SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS (*solo exhibit, **two-person exhibit)
2004
“Karen Fitzgerald,” Omega Institute, Reception Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY
2003-04
”Heaven and Earth,” Cleary Gottlieb, curated by Elizabeth Levine, NYC
2001
"Orbs," Show Walls, Durst Organization Sponsor, curated by L. L. Powers, NYC
2000
"Shifting Coastlines," Collaborative premiere, Steinway Reformed Church, Astoria, NY, with Goliard Ensemble, Inc.
1999
"Gardens of Light," Center for Visual Art, Wausau, WI
"Into Light," Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
1998
"Paintings," Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, NY
1997
"Into Light," Rotunda Gallery, University of Arizona - Tucson
1995
"New Prints and Drawings," The Interchurch Center, NYC
1994
"Garden’s Edge," Sunnen Gallery, Soho, NYC
"Journey," Jamaica Arts Center, NYC
1993: "Metaphoric Landscape," John Jay College Art Gallery, NYC,
"Beauty and the Beast," Westchester Art Workshop, White Plains, NY
1992: "New Paintings," Daniel Quinn Gallery, NYC
1990: "Homologies," Macy Gallery, NYC
1980: "Karen Fitzgerald," Sight 225 Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
"Two at Carrol College," Union Gallery, Carrol College, WI
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004
Omega Institute, Ram Dass Library, Rhinebeck, NY
“Curator’s Choice,” Stefan Stux Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
2003
“CAVE,” Henry Street Settlement for the Arts, NYC
“I am a Scientist,” Greene County Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY
“Seasons in Paint,” curated by Mary Murray, Kirkland Art Center, Utica, NY
“Healing Power of Art,” 4 person exhibition, curated by Renee Phillips, 850 Third Ave., NYC
“Nature Hanging by a Thread,” curated by Robyn Love and Eva Melas, Queens Theater in the Park, NYC
“Long Island City Artists,” Citibank Community Showcases, Court Square, NYC
“Members Exhibition,” Langston Hughes Cultural Center, curated by Rudy Shepherd for Queens Council on the Arts
2002
"Paint," curated by Robyn Love, Queens Theater in the Park, NYC
"Centering: Ancient & Contemporary Expressions of Sacred Art," curated by Dana Anderson, Sonoma Museum of Visual Art, CA
"Concerning Nature," curated by Louise Weinberg, Flushing Town Hall, NYC
"Echoes of a New Millennium," curated by Robyn Love for Queens Council on the Arts, at Queens Theater in the Park, NYC
2001
"Art Frenzy,"Open Studios Tour sponsored by the Queens Council on the Arts & L.I.C. Business Development Corp., NYC
"JCAL at ABC," ABC Corporate Gallery, curated by Karina Skvirsky, NYC
"Nurtureart at Pfizer," Pfizer sponsored, curated by Ethan Karp of O.K.Harris Works of Art, NYC
2000
"Contemporary Art Show 2000," KeySpan Coporate Head Quarters, curated by Keisha Hayle of Kish Galleries, NYC
"Visions of the Future, II," Jamaica Center for Art & Learning, curated by Karina Skvirsky
"Eden Revisited: Considering the Garden," Islip Art Museum, curated by Rhonda Cooper
"New American Artists," Kenneth Golding Gallery in conjunction with Nurtureart Inc., NYC
1999
"Landscape: Urban to Outback," Queens Council on the Arts, Oak Ridge, NYC
"Recent Works: JCAL Faculty & Staff," Jamaica Center for Art & Learning, NYC
1998
"Celebrating Diversity," Nese Alpan Gallery, NY
"Album," Anniversary Exhibition, Lower East Side Printshop," Chelsea Art Building, NYC
"From Our Side of the River," Henry De Ford Gallery at Citibank, NYC
"The Beauty of Form," Manhattan Transfer Productions, Inc., 545 5th Ave., NYC
"Paintings, Poems, Prayers," Centre Space, Easton, PA
"Concerns," Charles Chamot Gallery, NJ
"Monotypes From the 12th Street Studio," La Guardia Community College, NYC
1997
"Metaphysical Paintings," The United Nations, Three Person Exhibition, NYC
"Distilling Nature," Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY, curated by Francesca Samsel
