Curriculum Vitae

E D W A R D M C O R P U S

P. O. Box 1310, Seaside, California 93955-1310
Born: 1953 Dagupan City, Philippines
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Selected Exhibitions

2024
– “Fantasy
” group exhibition, The Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA
– “Cycles
” group exhibition, The Pearl Works, Monterey, CA

2023
– “Ourselves We Sing: A call and response with Walt Whitman and our understanding of our
American Democracy”,
Pacific Grove Public Library, Pacific Grove, CA
– Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, “Squaring the Circle” group exhibition, Carmel-By-the-Sea, CA
– Annual Black History Month Exhibit, Walter Lee Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA

2022
– *Pacific Grove Art Center, “Subvert the Dreadful Normal” solo exhibition, Pacific Grove, CA

2021
– Fall Adult Art Competition, Walter Lee Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA
– Pacific Grove Library juried exhibition “Renewal”, Pacific Grove, California
– Monterey County Health Department juried exhibition “Art In the Time of Covid-19”, Salinas, California

2020
– Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA “Miniatures 2020”
– Marjorie Evans Gallery at the Sunset Cultural Center, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
  “You Can’t Quarantine Creativity”

2019
*The Dalí Expo (Monterey History & Arts Association: Salvador Dalí), Monterey, CA
– The Dalí Expo (Monterey History & Arts Association: Salvador Dalí), Monterey, CA
  collaboration on KRONOS “Time Machine” installation art centerpiece of artist Karen Warwick
  solo “Time Flies” exhibit

2018
– Arts Habitat Monterey County Exhibit, Walter Lee Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA and 28th Annual Open Studios Tour
– Seaside Artists Association 12th Annual Studio Tour, Seaside, CA
– 33rd Annual Black History Program & Exhibit, Walter Lee Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA

2017
– Fall Adult Art Competition, Walter Lee Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA
– Seaside Artists Association 11th Annual Studio Tour, Seaside, CA
– Seaside Artist Association Exhibit, Walter Lee Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA
– Arts Habitat Monterey County Exhibit, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
– Arts Habitat Monterey County Annual Open Studios Tour
– Monterey Peace and Justice Center, Seaside, CA
– 32nd Annual Black History Program & Exhibit, Walter Lee Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA

2016
– Arts Habitat Monterey County Exhibit, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
– Arts Habitat Monterey County 26th Annual Open Studios Tour
– Seaside Artists Association 10th Annual Studio Tour, Seaside, CA
– Fall Adult Art Competition, Walter Lee Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA
– Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation All Member Show, Walter Lee Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA

2015
– Fall Adult Art Competition, Walter Lee Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA
– Regional Artists Association / Monterey Bay Artisans 12×12 Open Invitational, Pacific Grove, CA
– Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation All Member Show, Pacific Grove Art Center
– Mystic Dream Exhibit, Medusa Emporium Gallery/ Mystical Arts Collective, Pacific Grove, CA
– Monterey Peace and Justice Center, Seaside, CA
– Seaside Artists Association 9th Annual Studio Tour, Seaside, CA
– Guest Artist, Salinas Circle for Children-sponsored Chalk In the Park festival, Spreckels, CA

Private Collections
  • Monterey, CA

  • Williamsburg, VA

  • Holland, MI

  • Pacific Grove, CA

  • Salinas, CA

  • Seaside, CA

  • Memphis, TN

  • Santa Cruz, CA

Awards & Honors
  • Arts Council of Monterey County Individual Grant 2023

  • Second Place Winner, Two-dimensional art category, “Fall Adult Competition” Walter Lee Avery Gallery, Seaside, CA 2021

  • First Place Winner, “Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition” Lyzette Wanzer Intercultural Essay Prize for “The Connie In the Mirror”, San Francisco, CA. Juried by Lyzette Wanzer, 2020

  • Belle Foundation Individual Grant 2019

  • Outstanding Vision Capstone Award, for digital animation “Multiforme”, California State University Monterey Bay, 2011


Bibliography
  • California Writers Club members, edited by Les Bernstein, Vision & Verse, A Fusion of Art, Photography, Prose and Poetry ( July 2024) pp 40-44

  • Arc Studios & Gallery, Fantasy Exhibition Catalog, p. 19, April 7, 2024

  • Boni Peluso, “Capturing the Magic of Baby Boomers”, Aspire Advantage newsletter, Issue #28, Spring, April 2024

  • Jean Vengua, “Six Questions” interview, Eulipion Outpost: Art & Culture newsletter #115, September 10, 2023

  • KCBX-FM Art Beat, Interview by James Reddick, “Local artists respond to the
    challenges of lost income and public connection due to Covid-19″, August 1, 2020.

  • Dennis Taylor, “Enjoy The Fine Art of Time Travel”, Carmel Pine Cone article on Karen Warwick, including our collaborative installation centerpiece, KRONOS, July 26, 2019

  • Dennis Taylor, “From Invisible Kid to Artistic ‘Subversive’ ”, Carmel Pine Cone, February 22, 2019

  • Jeannie Evers, “Seaside artists open up their studios for ninth annual tour”, The Monterey Herald (Go! section), May 7th, 2015

Affiliations & Memberships
  • Central Coast Writers (California Writers Club), joined 2020

  • Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation (MPAF), Joined 2015

  • Seaside Artists Association, Joined 2015

Education
  • California State University Monterey Bay – Bachelor of Science, Information Technology & Communication Design

  • Fiorella H. LaGuardia High School of Music and the Arts, New York, NY