Bio
Kathy Cornwell is a printmaker and mixed media collage artist based in Northern Virginia. An enthusiastic daily hiker and world traveler, Cornwell has a deep sensitivity for the beauty of nature (from the large and majestic to the small and overlooked). Her work blends tactile experience, memory, awe, and angst.
Self-taught in midlife, Cornwell entered the art world running. She has participated in numerous juried group exhibitions nationwide and her work has been featured in four international art publications. She was a finalist for the Women Art United Art Prize in both 2023 and 2024 (Printmaking in 2023 and Collage 2024) and her work was shortlisted for the 2022 Contemporary Collage Magazine awards.
Artist Statement
A person might say that the most important relationship in their life is their partner or their child. I get it (and I adore my husband), but I disagree. Our relationship with ourselves is the only relationship that is with us from birth until death, 24/7. This relationship deserves attention and love.
My art arises from the journey of my relationship with myself, acknowledges my creative yearnings, and affirms my experience of the world. Making art is part of my self care, as integral to my physical and mental health as my daily hikes, nutrition, rest, and sobriety.
Through my art—monotypes and mixed media collages that explore the contrast between transparency and opacity, saturated color and neutrals, and man-made items and natural materials—I learn more about myself: who I’ve been, who I am, what I can accomplish, what I like, and what I want.
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Exhibitions:
2024 Group Exhibitions:
What Lies Beneath, Online Juried Show, Collage Artists of America
Small Works 2024, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
16th Annual Juried Exhibition, Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA
2024 Annual Juried Exhibition, Suffolk Art Gallery, Suffolk, VA
53rd Annual Labor Day Art Show, Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD
Artists’ Choice: Regional Juried Group Show, Foundry Gallery, Washington, DC
/ˈabˌstrak(t)/, Online Exhibition, Art Fluent
Paper Constellations, Contemporary Collage Online Exhibition, Wilder Collage
Women of 2023 Online Exhibition, Women United ART MOVEMENT
2023 Group Exhibitions:
Allegro National Juried Show, Sponsor: Aqua Regia Press, Anne Arundel Community College, Willow Gallery, Annapolis, MD
IMPRESSIONS: The Art of the Print, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
American Color Print Society Annual Fall Exhibition, The Plastic Club, Phildelphia, PA
2023 Virginia Artists Juried Exhibition, Charles H. Taylor Visual Arts Center, Hampton, VA
A Beautiful Mess Exhibition, GWP Gallery, Kensington, MD
2022 Group Exhibitions:
Winter Small Works, Parklane Gallery, Kirkland, WA
Objects of Desire, Cedarburg Art Museum, Cedarburg, WI
Small Works, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
Beverly Bassford Memorial Juried Exhibition, Art League of Ocean City, Ocean City, MD
Awards:
2024 Finalist, Women United Art Prize, Collage & Fiber Category
2024 Betty & Sam Glasscock Memorial Award, Suffolk Art League 2024 Annual Juried Exhibition; Juror: Elsabé J. Dixon
2023 Finalist, Women United Art Prize, Printmaking & Photography Category
2022 Shortlist, Contemporary Collage Magazine Awards
Residencies:
2024 Artist-in-Residence Program, Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC
Press:
New Visionary magazine Issue 12, Autumn 2024
Reverie Magazine Issue 3, October 2024
Art Fluent Curator’s Choice Artist Spotlight, October 2024
Contemporary Collage Magazine Issue 37
Women United Art Magazine, Special Edition 2024
The Purposeful Mayonnaise, Vol. 3, Issue 5, Feb/Mar 2024
CanvasRebel Blog Interview, November 2023
Women United Art Magazine, May 2023
Clover + Bee Magazine, Issue 5, May 2023
Contemporary Collage Magazine Issue 14
Wilder Collage Blog Interview, December 2022
Talks:
2023 and 2024 Artist Talk and Demonstration, Broadway Gallery, Great Falls, VA
2023 Instagram Live Interview with Wilder Collage
2022 Telling Your Story as an Artist, The Painterly Way Membership hosted by Caryl Pomales
Representation:
Washington, D.C., region: Broadway Gallery
Professional Affiliations:
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