Karen Curry

Biography

Karen Curry is a visual artist working primarily in the mediums of painting and photography. Having spent the last 20 years as a Toronto based artist she now lives on Gabriola Island. Born in Yellowknife, the quality of light and the vastness of the north have left an indelible mark on her work. Karen Curry has exhibited widely in both solo and group shows nationally and internationally. Her work is held in numerous public, corporate and private collections.

Education

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

Solo Exhibitions

2009 Explorations, Jeremy Maude Gallery, Gabriola Island, BC
2007 Crepuscule, Open Studio, Toronto
2006 The Veil Between, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto
2006 Vessels, Galerie Gillygooly, North Hatley, Quebec
2006 Vessels, Snap Contemporary, Vancouver
2005 Carriers of the Past, ArtProject, Toronto
2005 Avenues To Stillness, Contact 2005, Open Studio, Toronto
2005 Full Exposure, Wellington Gallery, Aurora, ON
2004 Points of View,* new gallery*, Contact 2004, Toronto
2004 Equilibrium, (with MJ Steenberg), Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2003 Resting Place, Open Studio, Toronto
2003 And The Stones Remain, Propeller Centre For the Visual Arts, Toronto
2002 And The Stones Remain with I SAW, Dancemakers’ Studio, Toronto
2002 Fresco Installation, North American School of Natural Building, Coquille, Oregon
2000 Skin of the Earth, 96 Spadina Ave., Studio exhibition, Toronto
1996 Choisir, JK at the Rom, Royal Ontario Museum, 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
1987 Charcoal Drawings, Fraser Ave Studios, Studio exhibition, Toronto
1983 Paper Works, Latitude 53, Edmonton

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
Deloitte Management. Toronto
The Donovan Collection, Toronto
Falconbridge Canada, Toronto
Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto
Gornitzki, Thompson and Little, Toronto
Hewlett - Packard, Toronto
Inco Limited, Toronto
Open Studio Archives, Toronto
Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto
Northern Trust, Toronto
Pan Pacific Hotel, Vancouver
Precambrian Shield Resources Ltd, Calgary
Prior Editions Archives, San Francisco/ 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

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 Traversing Spaces, Open Studio, Toronto
2009 Contact, AGO Art Rental Galley, Toronto
2009 Mix, Jacana, Vancouver
2008 Washi Work-World Washi Summit, Propeller, Toronto
2008 ReVision, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto
2008 Versus, Snap Contemporary Art, Vancouver
2007 ONE, Snap Contemporary, Vancouver
2006 Printmakers. Muskoka Place Gallery, Port Carling, ON
2006 Photobased work with Doug Guildford, new gallery*,Toronto
2006 in cahoots, The Ink Shop, Ithica, New York
2006 CWOP Contemporary Works On Paper, LENNOX contemporary, Toronto
2006 Artists’ Odysseys – The Arctic, Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON
2005 Triple X, Visual Arts Ontario Thirtieth Anniversary Touring Exhibition, Touring Ontario
2005 Prior Editions: 10 Years of Canadian Printmaking, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
2005 Of Movement and Stillness, Snap Design Studio, Vancouver, B.C.
2005 by association, Propeller, Toronto
2004 True, Wellington Gallery, Aurora, ON
2004 Cottage, AGO-Art Rental and Sales, Toronto
2004 CA > PE: Canada’s Open Studio in Peru, Galeria Juan Pardo Heeren Lima, Peru
2004 Gallery Artists, Marine Adventure Gallery at Shoal Point, Victoria, B.C.
2004 Spark -Members Show, Propeller, Toronto
2004 New Members Show, Propeller, Toronto,
2003 From The Shadows: Work by Karen Curry & Elena Roginsky, Latcham Gallery , Stouffville, ON
2003 Compelling Behaviours-The 9th Annual Great Canadian Printmaking Competition,
2003 Edward Day Gallery, Toronto
2003 Artists of Today and Tomorrow, The ART Company, Toronto
2003 Field Trip, Open Studio, Toronto
2002 Gallery Artists, Segreto Gallery Santa Fe, New Mexico
2001 Waterline, Open Studio, Toronto
1998 Plein Air, The Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
1998 Prior Editions at ART 98, Vancouver
1997 Glo, Archive, Toronto
1996 The Boat Show, Canadian Artists - A Nautical Look, Museum of Contemporary Art,North York
1996 Fresco Series 1996, Castle Di Ceri, Ceri, Rome
1996 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
1993 La Boite Solander Ouvert, John B Aird Gallery, Toronto
1993 Gallery Artists, Art Dialogue Gallery, Toronto
1992 Gallery Artists, Art Dialogue, Toronto
1991 Roundup, Toronto
1991 Gallery Artists, Art Dialogue, Toronto
1991 Karen Curry and Lily Yung, Artscape, Toronto
1989 Freedom China (PDCC), Erindale Campus Art Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto
1989 Printmaking in Alberta 1945 -1985, Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton
1986 Prints & Paintings - Moria Clark, Karen Curry, Torrie Groening, Sarah Nind, Open Studio,Toronto