Rocky McCorkle
www.rockymccorkle.com


EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts Sept. 2005 - 2007
San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco, CA
Area of Focus: Photography
Bachelor of Fine Arts
The Ohio State University Sept. 2002 – 2005
Area of Focus: Photography Columbus, OH

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Abbreviated)
Introductions3, Irvine Contemporary, Washington, D.C. August 2007

Snap To Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA October 2006

Art for AIDS Live Auction, Bonham’s & Butterfield's , San Francisco, CA August 2006

Photo Digital Show, Carnegie Museum Kentucky, Covington, KY June 2006

Digital International Photography, Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego, CA April 2006

Composing Biology, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Dec 2005 – March 2006

Ohio Art League Spring Exhibition, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH June 2004

Art for Life, Canzani Center, Columbus, OH April 2004

Photo Plus, Jacob Javits Center, New York, NY October 2003

GRANTS & HONORS
Nikon’s Emerging Photographers Hall of Fame Inducted February 2006
1st Place, Photographer’s Forum 26th Annual College Contest Jan 2006

1st Place Excellence Award -
Digital International Photography Exhibition
Museum of the Living Artist, San Diego April 2006

People’s Choice Award, Ohio Expo Center Professional Artist Exhibition August 2005
Best Of Show, Roy G Biv Gallery “Best Of” Exhibition May 2005

1st Place, Best In Show, & Juror’s Award
The Ohio State University Undergraduate Exhibition April, 2005

Firestone Scholarship April, 2005

21st Hoyt Sherman Memorial Scholarship April, 2005

Finalist, Photographer’s Forum February 2005

Undergraduate Research Scholarship January 2005

Fergus Gilmore Scholarship January 2004

Robert and Marion Gatrell Memorial Scholarship 2003 + 2004

1st Place, Texas Instruments Intelligence Photo Contest October 2003

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Front Cover, Photographer’s Forum September/Fall Issue September, 2006

SF Examiner, Art for AIDS review

Photographer’s Forum, p.40, May/Summer June 2006

1st Place, Photographer’s Forum 26th Annual College Photography

Best of College Photography Annual 2006 Jan, 2006

Best of College Photography 25th Annual February 2005

Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography 2004 December 2004

Image Ohio 5 August, 2004

Fotograf Magazine, Czech Republic, Prague April 2004

LECTURES
MWSPE, Midwest Society for Photographic Education