Oscar Rene Cornejo

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EDUCATION
2011  M.F.A., Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2005   B.F.A., The Cooper Union, New York, NY

RESIDENCIES / SCHOLARSHIPS

May 2017 Yvonne Residency. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2016 – 2017 Lower Manhattan Cultural Center (LMCC). Workspace Participant. NYC.
2014  Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Skowhegan, ME. 
2007 – 2008 Fulbright Student Scholar Program. El Salvador.
2009 – 2011 Full–Tuition Scholarship / Schoelkopf Travel Prize. Yale School of Art.

2000 – 2005 Full–Tuition Scholarship / Menschel Fellowship / Randolph Hearst Scholarship. The Cooper Union.

EXHIBITIONS

2017
Princeton University, scheduled March 2017. Bernstein Gallery, Woodrow Wilson School of Public
and International Affairs. (Solo)
2016
The Others. Traveling Exhibition Series. Brooklyn, NY.
2015 
Collective Solid. Deborah Colton Gallery. Houston, TX. 
Parliament of Owls. Diverseworks, Houston, TX.
2013  
Exile. El Rincon Social. Houston, TX.  Bringing it All Back Home. Art League Houston. Houston, TX.
2012 
Spectrum. Bridge Gallery. New York, NY.  Brucennial: Harderer. Betterer. Fasterer. Strongerer. New York, NY.
2011 
Fabric As Form. Tilton Gallery, New York, NY.
2010
 Yale University MFA 1st Year Thesis Show, New Haven, CT.  
Planet of Sums. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ.
2008 
La Presencia de lo Ausente. El Museo Nacional de Antropologia 
MUNA. San Salvador, El Salvador. (Solo)
Cuentos Polvosos. Casa Comunal. El Polvo, La Union, El Salvador.
2007 
Day of the Dead. Renaissance Arts. New York, NY.
2006
LACAP Group Exhibition. Lunas Artes. San Salvador, El Salvador.
2005 
The Legend of the Siguanaba. Theater for the New City. New York, NY. 
The Presence of Absence. The Cooper Union. New York, NY.TEACHING

2016 – 2017
Adjunct Professor. The Cooper Union, NYC. 
Substitute Professor. Queens College, Queens, NY.
2015 – 2018
Summer Program Coordinator / Fresco Teacher. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME.
2015 – 2016
Museum Educator. Studio Museum of Harlem, Harlem, NY.
2014 – 2015
Artist Advisory Board. Diverseworks, Houston, TX.
Tour Programs Coordinator. Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston, Houston, TX.
2012        
Assistant to the Chair of Admissions Committee. Cooper Union School of Art, NYC.
2009 – 2011
Teaching Assistant, Lithography I. Yale University, New Haven, CT.
2007 – 2008
Educator. Fulbright Student Scholar Program. El Salvador.
2004 – 2010
Organizer, Director, Facilities Coordinator, Educator, Bilingual Translator.  
Latin American Community Art Project (LACAP), El Salvador and Mexico.

 

GUEST LECTURES

2016 
Fulbright Project Presentation. The Cooper Union, NYC.2016  Panel Discussion, Careers in the Arts Fair. The School of Visual Art (SVA), NYC.

2015 
Artwork Presentation, Drawing and Advanced Drawing Class. The Cooper Union, NYC
2008  
Visiting Artist Lecture. Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, VA.