KAREN WOODS
BORN
1963, Seattle, Washington
EDUCATION
B.F.A., California College of the Arts, Oakland, 1987 (with High Distinction)
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy, 1985
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1984
EXHIBITIONS
2015 Shift, solo exhibition, Stewart Gallery Boise, ID (catalogue)
2015 From Here, solo exhibition, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 The Cityscape Show IV, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Catherin Christiano, Paul Schulenberg, Karen Woods, Art Essex Gallery, Essex CT
2014 Industrial Beauty, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2014 In Good Company, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2014 The Cityscape Show IV, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 New Ground, Surel’s Other Place, Garden City, ID
2014 New York | New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Driving Rain, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Urban: The Art of Jan Boles, Michael Miller and Karen Woods, Boise Art Museum
2013 In Good Company, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2013 Art in Traffic, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, ID
2013 Upon Reflection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2013 Road Trip, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2012 The Cityscape Show II, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Twenty Five, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2012 Urban Intersection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston MA
2012 Artist Dialogue with Karen Woods, Surel’s Place, Garden City ID
2011 The Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angles, CA
2011 The Dallas Art Fair, Stewart Gallery, Dallas TX
2010 Is Anybody Out There?, Group Invitational, Stewart Gallery, Boise ID
2010 Urban Stages, CornerHouse Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2010 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Beth Sellars, juror (catalogue)
2010 More Than a Pretty Face, Boise Art Museum, Boise ID
2009 Inside Looking Out, Stewart Gallery, Boise ID (solo exhibition)
2009 Idaho Paints Idaho, Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls ID
2009 Modern Art, Modern Hotel, Boise
2008 Karen Woods: New Works, Stewart Gallery Summer Group Exhibition, Boise, ID
2008 R-Value: Revive Restore Reuse, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2008 Modern Art, Modern Hotel, Boise, ID
2007 20/20, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2007 Small Works, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
2007 The Curious City Show, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2007 Canopy: New Work by Elyce Elder and Karen Woods, Harrison Center for the Arts,
Indianapolis, IN
2006 Five by Five, Stewart Gallery, Boise ID
2006 Karen Woods, Harrison Center for the Arts Gallery Annex, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Karen Woods/Michael Miller, Friesen Galleries, Nampa, ID
2005 Fine Things, Stewart Gallery, Boise
2004 Contemplation: A Day in May, Stewart Gallery, Boise
2001-2003 A Day in May, Stewart Gallery, Boise
2000 Summer Group Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise
2000 On the Horizon: Emerging Artists Annual Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise
1999 City of Trees, Noodles Restaurant, Boise
1996 Boise Sketchbook, Noodles Restaurant, Boise
1995 Tablerock With a View, Noodles Restaurant, Boise
1994 Brand XXIII, Glendale, CA, Juror: Sylvia White
1991 Earth Day, Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, CA
1990 25th Annual, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
1990 Intimate Spaces, Gallery 57, Fullerton, CA
SELECTED PROJECTS
2013 Commissioned Artwork, Surviving Minidoka, The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration, Boise State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher. 2010 Commissioned artwork, Quintessential Boise, an Architectural Journey, Charles Hummel
et al. Boise State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher.
2009 Commissioned artwork, Traffic Control Box Cover Design, Capitol & Main Sts, Boise ID
2000 Mural, River of Time, Boise State University
REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
2014 Carlson, Jeffrey, “Karen Woods Cityscapes” Fine Art Connoisseur, January
2013 Towne, Michelle, “Karen Woods and Christopher Stott”, American Art Collector, December
2013 Van Baelen, Leen, “Karen Woods” De Morgan, Belgium
2013 Oland, Dana, “Reframing Boise’s Visual Language”, Idaho Statesman, July 19
2013 New American Paintings, West edition, October
2013 O’Hern, John, “Final Fall”, American Art Collector, February
2010 Corriel, Michele, “Illuminations: Ones to Watch”, Western Art & Architecture, Summer/Fall.
2010 Schnoor, Christopher, “Inside Looking Out at Stewart Gallery” art ltd, Jan/Feb.
2009 Webb, Anna, “Five Artists Will Cover an Unusual Canvas in Boise” Idaho Statesman,
May 31.
