His college education includes a BFA in fine art photography and MFA degrees in fine art photography, graphic design, creative writing and electronic music. Since the 1990s, he has taught visual art, photography, comparative art, digital art, sound art, graphic design and creative writing at institutions including Alpena Community College, Interlochen Arts Academy, University of Michigan, Brown University, Eastern Michigan University and Grand Valley State University. Currently, Schorn teaches full-time in the Art+Design Program at Alpena Community College. He was awarded an Arts Education Grant in New York through Arts Mid-Hudson where he worked with 3rd–5th graders developing a collaborative, environmental art installation. Also, he frequently contributes to art exhibitions and publications as a curator, juror, and designer.
Schorn’s visual art has been exhibited and published widely throughout the country since the early 1980s. Recent solo exhibitions include Comstock Wabi-Sabi in Nevada, Lost and Found in New York and Magnum Opus: A 25 Year Retrospective in Michigan. Other recent group exhibitions include Practice, Rhythm and Ritual: Meditative Minimalism and Tinker, Tailor, Welder, Weaver: The Art of Assemblage at Crooked Tree Arts Center in Michigan; The New Digital Art Biennale, a virtual gallery organized in Brazil; Snap to Grid at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art and An Homage to Kurt Seligmann at the Seligmann Center for Surrealism in New York.
He has attended artist residencies across the country including Iowa Lakeside Lab in Milford, Iowa; Resident Artist Program in Silver City, Nevada (twice); I-Park Artists Enclave in Connecticut; and Ox-Bow Artist Residencies in Michigan.
Schorn’s art is represented by Tricera in Japan and Rogue Nevada. His art is also in numerous private collections as well as the public collections of Seligmann Center for Surrealism, Berkeley Art Museum’s Pacific Film Archive, University of Michigan Art Museum, Besser Museum of Art, Science and History, and the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science.
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