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Exhibition Essay by Vjera Borozan on The Feeling of What Happens, solo exhibition at Curator's Office, May 2010
Exhibition Essay by Jeffry Cudlin on Common Ground, solo exhibition at Curator's Office, November 2007

2010
"Kathryn Cornelius: The Feeling of What Happens, Editor's Pick,” The Washington Post, Jessica Dawson
"Kathryn Cornelius: The Feeling of What Happens,” The Washington City Paper, Maura Judkis
"Openings Well Worth Peering Into,” The Washington Post, Going Out Guide
"Kathryn Cornelius,” The Studio Visit, Isabel Manalo
"Inside the Artist's Studio: Kathryn Cornelius,” Brightest Young Things, Svetlana Legetic

2009
"Art and Feeding the Homeless Merge at Washington's Tranformer Gallery,” Swedish Scene
"Pop-up Gallery...," The Washington Post, Jessica Dawson

2008   
"Best in Show,” DC Modern Luxury Magazine, Tiffany Jow
“Capital Roundup,” Artnet.com, Sidney Lawrence
“Art Patrons, Displaying Favorites,” The Washington Post, Lavanya Ramanathan
"What's On in DC: Photo and Video Edition," ArtInfo.com, Danielle O'Steen
“15 for Philips: Fifteen Artists Look at Arts Patron Philip Barlow,” DC Modern Luxury Magazine, Jennifer Shaperia
“Collector Geeks,” The Washington City Paper, Kriston Capps

2007   
“Ripple Effect,” The Baltimore Sun, Glenn McNatt
“No Dumping Allowed,” The Washington City Paper, Jeffry Cudlin
"Northern Virginia Art Beat,” Falls Church News-Press, Kevin Mellema
“Sight Scene: Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalists Revealed,” Washington Post Express, Kriston Capps
“Art Attack! ArtDC Art Fair,” Washington Life Magazine, Ron Shipmon

2006    
“Big Guns, Small Bore,” The Washington City Paper, Jeffry Cudlin
"Fall Arts Preview," Atlanta Magazine, Virginia Parker
“Fair Review: The Affordable Art Fair,” ArtInfo.com, Robert Ayres
“Local Artists Bring the Funk to DCAC,” The Washington Post, City Guide
“Conversions: Giving Rooms New Dimensions,” The Washington Post, Michael O’Sullivan
“City Lights: Conversions,” The Washington City Paper, Kriston Capps
“Hide-and-Seek,” Where Magazine, Jean Lawlor Cohen
“Kathryn Cornelius @ Conversions,” Thinking About Art, J.T. Kirkland
“Interface,” The Washington City Paper, Jeffry Cudlin

2005   
“Capital Roundup,” Artnet Magazine, Sidney Lawrence
“Here and Now,” The Washington Post, Blake Gopnik
“Me, Myself and I,” The Washington City Paper, Louis Jacobson
“The Multifarious ‘Seven,’” The Washington Post, Jessica Dawson
“Campello’s Take on DC Art,” The Georgetowner, John Blee
“DC Roundup: DCAC Wall Mountables,” Thinking About Art, J.T. Kirkland
“Seven at Warehouse,” Grammar.police, Kriston Capps
“Artscape Through the Years,” The Baltimore Sun, Rashod D. Ollison

2004
“Drawing on Artscape for some inspiration,” The Baltimore Sun, Laura Loh
“Let There Be Light,” Washington Life Magazine, Donna Shor

 

Random Quote

Kathryn Cornelius (Washington, DC) construes the term performance and its use in the art and business worlds to decipher the ratio between output and expression and the process by which meaning or product is siphoned from ones individual performance. Deliverables, is a faux-vintage video that appropriates the visual language of a corporate management training seminar while referencing Erving Goffman's text, 'The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life' (1959) and a collection of performance measurements aptly titled, 'Perfect Phrases for Setting Performance Goals' (Douglas Max and Robert Bacal, 2004). By juxtaposing two different studies on performance, Cornelius sets off a playful critique on performance art's tenuous role within the contemporary art market. The video is further amplified by the sculpture and performance, Do Nothing Machine, an enlarged replica of a crafty relic commonly used in the carpentry field as a beginner's woodworking exercise and as a toy or trinket for kids. The Do Nothing Machine does what its name suggests; nothing. During the opening reception, Cornelius will operate the Do Nothing Machine in direct quotation to mainstream society's view on contemporary art, 'It doesn't do anything...' - Jose Ruiz, The Bronx River Art Center