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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Watermarks, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 A Step Outside, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2019 Going, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Wilder Still, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2018 Land and Sea, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Karen Woods, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2016 The Way to Wilder, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
2016 Karen Woods: New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Shift, Stewart Gallery Boise, ID (catalogue)
2015 From Here, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 New York | New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Driving Rain, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Exhibition and Artist Dialogue, Surel’s Place, Garden City, ID
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Cityscapes, George Billis Gallery, Westport, CT
2021 Seascapes, George Billis Gallery, Westport, CT
2020 Farewell 2020, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2020 Spring, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2019 Art on Paper, New York, NY
2018 Wet, Quidley & Co. Fine Art, Naples, FL
2017 Urban/Suburban Memories, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 National Weather Center Biennale, Norman, OK (catalogue)
2015 Weather or Not, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
2014 Catherine 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
2013 Road Trip, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2013 Urban: The Art of Jan Boles, Charles Gill, Michael Miller, 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
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
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Watermarks, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 A Step Outside, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2019 Going, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Wilder Still, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2018 Land and Sea, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2017 Karen Woods, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2016 The Way to Wilder, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
2016 Karen Woods: New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Shift, Stewart Gallery Boise, ID (catalogue)
2015 From Here, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 New York | New Work, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Driving Rain, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Exhibition and Artist Dialogue, Surel’s Place, Garden City, ID
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Cityscapes, George Billis Gallery, Westport, CT
2021 Seascapes, George Billis Gallery, Westport, CT
2020 Farewell 2020, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2020 Spring, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
2019 Art on Paper, New York, NY
2018 Wet, Quidley & Co. Fine Art, Naples, FL
2017 Urban/Suburban Memories, studio e gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 National Weather Center Biennale, Norman, OK (catalogue)
2015 Weather or Not, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
2014 Catherine 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
2013 Road Trip, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
2013 Urban: The Art of Jan Boles, Charles Gill, Michael Miller, 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
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
