Corneal has exhibited both internationally and nationally since 1988. A consistent theme in her work is Māori female empowerment.[3][1] From 2013 Corneal has collaborated with contemporary Māori dancer
Louise Potiki Bryant.[1] Their performance work entitled Kiri references a creation narrative of the first Māori human, Hineahuone, and opened for the 2014
Tempo Dance Festival in Auckland.[4][1]
Throughout her career, Corneal has been involved in varying artist collectives.[5] She was a founding member, alongside
Manos Nathan,
Baye Riddell,
Wi Taepa and
Colleen Waata Urlich of
Ngā Kaihanga Uku, a collective of Māori clay workers.[6]
Corneal was also involved with Kauwae, a collective of Māori women artists formed in 1997; Te Rōpū o Ngā Wāhine Kai Whakairo, a collective of Māori women carvers and
Haeata Women's Collective.[3]
Selected exhibitions
2013-5 Uku Rere, Ngā Kaihanaga Uku.
Pataka Art + Museum; Whangarei Art Museum Te Manawa Toi; the Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatu;
Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato; Tairawhiti Museum Te Whare Taonga o te Tairawhiti; and
Te Manawa Museum of Art, Science + History.[7]
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abMcPherson, Heather; King, M; Evans, J; Nunn, M (1992). Spiral 7: a collection of lesbian art and writing from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Dunedin: Spiral.
ISBN0908896247.
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abcSmith, Huhana; Solomon, Oriwa; Tamarapa, Awhina; Tamati-Quenell, Megan; Heke, Norm (2007). Taiawhio II: Contemporary Māori Artists 18 new conversations. Wellington: Te Papa Press.
ISBN9780909010096.