Karen Shaw 845-878-2274
162 Ninth Avenue, NY 10011
New York, NY 10011
www.KarenShaw100.com
e-mail Rkshaw@aol.com


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
1999 Art Rsources Transfer Project Room, New York, N.Y.
1998 Art Resources Transfew, 25 Year Mini Retrospective
1991 Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, N. Y.
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
2009 Unfolding Process, Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Office Space, ROCA, West Nyack, New York
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
Unfolding Process:Materials and Conceptual Practice on Paper, catalogue, Herbert Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2009
Lyndon House Art Center, 34th Annual exhibition, catalogue, Athens GA, 2009
New York Times review, Fashion Forward, Benjamin Gennochio, Jan. 5, 2009
Women of the Olympics, catalogue, Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany 2008
New York Times, Text Messages, Benjamin Gennochio, October, 5, 2008
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
Fashion Forward, Islip Art Museum, Dec. 2008
Treemendous #3, Carriage House, Dec. 2008
Text Messaging, Islip Art Museum, November,2008,
Site Specifics, 08, Carriage House, June, 2008
Couples, Islip Art Museum, April, 2008
Treemendous #2, Carriage House,Dec. 2007
,Wit on Wry, Islip Art Museum, November, 2007
Making the Most of It, Islip Art Museum, Sept. 2007
Thick and Thin, Islip Art Museum, April, 2007
Site Specifics 07, carriage House, June, 2007
Animal House, Islip Art Museum, November 2006
Treemendous #1, Carriage House, December 2006
Mirror Image, Islip Art Museum, September 2006
Site Specifics 06, Carriage House, June 2006
There’s the Rub, Islip Art Museum, April 2005
Sports, Islip Art Museum, November. 2005
Design for Living, Islip Art Museum, Sept. 2005
Site Specifics 05, Carriage House, June, 2005
The Nature of Things, Islip Art Museum, April 2005
Food for Thought, Islip Art museum, Dec. 2004
Multitasking, Islip Art Museum, Sept. 2004
Site Specifics 04, Carriage House, June 2004
Perfect Pitch, Islip Art Museum, April, 2004
All the Glitters, Islip Art Museum Dec. 2003
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
Lyndon House Art Center, Athens GA, 2009
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