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One Person Exhibitions

2007          Galerie Lina Davidov, Paris , France

2006     Sol del Rio , Guatemala City , Guatemala

             Collection Insights, Permanent Collection, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , NY

2005      Main Gallery, University of Rhode Island , Kingston , RI 2004    

2004      Susan Conde Gallery , New York , NY

               Webb Gallery, Knoxville , Tennessee

1990        Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee , Knoxville , Tennessee

                Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven , Netherlands

1988        Southampton College , Long Island University , Southampton , N.Y

1986        C. Kermit Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee , Knoxville , TN.

1983        Bertha Urdang Gallery , New York   City

1981        Dany Keller Galerie, Munich , Germany

                Grita Insam Galerie, Vienna , Austria

                Galerie Carintia, Klagenfurt , Austria

                Bertha Urdang Gallery , New York City

1980        I.C.C. International Cultureel Centrum, Antwerp Belgium

                Wadsworth Atheneum, Matrix Gallery, Hartford CT

                City University Graduate Center , New York   City

1979        Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago , Illinois

                Bertha Urdang Gallery , New York   City

1978        Forum Stadtpark, Graz , Austria

                Dany Keller Galerie, Munich Germany

                Franklin Furnace Archive, New York  City

                P.S. 1 Open Studios, New York  City

1977        Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts, Roslyn , New York

1976        Franklin Furnace Archive, New York  City

                Bertha Urdang Gallery , New York   City

1975            O.K. Harris, Works of Art , New York   City

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008          20th Anniversary show, Lina Davidov Galerie, Paris France

             Women of the Olympics, Frauenmuseum, Bonn , Germany

              The Culture of Collage, 1968/2008, Pavel Zoubok Gallery , New York , NY

              Index, Frederieke Taylor Gallery , New York , NY

2007     Sugar Buzz, Lehman College Art Gallery , Bronx , NY

2006         Pavel Zoubok Gallery , New York , NY, The New Collage

            Michael Steinberg Gallery , New York , NY Summer group show

            Almost Art, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia , PA

Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle , New Rochelle , NY

2005    Gallery Sumer , Istanbul , Turkey

             Charmed, Girls Club of America , New York , NY

2004     Susan Conde Gallery , New York , NY

2003     Mt. Desert Symposium, Bar Harbor Maine

             Sylvia Heisel, NYC, The Feminine Touch           

2002    William Patterson University , Ben Shahn Gallery , New Jersey

             Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart , Body Power,Power Play,  Stuttgart , Germany

              Islip Art Museum , Body Language, East Islip , New York

2001     The Workspace, The Body Show, New York , N. Y.

              Lina Davidov Galerie, Summer Group show, Paris France

             Wake Forest University , Winston Salem , NC

2000      Galerie Lina Davidov, Paris , France

             Art Space, Los Angeles CA

              Rotunda Gallery, Wunder Kammer, Brooklyn , N. Y.

             Art Resources Transfer, New York , N. Y.

1999    Rotunda Gallery, The Lottery, Brooklyn , New York

              Heckscher Museum , Millennium Messages,  Huntington , New York

             Nikolai Gallery, Surface Structure, Chelsea , N. Y.N.Y.

             HallWalls Contemporary Arts Center , Phenotypology, Buffalo , New York

             Union Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y

 1998     Remba Gallery, Text & Number, West Los Angeles , CA

             Webb Gallery, Ticking, Waxahachie TX

              Staller   Art Center , Materials,  Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N. Y.

  1997    Herter Gallery, University of  Massachusetts ,  Amherst MA

              Antartica, Eindhoven , The Netherlands

  1996      Plastica Contemporanea , Guatemala City, Guatemala , Central America

              Rubin Gallery, Southampton College , Southampton , N.Y.

               Moore College of Art, Philadelphia PA

1995       Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford CT.   Matrix is 20 exhibition

              The Noyes Museum, Messages From the Planet, Oceanville , New Jersey

1994       Anchorage Museum of History & Art, A World of Maps, Anchorage AK

 1993      Artist Books & Art About Books, Pratt Manhattan , Gallery, N.Y

               V.  Rubelle & Norman Schafler Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn New York

                Maria Feliz Gallery, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

                 South Hampton College Art Gallery , South Hampton , New York

                The Pages Speak, Bryant Library, Roslyn , New York

1992        Southhampton College Art Gallery , Southhampton , New York

                Elsa Mott Ives Gallery , New York City

                Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee , Knoxville , TN

                Union Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook , New York

1991        Q.C.C. Gallery, Queensborough Community College , Bayside,NY

                Gallery B4A, New York City

                Boca Museum , Boca Raton , Florida

1990        Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage , Alaska

                Woman's Art Caucus, The Environment Show, Krasdale Food Corp., New York City

                Henry Street Settlement, New York City

1989        Kunstmesse, Basel , Switzerland

                Henry Street Settlement, New York City

1988        Erasmus   House, Basel , Switzerland

                Fashion Moda, Bronx , New York

                48 Laight Street Gallery , New York City

                Gallery Without Walls, Newark , New Jersey

1987        Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art , New York City

