Corrina Sephora Mensoff
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November 4, 1971
Corrina Sephora | |
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 Corrina Sephora Mensoff | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Corrina Sephora Mensoff November 4, 1971 |
| Occupation | Visual Artist |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | http://www.corrinasephora.com |
Corrina Sephora Mensoff (born November 4, 1971, in Alstead, New Hampshire) is a visual artist who specializes in metal work, sculpture, painting, installation, and mixed media in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. Corrina works with universal and personal themes of loss and transformation, within the context of contemporary society. In Corrina’s most recent bodies of work she is exploring lunar images, cells, and the universe as “a meditation in the making.” In a concurrent body of work she has delved into the physical transformation of guns, altering their molecular structure into flowers and garden tools through hot forging the materials. Her work has led her to community involvement with the conversation of guns in our society.[1][2]
Mensoff received her BFA in Sculpture and Metalsmithing at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston in 1995. She received her MFA in Sculpture at Georgia State University[3] in 2005.
She created a self-guided journeyman's apprenticeship in Atlanta. She founded Phoenix Metalworks, specializing in sculpture, furniture and architectural works. She taught at the University of Georgia in Athens, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD),[4] and Georgia State University. She has conducted research on architecture and environment in Croatia and Romania.[5] She has won the City of Atlanta Arts for Services Grant[6] three times.
Awards
- 2023 Honorable Mention,City of North Charleston Sculpture Exhibition / Competition, Charleston, SC
- 2021 Awarded the National Competition to create a public piece at the Freeport Art Museum
- 2020 Fulton County Council for the Arts, Creative Arts and Culture Grant
- 2020 Judith Alexander Award
- 2019 Small Arts Project Grant, Fulton County Arts & Culture, Fulton County, Georgia
- 2018 - 2019 Contracts for Arts Services Grant, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, Georgia
- 2018 Hambidge Creative Residency Program, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia
- 2016 Artists in Residence Program, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, California
- 2015 First Place Award, City of North Charleston Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition & Competition, North Charleston, South Carolina
- 2014 Contracts for Arts Services Grant, Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, Georgia
- 2012 Hambidge Creative Residency Program, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, Georgia
- 2012 Second Place Award, City of North Charleston Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition & Competition,
- 2009 Honorable Mention Award, City of North Charleston Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Competition, North Charleston, South Carolina
- 2008 Sculptural Architectural Installation at the Martin Luther King Natatorium[7]
- 2007 Artist In Residence in Vermont Studio Center
- 2006 Artist In Residence in Hungarian Multicultural Center
- 2005 Sculptural Architectural Installation at Temple Sinai, Atlanta
- 2004 Scottish Sculpture Workshop
- 2003 Sculptural Architectural Installation at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens
- 2003 "Best in Show" from Annette Cone Skeleton at Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia
- 2003 "Silver Award" from Icarus International
- 2002 "Silver Sculpture Award" from National Ornamental Miscellaneous Metals Associations
- 2002 Artist In Residence in Hambidge, Georgia
- 2001 Artist Blacksmith Association of North America Grant to France & Germany
- 1996 Artist In Residence in Penland School of Craft, North Carolina