Biography

      Cory Ford, self-taught artist from Jersey City, New Jersey. Contemporary, Abstract and Modern are some styles I frequently use and sometimes mix. Being captivated by the life that surrounds me, I tend to picture it all as art work, particularly a painting, and incorporate artwork done by the masters of all styles that inspire him.Being attracted to vivid colors since color pencils in grammar school and then watercolor in high school. 

       Cory was introduced to the fundamentals of drawing and some art history while attending the Visual and Performing Arts H.S. program at New Jersey City University where he graduated in 2000. Once experimenting with Oils and Acrylic paint Cory has found his dream mediums at least for the next 16 years.

In 2014 Cory Ford participated and won first place in a juried group show at the Greenpoint Gallery in Brooklyn New York. 2015 solo show at the Greenpoint Gallery where he sold numerous pieces to Global Director of Marketing for Bank of America, Jason Coady and a 2016 group show with the Harlem Fine Art Show. 

     April 20 , 2017 Cory he had a solo show titled " #mood " displaying works featuring Cory's surreal self portrait the Rose Bud dude inspired by Magritte's The Son of God painting.