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Karen Kaapcke
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  • About
  • Paintings
    • Figurative Painting
      • Election Cycle (The 4 Colors)
      • Wages of Pestilence and Folly
      • Paintings to Music
      • Self-Portraits
      • Portraits
      • Figurative Archive
    • Interiors/Exteriors
    • Still Life
    • Harlem in March
    • Occupy Wall Street
      • "Painting Occupy"
    • Oil Sketches
    • Mom
    • Adolescence
      • essay on Adolescence/Ambivalence
      • audio recording for Adolescent with Headphones
      • audio recording for Adolescent with Two Fists and Pink Triangle
    • Die-in/Hands Up
      • my work in BBC: The News in Pictures
  • Drawings
    • Figures
      • Sleep
      • Swimmers
      • Food of Love
      • Bandage/Eyepatch/Recovery
    • Shards
    • Still Life
      • Objects
      • Mattresses
      • Chairs
    • 4 Gares
    • Self Portraits 2015
      • Drawing 50 Blog
    • The Four Quartets
      • BN
      • EC
      • DS
      • LG
    • Drawing Sandy
    • Scaffolding
    • Park Drawings
    • Illustrative
    • Tronies
    • Drawing Archive
  • What's Happening
    • things of note in the past
    • selected press archive
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Newsletter/Contact/Purchasing Work
    • Life's Stages Catalog
    • Contact
    • Subscribe to newsletter
    • SWIMMERS I book
    • Purchasing Work
Selected Exhibitions:

2020      North Park University, Chiago, IL  "HomeWork", curated by Tim Lowly
2019/20 National Portrait Gallery, London UK; National Gallery of Scotland: 
"BP Portrait Award" 
2019       "Parent Portraits", curated by Jenny Tango and Robert Bunkin, Westbeth Gallery NYC
2018        CoCA/The Center on Contemporary Art
, Seattle, WA, "Painters Who Fucking Know How To Paint".  
2018        "Life's Stages" a collaboration with pianist Alan Moverman, The National Opera Center, NYC
​2017        "Sight and Sound: A Collaboration - Karen Kaapcke, painter and Alan Moverman, pianist", One-Woman Show and concert/collaboration,                     The Artist Study, Southampton NY
2017        "Karen Kaapcke: Beyond Reflection", One-Woman Show, The Artist Study, Southampton, NY
2017         "Sight Unseen", Abend Gallery, Denver CO
2016       "The Crayon Show", Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford PA
2015        "The Light By Which We See", Flannery O'Connor Home and Museum,  Milledgeville GA
​2015        The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2014        The Painting Center, 25th Anniversary Exhibition, New York, NY
​2014        "Women Painting Women" 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC 
2014        Alumni Exhibition, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton NY 
2013        "Making Faces", invitational exhibit: Long Island University, Salena Gallery, Brooklyn, NY                  
2013        Sag Harbor Fine Art Center: "Halfway There: The Self Portrait Drawings of Karen Kaapcke"
2012        Zhou B Art Center: "From Motion to Stillness", Chicago, IL
2012        Gillock Gallery: "Selected Paintings", Evanston, IL
2011         The Butler Institute of American Art, "Midyear Exhibition",  Youngstown, OH
2011         Fontbonne University “Figure Now 2011”, St Louis, MO                                                                          
2010        Robert Lange Gallery “Women Painting Women – 50 Female Painters”, Charleston, SC        
2010        National Arts Club CLWAC Annual Juried Exhibit, New York, NY                                                  
2010        Fort Wayne Museum of Art “Contemporary Realism Biennial 2010”, Fort Wayne, IN                    
2010        Broome Street Gallery, CLWAC Members Exhibition, NYC
2010        H. Pelham Curtis Gallery, Solo Show, New Canaan, CT                                                                   
2009       National Arts Club, CLWAC Annual Juried Exhibition, New York City                                            
2009       The Butler Institute of American Art, “Midyear Exhibition”, Youngstown, OH                                     
2009       Broome Street Gallery, New York City                                                                                               
2009       National Association of Women Artists: National Small Works, NYC                                          
2008       Fort Wayne Museum of Art, “2008 Biennial: Contemporary American Realism”, Fort Wayne, IN
2008       National Arts Club, CLWAC Annual Juried Exhibition, New York, City                                     
2008       Neighborhood Holistic, Solo Show, New York City                                                                       
2008       Broome Street Gallery, New York City                                                                                             
2007        National Arts Club, CLWAC Annual Juried Exhibition, New York City                                                       
2007        Broome Street Gallery, New York City                                                                                           
2006        Broome Street Gallery, New York  City  
2006        Pen & Brush: “Art Translating Women’s Issues: from Intuition to Reality”, New York City        
2006        National Arts Club, CLWAC Annual Juried Exhibition, New York City                                       
2005        Gallery Henoch, Winter Group Show, New York City                                                                                          
2005        Gallery Henoch, Summer Group Show , New York City                                               
2005        Broome Street Gallery, New York City                                                                                                 
2004        Park Avenue Armory, “Art of the 20th Century”, New York City                                                      
2004        Gallery Henoch, Gallery Group Show                                                                                                    
2004        Art Student’s League, Member’s Juried Exhibition, New York City                                             
2004        Salmagundi Club, Audobon Artists Annual Exhibition, New York City                                         
2004        Salmagundi Club, Non-Members Juried Exhibition, New York City                                                            
2004        Broome Street Gallery, New York City                                                                                           
2004        National Arts Club, CLWAC Annual Juried Exhibition, New York City                                      
2002        Two07Art, “Artists Observing 9/11”, Three Person Show, New York City                                      
2002        Papp Gallery, Group Show, New York City                                                                                      
2002        Papp Gallery, Three Person Show, New York City                                                                                      
2000        Forum Gallery, “Drawings: 20th Century Contemporary and Modern Masters”, New York City 
1999         South Nassau Unitarian Church, Solo Show, Freeport, NY                                                                  
1998         Sundance Gallery, Figurative Exhibition, Bridgehampton, NY  
1998         The Alternative Museum, National Showcase Exhibition, New York City
1998         First Street Gallery, National Competition Exhibition, New York City                                                            1
997           Salmagundi Club, American Artists Professional League Grand National Exhibition,  NYC                          
1997          Sundance Gallery, Juried Competition Exhibition, Bridgehampton, NY                                                  
 1997         National Arts Club, CLWAC Annual Juried Exhibition, New York City                     
1997          Guild Hall, Easthampton, NY                                                                                                                        
1996          Guild Hall, Easthampton, NY                       
1995          The Gallery, Gallery Artist, Greenwich, CT                                                                              
1995          Washington Square East Galleries, “Small Works”, New York City                                                           
1994          Gallery Les’Arts, “5 American Artists”, Vihiers, France                                            


