Karen Cornelius has been working as a visual artist and more recently in new media arts since graduating from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia. She has exhibited her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Canada, the United States, Africa, Europe, Australia and China. Her work has been purchased by the Canadian Art Bank, Foreign Affairs, the City of Ottawa, and Ernst and Young and is held in the National Archives of Canada and in corporate and private collections around the world.
GRANTS
| 2017 | Individual Creative Production Grant/ Manitoba Arts Council |
| 2017 | Short-term Project Grant/ Manitoba Arts Council |
| 2016 | Individual Artist Grant/ Winnipeg Arts Council |
| 2016 | WITHART/ Winnipeg Arts Council in partnership with Wayfinders |
| 2014 | First Nations All Nations: Setting the Table / Artist in the Community / Kidsbridge / Manitoba Arts Council |
| 2013 | WITHART/ Winnipeg Arts Council in partnership with Manitoba Environmental Youth Network |
| 2013 | Letters to Our Children / Artist in the Community / Kidsbridge / Manitoba Arts Council |
| 2012 | Short term Project Grant/ Winnipeg Arts Council |
| 2009 | Media Arts Project Grant Community Collaboration Program/ Canada Council Partners Eritrean Community in Winnipeg Inc. and Video Pool 2009 Artist in the Community Residency / Manitoba Arts CouncilPartners Eritrean Community in Winnipeg Inc. and Video Pool |
| 2009 | Short Term Project Grant/ Manitoba Arts Council |
| 2007 | Wendy Geller Fund Grant/ Video Pool |
| 2007 | Short Term Project Grant/Winnipeg Arts Council |
| 2006 | ShortTerm Project Grant/Winnipeg Arts Council |
| 2005 | ShortTerm Project Grant/ Manitoba Arts Council |
| 2004-2005 | First Video Fund/ Video Pool, Mentor Sandee Moore |
| 2003 | Short Term Project Grant/Manitoba Arts Council |
| 2003 | Manitoba Artists in Healthcare/Manitoba Arts Council Arts Ventures Grant |
| 2002 | Short Term Project Grant/Manitoba Arts Council |
| 2001 | Arts and Cultural Promotions Division Project Grant/Department of External Affairs Canada |
| 2001 | Short Term Project Grant/Manitoba Arts Council |
| 1999 | Short Term Project Grant/Manitoba Arts Council |
| 1990 | Short Term Project Grant/Ontario Arts Council |
SELECTED SOLO or TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
| 2018 | Sign of a Place, X-Cues Café and Lounge, Winnipeg |
| 2018 | The Parka Experience, Caked with Love Café, Winnipeg |
| 2015 | Identity and Belonging, Buhler Gallery, curated by Pat Bovey, former director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg |
| 2015 | Imprint of Belonging, Fleet Gallery, Shenzhen, Winnipeg |
| 2015 | Outside Inside Belonging, Martha Street Studio, Project Space, Winnipeg |
| 2013 | Fabric of Belonging, Shenzhen University Gallery, Shenzhen, China |
| 2013 | OUTSIDE INSIDE:The Parka Experience, Portage &District Arts Centre Portage la Prairie 2008 SUGAR, Albury Regional Art Gallery PROOF OF AGE: youth, culture and identity, Albury,Australia- Curated by Rita Lazauskas |
| 2005 | SUGAR, Video Installation, Exchanges Gallery , Victoria , British Columbia |
| 2005 | SUGAR, Video Installation, Annex Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2005 | Trading Secrets, McGarry Guild Gallery, St. John’s Ravenscourt, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2003 | Monomyth, Piano Noble Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2002 | b>Survivor, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2001 | Ailanthus, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, Xi’an, China, Curated by Professor Jin Bao Ping |
| 2001 | Tree, Centre d’exposition l’imagier, Alymer, Quebec |
| 2001 | Legacy, Ottawa School of Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 2000 | Rhythm and Pageantry, Region of Ottawa–Carleton Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 2000 | Rhythm and Pageantry, Generations Gallery, Stony Plain, Alberta |
| 1999 | Rhythm and Pageantry, MHC Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 1998 | Reflection, Alliance Francaise, Asmara, Eritrea |
| 1997 | Image, Alliance Francaise, Asmara, Eritrea |
