Chronology
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1955
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Born, Bristol, PA
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Bob Cornelis is an award-winning California photographer who has been exhibiting his work for more than 25 years. He also has a background in painting and monoprinting, efforts which continue to influence his photographic work along the path of handmade reproduction.
After a long career in technology, Bob turned his attention to the art world and established one of the earliest fine art digital printing studios in the country. His focus from the beginning has been on the art of the print, and in the last several years he has dedicated himself to the craft of printmaking using 19th century techniques such as platinum/palladium, gum bichromate and cyanotype. He often combines these prints with handset letterpress and handbound books and boxes to create one-of-a-kind art objects.
Bob is largely self-taught but has studied with various photographers, letterpress mentors and bookmakers over time including Keith Carter, Kerik Kouklis, John DeMerritt, Eric Johnson and Brian Taylor.
His work has been shown in galleries and museums around the country and he has been published in periodicals including The Hand Magazine and Diffusion. In 2013 he published a book STUDIO: 50 Sonoma County Artists.
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Solo Exhibitions
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2016
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CARTA I-II,
photo-eye Gallery,
Santa Fe, NM
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2016
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CARTA I,
San Francisco International Airport, Terminal 3,
San Francisco, CA
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2015
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CARTA I-II,
photo-eye Photographer's Showcase (online),
Santa Fe, NM
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2014
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STUDIO: 50 Sonoma County Artists,
Santa Rosa Museum of Art,
Santa Rosa, CA
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2014
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Vapors,
Talisman,
Glen Ellen, CA
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2013
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STUDIO: 50 Sonoma County Artists,
Gallery 300,
Santa Rosa, CA
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2011
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Vapors,
Thumbprint Cellars Gallery,
Healdsburg, CA
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Group Exhibitions
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2017
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Rfotofolio Selections,
Online Gallery (David Carol, Juror)
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2016
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Heavy Metal II,
Lightbox Gallery,
Astoria, OR
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2016
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Paper,
Toby's Art Gallery,
Pt. Reyes Station, CA
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2016
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INprint,
Rfotofolio,
Online Gallery (Catherine Couturier, Juror)
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2016
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Diffusion,
ASmith Gallery,
Johnson City, TX
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2016
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25th Annual International Texas Photographic Society Exhibit,
Texas Photographic Society,
Houston, TX
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2015
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Alternative Process Exhibit,
Gallery 291,
Mill Valley, CA
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2014
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ARTrails Preview Show,
Sebastopol Center for the Arts,
Sebastopol, CA
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2013
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ARTrails Open Studio Juried Event,
Graton Gallery,
Graton, CA
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2011
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The Poetry of Shadows,
Photoplace Gallery,
Middlebury, VT
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2011
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Wonderland,
Photoplace Gallery,
Middlebury, VT
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Bibliography
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Secreta Universi, Geometric Form.
Diffusion Annual, 2017
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CARTA I Absraction.
Diffusion Annual, 2016
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The Hand Magazine Issues 11, 13, 15, 16.
2016
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STUDIO: 50 Sonoma County Artists.
Color Folio Press, 2013
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STUDIO: 50 Sonoma County Artists.
Bob Cornelis. Color Folio Press, Sebastopol, 2013
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Education
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2011
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Santa Fe Workshops
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Studied with Keith Carter
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2013
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Platinum/Palladium Printing
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Studied with Kerik Kouklis
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2014
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Gallery 291 Cyanotype Printing
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Studied with Daniel Coburn
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2015
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Book and Box Making: San Francisco Center for the Book
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Studied with John DeMerritt and Andrew Rottner
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