2009 Morgan, Tara, “Karen Woods Opening at Stewart Gallery” Boise Weekly, September 24.
2008 Schnoor, Christopher, “Heavy Traffic: New Work by Karen Woods” Boise Weekly,
August 20.
2008 Oland, Dana, “On the Road with Artist Karen Woods” Idaho Statesman, August 15.
2005 Schnoor, Christopher, “Fresh Visions: Kevan Smith and Karen Woods at Stewart Gallery”
Boise Weekly, December 28.
2004 Pettinger, E.J., “Well-Cultivated: The Women’s Show at Stewart Gallery”, Boise Weekly,
May 19.
2002 Frost, Jim, “Branching Out: Karen Woods” Black Canyon Quarterly, Summer.
2000 Schnoor, Christopher, “On the Horizon at Stewart Gallery”, Artweek, March.
COLLECTIONS
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (acquisition)
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA (acquisition)
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho
Boise State University
Cary Street Partners LLC, Charlotte, NC
Gary Bettis, Boise ID
Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise ID
Skip and Esther Oppenheimer, Boise ID
Boise Art Museum, Boise ID
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids IA
Boise Visual Chronicle
Givens Pursley LLP, Boise ID
Boise State University, Boise ID
Les Bois Partners LLP, Boise ID
Curtis Stigers and Amy O’Brien, Boise ID
Mario Venzago, Conductor/Music Director, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
AWARDS AND HONORS
2012 Nominated: Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
2012 Nominated: United States Artists Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Visual Arts Fellowship, Honorable Mention, Idaho Commission on the Arts
2011 Nominated: Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum
2010 QuickFunds Project Grant for Visual Artists, Idaho Commission on the Arts
2010 Awarded Residency and Merit-based Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
2009 Best Abstract/Interpretive Award, The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho
BORN
1963, Seattle, Washington
EDUCATION
B.F.A., California College of the Arts, Oakland, 1987 (with High Distinction)
Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy, 1985
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1984
EXHIBITIONS
2015 Shift, solo exhibition, Stewart Gallery Boise, ID (catalogue)
2015 From Here, solo exhibition, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 The Cityscape Show IV, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Catherin Christiano, Paul Schulenberg, Karen Woods, Art Essex Gallery, Essex CT
2014 Industrial Beauty, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2014 In Good Company, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2014 The Cityscape Show IV, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 New Ground, Surel’s Other Place, Garden City, ID
2014 New York | New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Driving Rain, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013 Urban: The Art of Jan Boles, Michael Miller and Karen Woods, Boise Art Museum
2013 In Good Company, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2013 Art in Traffic, Visual Arts Collective, Garden City, ID
2013 Upon Reflection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston, MA
2013 Road Trip, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2012 The Cityscape Show II, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Twenty Five, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2012 Urban Intersection, Quidley & Company Fine Art, Boston MA
2012 Artist Dialogue with Karen Woods, Surel’s Place, Garden City ID
2011 The Cityscape Show, George Billis Gallery, Los Angles, CA
2011 The Dallas Art Fair, Stewart Gallery, Dallas TX
2010 Is Anybody Out There?, Group Invitational, Stewart Gallery, Boise ID
2010 Urban Stages, CornerHouse Gallery, Cedar Rapids, IA
2010 Idaho Triennial, Boise Art Museum, Beth Sellars, juror (catalogue)
2010 More Than a Pretty Face, Boise Art Museum, Boise ID
2009 Inside Looking Out, Stewart Gallery, Boise ID (solo exhibition)
2009 Idaho Paints Idaho, Art Museum of Eastern Idaho, Idaho Falls ID
2009 Modern Art, Modern Hotel, Boise
2008 Karen Woods: New Works, Stewart Gallery Summer Group Exhibition, Boise, ID
2008 R-Value: Revive Restore Reuse, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2008 Modern Art, Modern Hotel, Boise, ID