| 1995 | Fragments from the Tree of Life, NuCafe, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1992 | In Memory of …, Centre d’exposition l’imagier, Alymer, Quebec 1991 Eden of Memories, Earthly Treasurers Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1989 | Fragments & Jewels, Centre d’exposition l’imagier, Aylmer, Quebec |
| 1985 | Struggle Within Tiamat, Langman Gallery, Pennsylvania, USA and Braam Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS
| 2012-14-16-18 | 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th International mini print Biennale, Ottawa School of Art Lee Matasi Gallery, Ottawa (purchase prize 2014 and 2016) |
| 2006-2010 | In Your Dreams, touring exhibition , Canada, Germany, Australia-curators Karen Cornelius, Helen Sanderson, Lene Rose Gruner |
| 2006 | Inside Out, Collaborative project and exhibition between MHC Gallery in Winnipeg and the Voix Gallery in San Franando, Trinidad |
| 2003 | First Impresssions, Infinite Proof: an International Artists Collective Cherry Stone Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts curated by Brenda Correia |
| 2003 | Infinite Proof: an International Artists Collective, internet collaboration, four weeks Artists in Residence programme and workshops with the Hong Kong Institute of Education, HongKong |
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL JURIED PRINT EXHIBITIONS
| 2016 | McMaster Museum of Art – Shift juried Environmentally Responsible Print Exhibition, Hamilton, Ontario |
| 2016 – 17 | Leicester Small Print International – Touring exhibition 6 venues, Attenborough Arts, Leicester – The Biscuit Factory, New Castle – Gallery Top, Derbyshire – West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield – London Print Studio, London |
| 2012-14-16 | 4th, 5th, 6th International Mini Print Biennale – OSA -Lee Matasi Gallery, Ottawa |
| 2014 | Manitoba Society of Artists 82nd Juried Exhibition – Juried by Philippa Johnson and Michael Boss |
| 2011 | The Exchange Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall, England |
| 2010 | Open Print Competition- Open Space Gallery, Cornwall, England |
| 2010 | 3rd Internatioanl Mini Print Biennale – OSA -Lee Matasi Gallery, Ottawa PURCHASE AWARD |
| 2008 | 2nd International Mini Print Biennale – OSA -Lee Matasi Gallery, Ottawa PURCHASE AWARD |
| 2006 | Impression: Miniature OSA -Lee Matasi Gallery, Ottawa |
| 2002 | The 12th Space International Print Biennial, Seoul, Korea |
| 2005-2009 | September 11 Memorial Portfolio, |
| 2003-2012 | American Print Alliance, Georgia, USA, TOURING -15 venues |
| 2001 | Mini Print International Cadaques, touring, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2000-2003 | On/Off the Edge, American Print Alliance, Georgia, USA, TOURING-10 venues |
| 2000 | International Miniature Print Exhibition, New Leaf Editions, Vancouver Intimate |
| 1999 | Impressions: Art from Pan America Site Gallery, Winnipeg.,MB |
| 1983 | Pratt Institute Mini Print Exhibition New York, New York |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 2012 | Preforming the Process –Frame Arts Warehouse, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2012 | Martha Street Studio / The End of the World members show, Winnipeg Manitoba |
| 2012 | Spooky Action at a Distance / Karen Cornelius. Carol Bretzloff and Geraldine Query Geraldine’s Gallery, Kemptville, Ontario |
| 2011 | Re-Verb / Ottawa Arts Court Regional Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 2010 | Art in the Grip of Life curated by Geraldine Taylor/Ottawa Arts Court Regional Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 2010 | Convergence/divergence: An International Touring Exhibition, Hong Kong , China |
| 2010 | Senai Gallery, Platform members exhibition, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2009 | Platform Gallery members exhibiiton Gallery C103, University of Winnipeg |
| 2009 | Buried in the Garden curated by Geraldine Taylor Marianne Jan Silfhout Gallery, St. Lawrence College Brockville, Ontario /selected participating artists Carol Bretzloff, Jean Bridge, Jennifer Dickson |
