Kent State School of Art "None of us really know what we look like inside" by Corrie Slawson

The School of Art Collection and Galleries are pleased to present, "None of us really know what we look like inside," by Corrie Slawson in our KSU Downtown Gallery. The exhibition will take place Jan. 30– March 7, 2026. There will be a reception on Jan. 30, from 5-7 p.m. 

This show is free and open to the public. 

A full color catalog will be available with an essay by noted painter and critic Douglas Max Utter. Corrie Slawson’s work engages a matrix of social, political, environmental, and cultural concerns. “None of us really know what we look like inside” includes work from the past year of mixed media paintings, drawings and prints that can only imagine what it looks like inside of our bodies. A 2022 trip to Assisi, Italy occurred the same day as another historical event that spurred this research. The surfaces of the works are where visceral events grow and bloom into pictures, devoid of stops or starts except maybe in distant retrospect, fading in and out, overlapping, crumbling, hemorrhaging sudden color. 

Corrie Slawson was born and raised in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They received a B.F.A. from Parsons School of Design, New York, N.Y. and an M.F.A. from Kent State University, Kent, OH. 

Corrie’s work is represented by Shaheen Modern and Contemporary Art. For more information about the artist, visit www.corrieslawson.com. 

Image: None of us really know what we look like inside, 2024, Mixed Media Drawing, 22 in h x 30 in w.