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Karen Cornelius is a printmaker and visual artist
She graduated 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, Global Affairs Canada, the City of Ottawa, Ernst and Young, Manitoba Provincial and Hydro Collections and is held in the National Archives of Canada and in corporate and private collections around the world.
GRANTS
2021 Adapt and Share / Special grant related to pandemic recovery / Manitoba Arts Council
2020 LEARN-Residency / AIR Artist-in-Residency, Ubud, Bali / Manitoba Arts Council
2018 Individual Artist Grant/research and exploration / Manitoba Arts Council
2018 Travel Professional Development Grant / Manitoba Arts Council
2017 Individual Artist Grant/research and exploration / Winnipeg Arts Council
2017 Travel Professional Development Grant / Manitoba Arts Council
2016 Youth WITHART / Winnipeg Arts Council in partnership with Wayfinders
2016 Individual Artist Grant/research and discovery /Winnipeg Arts Council
2016 Travel Professional Development Grant / Manitoba Arts Council
2014 Artist in the Community / First Nations All Nations: Setting the Table Kidsbridge / Manitoba Arts Council
2014 Deep Bay Residency / Manitoba Arts Council
2013 Youth 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 Travel Professional Development 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 Council Partners Eritrean Community in Winnipeg Inc. and Video Pool
2009 Travel Professional Development Grant / Manitoba Arts Council
2007 Wendy Geller Fund Grant/ Video Pool
2007 Travel Professional Development Grant /Winnipeg Arts Council
2006 Travel Professional Development Grant /Winnipeg Arts Council
2005 Travel Professional Development Grant / Manitoba Arts Council
2004-05 First Video Fund/ Video Pool, Mentor Sandee Moore
2003 Travel Professional Development Grant /Manitoba Arts Council
2003 Manitoba Artists in Healthcare/Manitoba Arts Council Arts Ventures Grant
2002 Travel Professional Development Grant /Manitoba Arts Council
2001 Arts and Cultural Promotions Division Project Grant Department of External Affairs Canada
2001 Travel Professional Development Grant /Manitoba Arts Council
1999 Travel Professional Development Grant /Manitoba Arts Council
1990 Short-term Project Grant/Ontario Arts Council
SELECTED SOLO or TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Hoh Rainforest Online 3D Solo Exhibition, Kunstmatrix Gallery
2022 Jungle, Hutan Online two-person exhibition with contemporary visual artist Nyoman Sujana Kenyem, Kunstmatrix Gallery, Curated by Cori Jaye Ettienne
2021 Fading in and Out of Glory, Online Solo Exhibition of drawings, Kunstmatrix Gallery
2021 Growing, Going, Gone MHCGallery, Winnipeg, Solo Exhibition curated by Leona Herzog
2018-19 Displacement-Manitoba Arts Network/ touring in Manitoba with Peter Tittenberger, NORVA, Flin Flon, McCreary and District Library, McCreary, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Sam Waller Museum, The Pas
2018 The Parka Experience, Caked with Love, Winnipeg
2018 Sign of a Place, X-Cues, 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, 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
2012 Spooky Action at a Distance / Karen Cornelius. Carol Bretzloff and Geraldine Query Geraldine Gallery, Kemptville, Ontario
2008 SUGAR, Albury Regional Art Gallery PROOF OF AGE: youth, culture and identity, Albury, Australia- Curated by Rita Lazauskas
2006 Points of Connection, RETROSPECTIVE-25 years -Leonard Gerbrandt and Karen Cornelius, MHC Gallery. Winnipeg
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 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
1999-2000 Rhythm and Pageantry, Region of Ottawa–Carleton Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario Generations Gallery, Stony Plain, Alberta MHC Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1998 Reflection, Alliance Francaise, Asmara, Eritrea
1997 Imagine, 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, Bram Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL JURIED PRINT EXHIBITIONS
2021 Manhattan Graphics Center Juried, Online exhibition, “Uneditioned”
2020 Leicester Small Print International- Small Print International 6 juried
2019 Manhattan Graphic Centre- New York International Miniature Print Exhibition- Curator Erica Criss
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 2010 Open Print Competition- Open Space Gallery, Cornwall, England
2010 3rd International 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
2002-12 September 11 Memorial Portfolio, American Print Alliance, Georgia, USA, TOURING -15 venues
2001 Mini Print International Cadaques, touring, Barcelona, Spain
2000-03 On/Off the Edge, American Print Alliance, Georgia, USA, TOURING-10 venues
2000 International Miniature Print Exhibition, New Leaf Editions, Vancouver
1999 Intimate 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
2012-18 Martha Street Studio/members shows, Winnipeg Manitoba
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’ exhibition
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 Australia
2007 Invisible Dignity, MHC Gallery, Juried by Jennifer Gibson, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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, Gallery C103/ Library Gallery/ University of Winnipeg University, Manitoba
2004 Worth Her Salt, The Lion and The Rose Winnipeg, Manitoba/MHC Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2004 Hamilton Galleria, University of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Curated by Jennifer Gibson
2003 Germ Warfare, St. Boniface Hospital, a collaborative 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-manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
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 Ernst & Young, Toronto, Ontario
