Corran Shrimpton

Corran Shrimpton is from Syracuse, NY and received her MFA from Georgia State University and her BFA from Alfred University. She has worked at a number of ceramic studios including The Saratoga Clay Arts Center in upstate NY, the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, FL the Lillstreet Art Center in Chicago, IL, and most recently Mudflat Studios in Somerville, MA. Her work explores the restriction and contortion of women’s bodies required by our beauty-obsessed culture and prompts us to consider our expectations of femininity, their origins, and their effects. Her work has been exhibited across the United States and is in the permanent collection of The Newcomb Museum of Art. She is the recipient of the Mass Cultural Council Grant for Creative Individuals, the Lisa Elwell Ceramic Artist Endowed Encouragement Award, the ArtFields Merit Award and the Bailey Emerging Artist Scholarship.