2007 20/20, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2007 Small Works, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
2007 The Curious City Show, Harrison Center for the Arts, Indianapolis, IN
2007 Canopy: New Work by Elyce Elder and Karen Woods, Harrison Center for the Arts,
Indianapolis, IN
2006 Five by Five, Stewart Gallery, Boise ID
2006 Karen Woods, Harrison Center for the Arts Gallery Annex, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Karen Woods/Michael Miller, Friesen Galleries, Nampa, ID
2005 Fine Things, Stewart Gallery, Boise
2004 Contemplation: A Day in May, Stewart Gallery, Boise
2001-2003 A Day in May, Stewart Gallery, Boise
2000 Summer Group Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise
2000 On the Horizon: Emerging Artists Annual Exhibition, Stewart Gallery, Boise
1999 City of Trees, Noodles Restaurant, Boise
1996 Boise Sketchbook, Noodles Restaurant, Boise
1995 Tablerock With a View, Noodles Restaurant, Boise
1994 Brand XXIII, Glendale, CA, Juror: Sylvia White
1991 Earth Day, Fullerton Museum Center, Fullerton, CA
1990 25th Annual, San Bernardino County Museum, Redlands, CA
1990 Intimate Spaces, Gallery 57, Fullerton, CA
SELECTED PROJECTS
2013 Commissioned Artwork, Surviving Minidoka, The Legacy of Japanese American Incarceration, Boise State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher. 2010 Commissioned artwork, Quintessential Boise, an Architectural Journey, Charles Hummel
et al. Boise State University, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, publisher.
2009 Commissioned artwork, Traffic Control Box Cover Design, Capitol & Main Sts, Boise ID
2000 Mural, River of Time, Boise State University
REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
2014 Carlson, Jeffrey, “Karen Woods Cityscapes” Fine Art Connoisseur, January
2013 Towne, Michelle, “Karen Woods and Christopher Stott”, American Art Collector, December
2013 Van Baelen, Leen, “Karen Woods” De Morgan, Belgium
2013 Oland, Dana, “Reframing Boise’s Visual Language”, Idaho Statesman, July 19
2013 New American Paintings, West edition, October
2013 O’Hern, John, “Final Fall”, American Art Collector, February
2010 Corriel, Michele, “Illuminations: Ones to Watch”, Western Art & Architecture, Summer/Fall.
2010 Schnoor, Christopher, “Inside Looking Out at Stewart Gallery” art ltd, Jan/Feb.
2009 Webb, Anna, “Five Artists Will Cover an Unusual Canvas in Boise” Idaho Statesman,
May 31.
2009 Morgan, Tara, “Karen Woods Opening at Stewart Gallery” Boise Weekly, September 24.
2008 Schnoor, Christopher, “Heavy Traffic: New Work by Karen Woods” Boise Weekly,
August 20.
2008 Oland, Dana, “On the Road with Artist Karen Woods” Idaho Statesman, August 15.
2005 Schnoor, Christopher, “Fresh Visions: Kevan Smith and Karen Woods at Stewart Gallery”
Boise Weekly, December 28.
2004 Pettinger, E.J., “Well-Cultivated: The Women’s Show at Stewart Gallery”, Boise Weekly,
May 19.
2002 Frost, Jim, “Branching Out: Karen Woods” Black Canyon Quarterly, Summer.
2000 Schnoor, Christopher, “On the Horizon at Stewart Gallery”, Artweek, March.
COLLECTIONS
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID (acquisition)
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA (acquisition)
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho
Boise State University
Cary Street Partners LLC, Charlotte, NC
Gary Bettis, Boise ID
Driek and Michael Zirinsky, Boise ID
Skip and Esther Oppenheimer, Boise ID
Boise Art Museum, Boise ID
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids IA
Boise Visual Chronicle
Givens Pursley LLP, Boise ID
Boise State University, Boise ID
Les Bois Partners LLP, Boise ID
Curtis Stigers and Amy O’Brien, Boise ID
Mario Venzago, Conductor/Music Director, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
AWARDS AND HONORS
2012 Nominated: Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland OR
2012 Nominated: United States Artists Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Visual Arts Fellowship, Honorable Mention, Idaho Commission on the Arts
2011 Nominated: Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum
2010 QuickFunds Project Grant for Visual Artists, Idaho Commission on the Arts
2010 Awarded Residency and Merit-based Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
2009 Best Abstract/Interpretive Award, The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho
