Vita
1970 Born in Rudolstadt, Germany
Apprenticeship at Meissen Porcelain Company, Meissen, Germany
Study at the University of Art and Design, Offenbach/Main, Germany
Lives and works in Manhattan
Solo Exhibitions
"Cornelia Thomsen: The Golden Ratio Series," Deutsches Haus at NYU, New York, 2023
“Cornelia Thomsen: Unfolding Ratio,” √K Contemporary by Kashima Arts, Tokyo, 2022
"Cornelia Thomsen: The Collective Self," 1014 Space for Ideas, New York, 2022
“Cornelia Thomsen. Garden: Urgency and Resilience,” Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming, 2022
“Cornelia Thomsen: Stripes and Structures II,” Kashima Arts, Tokyo, 2018
“Cornelia Thomsen,” Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2017
“Cornelia Thomsen: Strokes,” Leslie Feely Gallery, New York, 2016
“Cornelia Thomsen: Stripes and Structures,” Kashima Arts, Tokyo, 2015
“Cornelia Thomsen: Hypocrisis, Pressures, and Ironies of Life in Communist East Germany,” German Consulate NYC, New York, 2014
“Cornelia Thomsen: Stripes and Structures,” Leslie Feely Gallery, New York, 2014
“Landscape and Abstraction: Cornelia Thomsen,” Friedrich-Froebel Museum, Bad Blankenburg, Germany, 2014
“Cornelia Thomsen: Stripe Paintings,” Erik Thomsen Gallery, New York, 2011
“Cornelia Thomsen: Nature’s Reflections,” Behnke and Doherty Gallery, Washington Depot, Connecticut, 2010
“Cornelia Thomsen: Works on Paper,” The International Art and Design Fair, New York, 2005
Group Exhibitions
"Counterpoint," Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, 2024
"Being-Mom is a Woman," women artist show, Root-K Contemporary, Tokyo, 2023
"The Joy of Blue," Leslie Feely, New York, 2022
“Quieter than Silence,” Venetia Initiatives, New York, 2022
"√K Collection Summer 2021", √K Contemporary by Kashima Arts, Tokyo, 2021
Felix Ringel Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany 2019
Zurich 18 Art Fair, Felix Ringel Galerie, Zürich, 2018
“CounterPointe 5,” The Actors Fund Arts Center, Brooklyn 2017
German Consulate, “Make Your Mark,” Northside Festival’s Williamsburg Walks, Brooklyn, 2016
“Testing Testing: Painting and Sculpture since 1960 from the Permanent Collection,” Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 2015
“Color Fall,” William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2014
Brooklyn Museum, stage design, collaboration with the Brooklyn Ballet, 2013
“Freie Sicht,” Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2013
“Group Show,” Leslie Feely Gallery, New York, 2012
“Retrospective,” Behnke and Doherty Gallery, Washington Depot, Connecticut, 2011
“Etchings and Prints,” Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, 2010
“Fragile Diplomacy,” The Bard Graduate Center, New York, 2008
“Group Show,” Broome Street Gallery, New York, 2007
“Art Attack,” Frère Independent, Chelsea Hotel, New York, 2007
“Immer die schönste Malerei,” Galerie K9 aktuelle Kunst, Hannover, Germany, 2006
Publice Lectures
"The Value of Art," Panel Discussion, 1014 Space for Ideas, New York, 2023
"No Body Is Closed," a conversation between Siri Hustvedt and Cornelia Thomsen, 1014 Space for Ideas, New York, 2022
“Women, Politics, and Art,“ 1014 Space for Ideas, New York, 2021
“What Remains: Art and Remembrance,” Panel Discussion, Deutsches Haus NYU, New York, 2019
“The Fall of the Berlin Wall,” seminar at CUNY Graduate Center, New York, 2019
“Imagery, Narrative, Propaganda in the German Democratic Republic,” University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2018
“Lasting Effects of the Berlin Wall on Women in Germany,” United Nations Association of New York, New York, 2018
“Frauen und Kunst in der DDR,” University of Chicago Speaker Series, Chicago, 2017
“Ghosts in the Machine, East German Culture in Unified Germany,” Goethe-Institut, New York, 2017
“Women in Art,” Austrian-German-Swiss Women-in-Business Forum, New York, 2016
Video
Artnet News video about Cornelia Thomsen, February 8, 2017
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Publications
Cornelia Thomsen: Unfolding Ratio, √K Contemporary by Kashima Arts, Tokyo, 2022
Cornelia Thomsen. Garden: Urgency and Resilience, Tayloe Piggott Gallery, Jackson, Wyoming, 2022
Cornelia Thomsen: Strokes, Leslie Feely Gallery, New York, 2016
Cornelia Thomsen: Stripes and Structures, Kashima Arts, Tokyo, 2015
Cornelia Thomsen: Stripes and Structures, Leslie Feely Gallery, New York, 2014
Cornelia Thomsen: Stripe Paintings, Erik Thomsen Gallery, New York, 2011
Cornelia Thomsen: Garden, Erik Thomsen Gallery, New York, 2011
Cornelia Thomsen: Works on Paper, The International Art and Design Fair, New York, 2005
Public Collections
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, New York
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, Connecticut
Friedrich Froebel Museum, Bad Blankenburg, Germany