Griffin Cordell

Born in Greenville, SC / Works in West Greenville, SC

BIO

Griffin Cordell is a full time artist and living in Greenville, SC. He is an alum of the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities and earned his BFA in Fine Arts with a concentration in sculpture from Winthrop University. Griffin works out of his studio in The Artbomb Company, which is the oldest and most established arts collective in West Greenville. He is represented by 906 Art Gallery in Greenville, SC, and he exhibits locally and nationally.

The creative process has led me to research many subjects, but dreams and our relationship to memory have always been consistent themes in my work. The Archival Memory Series is an investigation of digitally archived photographs. Through painting, I am able to uncover nuances that clue me into the photograph’s buried history. My work is not only a resurrection of transitory moments, but a transformation. Immortalized by art, these moments are now recontextualised by a greater meaning that is ageless.