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Peter Cornog
 
Group Exhibition - "Natural Surroundings" - April 12 - May 11 - 2008
 
Peter Cornog  SOMA Gallery
"Tiny Dancer" Sculpture in Applewood by Peter Cornog
Peter Cornog  SOMA Gallery
"Sculptural Bowl" Blk Walnut by Peter Cornog
 

PETER CORNOG


Education:

Williams College, BA, English Literature

Temple University, MSW, Social Work

 

Group Exhibitions:

 

2007 Greater Norristown Art League Photography Exhibition

1994 Woodmere Art Museum Annual Members Exhibition

1993 Woodmere Art Museum Annual Members Exhibition

1992 Woodmere Art Museum Annual Members Exhibition

1989 Woodmere Art Museum Annual Members Exhibition

1988 The Wharton Esherick Museum “Two Wood Sculptors”

1981 Chester County Art Association Weaving & Sculpture Exhibition

1980 Regional Council of Community Art Centers, sculpture representing  Chester County Art Association


 Juried Exhibitions:

2007 Greater Norristown Art League Open Juried Exhibition

2007 Foulkways at Gwynedd Annual Open Juried Exhibition

2006 Greater Norristown Art League Annual Juried Exhibition

2005 McGOPA-GNAL Juried Show- merit award for a photograph

2005 Greater Norristown Art League Annual Juried Exhibition

2003 William Penn Charter School Juried Art Show

1999 Main Line Chamber of Commerce Juried Art Exhibition

1998 Main Line Chamber of Commerce Juried Art Exhibition- 2nd place for  

         Sculpture

1991 Woodmere Art Museum Annual Juried Exhibition.

 

Peter Cornog is an artist working in both wood and photography. He creates abstract sculptures and hand carved burl bowls in hardwoods including cherry, walnut, oak, beech, maple, and apple. He is a self-taught carver, progressing from early work using a set of inherited carving tools to large-scale work carved with the chainsaw. He locates and cuts the logs and burls that he uses for his work. His finished works accentuate both the form and proportions of the piece complemented by the surface patterns of grain or figure. His work celebrates wood’s beauty and diversity as a medium.

 

Peter has sold his work over the years in art galleries in the Philadelphia area, Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod, and to individual collectors. He has displayed his work in group shows in art centers in the region including Woodmere, Chester County, Cheltenham, Greater Norristown, and the Whitemarsh Community Art Center. His work has been exhibited in a two-person show at the Wharton Esherick Museum in Paoli, Pennsylvania.

 

Peter resides in Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. He is a licensed social worker supervising  community residential services for cognitively disabled adults as well as an outpatient psychotherapist for children and adolescents. He is married and has two teenage daughters.