Cory Levy (b.1998) grew up in Sayville, NY, a quiet community on the coast of Long Island. Living among the ocean, flourishing vegetation, and indigenous wildlife cultivated his gratefulness for the environment. He first pursued art education in 2014 at the College for Creative Studies, Detroit. Partaking in an automotive design course, he was encouraged to accrete non-objective forms into vehicle concepts. As an alternative, Levy delineated areas of light and texture on blank paper with ink outlines. This Emphasis process developed billows of an enigmatic sculptural quality. Two years later, Charcoal Emphasis/ Unforeseen Reign of Steel showed at the Heckscher Museum’s Long Island’s Best exhibit. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City (2016-2020) and earned a bachelor's in Illustration. Professors there introduced an array of artistic mediums and traditional techniques of realism. Conforming to the latter brought him great difficulty. Aversion led to a realization. Accepting a propensity to draw continually with observed movement, he made drawings idiosyncratic to his experience of a given moment. Levy began welding in 2018. The resulting sculptures reveal space recorded within preliminary life drawings. His organic linework transformed into schematics of depth and curvature for steel components. In January 2020, Denise Bibro included Glassesman at “Art From the Boros VII” in Chelsea, NY. From June of the same year till present-day, Levy has worked at Atta Inc. This Manhattan-based fine art fabrication facility specializes in the complex and tedious process of resin casting. He assists in the production of large-scale projects; One of which was Eva Lewitt’s “Resin Towers.” Each piece stood outdoors, reaching 12’ in height! The position grants opportunity to witness technical drawings develop into final sculptures, crate building, transportation, installation, and communication with project managers.