KAREN CURRY

Born Yellowknife, NWT, Canada

Education
1996 Accademia Caerite, Ceri, Rome, Italy
1981 Sun Valley Center for the Humanities, Sun Valley Idaho, USA
1978 BFA, Visual Art with Distinction, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009 Explorations, Jeremy Maude Gallery, Gabriola Island, BC

2007 Crepuscule, Open Studio, Toronto

2006 The Veil Between, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto
          Vessels, Gallery Gillygooly, North Hatley, Quebec
          Vessels, Snap Contemporary, Vancouver

2005 Carriers of the Past, ArtProject, Toronto
          Avenues to Stillness, Contact 2005, Open Studio, Toronto
          Full Exposure, Wellington Gallery, Aurora, ON

2004 Points of View, Contact 2004, new gallery, Toronto
          Equilibrium, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto

2003 Resting Place, Open Studio, Toronto
          And The Stones Remain, Propeller Centre For the Visual Arts, Toronto

2002 And The Stones Remain, Bradshaw Studios, Studio exhibition, Toronto
          And The Stones Remain with I SAW, Dancemakers’ Studio, Toronto
          Fresco Installation, North American School of Natural Building, Coquille, Oregon

2000 Skin of the Earth, 96 Spadina Ave., studio exhibition, Toronto

1998 Twilight Illuminations, Zoom, Toronto

1996 Choisir, JK at the Rom, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

1995 Twilight Illuminations, 96 Spadina Ave., Toronto

1994 Monotypes and Woodcuts, Prior Editions,Vancouver, BC

1993 Shafts, 96 Spadina Ave., studio exhibition, Toronto

1992 Refuge, Art Dialogue Gallery, Toronto

1987 Drawings and Prints, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC
          Charcoal Drawings, Fraser Ave Studios, Studio exhibition, Toronto

1983 Paper Works, Latitude 53, Edmonton


Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 Elliott Louis Gallery, Vancouver
          Traversing Spaces, Open Studio, Toronto
           Contact, AGO Art Rental Galley, Toronto
           Mix, Jacana, Vancouver

2008 Washi Work-World Washi Summit, Propeller, Toronto
          ReVision, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto
          Versus, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver

2007  ONE, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver, B.C.

2006  Artists' Odysseys - The Arctic, Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON
          
in cahoots, The Ink Shop, Ithica, New York

2005 Triple X, Visual Arts Ontario Thirtieth Anniversary Touring Exhibition, Touring Ontario
           Prior Editions: 10 Years of Canadian Printmaking, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
           Of Movement and Stillness , Snap Design Studio, Vancouver, B.C.
            by association , Propeller, Toronto
           100 Prints , 2005- 1985, Open Studio, Toronto

2004 True, Wellington Gallery, Aurora, ON
          Cottage, Ago, Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Toronto
          CA > PE:Canada’s Open Studio in Peru, Galeria Juan Pardo Heeren, Lima,  Peru
          Gallery Artists, Marine Adventure Gallery at Shoal Point, Victoria, B.C.                                                           Spark- Members Show, Propeller, Toronto
          New Members Show, Propeller, Toronto

2003 From The Shadows: Work by Karen Curry & Elena Roginsky, Latcham Gallery, Stouffville, ON
          Compelling Behaviours-The 9th Annual Great Canadian Printmaking Competition, Edward Day                Gallery, Toronto
          Artists of Today and Tomorrow, The ART Company, Toronto
          Field Trip, Open Studio, Toronto
          Gallery Artists, Marine Adventure Gallery at Shoal Point,Victoria, B.C.

2002 Small Works, Byng Gallery, Whitby
          Gallery Artists, Segreto Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico

2001 Waterline, Open Studio, Toronto

1998 Plein Air, The Station Gallery, Whitby
          Prior Editions at ART 98, Vancouver

1997 Glo, Archive, Toronto

1996 The Boat Show, Canadian Artists - A Nautical Look, Art Gallery of North York, North York, ON
          Fresco Series 1996, Castle Di Ceri, Ceri, Rome
          FACE, Open Studio, Touring- Harbourfront, Toronto; The Station Gallery, Whitby; Atelier                 Circulaire, Montreal

1995 Bunch O Printmakers, Touring- Workscene Gallery, Toronto; University of  Western Ontario,                 London; O’Keefe Centre, Toronto

1994 Monotypes - The Painterly Print, Prior Editions, Vancouver

1993 A Show of Cats - The Feline in Art, Prior Editions, Vancouver
          La Boite Solander Ouvert, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto
          Gallery Artists, Art Dialogue Gallery, Toronto

1992 Gallery Artists, Art Dialogue, Toronto

1991 Roundup, Toronto
          Gallery Artists, Art Dialogue, Toronto
          Karen Curry and Lily Yung, Artscape, Toronto

1989 Freedom China (PDCC), Erindale Campus Art Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto
          Printmaking in Alberta 1945 -1985, Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton

1986 Prints & Paintings- Moria Clark, Karen Curry, Torrie Groening, Sarah Nind, Open Studio, Toronto

1984 The Saddlery Show - Ten Artists, Latitude 53, Edmonton

1983 Kaleidoscope 83 Prints, Sun Life, Edmonton
          SNAP, curated SNAP - Society of Northern Alberta Printartists, Edmonton

1981 Graphics - New Ideas/Old Process,Sun Valley Centre Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho


Collections
Brompton Group, Toronto
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby
Department of Foreign Affairs
Energy Resources Conservation Board, Calgary
Ernst and Young, Toronto
Esso Canada Resources, Calgary
Falconbridge Canada, Toronto
Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto
Gornitzki, Thompson and Little, Toronto
Hewlett - Packard, Toronto
Open Studio Archives, Toronto
Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver
Precambrian Shield Resources Ltd, Calgary
Prior Editions Archives, Vancouver
Royal Bank, Toronto
The Investment Funds Institute of Canada, Toronto
University of Alberta, Edmonton
University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver

Publications

THE WALRUS Magazine, September 2004, pages 30 & 31, Killarney Morning I

Kate Taylor, Art About, The Globe and Mail, June 26, 1992

Bente Roed Cochran, Printmaking in Alberta - 1945 -1985, pages 44, 46
  The University of Alberta Press. 1989

Phylis Matousek, Bright Future for Young Artists, The Edmonton Journal, July 3, 1984

Bente Roed Cochran, Visual Arts, The Edmonton Bullet, February 24,1984

Professional Affiliations/Memberships

Open Studio, Toronto
Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto

 
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