KAREN KARNES (b. 1925)
Karen Karnes was born in New York in 1925. She studied at Brooklyn College and Alfred University. She has exhibited widely in America and this is her second solo exhibition in Britain. She is the recipient of many awards and achievements including the Gold Medal in 1998 from the American Crafts Council. Her work is represented in numerous prestigious museum collections, including the American Craft Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Above: Karen Karnes in her studio.
Photo © Joyce Dobbertin
Curriculum Vitae
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1950 |
Ceramic National, Syracuse Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY |
1953 |
American House Gallery, New York, NY |
1957 |
Bonniers, New York, NY |
1962 |
Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT |
1973 |
Karen Karnes: Salt Glazed Ceramics, The Hand Work Shop, Richmond, VA |
1974/75/76 |
Cooper Gallery, Newport, RI |
1976 |
Creative Craft Alliance, Shreveport, LA |
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Following Sea Gallery, Honolulu, HI |
1977 |
Hadler Gallery, New York, NY |
1978/82 |
Hadler/Rodriguez Gallery, Houston, TX |
1979 |
Craftwork Gallery, London, England |
1981/85 |
Hadler/Rodriguez Gallery, New York, NY |
1986 |
The Hand and the Spirit, Scottsdale, AZ |
1987-2000 |
Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY (seven exhibitions) |
1988 |
Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI |
1991 |
Schneider/Bluhm/Loeb Gallery, Chicago, IL |
1993 |
Habitat/Shaw Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI |
1994 |
Okun Gallery, Santa Fe, NM |
1995 |
Leedy/Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO |
1996 |
Shaw/Guido, Pontiac, MI |
1998 |
Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
1999 |
Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA |
2000 |
Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio |
2003 |
Karen Karnes – A Life in Clay, Garth Clark Gallery, Long Island City, NY |
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WDO Gallery |
2004 |
Creations in Clay: Contemporary New England Ceramics, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH |
2005 |
Karen Karnes: A Solo Show Celebrating Her Eightieth Year Ferrin Gallery, Lenox, MA |
2007 |
Karen Karnes: Trois Grandes Dames II, Galerie Besson, London |
Selected group exhibitions since 1987 |
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1987 |
Fired with Enthusiasm, Campbell Museum, Camden, NJ |
1988 |
Contemporary American Hand, Katie Gingrass Callery, Milwaukee, WI |
1989 |
Contemporary Ceramics, Usdan Gallery, Bennington, VT |
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A Tea Party, Ferrin Gallery, Northampton, MA |
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Ceramic Form, A Woman’s Perspective, Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA |
1990 |
Black and White, Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ |
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Ashen Beauty, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR |
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Ceramics Invitational, Kansas State University Gallery |
1991 |
Vermont Bicentennial Ceramics Invitational, Johnson State College, VT |
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Wood Spirits, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa AZ |
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American Woodfire ’91, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IO |
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Contemporary Ceramics, Habitat/Shaw Gallery, Farmington Hills, MI |
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Pro Art, Detroit, MI |
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New Traditions, Worcester Center for Crafts, MA |
1992 |
National Ceramic Invitational, McKinney Gallery, West Chester University, West Chester, PA |
1993 |
Master Vermont Ceramists, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT |
1996 |
Clay, Wood & Fire, Northern Clay Center, Saint Paul, MN |
1998 |
1997-98 Regis Masters Series, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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A Fire for Ceramics: Contemporary Art from the Daniel Jacobs & Derek Mason Collection, Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond, VA |
2000 |
Color and Fire-Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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The Art of Craft – Expressive Works by New Hampshire and Vermont Artists, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH |
2001 |
Heroes: Ken Ferguson, Karen Karnes, David Shaner, Garth Clark Gallery, NY |
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Poetics of Clay, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA |
2005 |
Particles and Passion: The Art of Clay, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD |
| 2008 | Classic and Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Besson |
| 2009 | Classic and Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Besson |
| Selected Public Collections | |
| American Craft Museum, New York City, NY Bemidji State University Collection, Bermidji, MI Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY Johnson Wax Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Racine, WI Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC Museum of World Folk Art, La Jolla, CA Museum of Fine Arts, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, MO Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England |
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Exhibitions at Galerie Besson
| Classic and Contemporary Ceramics | Jan - Feb 2009 |
| Classic and Contemporary Ceramics | Jan - Feb 2008 |
| Trois Grandes Dames: Karen Karnes | Oct 2007 |