| 2009 | Tasmania 1:1000.000 Mapping the Island curated by Penny Carey- Wells and Diane Perndt Austrailia |
| 2007 | Invisable Dignity, MHC Gallery, Juried by Jennifer Gibson, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2006 | Points of Connection, RETROSPECTIVE-25 years –Leonard Gerbrandt and Karen Cornelius, MHC Gallery. Winnipeg |
| 2005 | Lunenburg Art Gallery, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, in cooperation with Martha Street Studio |
| 2005 | Works on Paper/Mind the Gap, Geraldine Gallery, Kemptville, Ontario |
| 2004 | Remember Rwanda, University of Winnipeg , Winnipeg , Manitoba |
| 2004 | Worth Her Salt, The Lion and The Rose Winniepg , Manitoba/MHC Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2004 | Hamilton Galleria, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Curated by Jennifer Gibson |
| 2003 | Germ Warfare, St. Boniface Hospital, a collabrative performance piece supported by Manitoba Artists in Healthcare and Manitoba Arts Council |
| 2003 | La Chevre, Solstice d’ete, Centre d’exposition l’imagier, Alymer. Quebec |
| 2003 | Black and White, The Lion and the Rose,Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2003 | From the Heart, Adelaide McDermott Gallery,Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2002 | Eros Collective, Good For Her, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2001 | Alchemy, A Five Woman, Collaborative, Centre culturel franco-manitobain, Winnipeg, |
| 2001 | Beasts, Centre d’exposition l’imagier, Alymer, Quebec |
| 2001 | Grand Jury 6, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2000 | Gallery Artists, St. George’s Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| 2000 | Divina et Femina, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 2000 | Hand in Hand, Centre culturel franco-manitobain, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2000 | Image, Centre d’exposition l’imagier, Alymer, Quebec |
| 1999 | Jouets, objets secrets de l’enfance”, Centre d’exposition l’imagier, Quebec 1999 Divina et Femina, University of Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1996 | St. George’s Gallery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| 1994 | Eve’s Eden: Problems in Paradise |
| 1994 | Ernst & Young, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1993 | Where Are They, Those Feeders, Centre d’exposition l’imagier, Quebec |
| 1993 | Christmas Gala, Arts Court, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1992 | Solstice d’ete, Centre d’exposition l’imagier, Alymer, Quebec |
| 1992 | Gallery Intersection, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1991 | Fleurs, Centre d’exposition l’imagier, Aylmer, Quebec |
| 1991 | Gallery Intersection, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1989 | Art’s Court, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1987 | Ufundi Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario |
SELECTED VIDEO SCREENING
| 2009 | Love in a Cold Climate, HOUND, curated by Suzanne Gillies, Winnipeg Art Gallery |
| 2008 | Members Screening, Winnipeg included on the Video Pool |
| 2008 | Compilation tape |
| 2007 | The Island Media Arts Co-op, Charlottetown, PEI |
| 2007 | The Kings Head, members screening, Winnipeg |
| 2006 | First Vido Fund Screening, Winnipeg |
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
| 2016 | Alfonso Crujera Printmaking Studio / Electro etching educational and exploratory residency with master printmaker Alfonso Crujera |
| 2015 | Martha Street Studio , Independent Artist Residency exploring electro etching, Winnipeg |
| 2014 | Manitoba Arts Council Deep Bay Cabin, Wasagaming/ two week juried residency with stipend |
| 2014 | Independent Artist Residency, Robat, Morocco |
| 2012 | St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s Newfoundland/ one month residency with stipend 2012 Geraldine Gallery, Kempville, Ontario / artist in residency |
| 2009 | Guanlan Print Original Industry Base, Shen Zhen, China/ International one month artist in residency PRINTMAKING working in the studio with 14 other international printmakers and local technicial support |
CURATOR INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