SELECTED INTERNATIONAL JURIED PRINT EXHIBITIONS
2006-2010 In Your Dreams, touring exhibition, Canada, Germany, Australia- curators Karen Cornelius, Helen Sanderson, Lene Rose Gruner
2006 Inside Out, a Collaborative project and exhibition between MHC Gallery in Winnipeg and the Voix Gallery in San Fernando, Trinidad
2003 First Impressions, Infinite Proof: An International Artists Collective, Cherry Stone Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts curated by Brenda Correia
2003 Infinite Proof: an International Artists Collective, internet collaboration, artists in residence and workshops and exhibitions in collaboration with the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2016 Alfonso Crujera Printmaking Studio / Electro etching educational and exploratory residency with master printmaker Alfonso Crujera
2014 Manitoba Arts Council Deep Bay Cabin, Wasagami/two-week juried residency with stipend
2014 Independent Artist Residency/ Rabat, Morocco
2012 St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s Newfoundland/one-month juried 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 with stipend- contact with 14 other international printmakers and local technical support
2003 Infinite Proof: International Artist Residency, four weeks with the Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
CURATOR INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2006 -2009 In Your Dreams, Collaboration between 10 Manitoban, 10 German and 10 Australian artists Touring
2006 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, Queensland, Australia
2008-Logan Art Gallery, Australia
2008-Albury City Regional Art Gallery, Australia
2009-Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Australia
2009-Bundaberg Arts Centre, Bundaberg, Australia
2009 Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Caloundra, Australia
2009 Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland, Australia,
2009 New England Regional Art Museum
curators Canada -Karen Cornelius, Australia-Helen Sanderson, Germany-Lene Rose Gruner
2002-2009 Manager Infinite Proof, an International Artists Collective international artists collaborative, artists-in-residence, virtual web collaborations and
exhibitions. Hong Kong Institute of Education. Cherry Stone Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts
2002 touring Curator “Connection: Six Printmakers from China” touring exhibition Martha Street Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa,
2002 JURIED “(dis) comfort” 27 Canadian artists, MHC Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2002 Manager International Artist Residency and Exchange /Organized in collaboration with Martha Street Studio, MHC Gallery and
Ottawa School of Art Artist Exchange plus a one-month itinerary in Canada, workshops, lectures, and exhibitions for Professor Jin Bao Ping, Chairman of Lithography Department, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, China
2001-12 Manager and curator The International Print Exchange and Exhibition in collaboration with Martha Street Gallery, Winnipeg, KC Print Studio, Winnipeg and Xi’an Academy of Fine Art, China, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, German Chinese Friendship Society, Germany, Schorndorf City Hall, Germany, Ken Segal Gallery, Winnipeg,
Proof Gallery, Toronto
SELECTED COMMUNITY-BASED COLLABORATIONS AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2016-17 WITHART /Winnipeg Arts Council in partnership with Wayfinders Youth Organization
2014-16 WITH ART/ Winnipeg Arts Council in partnership with Manitoba Environmental Youth Network and Dakota Collegiate
2013-14 Kid Bridge / Letters to our Children and First Nations All Nations: Setting the Table, recent immigrant and indigenous women Book, film and silkscreen
2013-14 EVAP Eritrean Video Art Project Canada Council, Manitoba Arts Council and Video Pool Media Arts Centre
2003-22 Artists in the Schools and ArtSmarts /Manitoba Arts Council
SELECTED VIDEO SCREENING
2009 Love in a Cold Climate, HOUND, curated by Suzanne Gillies, Winnipeg Art Gallery
2008 Video Pool 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 Video Fund Screening, Winnipeg
SELECTED TELEVISION AND PUBLICATIONS
2023 Western Voices in Canadian Art, University of Manitoba Press, by Pat Bovey
2022 Wales Arts Review, written by Mary Ann Steggles
2021 Sou’ester Free Press September
2021 Uniter, the University of Manitoba Published in Volume 75, Number 16 January 27
2021 Sou’ester Free Press March
2018 Graphic Impressions, SGCInternational Annual Printmaking Publication, Article on innovative discovery in electro-etching
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, Interview 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
2002 Northwest Fine Arts Magazine, pages 44-45, issue 62, China
BOARD INVOLVEMENT
2009-16 Video Pool Media Arts Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, board of directors Chair
2006-09 Video Pool Media Arts Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, board of directors Vice Chair
2004-07 MAWA Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art fundraising committee
2000-03 MPA Manitoba Printmakers’ Association board of directors’ member
1999-00 CARFAC Canadian Artists Representation in Manitoba board of directors’ member
1982-85 CAR Ottawa, Canadian Artists Representation in Ottawa, board of directors’ member
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 Article, teaches at Concordia University, Montreal
2002 University of Saskatchewan Waterless Lithography with Nik Semenoff professor emeritus
1979-83 Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario, Printmaking / Viscosity techniques with Leonard Gerbrandt, Clay with Jim Thompson
1972-73 Taylor University, Indiana
1973-76 Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Graduated with Bachelor of Fine Arts