| 1919 |
Born
in Kamloops |
| 1930-1934 |
Education
at Shawnigan Lake Girl's School. Art instructor for those
years was Lowrie Warrener, who would paint with the Group
of Seven |
| 1935 |
Sonia
sells first painting, continues studies in set design |
| 1939 |
Sonia's
father dies. Sonia abandons art studies to become a cattle
rancher full time
|
| 1946 |
A.Y.
Jackson is a guest at the Onward Ranch: he encourages Sonia
to resume her art studies |
| |
Sonia and sister Dru move
to Calgary to study art at the Provincial Institute of Technology
|
| 1947
|
Sonia
marries Hugh Cornwall from Ashcroft who encourages her to
paint |
| 1950 |
BC
Artists 19th Annual Exhibition Vancouver Art Gallery, Lauren
Harris was chair of the selection jury. Sonia exhibited an
oil painting titled "Ranch Buildings" |
| 1954 |
A
culmination of critiques and advise by her mentor A.Y.Jackson
Sonia's "Salmon Fishers" is exhibited in a juried
show at Art Gallery of Hamilton |
| 1960-1974
|
Sonia
has annual "One Woman Shows" through Allied
Arts Group, Williams Lake |
| |
1965
Sonia and family move to the newly built house at Jones
Lake
|
|
1960-1970's
|
Sonia
takes several UBC Extension Workshops lead by: Herbert Siebner,
Molly Bobeck, Peter Aspell, Jack Hardman, Zelko Kujundzic,
Cliff Robinson and Jim Willer |
| |
Solo
Exhibitions at: Prince George Art Gallery and Kamloops Art
Gallery (1979) |
| 1979 |
Represented
in Vancouver: de Vooght Gallery & Alex Fraser Gallery
|
| 1980-1999 |
Biannual
"One Woman Shows"
Station House Gallery
Williams Lake |
| 1981 |
Sonia
co-founds the Station House Gallery in Williams Lake |
| 1993
|
Retrospective
Exhibition
Station House Gallery
Williams Lake |
| 2000 |
Kelowna Art Gallery
Sonia Cornwall: Cariboo Ranch Scenes
Curator Eileen Truscott
Kelowna |
| 2001 |
Westbridge
Fine Art Gallery
Sonia Cornwall: Fifty Years at the Onward Ranch
Vancouver |
| 2002 |
Westbridge Fine Art Gallery
Sonia Cornwall & Mildred
Valley Thornton:
Doyennes of Canadian Art! Pioneers Painters of the B.C.
Landscape
Vancouver
|
2003
|
Station House Gallery
Sonia Cornwall:
"Spirit of Place-My Cariboo"
Williams Lake.
|
| 2004 |
Grand Forks Art Gallery
Artists from the Cariboo: Paula Scott, Marie Nagel &
Sonia Cornwall -
October 10-November 20
Grand
Forks Art Gallery
7340 - 5th Street
Grand Forks, B.C. V0H 1H0
Telephone: 250-442-2211
Fax: 250-442-0099
E-mail: gfagchin@direct.ca
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