"28 Long Island Artists Recent Works," Nese Alpan Gallery, Roslyn, NY
"Art Exhibition," Queens Theatre in the Park, NYC
"Small Works on a Grand Scale," Flushing Council on Culture & the Arts, NYC
1997
"Disparate Landscapes," Gensler Architecture, Design & Planning Worldwide, Santa Monica, CA
1996
"Hallelujah, ‘96," Ceres Gallery, Soho, NYC
"Traditions: Culture/Society/Family," Flushing Council on Culture & the Arts, NYC
1996
"Flowers on Grand," Chuck Levitan Gallery, Soho, NYC, curated by Elaine Wechsler
"East Bank Artists," Citicorp Gallery, NYC
"Harmony of Surface and Form," Reggio Gallery, NYC
1995
"Live / Work in Queens," The Queens Museum of Art, Catalogue, curated by Christina Yang
"Select Paintings and Sculpture," The Pleiades Gallery, Soho, NYC, curated by Charlotta Kotik
1994
"Thick and Thin," Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY, curated by Karen Shaw
"Art in Residence," Tribeca Tower, NYC, sponsored by Art Initiatives
"Alumni Art Exhibition," Edna Carlston Gallery, University of WI – Stevens Point, WI
1992
"Inaugural Exhibition," The Community Gallery, Brooklyn, Union Gas Co., Brooklyn, NYC
1991
"Prints and Books From the Lower East Side Printshop," Henry Street Settlement, NYC
1990
"Selections," Center For Book Arts, Soho, NYC
1989
"The Print Show," Dome Gallery, Soho, NYC
"Special Editions From The Lower East Side Printshop," Henry Street Settlement, NYC
"The Printshop Comes of Age:: The L.E.S.P.’s 21st Anniversary," La Mama Gallery, NYC
1988
"Prints," Alice Cimsar Gallery, Detroit, MI
1987
"Annual Juried Exhibition," The Queens Museum of Art, NYC, Catalogue, curated by Susana Toruella Leval
"Faculty Exhibition," Jamaica Arts Center, NYC
1986
"Group Exhibition," Flushing Council on Culture & the Arts, NYC
1985
"Two in New York," Hunter Gallery, Hunter College, NYC
1981
"Wisconsin painters and Sculptors Annual," Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
"Men and Women in the Arts IV," West Bend Gallery of Fine Art, WI
"Group Exhibition," Sight 225 Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1980
"Wisconsin Invitational," Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI
"Wisconsin Biennial," Madison Arts Center, WI
1979
"Artists’ Studios Walking Tour," Milwaukee, WI
"Watercolor Wisconsin," Woostum Museum, Racine, WI
"Group Exhibition," Video Fine Arts Galleries, University of WI - Milwaukee
1978
"Invitational Group Show," Edna Carlston Gallery, Stevens Point, WI
SELECTED PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Brooklyn Union Gas Co., NYC Jessie Prichard Hunter, NY Anthony Kirk, NY
New York Public Library S. Maia McNamara, WI Mr. & Mr s. Carl Accetura, UT
Sentry Insurance, Inc., WI Museum of New Art, MI` Cheryl Cohen, NYC
Mr. & Mrs. John Sanderson, NJ Wolfgang Reinhart, Germany Mr. & Mrs. Robert Easton, NYC
Anthony Scaglione, NYC Mr. & Mrs. Steven Engelbert, WI Gordon E. Smith, NYC
Mr. & Mrs. Venny Fuentes, NJ M. Trika Smith-Burke, NYC Warren J. Holmes, IL
Susan Sussman, NYC Kathy Halley, WI Eugene Zuck, NYC
Fran Epstein, NY Heather Lester, CA St. Mary’s Church, WI
GRANTS, AWARDS, COMMISSIONS
2004/05: Sites For Students, PS 239, NYC, commission
2003: CITYarts, 28’x56’ exterior mural, PS193, NYC commission
2000 Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, commission
Individual Artist’s Award, Queens Council on the Arts
1999 Collaborative Project Grant, Greenwall Foundation 1999: "21 for 25," Artist’s Award,Women’s Studio Workshop 1998: Individual Artist’s Award, Queens Council on the Arts 1998: McClancy Memorial High School, NYC, commission
1998 Artsline Award, AT&T, NYC 1988: Special Editions Grant, Lower East Side Printshop, NYC
1978 Purchase Award, Edna Carlston Gallery: Sentry Insurance
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
NYFA Quarterly publication, New York Foundation for the Arts, Fall, 2004, Chalkboard section; Teaching Artists Initiative Report.
