COREY TEVAN HAS THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AS AN ARTIST SINCE HE CAN REMEMBER. HE WAS BORN IN PORTLAND, MAINE TO A LOVING FAMIY, WHO ESCAPED THE SHADOW OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE. HE WAS ECUCATED IN ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS WHERE HIS PASSION FOR ART WAS NURTURED BY RENOWNED NEW ENGLAND PORTRAIT ARTIST AND COLLEAGUE OF ALL OF “THE EIGHT,” FRANCIS B. DALTON. FROM HER, HE TOOK PRIVATE LESSONS DURING ALL OF HIS YOUTH.
AS AN ART STUDENT COREY WAS RECOGNIZED AS POSSESSING EXCEPTIONAL GIFTS. HIS ART WAS SHOWN AT THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON AND THE BORIS MERSKY GALLERY ON NEWBURY STREET, BEFORE GRADUATING WITH HONORS FROM ART SCHOOL.
HE HAS BEEN REPRESENTED BY THE HOWARD YEZERSKI GALLERY, COLLECTED BY THE ADDISON GALLERY OF AMERICAN ART, AND INVITED TO SHOW AT THE GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION’S MUSEUM OF ART IN PARIS. HIS WORK HAS ALSO BEEN SHOWN AT THE Worcester Art Museum, Institute of Contemporary Art IN Boston, Federal Reserve Bank OF Boston, Museum of Fine Arts AND Illuminations at Massachusetts General Hospital. HIS ART CAN BE FOUND IN PUBLIC, CORPORATE AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE.
DURING THE 1980’S, HE WAS SOUGHT OUT AS AN IMAGE SPECIALIST BY HI-TECH COMPANIES ENTERING THE ELECTRONIC GAME AND EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE MARKET. HE CONSULTED AND PRODUCED WORK FOR PHILLIPS ELECTRONICS, SPINNAKER SOFTWARE, POLAROID CORPORATION, HBM CREAMER, HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COLLEGE DIVISION, VMC IN NORWOOD AMONG OTHERS.
HE HAS BEEN AN INSTRUCTOR AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, THE BROOKS SCHOOL OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS AND THE SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ACADEMY AND THE SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON. WHEN TIME HAS ALLOWED HE HAS PROVIDED PRIVATE INSTRUCTION TO MANY ARTISTS OF ALL ABILITIES.
DURING THE 1990’S HE SLOWY RELINQUISHED HIS CORPORATE AND EDUCATIONAL TIES TO PAINT AND SCULPT FULL TIME AND OPEN A GALLERY. NOW, HE SHOWS HIS WORK YEAR ROUND AT THE COREY TEVAN GALLERY ON BEARSKIN NECK IN ROCKPORT. IN 2009 HE WAS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A GROUP SHOW AT ILLUMINATIONS AT THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL.
HE LIVES ON CAPE ANN IN MASSACHUSETTS WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
CONTACT HIM AT 978 546-6660 or coreytevan@verizon.net