ARTIST STATEMENT
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SELECTED AWARDS
C3 ART SALON - BEST IN SHOW - 2013
“This You will Become”
C3 ART SALON - BEST IN SHOW - 2012
“Shades of Her Spirit”
SELECTED ART EXHIBITS
IMAGINEBOX EMPORIUM GALLERY OPENING - MAY, 2016 –
Monthly Shows Featuring Personal Work
Imaginebox Emporium, Franklin, TN
THE ART OF CORY BASIL - DEC, 2015
Outdoor Classic Structures, Franklin, TN
UNTIL PARIS - NOV, 2015
O'More Gallery, Franklin, TN
SO CUTE, IT'S SCARY - OCT, 2015
T Nesbitt & Co, Franklin, TN
THE GOLDEN AGE - SEP, 2015
J Gallery, Nashville, TN
EXPERIMENTS IN MOTION - DEC-MAR, 2015
Utopic Gallery, Chicago, IL
THE ILLUSTRATION COLLECTION - FEB, 2015
J Gallery, Nashville, TN
LANDSCAPE WORKS - JAN-MAR, 2015
All About Art Gallery, Hendersonville, TN
WHERE THE GHOST MEETS THE MUSE - DEC, 2014
Lather, Nashville, TN
H.E.R.B. - AUG, 2014
Wedgewood Houston Art Crawl, Nashville, TN
HERE LIES CORY BASIL - JUL, 2014
OZ, Nashville, TN
WHERE THE GHOST MEETS THE MUSE - APR-JUN, 2014
Tennessee Art League, Nashville, TN
COR SEQUERE - MAR, 2014
5th Avenue of The Arts, Nashville, TN
OF LOVE AND OF DEATH - MAR, 2014
C3 Art Salon and Show, Nashville, TN
THE ETERNAL EMBRACE - FEB, 2014
Tennessee Art League, Nashville, TN
OF LOVE AND OF DEATH - FEB, 2014
Downtown Frothy Monkey, Nashville, TN
THE ART OF THE PERILS OF FISHBOY - DEC, 2013
B&N West End, Nashville, TN
MUSING - APR, 2013
The Frothy Monkey, Franklin, TN
ETERNAL EMBRACE - APR, 2013
Frothy Monkey, 5th Ave of the Arts Nashville, TN
THIS YOU WILL BECOME - FEB, 2013
C3 Art Salon and Show, Nashville, TN
THE ART OF SKINNY DIPPING IN DAYLIGHT - DEC, 2012
The Frothy Monkey, 12th Ave., Nashville, TN
INDIAN SUMMER - AUG, 2012
5th Avenue of The Arts, Nashville, TN
THE CHILD IS A MONSTER - JUL, 2012
Starbucks, Green Hills, Nashville, TN
THIS YOU WILL BECOME - MAY, 2012
Starbucks, Green Hills, Nashville, TN
THE SHADES OF HER SPIRIT - FEB, 2012
C3 Art Salon and Show, Nashville, TN
THE SPACE BETWEEN - NOV-DEC, 2011
The Frothy Monkey, 12th Ave., Nashville, TN
SPOOKED - OCT 2011
Hillsboro Village Art Scene, Nashville, TN
ROOTED IN LOVE - SEP, 2011
Hillsboro Village Art Scene, Nashville, TN
TWO IF BY SEA - AUG, 2011
Hillsboro Village Art Scene, Nashville, TN
POETRY IS DEAD - JUL, 2011
Ugly Mugs, Nashville, TN
INTERNAL EXPOSURE - FEB, 2011
Ugly Mugs, Nashville, TN
AUTHORED BOOKS
Everything You’ve Heard Is True 2014
Poetry and Prose
The Shovel And The Hare 2014
Poetry and Prose
The Perils Of Fishboy: A Tale Split in Two 2013
Children’s Fiction
Skinny Dipping in Daylight 2012
Poetry and Prose
DESIGN AND ILLUSTRATION WORK
The War of Words 2016
The Orchard Of Hope 2014
The Ferryman 2014
Of Burdens, Birds, & Stars 2014
The Orphanage of Miracles 2012
ANIMATION AND FILM WORK
Je suis encore là
Short Film
Second Unit Director /Assistant Director
16 Saltines
Jack White Music Video
Art Direction and Art Feature
Black Cadillac
Carrie Underwood Music Video
Art Direction
Ghost Bird
Amanda Shires Music Video
Full Production/Animation
20 Years
The Civil Wars Music Video
Full Production/Animation
Lost?
Coldplay Music Video
Full Production/Animation
ASSORTED PRESS
"Embracing Many Forms of Expression"
Franklin Lifestyles Magazine (feature interview)
Franklin Lifestyles
February, 2017
"Book Club: The Perils of Fishboy"
Mike Wolfe's Antique Archeology
http://www.antiquearchaeology.com/blog/tag/cory-basil/
August, 2015
"The Imagination Of Cory Basil"
Native Magazine (feature interview)
http://native.is/art/cory-basil/
November, 2013
NPR All Songs Considered
May, 2011
http://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2011/07/22/136243270/first-watch-amanda-shires-animated-hopes-and-heartaches
Paris Art Magazine (Subsequently featured by Italia Art)
"Cory Basil, American in Paris"
http://www.italiaartmagazine.it/iam-international-cory-basil-an-american-in-paris/
January, 2016
Charlie Hedbo: Cartoonists Pay Tribute to Fallen Satirists (featured)
http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/08/europe/charlie-hebdo-cartoons/
January, 2015
'The New Yorker's 'Charlie Hebdo' Cover, and 12 More Powerful Images Honoring The Victims (featured)
https://www.bustle.com/articles/57636-the-new-yorkers-charlie-hebdo-cover-12-more-powerful-images-honoring-the-victims
January, 2015
Calliope Magazine (cover design)
http://www.calliopemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Calliope-Spring-2015-web-version.pdf
Spring, 2015
Calliope Magazine (feature interview)
http://www.calliopemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Calliope-Jan-2015-web-file.pdf
Winter, 2015
The Tennessean (feature article)
http://www.tennessean.com/story/life/arts/2014/07/16/oz-nashville-spotlights-cory-basil/12735979/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=
July, 2014
The Nashville Scene (feature)
http://www.nashvillescene.com/countrylife/archives/2014/07/16/tomorrow-tnt-feat-cory-basil-and-more-at-oz-nashville
July, 2014
Word of Mouth: Nashville Conversations (book)
Featured Artist
September, 2015