                Arrowmont, Gatlinburg , Tennessee

1986        Clocktower , New York City

                Regenstein Library, University of Chicago , Chicago , Illinois

1985        Real Art Ways , Hartford Connecticut

                Marion Locks Gallery, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

1984        Queens Museum , Flushing , New York

1983        Ronald Feldman Gallery , New York City

                Carver Cultural Arts Center , San Antonio , Texas

                Bertha Urdang Gallery , New York City

1982        Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo , New York

                Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt , Germany

                Grita Insam Galerie, Vienna , Austria

1981        Virginia Commonwealth University , Richmond , Virginia

                Albright College , Reading , Pennsylvania

                Walker Art Center , Minneapolis , Minnesota

                St. Peter's Church Gallery, Citicorp Building , New York City

                Touchstone Gallery , New York City

                University of Rhode Island , Kingston , Rhode Island

                Zone Gallery, Springfield , Massachusetts

1980        Museum of Contemporary Art, Sao Paolo , Brazil

                Felix Handschin Galerie, Basel , Switzerland

                Basel Art Fair, Basel , Switzerland

                Touchstone Gallery , New York

1979        Bertha Urdang Gallery , New York City

1978        California Institute of Technology, Pasadena , California

                Franklin Furnace Archive , New Zealand Tour

                 Hera Gallery, Wakefield RI

                Touchstone  Gallery , New York City

                University of Ohio , Columbus , Ohio

1977        Eugenia Cucalon Gallery , New York City

                P.S. 1 New York City , Exhibition travelling throughout Europe & Middle East

                Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago , Illinois

                Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago , Illinois

                Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo , New York

1975        CEAC, Toronto , Canada

                Sarah Lawrence College , Bronxville , New York

 1974       Heckscher State Museum , Huntington , New York

 

 

Public Collections

Islip Art Museum

Princeton University , Princeton , New Jersey , Firestone Library

Vera List Gallery, The New School for Social Research, New York , New York

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford , CT

Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage , AK

Seagram's Corporation, New York , NY

Yale University Art Gallery , New Haven , Connecticut

Erasmushaus, Basel , Switzerland

Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp , Belgium

Museum of Modern Art , New York City

Herbert Johnson Museum , Cornell University , Ithica , New York

City University Graduate Center , New York City

Israel Museum , Jerusalem , Israel

Best Products, Richmond Virginia

Grolier Club , New York City

Franklin Furnace Archive, New York  City

 

Grants and Awards  

SOS Grant from NYSCA, 2004, 2007 

SOS Grant from NYSCA 1999

Swatch Watch design Competition 1992

New York Foundation for the Arts individual artist's grant 1992-93

Foundation Karolyi residency, Vence , France , 1988, 1989

New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist in residence grant

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1978-79

First Prize New York Times Short Story Contest, wrote about my work

First prize in graphics, North Shore Art League Competition

William Graf Scholarship for Excellence in Art, Hunter College , 1965

 

 

 

 

 

 Bibliography

Newsday,  article, Ariella Budick, Jan. 2, 2008

New York Times, review, Ken Johnson, Oct. 17, 2004

Body Power/Power Play, catalog Wurttembergischer Kunstverein 2002

New York Times, review May 12, 2002

Heterogenesis, article by Nancy Princenthal and interview with Jean Sellem, Lund Sweden , Oct. 2000

Newsday review by Aileen Jacobson, November 9, 1999

New York Times, review by Helen Harrison, August 29, 1999

Buffalo News, review by Richard Huntington, May 13, 1999

Zing Magazine, article by Janet Goleas, Feb. 1999

The Los Angeles Times, review by Claudine Ise, August 21, 1998

The New York Times, review by Phyllis Braff, July 26, 1998

Zing Magazine, published Devon Dikeou, June 1998 

The New York Times, review, William Zimmer, June 1, l997

The Star Ledger, review, Stuart Miller, June 6, 1997

New York Newsday, review, Julia Szabo, February 28, l997

Newsday, review, Carey Lovelace, June 7, 1996

New York Newsday, review, Carey Lovelace, October 4, 1996

New York Times, review, Helen Harrison, January 24, l996

New York Newsday, review Carey Lovelace, February 4, 1995

Newsday, review, Karen Lipson, October 21, l994

New York Times, review, December 26, 1993

New York Times, review, November 28, 1993

New York Times, review, August 29, 1993

From Hard Hats to Top Hats, The Jewish Museum Catalog 1993

The Pages Speak, Bryant Library, catalog 1993

New York Times, review, December 20, 1992

New York Times, review, December 6, 1992

New York Times, review, October 15, 1992

New York Times, review, Helen Harrison, September 22, 1991

Art as Book, catalog, Boca Museum , Boca Raton , Florida

The Record, review Carol Paquette, September 26,1991

Knoxville Journal, review, Karen Kemp, January 22, 1991

Eindhoven Dagblad, review, April 30, 1990

New York Times Review, October 27, 1990

Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage Alaska Catalog, 1990

Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven , Netherlands Catalog, 1990

