Corey Pemberton

Corey Pemberton, born in 1990 in Reston, Virginia, is a Los Angeles–based artist working across glass and painting. He received his B.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012 and has completed residencies at Pittsburgh Glass Center, Bruket in Bodø, Norway, Alfred University, and a Core Fellowship at Penland School of Craft. His work has been exhibited at the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art and Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh and is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Arts and Design; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; and the Chrysler Museum of Art. Pemberton currently serves as Executive Director of Crafting the Future, where he works to expand access, equity and representation within craft and design.