ABOUT CORDYBIOCordy is the Lead Media Arts and Animation professor currently teaching at the Art Institute of Atlanta and advising at the Virginia Beach campus.
Maestro Willie Cordy Jr was a prominent artist in graphic design in the 1990's, designing for Bobby Brown, Public Enemy, Rapp Style International, TLC, Nice & Smooth, the 1996 Olympics, Major League Baseball and various other companies. He received his first degree in art in visual communications from the Art Institute of Atlanta in 1987. Cordy enrolled at Norfolk State University to further his education in the spring of 2008. In the following spring of 2009 he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a bachelors degree in Fine Arts & Graphics. In the summer of 2013, Cordy obtained his M.A. in Fine Arts in visual studies and M.F.A. in Fine Arts and Visual studies in the spring of 2014 from Norfolk State University. He taught at Norfolk State University in the fine arts and science departments, and Portsmouth Parks & Recreation where he taught art to the youth in his community. Cordy Previously taught on campus at Regent University from 2016 to 2022 where he continues to teach online courses. Cordy received the 2017 Best Educator of the Year Award from "the Black Men Rock Image Awards", "Educator of the Year" award across the seven cities of Hampton Roads from the 2014 Excellence Awards, nominated by Blessed/Lifestyle Magazine. Cordy also received the "Best Illustrator" Award and honored at the 4th Annual Black Men Rock Image Awards 2016. He also received the "Best Illustrator" Award and honored at the 3rd Annual NAACP Black Men Rock Image Award 2015. Cordy's new creative works in fine arts were influenced by the times we live in and reminiscent of resistance art and sociopolitical issues. Cordy launched his comic book company "City Earth" in the fall 2014. His creative process intertwines his stories and art with ongoing sociopolitical issues. He is the creator, writer and illustrator of it's pilot series. Cordy has also launched a clothing line named "Melanin Born" that is based and centered on diversity and inclusion. |
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PORTFOLIOCurrent ProjectsI currently have a few projects in production under my name and business name Cordy Studio. Keeping locked into the industry is important not only for myself, but also to show my students that as an artist, you can constantly express yourself through your creativity along many avenues. You are only limited by your imagination if you allow it.
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PRESENTATIONS & EXHIBITS
Most Memorable Presentations
Here are a few of my best moments of my journey in Art & Education. My research in Black Representation in Comics and Comics Strips have placed me in the forefront of many presentation and have expanded in to more diverse research including more extensive research in the Diversity in Publishing. My research crosses the paths of Afro Futurism, to Representation of the LGBTQIA community and the cultural lines of those who have been widely overlooked.
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