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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











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