Cornelia Schulz (b. 1936) is an American painter and educator whose richly textured abstractions explore the interplay between geometric structure, expressive gesture and chance. Born in Pasadena, California, she studied at the Los Angeles County Art Institute and earned her B.F.A. and M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute. Schulz joined the University of California, Davis, art faculty in 1973, becoming the department's first chairwoman in 1988 and serving until 1992, with a second term from 1995–96. Named professor emerita in 2002, she received the university's Distinguished Public Service Award in 2000 for introducing ArtsBridge, an arts education program connecting university students with local schools. Her paintings combine unconventional shaped supports, layered pigments and textured surfaces, balancing spontaneity with formal precision. Schulz is a recipient of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s SFMOMA's 1975 SECA Award and has exhibited widely.