COREY
WESLEY.
If you need someone who has lived it, built it, and can explain it on camera, I’m your guy.
Artist, author, certified recovery coach, and corporate trainer.
The person behind the work.
Corey Wesley’s work spans contemporary art, writing, music, publishing, podcasting, entrepreneurship, finance, and recovery coaching.
As the artist behind Milton Wes Art, the musician Rex Wes, and the author of seven books, he works through identities that let each medium speak in its own way.
What I talk about.
For producers, reporters, event planners and teams.
Addiction and recovery
Certified Addiction Recovery Coach since 2014. I wrote Behind the Mask: The Hidden Struggles of a Functional Addict.
Building a brand from nothing
I taught myself. Milton Wes Art, OVAH MAG, Kinkster NYC, Rex Wes and The Twisted Truth all started with me.
Leadership and training
18+ years training teams at Pershing (BNY Mellon) and Fiserv. Author of Empower to Lead and The Art of Saying NO.
Art and identity
Unapologetic Faces debuted at Goddard Riverside in March 2026. More than 300 people RSVPed.
Unapologetic Faces.
See the full series at Milton Wes Art
Unapologetic Faces: The Cost of Being Seen. The faces are archetypes, not portraits.
The work, at a glance.
One person, many disciplines. Each one its own practice.
Four books, four sides of the work.
Celebrity interviews.
Conducted by Corey Wesley for OVAH MAG.
Brands I've built.
Food for Thought.
Writing from Corey Wesley.
Day in the life.