New York Art, review, 1990

Who's Who in American Art, 1989

Newsday, review, Margaret Moorman, September 23, 1988

New York Times Review, September 25, 1990

Southhampton Press, Karl Grossman, December 15, 1988

East Hampton Star, December 15, 1988

New York Times Review, Helen Harrison, November 27, 1988

Contemporary Landscape, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg , Tennessee , catalog 1987

The Book Made Art, A Selection of Contemporary Artist's Books, University of Chicago , Catalog 1986

New York Times Review, November 16, 1986

The Parodic Power of Popular Imagery, Catalog 1985

Verbally Charged Images, catalog 1984

Women Artists, selected works from the collection, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

Essay by Judith E. Burnstock, Professor of Art, 1983

Art in the World, second edition textbook by Dr. Stella Russell, Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1983

Karen Shaw, catalog, Corinne Hummel Galerie, Basel , Switzerland , 1983

Art News, review by Margaret Betts, January 1981

Karen Shaw, essay by Andrea Miller- Keller, Wadsworth , Atheneum, Hartford CT , 1980

New York Times Review, June 20, 1980

Village Voice, review, June 18, 1980

Arts Magazine, review, by Madeleine Burnside, June 1980

Art in America , review, by John Yau. December 1979

Art Forum, review, by Judith Lopez Cardozo.  October 1979

Arts Magazine, article by Lenore Malin.  April 1979

Artforum, review, by Carrie Rickie.  February 1979

Serial Art, catalog Hera Gallery, Wakefield , Rhode Island .  1978

Market Research by Karen Shaw, Published by University of Akron Press, 1978

Poetry of Systems, Essay by Dr. Susan Larson, California Institute of Technology. 1978

Six Artists, University of Ohio , Catalog  Columbus Ohio . 1978

Additional Meanings, Published by Keller Verlag, Munich Germany . 1978

Dialog, Article by Donald Harvey, Ohio Spring 1978

Kunst Forum International, Germany , Article. January 1978

Art Week, West Coast Edition, review by David Rubin. March 1978

Words at Liberty , Catalog Essay, Judith Kirshner, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL . 1977

The Big Jewish Book, Edited by Jerome Rothenberg, Random House, New York . 1977

Dumb Ox Quarterly  #4, North Ridge , California .  Spring 1977

Heresies, 2nd issue: Patterns of Communication Among Women, New York .  1977

Art Journal, College Art Association.  Spring 1977

New York Times, review by David Shirey.  March 6, 1977

Newsday, Feature article by Susan Soper.  February 1, 1977

Additional Meanings, Catalog Essay by Peter Frank, Urdang Gallery , New York .  1976

Manfred, by Donald Barthelme & Karen Shaw, New York Times Magazine section.  April 18, 1976

Arts Magazine, Article by Allen Sondheim.  October 1976

Arts Magazine, Entries, Robert Pincus Witten. October, 1976

 

Employment Experience

Teaching

Georgia State University , Atlanta Visiting Artist, Georgia 2008

Princeton University , Princeton , N. J. Visiting Artist drawing, Spring 2000

Southampton College , Asst. Adjunct Prof. Intro Drawing, 1997

Hofstra University , Adjunct Prof. Life Drawing, 1994-l996

Moore College of Art, Adjunct Prof., Basic Design, Philadelphia , PA 1995-

Princeton University , Lecturer, Princeton , New Jersey , 1994.

Northern Illinois University , Visiting Artist, Dekalb Illinois .  1995

Columbia College , Visiting Artist, Chicago , Illinois , 1994.

Hofstra University , Painting Instructor, Hemstead , New York   1993- cont.

Artist in Residence, Friends Academy , Locust Valley , New York , 1993

Southampton College , Long Island University , Masterclass, Summer 1992, 93, 94, 95, 96

Assistant Professor, Painting and Drawing, Graduate and Undergraduate, University of Tennessee , Knoxville ,

1990-1991

Adjunct Professor of Drawing and two Dimensional Design.  CUNY, Queensborough Community College ,

Bayside, New York , 1987-

Silvermine Art Guild, New Canaan , Connecticut , Painting.  1989-90

Artist in Residence, East Islip High School , 1989

Artist in Residence, Southampton College , L.I.U. 1988

Visiting Artist, University of Tennessee , Knoxville , Spring 1986

Artist in Residence in the New York Public Schools, 1985-1986

Community Service Program, Nassau County Public Schools, 1976-1982

Continuing Education Program, Oil and Acrylic Painting, Beginning and Intermediate, 1974-1977

