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Corey Klassen

Interior Designer, Kitchen & Bath Design Specialist, Artist

 Me & M @ the V.A.G. Favorite Chelsea, NYC Balducci's coffee, terribly missed... Seattle Just a little Warrior III in Van Bourabodur, Yogijakarta, Indonesia Corey, Vancovuer, BC., June 2004 Corey, EMP, Seattle, WA., February 2004 Dancer's pose in Times Square (traffic was coming at me, so much fun!) Somewhere... Whistler, windy (hair is sideways!) Parthanon, Paris Manquins, Bangkok 251, MOMA Oh yeah, NYC in summer! RUN! Greenwich V., NYC Crow @ YVR Procession after procession is maddening, Valencia, Espania Plaza de la Virgen, Valencia, Espania King Pigeon y esplanade, Valencia, Espania corgeous Corey at English Bay Beach Painting! (manual labour...) Pioneer Days (& BD), Steinbach Finishing my first half-marathon. finished 2:12.30.1 Urban chic restaurant in NYC 3... 2... 1... It's Tiffany's, darling. Macha... crazy. Playing in the haystacks, Portage la Praire Bourabodour Birthday... pink star! This is be the best birthday cake I've every seen - a la Cupcakes New York New York New York New York Death Valley Seattle 8 7 6 5 3 4 2 1
Communicating through visual media is a natural instinct for me. I began to take an interest in function, space and our environment at a very young age. Through high school I excelled in art and architectural drafting and studied the interaction with spacial figure ground relationships.I felt a shift in focus and dove deeply into fine arts studying at the University of Manitoba, School of Art. I challenged myself to communicate and convey concepts in new ways through drawing and painting at first, developing into graphic design and ceramic sculpture. In 1997 I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree with majors in graphic design and ceramics.

My work began to evolve and I focused more intensely on multi-media works, choosing subjects in response to social problems or wide-spread ecological concerns. I found inspiration in using contrasting colour palettes with unexpected media and composition. This theory and practice became the foundation for me to move off a canvas.

I returned to studies at the Centre for Design at Vancouver Community College and completed my Interior Design Certificate (ID) in 2007. In 2009, I completed the Kitchen and Bath Design Certificate (KBD) supported by the National Kitchen & Bath Association. I became keenly aware of the delicate environment which we live in and how we interact with and within our interior spaces. I am wise to the visual garbage we have to navigate thru and there is a strong need of good design work to do everywhere.

National Kitchen & Bath Association
Life is like a mirror. If you frown at it, it frowns back. If you smile at it, it returns the greeting.- Herbert Samuels