LitPot magazine, California, September, 2003, pp. 138-145.
Calyx, magazine, Oregon, Summer 2003, Vol.21, #2; artworks featured.
Queens Chronicle Newspapers, June 19, 2003, “Whitestone Students Discover the Public Mural Artists Within, by Keach Hagey, p.12.
Times Ledger Newspapers, March 20, 2003, “Artist for a Community,” by Remy Shaber, p. E1: (distribution in 14 affiliated papers.)
Association of Teaching Artists, Spring, 2003, “Participant Driven Learning”, by Karen Fitzgerald, www.Teaching Artists.com
New York Newsday, January 3,2002, "Trying to Heal With Art," by Karin Halperin, p. A31.
National Public Radio,May 22, 2001, "Karen Fitzgerald and Susan Schear," Arts & Culture in the Marketplace with Beatrice Black.
Inner Realm Magazine, June, 2001, cover feature.
Printmaking in the Sun, Watson-Guptil, NYC, 2001, by Dan Welden & Pauline Muir, p.114, artwork feature.
Times Newsweekly Ridgewood, March 1, 2001, "Manhattan Space Displays Works by a Queens Artist," by Rob MacKay, p.18.
City Pages, (Wausau, WI) August 5-12, 1999, "Secret Gardens," by Charles Patten.
The Wausau Daily Herald, July 29, 1999, "Metaphorical landscapes," by Joy Marquardt.
The Queens Courier, Nov. 26, 1998, "A New Leaf in the Textbooks: Transforming Schools Through Art," by Tamara Hartman, pp. 3, 45. Newsday, July 26, 1998, "Art From 12th Street Circling LaGuardia," by Carl MacGowan, p. G12.
The Western Queens Tribune, June 19, 1998, "Poly-esthetic Monotypes," p. 16.
The New York Times, February 8, 1998, "Karen Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Sloan Tyler," by Phyllis Braff, S.14, p.14.
The Arizona Daily Star, June 13, ‘97, "Pinhole Photos, Photogravure Etchings on View," by Pamela Portwood, p. D-10.
Zum, magazine, June, 1997 + "In / Sight," by Karen Fitzgerald, p. 20. (A regular, monthly column.)
Southwest Art, May, 1997, "Museum Notes," by Margaret Brown, p. 58.
Tucson Citizen, May 8, 1997, "Camera Artists Work in Light," by Kathleen Allen, p. 15.
Newsday, December 29, 1996, "It Ain’t Just Painters," by Tina Morales, p. E10.
The New York Times, September 1, 1995, "Depicting the Multiculturalism of Queens," by Pepe Karmel, p. C23.
The Queens Tribune, September 7-13, 1995, "Museum Highlights Artists Who Live and Work in Queens," by Annette
Deinzer, p. 21.
Live / Work in Queens, Catalogue, 1995, The Queens Museum of Art, Essay by Christina Yang, curator: "Karen
Fitzgerald," pp. 14-15.
Who’s Who in American Education, 1995, 1994, "Karen Fitzgerald."
New York Newsday, February 3, 1994, " Queens Profile, Karen Fitzgerald," by Sheila McKenna, p. 32.
The Western Queens Gazette, January 13, 1992, "Fitzgerald: A Balance of Art and Motherhood," by Marilyn Gilloon
Crotty, pp. 19, 30.
Central Park, Magazine, New York; Fall, 1996; Spring, 1994; Spring, 1990; and Spring, 1988: "Monotypes," "Lake of
Darkness," "Grace," and "The Four Forms of Chaos." Artist’s Project. Reproduction of suites of prints.