| 2006 -2009 | Touring In Your Dreams, Collaboration between 10 Manitoban, 10 German and 10 Australian artists Art Gallery of Southwestern, Manitoba, MHC Gallery, Winnipeg. |
| 2007 | Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany, Schlossle Lenningen, Lenningen,Germany, |
| 2008 | Rockhampton Regional Art Gallery, Rockhampton, Australia, |
| 2008 | Cairns Regional Gallery, Queenslands,Australia |
| 2008 | Logan Art Gallery, Australia |
| 2008 | Albury City Regional Art Gallery, Australia2009-Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Australia |
| 2009 | Bundaberg Arts Centre, Bundaberg, Australia, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Caloundra, Australia Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, Australia, New England Regional Art Museum – Armidale |
| 2010 | curators Canada –Karen Cornelius, Australia-Helen Sanderson, Germany-Lene Rose Gruner |
| 2002-ongoing | Infinite Proof, an International Artists Collective international collaborative projects, artists-in-residence programmes, virtual web collaborations and touring exhibitions.Hong Kong Institute of Education. Artist in residence, collaborative project and exhibition |
| 2002 | touring “Connection: Six Printmakers From China” touring exhibition Martha Street Studio Gallery , Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2002 | Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa Ontario, Feburary |
| 2002 and 2005 | JURIED “(dis) comfort” 27 Canadian artists, MHCGallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Organized in collaboration with Martha Street Studio, MHC Gallery and Ottawa School of Art / one month itinerary in Canada, workshops, lectures, and exhibitions for Professor Jin Bao Ping, Chairman LithographyDepartment.,Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, China |
| 2001-2014 | The International Print Exchange and Exhibition in collaboration with Martha Street Gallery and KC Print Studio, Winnipeg and Xi’an Academy of Fine Art, China, Ottawa School of Art, German Chinese Friendship Society, Schorndorf City Hall, Germany, Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg, Proof Gallery, Toronto |
| 1998 | “The Camel Show,” Alliance Francaise, Asmara, Eritrea curator Karen Cornelius |
SELECTED TELEVISION AND PUBLICATIONS
| 2013 | ShenzhenDaily, Shenzhen, China, November 20 |
| 2008 | The Reporter, In Your Dreams,Albury, Australia, July 2 |
| 2008 | Albert and Logan News, In Your Dreams, Albury, Australia, July 2 |
| 2008 | Albert and Logan News, July 23 review by Doug Cartwright |
| 2006 | Brandon Sun, In Your Dreams, July 5 |
| 2006 | UPTOWN, Winnipeg, Interview with Stacy Abramson, September 7 |
| 2006 | Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Interview with Lorne Roberts, September 19 |
| 2006 | UPTOWN, Winnipeg, interview with Kristen Pauch- Nolin, June 22 |
| 2005 | The Manitoban, Winnipeg, Interivew with Catherine Toews, Vol. 93 November 30 |
| 2005 | CBC Radio with Jenny Beck, Winnipeg, Shaken not Stirred , November 18 |
| 2004 | Schorndorfer Nachrichten, Germany, February 7 |
| 2004 | Stuttgart Daily, Germany February 12 2004 Contemporary Impressions USA, The Journal of the American Print Alliance, Spring, Volume#11 |
| 2004 | RO Cable 6, International Print Exchange,Ottawa Interview for the 6 and 11 o’clock news 2003 The Winnipeg Free Press, Interview with Robert Arnason, Sunday November 16 |
| 2003 | A Channel, (Interview with Adrian Silver) Fall 2003 2003 Style Manitoba, Spring 2003, page 35 |
| 2003 | The Cape Cod Voice, August 14, pages 49-50 |
| 2003 | Provincetown Magazine, Vol 26 issue #18, page 89 2003 Provincetown Magazine, Vol 26 issue #18, page 89 |
| 2002 | Northwest Fine Arts Magazine, pages 44-45, issue 62, China |
| 2002 | French Television Station, Winnipeg (Interview) 2001 Le Bulletin, Arts and Culture, Hull Quebec |
| 2001 | Le Bulletin, Arts and Culture, Hull Quebec 2001 Life and Time, CJOH , Ottawa (Interview) |
| 2000 | Chinese Printmaking, National Printmaking publication No. 15, pages 58-59 |
| 1999 | Magazine Xpress, Arts, Quebec |
