TMU DAS Lecture: Chris T. Cornelius

As part of the TMU DAS Lecture Series, this event will feature Chris Cornelius, Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of New Mexico.

About the Speaker

Chris Cornelius is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of New Mexico. Chris is the founding principal of studio:indigenous and creates arquitectura and artifacts that dismantle stereotypes surrounding Indigenous design and offer a distinct vision of contemporary Indigenous culture. Their search for a new architectural language through drawing and making absorbs, embeds, and ultimately obscures direct references to Indigenous forms.

Chris was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and raised on the Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin.  He holds a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Master of Architecture from the University of Virginia.

Cornelius’ awards include the inaugural Miller Prize from Exhibit Columbus, multiple Best of Design Awards from the Architect’s Newspaper, and an Artist residency from the National Museum of the American Indian. Studio:indigenous is the recipient of the 2023 Architect’sNewspaperBest of Practice Award for Best Small Firm, Southwest. Chris has been exhibited widely including the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and 2023 ChicagoArchitectureBiennial. He was the Spring 2021, Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professor at Yale University and is the Spring 2024 Dean’s Visiting Professor at Columbia’s Graduate School ofArchitecture Planning and Preservation.

Chris lives and works on the ancestral lands of the Pueblo, Tewa and Piro people.