Mysteries, 1989, The Lower East Side Printshop, NYC. Special Editions Project, collaborative suite of prints.
The Interactives, 1987, Eldindean Press, NYC. Limited edition portfolio of 8 drypoint monoprints, with
introduction by Jessie Prichard Hunter.
Annual Juried Exhibition ‘87, Catalogue, 1987, The Queens Museum of Art, essay by Susanna Torruella-Leval.
Milwaukee Sentinel, Wisconsin, November 21, 1980, "Karen Fitzgerald," by Dean Jensen.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Present; NYC Region Lead Artist Educator Coach, The Galef Institute
2003-present Advisory Panel member, Queens Council on the Arts, Arts in the Schools Program
2002 Common Ground, NYSAAE, Rochester, NY, WORKSHOP PRESENTER
2001-present ArtistCares, NYC, PROJECT DIRECTOR
1998-present Davis Publications, Inc., PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT
1997-present Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, NYC ARTS-IN-EDUCATION SPECIALIST, Annenberg Initiative
1992-present New York Foundation for the Arts, ARTS-IN-EDUCATION CONSULTANT: TAP program
2001 Pfizer Inc., NYC, GUEST LECTURER
2000-2001 International Visual Artists, NYC CHAPTER CHAIRPERSON
2000 New York Academy of Art, NYC, CONSULTANT, CURRICULUM WRITER, Go Figure!
1999 Partnership for After School Education, NYC, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDER
Artworks, ’99, NYCATA / UFT, conference, NYC, WORKSHOP PRESENTER
A New Landscape, ’99, NYSATA, conference, Huntington, NY, WORKSHOP PRESENTER
Edison Project, NYC, CONSULTANT and PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDER
Greenville School, New Rochelle, NY, ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, WORKSHOP PRESENTER
Promising Practices, conference, Center for Arts Education, NYC, WORKSHOP PRESENTER
1998 Face to Face ‘98, conference, NYC Arts in Education Roundtable, WORKSHOP PRESENTER
Artworks, 98, conference, NYCATA / UFT, WORKSHOP PRESENTER
1992-95 Queens Symphony Orchestra, NYC, EDUCATION DIRECTOR
1995 York College, NYC, GUEST LECTURER
1991-93 St. John’s University, Dept. of Education, Queens, NY, ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR OF ART
Fund for New York City Public Education, Inc., RESEARCH CONSULTANT, School Partners Project
Jamaica Arts Center, Queens, NY, ARTS-IN-EDUCATION SPECIALIST; INSTRUCTOR, Adult painting
1991 Iona College, Elizabeth Seton School, Yonkers, NY, ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR IN ARTS EDUCATION
Teachers & Writers Collaborative, NYC, ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
1989 Teachers Center, Yonkers, NY, STAFF DEVELOPMENT INSTRUCTOR
1988 Artworks ‘88, conference, NYCATA/UFT, WORKSHOP PRESENTER
New York State Department of Education, Albany, NY, CONSULTANT, reviewer of K - 12 art curriculum
Jamaica Arts Center, NYC, ARTS-IN-EDUCATION PROGRAM COORDINATOR, Visual arts instructor
Queens Museum of Art, NYC, CONSULTANT to education department, WORKSHOP PRESENTER
1987 Reasoning Skills in Curriculum Areas: Nurturing Creative/Productive Behavior, conference, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC, WORKSHOP PRESENTER, Sponsor: NYC Bd. of Ed. & Dept. of Cultural Affairs.
1986-88 Jamaica Arts Center, NYC, INSTRUCTOR
1980-81 Sight 225 Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, PRESIDENT, Artists cooperative gallery
Milwaukee Artist’s Walking Tour, Milwaukee Art Museum sponsor, CO-ORGANIZER
1969-74 St. Patrick’s Church, Halder, WI, CHURCH ORGANIST AND CHOIR DIRECTOR
EDUCATION
M.Ed., Columbia University, 1990
M.F.A., Hunter College, 1985
B.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1979
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