TOBY CORBETT
RESUME
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Disruptive Patterns HBO Art Gallery Santa Monica, CA
2006 Debris HBO Art Gallery Santa Monica, CA
2004 Revolution and Revival Furthermore Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2001 Paintings and Drawings Creative Arts Center Burbank, CA
Group Exhibitions
2008 Artseen Los Angeles, CA
2007 Small Wonders lll Pharmaka Los Angeles, CA
2007 Night of a Thousand Drawings Artist Space New York, NY
2005 Cooper Union Summer Residency Group Show New York, NY
2003 Suite-C Gallery West Hollywood, CA
2002 Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts Curator: Maria-Christina Villasenor, Long Beach, NJ
2001 Sylvia White Gallery Santa Monica, CA
2001 Gallery 835 Los Angeles, CA
2001 Westworks Peck Gallery Riverton, WY
Residency 2006 Cooper Union Painting and Drawing Summer Residency New York, NY
Education Bachelor of Arts-University of Washington
BIOGRAPHY
Toby Corbett was born in London England and as a child immigrated to the Pacific Northwest. His mentor at the University of Washington was renowned African-American artist Jacob Lawrence.
Corbett's skills as a painter led to an initial career in regional theatre as a scenic artist. After moving to New York City he started working as a scenic designer on numerous off Broadway productions. His work in the theatre led to a career as a production designer for television and film. He has had the opportunity to work with a distinguished group of filmmakers and actors including Kathryn Bigelow, Keifer Sutherland, Tracey Ullman, Jim McBride, Danny Huston, Alec Baldwin,William H Macy, Danny Glover, Wayne Kramer, John Sayles, and Werner Herzog.
Corbett has continued to work on his own artwork throughout his design career. In the last five years he has been exhibiting his work in various galleries around Los Angeles. The Creative Arts Center, a large municipal gallery in Burbank California gave him is first one man show in 2001. In 2006 he completed a residency at the Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture in New York City.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My painting is informed by my early training as a theatrical scenic artist and my career as a production designer for theatre and film.
To enforce narrative and theme I rely upon images derived from photographs and free-hand drawings. The conceptual framework of a series theme is used to counterbalance the abstract rhythms resulting from my intuitive application of paint. The resulting tension animates the paintings in interesting and unexpected ways. The psychological and formal connections between paintings within a given series and with past work help define each individual painting's effectiveness. Although a painting can stand on its own as a singular work of art, the evolution of a painting within the context of a specific series and by extension an entire body of work is where its greatest strength lies.
Selected PRODUCTION DESIGN RESUME
FEATURES (SELECT):
BAD LIEUTENANT
DIRECTED BY WERNER HERZOG
STARRING: NICK CAGE, EVA MENDES
CROSSING OVER
DIRECTED BY WAYNE KRAMER MGM
STARRING: SEAN PENN, HARRISON FORD, RAY LIOTTA, ASHLEY JUDD
HONEYDRIPPER
DIRECTED BY JOHN SAYLES EMERGING PICTURES
STARRING: DANNY GLOVER, LISA GAY HAMILTON, CHARLES DUTTON
RUNNING SCARED
DIRECTED BY WAYNE KRAMER NEW LINE CINEMA
STARRING: PAUL WALKER, CAMERON BRIGHT, VERA FARMIGA
SILVER CITY
DIRECTED BY JOHN SAYLES IFC FILMS
STARRING: CHRIS COOPER, RICHARD DREYFUSS, TIM ROTH, MARIA BELLO
THE COOLER
DIRECTED BY WAYNE KRAMER LIONS GATE
STARRING: WILLIAM H. MACY, ALEC BALDWIN, MARIA BELLO
EXTREME DATING
DIRECTED BY LORENA DAVID FILMSTAR
STARRING: MEAT LOAF, AMANDA DETMER,
BEST MEN
DIRECTED BY TAMRA DAVIS MGM
STARRING: LUKE WILSON, DREW BARRYMORE, SEAN PATRICK FLANERY
EAST MEETS WEST
DIRECTED BY KIHACHI OKAMOTO SHOKIKU
THE METEOR MAN
DIRECTED BY ROBERT TOWNSEND MGM
STARRING: ROBERT TOWNSEND, EDDIE GRIFFIN, JAMES EARL JONES
MY NEW GUN
DIRECTED BY STACEY COCHRAN COLUMBIA
STARRING: DIANE LANE, JAMES LEGROS
IRON MAZE
DIRECTED BY HIROAKI YOSHIDA MGM
STARRING: BRIDGET FONDA, J.T. WALSH
BLUE STEEL
DIRECTED BY KATHRYN BIGELOW MGM
STARRING: JAMIE LEE CURTIS, RON SILVER
THE PRINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA
DIRECTED BY RON NYSWANER NEW LINE CINEMA
STARRING: KEANU REEVES, FRED WARD, AMY MADIGAN
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Disruptive Patterns HBO Art Gallery Santa Monica, CA
2006 Debris HBO Art Gallery Santa Monica, CA
2004 Revolution and Revival Furthermore Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2001 Paintings and Drawings Creative Arts Center Burbank, CA
Group Exhibitions
2008 Artseen Los Angeles, CA
2007 Small Wonders lll Pharmaka Los Angeles, CA
2007 Night of a Thousand Drawings Artist Space New York, NY
2005 Cooper Union Summer Residency Group Show New York, NY
2003 Suite-C Gallery West Hollywood, CA
2002 Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts Curator: Maria-Christina Villasenor, Long Beach, NJ
2001 Sylvia White Gallery Santa Monica, CA
2001 Gallery 835 Los Angeles, CA
2001 Westworks Peck Gallery Riverton, WY
Residency 2006 Cooper Union Painting and Drawing Summer Residency New York, NY
Education Bachelor of Arts-University of Washington
BIOGRAPHY
Toby Corbett was born in London England and as a child immigrated to the Pacific Northwest. His mentor at the University of Washington was renowned African-American artist Jacob Lawrence.
