008 Guest lecturer, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC.
4/2008 Guest lecturer, UNCA, Asheville, NC.
2/2008 Visiting artist/guest lecturer, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC.
11/2006 Visiting artist/guest lecturer, Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL.
2/2006 Visiting artist/guest lecturer, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
10/2005 Visiting artist/guest lecturer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
3/2005 Graduate student workshop instructor, stone lithography, University of North Carolina in
Cullowhee, NC.
10/2004 Visiting artist/guest lecturer, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC.
3/2004 Visiting artist/guest lecturer, Kathy Caraccio Print Studio, New York, NY.
4/2001 Teacher’s assistant, printmaking, University of North Carolina in Asheville, NC.
1983-2000 Letterpress apprentice/assistant, Celo Press, South Toe, NC.
1983-2000 Drawing and letterpress instructor, Arthur Morgan School, South Toe, NC.
7/1997 Printmaker’s assistant and artist’s model for David Schorr, Les Fleur du Mal portfolio edition and
book, Penland School of Art and Craft, Penland, NC.
7/1996 Studio assistant for Robert Johnson, egg tempera, Penland School of Art and Craft, Penland, NC.
1985-1991 Apprentice/assistant for Robert Johnson, fresco and egg tempera, South Toe and Burnsville, NC.
SELECTED JURIED GROUP and SOLO EXHIBITIONS
8/2014 redhanded: a songe forre the loste, selected line etchings and complete portfolio exhibition,
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA.
9/2012 redhanded: a songe forre the loste solo exhibition, Berea College, Berea, KY .
9/2011 redhanded: a songe forre the loste, solo exhibition, State College of Florida Fine Art Gallery,
Bradenton, FL.
9/2010 Drawing Revisited exhibition, Green Hill Center, Greensboro, NC.
2/2010 redhanded: a songe forre the loste, solo exhibition, Tucker Cooke Gallery, UNC Asheville,
Asheville, NC.
3/2009 Picturing the Beast, traveling group exhibition, Southern Graphics Council conference, Chicago, IL.
2009 Black Flag on the Moon, traveling group exhibition, Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL.
2008-2010 One World International Printmaking Exhibition, Beijing, Seoul, Canada, United States.
10/2008 redhanded: a songe forre the loste, solo exhibition, Holden Gallery, Warren Wilson College,
Swannanoa, NC.
1/2008 Printed: Contemporary Prints and Books, Greensboro, NC.
1/2008 Pressing Matters in Printmaking, Asheville, NC.
3/2007 Making It New, Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC.
11/2006 SAGA Exhibition, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL.
11/2006 redhanded: a songe forre the loste, line etchings, solo exhibition, Ringling School of Art, Sarasota, FL.
9/2006 Women’s International Print Portfolio, Birth Project, Mid-Atlantic Print Conference, Ohio State
University at Athens.
2/2006 Through Women’s Eyes, By Women’s Hands Exhibition, Juror’s Choice Award, Chapel Hill, NC.
1/2006-2009 Southern Graphics Council Traveling Exhibition.
12/2005 Green Hill Center Collector’s Choice Exhibition, Greensboro, NC.
8/2005 2005 New Orleans Triennial Print Exhibition, New Orleans, LA.
7/2005 SAGA 90th Anniversary Show, The Art Student’s League, New York, NY.
3/2004 Women’s International Print Portfolio, Women’s Work, Southern Graphics Council,
Washington, DC.
4/1997 University of North Carolina, Owens Gallery, Asheville, NC.
COLLECTIONS
Studio collections: Kathy Caraccio, New York, NY. Anchor Graphics, Chicago, IL.
University collections: UNCA, Asheville, NC. UNCC, Cullowhee, NC. SCAD-S, Savannah, GA.
Private collections: Will Barnet, New York, NY. Curtis Bartone, Savannah, GA. Gwen Diehn, Swannanoa, NC. Lenda and Lucius DuBose, Nashville, TN. John Gall, Greensboro, NC. Tom Huck, St. Louis, MO. Patricia Hunsinger, Ithaca, NY. Bette Bates, Black Mountain, NC. Pat Niffenegger, Evanston, IL. Walter and Mary Schatz, Nashville, TN. Art Werger, Athens, OH. Chris Flynn, Chicago, IL. Danny Miller, Chicago, IL. David Jones, Chicago, IL. Mark Pascale, Chicago, IL. Susan Sawyer, Montpilier, VT. Kathleen Vetter, Keene, NH.
REFERENCES
Curtis Bartone, SCAD-S Printmaking Department, Savannah, GA.
Bette Bates, Warren Wilson College Art Department, Swannanoa, NC.
Virginia Derryberry, UNCA Art Department, Asheville, NC.
Gwen Diehn, Bookworks, Asheville NC.
Patricia Hunsinger, Ithaca College Printmaking Department, Ithaca, NY.
Marilyn Kushner, Prints and Drawings Collection, N-Y Historical Society, New York, NY.
Mark Pascale, Prints and Drawings Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
David Schorr, Department of Art & Art History, Wesleyan University, Middletown CT.
Robert Tynes, UNCA Art Department, Asheville, NC.
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