ANTONY CORSO
Antony Corso was born and raised in New York City. He is a descendant of Bernhardt Lopatka, a 19th-Century Russian master portrait painter and engraver who produced commissions for Russian and German nobility. He is also descended from Roman-Calabrian Italian poets and painters. His uncle, Gregory Corso, is recognized as an important 20th-Century American poet.
Corso attended the Art Students League of New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and the Barnes Foundation. Several extended stays in Europe allowed him to research Old Master techniques in painting, while he provided art instruction and accepted commissions. Extensive travel gave him an opportunity to study great examples of painting, sculpture and architecture, increasing his passion for drawing and painting the human figure. For more than a decade Corso maintained exclusive representation in his art gallery, A Corso Paintings & Sculpture on Canyon Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Corso's awards include those of the City of New York Cultural Affairs, the Nessa Cohen Memorial Award, Artist's Space/New York City and the SUNY/Albany Statewide Competition. His work has been featured in solo shows, group exhibitions and at numerous galleries including: Capsule Gallery, New York, NY, The Empire Collection, New York, NY; La Galleria at La Mama, New York, NY; Hankook Gallery, New York, NY; Robertson Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA; Riggs Gallery, La Jolla, CA; Labyrintus, Budapest, Hungary. His work in public collections includes those of the United Nations, the Port Authority of New York, Chemical Bank and the American Broadcasting Company. Corso exhibited at the 2003 Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea, Firenze Italia.
Solo Shows:
Freeman Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2020-23
Capsule Gallery, New York, NY 2018
A Corso Gallery Bantam, CT 2016-18
A Corso Paintings & Sculpture 1998-2009
Wight Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1996
Pasale, Santa Fe, NM 1995
Your Mind’s Eye, Los Angeles, CA 1994
Riggs Galleries, La Jolla, CA 1990
The Charles Grace Collection, New York, NY 1994
Galeria Horvath & Lukacs, Sopron, Hungary 1994
Labyrintus, Budapest, Hungary 1994
Safe Space: Swiss Vault Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1993
Scarritt Renaissance Kansas City, MO 1992
The Plaza Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1992
Lake Hills Gallery, Fairfield, CT 1991
The Gallery at 215 Westport Avenue Norwalk, CT 1991
La Galleria at La Mama, New York, NY 1988
Group Exhibitions:
Lessedra Gallery International Small Works Show, Sophia, Bulgaria 2012
Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contempornea, Firenze, Italia 2003
Pace Collection, Dallas, TX 1995
ASID Designer’s Showcase, Santa Fe, NM 1997
Uptown, Dallas, TX 1997
Kansas City Artist’s Coalition, Kansas City, MO 1993
Walnut Street Gallery: Springfield, MO 1993
Myrtle Fillmore Center, Prairie Village, KS 1994
Lower East Side Printshop at La Galleria at La Mama, NY, NY 1988
Education:
2012 USPAP Certified Union Standard Principles of Appraisal Practice
2012 NYU Certificate: Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts
1983 The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1983 The Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA
1981 The Art Students League, New York, NY
Galleries:
San Francisco St. Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2024-Present
Edition One Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2023-Present
Karina on Canyon, Santa Fe, NM 2023-Present
Freeman Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2020-23
A Corso Gallery Bantam, CT 2016-18
A Corso Paintings & Sculpture Santa Fe, NM 1998-2009
Wight Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 1995-96
Galeria Horvath & Lukacs, Sopron, Hungary 1993-94
Riggs Galleries, La Jolla, CA 1988-90
The Empire Collection NY, NY 1980-82
The Rockefeller Collection NY, NY 1983-85
Robertson Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA 1988-90
National Art Source & Service Corp., New York, NY 1990-92
Hankook Gallery, New York, NY 1981-83
Walnut Street Gallery, Springfield, MO 1992-93
Gallery Luciana, Highland Beach, FL 1989-90
Juleaux Gallery of Fine Art, Kansas City, MO 1992-94
Public Collections:
Chemical Bank of New York
The American Broadcasting Company
The National Broadcasting Company
The Port Authority of New York
The United Nations
Brooklyn College
The State University of New York at Albany
The German Consulate, New York, NY
The Austrian Consulate, New York, NY
Ewing House, Dallas, TX
Awards & Grants:
The New School New York, NY 1981
Rennert Bilingual, New York, NY 1979-82
Steinebronn Handbuchbinden, Reutlingen, W. Germany 1983
Artist’s Space, New York, NY
City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs Nessa Cohen Memorial Awards, New York,
NY Art Students League Special Program Scholarships, NY,
NY SUNY/Albany (Statewide Competition) Art Focus, Smithtown, NY