| 1985 | Morning Magazine, CJOH, Ottawa (Interview with Margaret Trudeau) |
BOARD INVOLVEMENT
| 2009 – 2016 | Video Pool Media Arts Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, board of directors Chair |
| 2006-2009 | Video Pool Media Arts Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, board of directors Vice Chair |
| 2004-2007 | MAWA Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art fundraising committee |
| 2000-2003 | MPA Manitoba Printmakers’ Association board of directors member |
| 1999-2000 | CARFAC Canadian Artists Representation in Manitoba board of directors member |
| 1982-1985 | CAR Ottawa Canadian Artists Representation in Ottawa, board of directors member |
SELECTED COMMUNITY BASED COLLABORATIONS AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
| 2016-17 | Youth WITH ART Winnipeg Arts Council in partnership with Wayfinders Youth Organization |
| 2014-15 | Youth WITH ART Winnipeg Arts Council in partnership with Manitoba Environment Youth Network and Dakota Collegiate |
| 2012-15 | Kid Bridge, Letters to our Children and First Nations All Nations Setting the Table/ recent immigrants and indigenous women, book, film and printmaking workshops. |
| 2012 | Kid Bridge / Recent Immigrant Women interpreting their immigration stories |
| 2012 | West End Women’s Centre / Printmaking workshop / low income and multiple disabilities |
| 2012 | St. Amont / printmaking workhops /Autistic challenged individuals |
| 2010 | Eritrean Video Art Project / working with Eritrean Youth in partnership with Eritrean Community in Winnipeg Inc.,Video Pool, Media Arts Centre, Canada Council and Mantiba Arts Council |
| 2005 – ongoing | Artists in the Schools/ Manitoba Arts Council Teaching printmaking to grades 1-12 in schools in northern and rural Manitoba and intercity Winnipeg. |
| 2009-ongoing | Yang Mythos Education Inc Shen Zhen, China /Printmaking workshops – art teachers and students |
| 2007-2011 | Arts West– printmaking workshops for emerging and mid-career artists, Clear Lake, Manitoba |
| 2005-2009 | Winnipeg Art Gallery Studio programme, mixed media and printmaking Printmaking Workshops for art teachers including SAG and various in school workshops,grades 7-12 |
| 2005-2009 | Winnipeg Art Gallery Studio Boeing Programme for the deaf, mixed media |
| 2005 | St. John’s Ravencourt, teaching reduction relief printmaking Winnipeg |
| 2004 | Manitoba Artists in Healthcare, teaching reduction relief printmaking, Winnipeg |
| 2004-2009 | Art City, reduction relief, printmaking and street interventions /Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| 2003 | Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, teaching experimental printmaking to art students |
| 2001 | Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong, teaching printmaking to printmakers |
| 2001 | Hong Kong Open Studio, Hong Kong, teaching printmaking techniques to printmakers 2001 Xi’an Academy of Fine Art, China, teaching printmaking to art school students |
| 2001 | Ottawa School of Art, Reduction Relief workshop, Ottawa, Ontario |
| 1996-1998 | Asmara International Community School, Eritrea North Africa, Art Grades 1 – 6 |
| 1997-1998 | Asmara School of Art, Reduction relief printmaking, Eritrea, North Africa- art school students |
| 1996-1998 | Asmara International Community School, Eritrea North Africa, Art Grades 1 – 6 |
EDUCATION
| 2016 | Alfonso Crujera Print Studio, electro etching with master printmaker Alfonso Crujera,Canary Islands |
| 2006 | MAWA mid-career Mentorship Programme with Lorna Browne senior artist Vancouver, BC |
| 2004 | MAWA mid-career Mentorship Programme with Mindy Yan Miller artist and member of Galerie Articule, teaches Fibres at Concordia University, Montreal |
| 2006 | MAWA mid-career Mentorship Programme with Lorna Browne senior artist Vancouver,BC |
| 2002 | University of Saskatchewan Waterless Lithography with Nik Semenoff professor emeritus |
| 1979-83 | Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario Printmaking / Visocity techniques with Leonard Gerbrandt, Clay technique with Jim Thompson |
| 1973-76 | Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts |