Hello.

My name is Corey Fuller. For my day job, I teach design at Oklahoma Baptist University. By night, I eat cereal, read books to kids, do some freelance design, and occasionally sleep.

Feel free to reach out:

405.570.0934

coreyleefuller@gmail.com

Work experience

Professor of Graphic Design — Oklahoma Baptist University, 2009–present

  • Promoted to full Professor, spring of 2021

  • Installed to the Ruth J. Odom Professorship of Fine Arts, fall of 2017

  • Named Division Chair of Art & Design, 2016

  • Promoted to Associate Professor, spring of 2015

  • Received Senior Faculty Status, fall of 2014

  • Started as Assistant Professor, fall of 2009

Courses taught: Design Basics, Intro to Graphic Design, Advertising Design, Typography, Raster Graphics, History of Graphic Design, Interactive Design, Package Design, Vector Graphics, Studio 7 (in-house internship), Visual Culture honors course, NYC Study Tour, Portfolio Development, and Hand-Lettering

Freelance Designer — various clients, 2004–present

Clients: 3 Level Design, Bison Family Therapy, Cafe Evoke, Christ Our Redeemer Anglican Church, Coffee Creek Baptist Church, Collective Church, Extreme Inflatables, Community Renewal of Pottawatomie County, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Fields of Faith), Habitat for Humanity of Tulsa, Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, Murray Services Inc., Neal’s Home Furnishings, North Haiti Music Camp, OBU Athletics, OBU Milburn Center, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Red Rock Canyon Adventure Park, Unearthed Pictures, United Way of Pottawatomie County, University Baptist Church, book cover designs for various authors

Design Leader — Legacy Bank, 2004-2008

Responsibilities: Design for print and web, product-merchandising solutions, videography for TV commercials and training purposes, managing and upholding brand standards

AWARDS 

My design work has earned several Gold Addy Awards as well as recognition from the American Marketing Association. 

In 2013, I was honored with OBU’s Promising Teacher award.

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Design — University of Central Oklahoma, 2009

Thesis — From Symbols to Branding: the Changing Visual Identity of Churches

Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design — Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 2004

SKILL SET

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, CSS & HTML coding for interactive design, digital photography, photo-digital illustration, ProCreate, additional experience with motion graphics and non-linear video-editing

EXHIBITS & LECTURES 

  • Space 38|39, New York City, solo exhibit and artist talk 

  • Indiana Wesleyan University, solo exhibit and guest lecture 

  • University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, solo exhibit and guest lecture 

  • Legacy Bank, Spring Creek, Edmond, solo exhibit 

  • Gaylord-Pickens Museum, Oklahoma City, solo exhibit and artist talk 

  • Elemental, Oklahoma City, solo exhibit 

  • Panelist on the topic of visual culture at the MAASA Conference in Tulsa 

  • Panelist on the topic of Christian Faith and the Arts, OBU 

  • Guest speaker at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art on early Christian symbols 

  • Mabee-Gerrer regional show, theme: “Home” 

  • “Neighbor-Made” art show, downtown Shawnee, awarded “Best in Show” 

  • 10-year retrospective “A Little Bit of Everything,” OBU Art Bldg. 

  • “Sustenance” five-person show, including Julie Blackstone, Paula Jones, Lucas Simmons, LeAnne Henry Wright, and myself.

  • Norman Depot, solo exhibit entitled “Next Exit”

  • Stuart & Clover Law Firm, solo exhibit

PAST MEMBERSHIPS 

  • AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Artists) — former guest speaker, vice president, and member of the educational board for AIGA Oklahoma 

  • CIVA (Christians in the Visual Arts) 

  • International Arts Movement, New York & Oklahoma City