Bronwynne Cornish b. 1945
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Bronwynne CornishBee Fountain, 2023Ceramic55 x 19 x 19 cm
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Bronwynne CornishBlack Cat Mummy I, 2023Ceramic17 x 8 cm
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Bronwynne CornishOracle with Dog, 2023Ceramic60 x 25 x 15 cm
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Bronwynne CornishBlack Cat Mummy II, 2023Ceramic17.5 x 8 cm
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Bronwynne CornishOwl Jug (Black) I, 2023Ceramic19.5 x 16 x 12 cm
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Bronwynne CornishLapine, 2023Ceramic29 x 9.5 xm
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Bronwynne CornishOwl Jug (Red), 2023Ceramic22.5 x 18 x 12 cm
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Bronwynne CornishNaiad Series - Female Spirit III, 2022Ceramic30 x 10 x 7 cm
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Bronwynne CornishWinged Temple Bird III, 2022Ceramic26 x 14 cm
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Bronwynne CornishCat Mummy Series - Summertime III, 2021Ceramic18 x 8 cm
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Bronwynne CornishDancing Dryad Series - Pohutukawa, 2021Ceramic69 x 26 cm
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Bronwynne CornishLapine - Standing III, 2021Ceramic30 x 10 cm
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Bronwynne CornishSpirit Bird - Amy, 2020Ceramic29 x 28.5 cm
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Bronwynne CornishVase, Shoe, Dahlia, 2019White clip over red clay47 x 20 cm
Born in Wellington in 1945, Bronwynne Cornish has become one of New Zealand’s best known makers of sculptural ceramics throughout a career which spans over forty years.
Cornish’s approach towards her sculpture has earned her recognition and critical acclaim as a highly influential contributor to New Zealand ceramics and art education. Her work has been exhibited throughout the country, where she has had major shows in all the main museums and galleries.
Cornish’s work looks at the crossover between animals and people –placing those characteristics in fine balance and emphasising the “wildness" that we have lost in our lives today. She notes, “I make work that I hope will create a certain atmosphere, ring a long-lost bell, and help people create their own mythologies.”
Highlights in her career include a solo show at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki in 2002. This exhibition, titled ‘Allude’, referenced Cornish’s fascination with New Zealand expatriate painter Frances Hodgkins, who in turn, had been fascinated by ceramic art. Cornish also represented New Zealand at the Brisbane Triennial in 1996.
Cornish’s ceramics are in major public collections throughout New Zealand and overseas –including The Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Dowse Art Museum Wellington, The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wellington, The Wallace Collection Auckland and the Kobayashi Collection in Tokyo.
Bronwynne Cornish joined ARTIS Gallery in 2017. She had a joint exhibitions with both Bridget Bidwill and JS Parker, and her work has exhibited with ARTIS at the Auckland Art Fair since 2018.
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Bridget Bidwill & Bronwynne Cornish
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MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
Our Nature 14 March - 3 April 2023ARTIS Gallery is the host gallery for Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) – a group of New Zealand’s leading contemporary sculptors. This 2023 biennial exhibition has thirty artists presenting medals and /or small sculptures.Read more -
Bridget Bidwill + Bronwynne Cornish
Ex Amino 1 - 20 June 2021Bronwynne Cornish’s approach towards her sculpture has earned her recognition and critical acclaim as a highly influential contributor to New Zealand ceramics and art education. Her work has been exhibited throughout the country, where she has had major shows in all New Zealand’s significant museums and galleries.Read more -
MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
A Place to Stand 30 March - 18 April 2021This 2021 biennial exhibition has thirty-one artists presenting medals and /or small sculptures. A diversity is demonstrated in the works that make up this exhibition and is also reflective of...Read more -
Auckland Art Fair
BOOTH A6 24 - 27 February 2021New Zealand’s premier showcase for contemporary art returned in 2021 from Wednesday 24 – Saturday 27 February at The Cloud on Auckland’s Queens Wharf .Read more -
Bronwynne Cornish + Hamish Foote
Psalm 13 August - 2 September 2019Cornish and Foote are playing off the same song sheet, on very different instruments. Hamish Foote has become fascinated by a gene process, known as leucism, where a recessive gene...Read more -
MANZ - Medal Art New Zealand
About Face 19 March - 14 April 2019ARTIS Gallery is the host gallery for Medal Art New Zealand (MANZ) – a group of New Zealand’s leading contemporary sculptors. This 2019 biennial exhibition has thirty-four artists presenting medals...Read more