Karen is a native born Californian currently living and working in Massachusetts. She has been an artist most of her life, mentored for many years by her father who was an architect and an artist. Her early art included watercolors, tapestry weaving and contemporary quilts. Currently, she is working on mixed media and digital collage and art quilts. She currently works out of studios in her home and at Western Avenue Studios in Lowell, MA.
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Gallery Representation: The Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA
Curatorial Experience
2008
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Paste-up Collage Exhibition, Ayer Lofts Gallery, Lowell, MA |
2007 |
Paste-up Collage Exhibition, Ayer Lofts Gallery, Lowell, MA |
Selected Exhibitions:
Juried:
2006 |
Small Works II Ayer Lofts Gallery, Lowell, Massachusetts |
Invitational:
2008 |
ALL Winter Salon, Lowell, MA |
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Collage Mania, Virginia A. Spiegel fundraiser Fiber Art for A Cause |
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Baker’s Dozen Collage Exchange, Sale and Exhibition, New Zealand |
2007 |
Scrolls: A Fiber Interpretation, Western Ave Studios, Lowell, MA |
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The Women of Western Ave. at the Whistler, Parker Gallery, Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, Massachusetts |
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Reinventing Traditions: Art in Fiber and Cloth, Bedford Free Public Library, Bedford, Massachusetts. |
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Quotations Beautiful from Minds Profound, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA |
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Reinventing Traditions: Art in Fiber and Cloth, Bedford Free Public Library |
2006 |
The Book and The Word, Owen Smith Shuman Gallery, Groton Public Library, Groton, Massachusetts. |
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Quotations Beautiful from Minds Profound, Lowell Fiber Studio, Western Ave Studios, Lowell, Massachusetts |
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ALL Fiber show, Lowell , MA |
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New Volumes, 119 Gallery, Lowell MA |
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Fire: Glass meets Metal, Lexington MA |
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Changing Perspective , traveling show |
2005 |
ALL show, Lowell , MA |
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Panorama Gallery at King's Corner, Summer |
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Mud Season , Gallery at King's Corner, Spring |
2004 |
Annual Quilt Show, Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster , MA |
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Lowell Art Walk, Friends Fabric Art, Lowell , MA |
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Lowell Art Walk, Lush Beads, Lowell , MA |
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Lowell Art Walk, Coffee Mill , Lowell , MA |
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Equality Now , Locus Media Gallery , New York Show, ATC |
Private Collections: Massachusetts, California and Oregon
Awards: Jurors Choice Award, Annual Quilt Show, Thayer Memorial Library, Lancaster, MA, 2004
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