 

 Curating

Travelers, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , NY 2003

Line Dancing, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , NY 2003

Paper Cuts, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , N. Y. Jan. 2003

 Accumulations, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , N. Y. 2002

Sew Fine, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , N. Y. Feb.2002

Child's Play, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , N. Y. Sept.2001

Eccentric Photography, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , N. Y. April 2001

The Notion of Motion, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , N. Y. Nov. 2000

Site Specifics VI, Carriage House, Islip , N. Y. June 2000

Millennium Bugs, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , N. Y. Jan. - March 2000

Lab Work, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , New York August -October 1999

Wordsmiths, Islip Art Museum , E. Islip , New York , March-May 1999

Borrowing, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York ,  Sept-November 1998

Projects III, The Carriage House, East Islip , New York   May-July 1998

Domain, Islip art Museum, East Islip , New York , Feb-April 1998

Better Color Through Chemistry, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York , July-Sept, 1997

More and More, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York , Feb-April 1997

A Walk in the Woods, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York . Sept -Nov, 1996

Visual Thinking, Galeria de Arte Plastica Contemporanea , Guatemala , Central America 1996

Projects II, The Carriage House, East Islip , New York , June -August 1996

tion / Recreation, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York . Dec. 1995-Feb. 1996

Riddle of the Sphinx, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York .  Oct-Dec..  1994

Wit on Wry: Humour in Photography, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York , Dec-Feb.  1994

Projects I, The Carriage House, east Islip , New York   July-Sept. 1994

Thick and Thin, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York , Oct-Dec. 1993

The Jewish Museum, Fifth Ave. and 92nd Street . New York , NY Art Preparator, 1992-1993

Vessels for Discovery, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York   Dec-Jan. 1993

Site Seeing, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York , September, 1990

Who Discovered Whom?  Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York ,February 1992

The Notion of Motion, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York , February 1992

Contemporary Beastiary, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York , March 1990

Personae, Aspects of Portraiture and Self Portraiture, Islip Art Museum , East Islip , New York , 1989

Dross to Art, Islip Art Museum , 1989

The Plight of the Figure, Islip Art Museum , 1988

Geometry, Islip Art Museum , 1987

About Time, Islip Art Museum , 1987

Vivid Pastels, Islip Art Museum , 1986

Artists From the Permanent Collection, Islip Art Museum , 1986

Basic Needs: Art using aspects of food, clothing and shelter, Islip Art Museum , 1985

Long Island Artists, Islip Art Museum , 1984

Emblems of the Imagination, Islip Art Museum , 1984

Wit on Wry, Humour in Photography, Islip Art Museum , 1983

Idle Hour Artist Colony, An Historical Exhibition, Islip Art Museum , 1983

Progress and Proportion, co-curated with Madeleine Burnside, Islip Art Museum , 1983

Light, Islip Art Museum , 1982

 

Speaking Engagements

Georgia State University , 2008

New York Public Library, 2007

Islip Art Museum E. Islip NY 2006

University of Massachusetts , Amhurst , MA 2004

University of Rhode Island , Kingston RI 2003

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston , MA 2001

University of Rhode Island , Kingston , RI , 2001

C. W. Post College , L. I. U. Greenlawn, N. Y 2001

City College of New York , N. Y.  1998

Dorfman Projects, Chelsea , NewYork, N. Y. 1998

University of Rhode Island , Kingston R. I. 1997

Sara Lawrence College , Bronxville , New York 1996

Brown University , Providence Rhode Island

Northern Illinois University , 1995

Columbia College , Chicago , Illinois , 1994

Cooper Union, New York  City , 1994

Southampton College , L.I.University, Southampton , New York , 1993

Neuberger Art Museum , Purchase, New York , March, 1993

Southampton College , L.I.University, Southampton , New York , 1992

Western Carolina University , Cullowhee , North Carolina , 1991

University of Tennessee , Knoxville , TN , 1991

Silvermine Art Guild, New Caanan , CT. , 1989

Southampton College , L.I.University, Southampton , New York , 1988

Lyme Academy , Old Lyme , Ct. , 1988

University of Tennessee , Knoxville , Tn., 1986

C.W. Post College , Long Island University , Morgantown , WV., 1986

Gallerie Carintia, Klagenfurt , Austria , 1981

Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerp , Belgium , 1980

Chicago Art Institute, Chicago , Illinois , 1980

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford , CT. , 1980

Dany Keller Gallerie, Munich , Germany , 1978, 1981

 

 

Education

 

Hunter College , New York , NY BFA, 1965

Graduate Study, Hunter College , 1967

Additional Graduate Study, L. I. University , C. W. Post college, 1972