Karen Kemp, a native of Long Island, New York, currently maintains a studio in Boston, MA. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, and at the University of New Hampshire and has a BA in Art History. In 1998, Karen was trained in traditional fresco painting and restoration at Il Laboratorio Per Affresco di Vainella, in Prato, Italy, and in 2003 received a painting fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center. She has also been the recipient of several awards for her work in etching and oil painting. Karen’s artwork has become a part of private and corporate art collections, and she is currently represented by Danette Koke Fine Art in New York City and Gallery Plan B in Washington, DC.
Exhibitions
2015
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Exhibition, Deepwells Mansion, St James, NY
Winner’s Circle, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2014
Inaugeral Show, Radius Gallery, Missoula, MT
Winner’s Circle, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
Year End Group Exhibition, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
32nd Setauket Neighborhood House Art Exhibition, Setauket, NY
2013
Winner’s Circle, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
32nd Setauket Neighborhood House Art Exhibition, Setauket, NY
Year End Group Exhibition, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
Holiday Exhibit, Jameson & Thompson, Jamaica Plain, MA
2012
Holiday Art Salon, The Hallway Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Art Salon, Chameleon Gallery, Newburyport, MA
Patch NYC, Boston, MA
Jameson & Thompson Fine Art, Jamaica Plain, MA
2011
Getting Serious, AtlanticWorks Gallery, Boston, MA
Beaux Arts Ball, Sears Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
Winner’s Circle, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
The Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Juried Art Exhibition, New York, NY
The HeArt Show, The Hallway Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Inside/Outside, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
Tweet, Jobi Gallery, Truro, MA
The Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Juried Art Exhibition, New York, NY
Holiday Show, The Hallway Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
Incorporating Pattern, Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston, MA
Year End Group Show, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
Holiday Group Show, Boston Art & Frame, Boston, MA
2009
Boston Drawing Project 10th Anniversary Show, Carroll & Sons, Boston, MA
Year End Group Show, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
A Little Help From My Friends, Atlantic Works Gallery, MA
Waterworks, Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston, MA
2008
White Box‐Gift Box, Gallery Plan B, Washington, DC
Twelve, Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston, MA
New Works, Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston, MA
2007
Winners Circle, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
The 27th Setauket Neighborhood Art Exhibition, Setauket, NY
Summer Solstice, Everything Under the Sun, Three Village Garden Club, NY
2006
Group Show, Sightline, Washington, DC
Art on Call-Call Box Public Art Project, Washington, DC
Winner’s Circle, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2005
Winner’s Circle, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
Romancing the Palette, Christopher Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
Neighborhood Artist’s Annual Exhibit, Setauket, NY
2004
Workshop Editions-DKFA Editions, Danette Koke Fine Art, NY, NY
Kemp & Kemp, Oils & Etchings, Christopher Gallery, Stony Brook, NY
Neighborhood Artist’s Annual Exhibit, Setauket, NY
The Sensuous Surface, The Ross School, Southhampton, NY