Collier Schorr
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Collier Schorr is an American
artist
best known for her portraits of adolescent men and women, which often blend photographic realism with elements of fiction and youthful fantasy.
Schorr grew up in Queens
, New York
and studied at the School of Visual Arts
. Her work was featured in the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2003 International Center for Photography Triennial. She currently resides in Brooklyn
.
born in Somalia
United States
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artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
best known for her portraits of adolescent men and women, which often blend photographic realism with elements of fiction and youthful fantasy.
Schorr grew up in Queens
Queens
Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and studied at the School of Visual Arts
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts , is a proprietary art school located in Manhattan, New York City, and is widely considered to be one of the leading art schools in the United States. It was established in 1947 by co-founders Silas H. Rhodes and Burne Hogarth as the Cartoonists and Illustrators School and...
. Her work was featured in the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2003 International Center for Photography Triennial. She currently resides in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
.
External links
- Collier Schorr on Art21
- Collier Schorr Official Website
- Collier Schorr at 303 Gallery
- Collier Schorr on Art Forum
- Interview with Schorr
born in Somalia