OVRE Visionary Arts is the creative practice of interdisciplinary artist Kelly Cornelius. Rooted in study, collaboration, and experimentation, Kelly’s work weaves a mix of media, including visual art, sound and percussive arts, immersive and site-specific work, gardening, and spirituality. OVRE embodies a journey of discovery and connection through diverse artistic expressions.
More InfoEmphasizing process, exploration, and subtle transformation, these works integrate traditional practices—such as gardening, percussion, and spirituality—with conceptual, site-specific, and improvisational approaches. The result is a living, evolving practice shaped by ecological and cultural interconnections.
This work is an audiovisual exploration of sound and, occasionally, movement. The organic textural audio is largely improvisational and ranges from acoustic to electronic sources of instrumentation. Further elements sometimes emerge in my creative process and are revealed via field recording, sound collage, sampling, and voice. The majority of all sounds are processed through digital […]
Within this daily practice, I’m exploring the connections between space, time, and consciousness throughout the complexity of our human existence. Focusing on the transformative study of rhythm and sound, this work is rooted in both Western and Eastern musical traditions, allowing me to view rhythm and sound as a craft, an art form, a science, […]
What does it mean to become a steward of the land, a caretaker of the forest, or a guardian of nature? A long journey has brought my partner and me to this moment in space and time. In the summer of 2023, we became the caretakers of a small section of southern Adirondack conifer forest […]
The Gardens at OVRE are a private collection of small gardens in Buffalo, NY that I have been maintaining with my partner, Jared, for the past decade or so. These spaces are filled with sun and shade-loving mostly ornamental plants, creating a beautiful mix of color, texture, line, and rhythmic movement. As you approach, the front […]
Last year, Jared and I embarked on a creative project while making a wooden sign for Mystic Wildwood’s hidden driveway. The cabin is quite remote and on a private road, but we needed a way to identify the address, so we leaned into this idea. We wanted to do something beyond the ordinary, so Jared […]
In late winter 2025, I recorded a piece for a symposium on invisible loss and disenfranchised grief. When I was first approached to do this piece, I imagined a soundscape of tabla, perhaps with a gentle rain sound as the backdrop. I had worked with the topic of grief, as we all have, for many […]
Last year, Jared and I embarked on a creative project while making a wooden sign for Mystic Wildwood’s hidden driveway. The cabin is quite remote and on a private road, but we needed a way to identify the address, so we leaned into this idea. We wanted to do something beyond the ordinary, so Jared […]
In late winter 2025, I recorded a piece for a symposium on invisible loss and disenfranchised grief. When I was first approached to do this piece, I imagined a soundscape of tabla, perhaps with a gentle rain sound as the backdrop. I had worked with the topic of grief, as we all have, for many […]
In 2012, I had the opportunity to immerse myself in study with Pauline Oliveros in upstate NY. While in this multi-day symposium, we practiced sound walks every day barefoot in the grass from the class pavilion to the lake and nearby areas. We listened actively even through the soles of our feet. We tuned into […]
Last year, Jared and I embarked on a creative project while making a wooden sign for Mystic Wildwood’s hidden driveway. The cabin is quite remote and on a private road, but we needed a way to identify the address, so we leaned into this idea. We wanted to do something beyond the ordinary, so Jared […]
