CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor of Painting & Drawing
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs, CO)
EDUCATION
MFA - Visual Art (Thesis: Painting and Drawing)
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
BFA - Studio Art (Concentration: Pottery)
Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado)
BA - Philosophy (Concentration: Comparative Religion)
Minor - Studio Art (Painting)
Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*Solo or two person exhibition)
2019
Ths:That*
Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
Aftereffect
Museum of Contemporary Art (Denver, CO)
Art of the State
Arvada Center (Arvada, CO)
2018
Geometrification
Manifest Research Gallery and Drawing Center (Cincinnati, OH)
Made in Colorado
Emmanuel Gallery, University of Colorado (Denver, CO)
Garden*
Orpheum Art Space (Albuquerque, NM)
2017
Iconoclasm*
Gallery of Contemporary Art 121 (Colorado Springs, CO)
Aquachrome
Manifest Research Gallery and Drawing Center (Cincinnati, OH)
2016
Traded
Lawndale Art Center (Houston, TX)
Drawing Never Dies
RedLine Gallery (Denver, CO)
10X10X10
Tieton Arts & Humanities Gallery (Tieton, WA)
Aftereffect
Georgia O’Keeffe Museum (Santa Fe, NM)
Fervor
Galleries of Contemporary Art (Colorado Springs, CO)
Nine Paintings*
Institute for American Religious & Philosophical Thought National Conference (Manitou Springs, CO)
2015
Going Home
Foundry Art Centre, Saint Charles, MO
My Secret Love*
The Front Gallery (New Orleans, LA)
Chroma
Gallery 263 (Cambridge, MA)
2013
Numina*
Morris Graves Museum of Art (Eureka, CA)
Gods & Monsters
GOCA 121 (Colorado Springs, CO)
Call & Response*
Ampersand Gallery (Portland, OR)
Air Light Breath
Downtown Studio Art Gallery, Pike’s Peak Community College (Colorado Springs, CO)
Devotional*
Northcutt Steele Gallery, University of Montana (Billings, MT)
2012
Install
Loveland Feed & Grain ArtSpace (Loveland, CO)
What's the Point?
Jen Bekman Gallery (New York, NY)
Distill*
Manitou Art Center (Manitou Springs, CO)
Reduction*
Hardee Center for the Arts, North Florida Community College (Madison, FL)
2011
Small Works
Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State University (Bridgewater, MA)
Theological Paintings*
Thompson Gallery, Furman University (Greenville, SC)
Small Works
Harper College (Palatine, IL)
2010
A Sense of Place
Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art (Augusta, GA)
Pinnacle
Foster Tanner Gallery, Florida A&M University (Tallahassee, FL)
Summer Solstice
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Landmarks
Rule Gallery (Denver, CO)
Macro/Micro
Northern Kentucky University (Highland Heights, KY)
Point A
GOCA 121 (Colorado Springs, CO)
2009
Vitamin C
Page Bond Gallery (Richmond, VA)
Americana
The Front (New Orleans, LA)
Wylie, Hagar, Drieth*
Page Bond Gallery (Richmond, VA)
Colorado Springs Abstract
Fine Arts Center (Colorado Springs, CO)
Art Connection 5
George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ)
2008
Small-Scale Abstraction*
Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA)
Painting
Foundry Art Centre (St. Charles, MO)
New Faculty Exhibition*
Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs, CO)
Intuitive Geometries*
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art (Fort Collins, CO)
2007
Double Bubble
Page Bond Gallery (Richmond, VA)
Tablets
Tanner Hill Gallery (Chattanooga, TN)
Strictly Painting 6: Color Field Revisited
McLean Project for the Arts (McLean, VA)
Equivalents
San Francisco Studio School (San Francisco, CA)
Exploring Spirituality
Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts (Fredericksburg, VA)
LECTURES AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2016
Panel Discussion (TBA)
Institute for American Religious & Philosophical Thought, National Conference (Manitou Springs, CO)
2013
Gallery Talk
Morris Graves Museum of Art (Eureka, CA)
Artist Presentation
Art Department, Humboldt State University (Arcata, CA)
Gallery Discussion
Downtown Gallery, Pikes Peak Community College (Colorado Springs, CO)
Artist Presentation and Residency
Department of Art, Montana State University (Billings, MT)
2012
Gallery Talk
Business of Art Center (Manitou Springs, CO)
2011
Artist Residency
Department of Art, Furman University (Greenville, SC)
2010
Artist Interview
GOCA 121 (Colorado Springs, CO)
2008
Children’s Workshop
Clark Elementary School (Charlottesville, VA)
Artist Interview
Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA)
Gallery Talk
Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs, CO)
Studio Workshop
The Shambhala Meditation Center, Inviting Wisdom Series (Fort Collins, CO)
Artist Presentation
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art (Fort Collins, CO)
SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Salinetti, Ryan M., “Corey Drieth, Artist.” The Nice Niche (Visual Essay Blog), November 6 – 13, 2013.
“Sunday Art Talk Features Colorado Artist Drieth”, Eureka Times Standard, September 6, 2013.
Mackie, Amy, “Future Perfect: Artist-Run Spaces in New Orleans”, Art Papers, January/February, 2013.
Gilbertson, Leanne, “Steele Gallery Features Corey Drieth’s ‘Devotional’ Exhibition.” The Retort, Vol. 89, Issue 1, February 1, 2013.
Webb, Jaci, “MSUB Hosts Abstract Exhibit ‘Devotional.’” The Billings Gazette, January 18, 2013.
New American Paintings: Juried Exhibition in Print, No. 96, October/November, 2011.
Chan, Paul, “The Front: Our First Fifteen Months.” Exhibition Catalogue, September 2010.
MacMillan, Kyle, “Towering Works Pick Up Baton of ‘70’s Minimalists.” The Denver Post, May 14, 2010.
Adelstein, Edie, “Review: Moan – Pleasure and Pain.” Colorado Springs Indy Blog, March 6, 2010.
Abel, Bree, “Starting at Point A.” Colorado Springs Independent, February 4, 2010.
Brookhardt, Eric, “Americana: New Work by 11 American Artists.” Gambit, July 27, 2009.
MacMilllan, Kyle, “Springs Offers Up Abstract.” The Denver Post, March 27, 2009.
Mobley-Martinez, T.D., “Abstract Art Has Puzzled, Dazzled Since It Hit Canvas.” The Colorado Springs Gazette, March 12, 2009.
Lundgren, Amanda, “Different Strokes.” Colorado Springs Independent, June 19 – June 25, 2008.
“Some Thoughts About Crart,” Albuquerque Arts, Vol.11, no.10, 2007, 6.
Nichols, Ann, “Tablet to Open at Tanner Hill Gallery.” Chattanooga Times Free Press, July 22, 2007.