December 4-24, 2015

Stumbling Forward

Michael Coringliano’s work is a playful, yet introspective study of the embarrassing internal struggle of alter egos that befuddle a single father consumed by anxieties of middle age. This visual story is framed by the personal characters of a man propelled into an experience that challenges his identity and conflicts with his own needs and desires. As he begins to rediscover and reinvent himself, all of his internal egos surface and come out to play, in the most awkward way possible, in public. Stumbling Forward will feature photographs and sculptures from Michael’s recent performances he has been presenting throughout the city.

Based in Northern Virginia, Michael Corigliano is an artist and educator with a Master of Ceramics and Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is currently a studio artist at Red Dirt Studio in Mt. Rainer, MD., who teaches at District Clay, the Workhouse Art Center, and Public High School. His work fluctuates between functional pottery, installation based sculpture, and street level art interventions. He focuses on how individuals interact within a defined bby space, within the frame work of a subject matter that concentrates on socio-political and environmental issues