Corbett's skills as a painter led to an initial career in regional theatre as a scenic artist. After moving to New York City he started working as a scenic designer on numerous off Broadway productions. His work in the theatre led to a career as a production designer for television and film. He has had the opportunity to work with a distinguished group of filmmakers and actors including Kathryn Bigelow, Keifer Sutherland, Tracey Ullman, Jim McBride, Danny Huston, Alec Baldwin,William H Macy, Danny Glover, Wayne Kramer, John Sayles, and Werner Herzog.
Corbett has continued to work on his own artwork throughout his design career. In the last five years he has been exhibiting his work in various galleries around Los Angeles. The Creative Arts Center, a large municipal gallery in Burbank California gave him is first one man show in 2001. In 2006 he completed a residency at the Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture in New York City.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My painting is informed by my early training as a theatrical scenic artist and my career as a production designer for theatre and film.
To enforce narrative and theme I rely upon images derived from photographs and free-hand drawings. The conceptual framework of a series theme is used to counterbalance the abstract rhythms resulting from my intuitive application of paint. The resulting tension animates the paintings in interesting and unexpected ways. The psychological and formal connections between paintings within a given series and with past work help define each individual painting's effectiveness. Although a painting can stand on its own as a singular work of art, the evolution of a painting within the context of a specific series and by extension an entire body of work is where its greatest strength lies.
Selected PRODUCTION DESIGN RESUME
FEATURES (SELECT):
BAD LIEUTENANT
DIRECTED BY WERNER HERZOG
STARRING: NICK CAGE, EVA MENDES
CROSSING OVER
DIRECTED BY WAYNE KRAMER MGM
STARRING: SEAN PENN, HARRISON FORD, RAY LIOTTA, ASHLEY JUDD
HONEYDRIPPER
DIRECTED BY JOHN SAYLES EMERGING PICTURES
STARRING: DANNY GLOVER, LISA GAY HAMILTON, CHARLES DUTTON
RUNNING SCARED
DIRECTED BY WAYNE KRAMER NEW LINE CINEMA
STARRING: PAUL WALKER, CAMERON BRIGHT, VERA FARMIGA
SILVER CITY
DIRECTED BY JOHN SAYLES IFC FILMS
STARRING: CHRIS COOPER, RICHARD DREYFUSS, TIM ROTH, MARIA BELLO
THE COOLER
DIRECTED BY WAYNE KRAMER LIONS GATE
STARRING: WILLIAM H. MACY, ALEC BALDWIN, MARIA BELLO
EXTREME DATING
DIRECTED BY LORENA DAVID FILMSTAR
STARRING: MEAT LOAF, AMANDA DETMER,
BEST MEN
DIRECTED BY TAMRA DAVIS MGM
STARRING: LUKE WILSON, DREW BARRYMORE, SEAN PATRICK FLANERY
EAST MEETS WEST
DIRECTED BY KIHACHI OKAMOTO SHOKIKU
THE METEOR MAN
DIRECTED BY ROBERT TOWNSEND MGM
STARRING: ROBERT TOWNSEND, EDDIE GRIFFIN, JAMES EARL JONES
MY NEW GUN
DIRECTED BY STACEY COCHRAN COLUMBIA
STARRING: DIANE LANE, JAMES LEGROS
IRON MAZE
DIRECTED BY HIROAKI YOSHIDA MGM
STARRING: BRIDGET FONDA, J.T. WALSH
BLUE STEEL
DIRECTED BY KATHRYN BIGELOW MGM
STARRING: JAMIE LEE CURTIS, RON SILVER
THE PRINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA
DIRECTED BY RON NYSWANER NEW LINE CINEMA
STARRING: KEANU REEVES, FRED WARD, AMY MADIGAN