Publications and Archives:

"When Painting Meets Classical Music",  Article and Interview with Pat Rogers, Hamptons Art Hub
"50 Memorable Painters, 2015", selected by John Seed, critic; Poets and Artists Magazine
"Heightened Perceptions",  curated by John Seed; Poets and Artists Magazine
Professional Artist Magazine, August/September 2013: "A Sketch A Day: The Self Portrait Drawings of Karen Kaapcke"
Fine Art Connoisseur, 2013: "The Interior Self-Portrait" 
The Huffington Post, 2013:  "Crisis and Transformation in the Art of Karen Kaapcke" 
Poets & Artists Collaboration Issue, Summer 2011
Poets & Artists Magazine, January 2010                                                                                            
National 9/11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center:  registry.national911memorial.org  
American Arts Quarterly, November 2008                                                                                     
American Artist, online edition, January 2008                                                                                       
The Artist’s Magazine, November  2007                                                                                 
International Artist Magazine, April/May 2006                                                                                     
The New York Post, October 2005

Awards, Scholarships and Residencies:

​2012       First Place, Portrait Society of America: Self Portrait                                
2012       Finalist, American Artist Magazine, Self Portrait Competition
2012       Finalist,  The Artits’s Magaine                                                                                  
2011        First of  “Ten Memorable Paintings of 2011”, Huffington Post                                         
2010       Lilian Ciaravino Memorial Award for Graphics, NYC                                                                                                        
2010       Honorable Mention, Portrait Society of America: Member’s Showcase                   
2009      Honorable Mention, The Butler Institute of American Art                                                                                            
2008      Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine Competition, Portrait/Figure Category                                  
2007       Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine Competition, Portrait/Figure Category                                    
2007       AAPL Award for Representational Painting                                                           
2006       Margaret Dole Portrait Award, NYC                                                                       
2005       Gold Medal of Honor, National Arts Club, NYC                                                    
2004       Forbes Magazine Award, NYC                                                                                
1997         Salmagundi Award, NYC                                                                                           
1997         Sundance Gallery Third Place Cash Award, Bridgehampton, NY                              
1997         Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal, National Arts Club, NYC                          
1994         Milton Avery Scholarship and Cash Award, Nat. Academy of Design                  
1994         Dorland Mountain Art Colony, Temecula, CA: Residency                                                                           

Teaching:

Founder and Director:  Young Urban Artists (YUA) teen art explorations
Ongoing private and group lessons                                                                                                
2003 - 2005     Crosby Street Studio                                                                                                           
2001 - 2002      Figure Drawing Workshops, studio of the artist, France     
1999 - 2003      Parsons School of Design       

Education:

1993–1994  National Academy of Design School of Fine Art, NYC                            
1990–1992  Ecole Albert Defois, Vihiers, France                                                        
1988–1990  Art Students’ League, NYC                                                                     
1980–1986   State University of NY, Binghamton, MA : Philosophy 

​Professional Affiliations:

The Portrait Project
​Cecelia Beaux Forum                                                                                                                               
Portrait Society of America                                                                                                              
Art Student’s League, Life Member


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