Friday, March 1, 2013

There are moments of existence when time and space are more profound, 
and the awareness of existence is immensely heightened. 
~ Charles Baudelaire


 
Paintings
Whites of Gray, Yellow, Red, 60 x 60 inches, 2013



Whites of Gray, Yellow, Red, 60 x 60 inches, 2013 (detail)

 
Whites of yellow, blue, violet, 60 x 60 inches, 2013    


Whites of yellow, blue, violet, 60 x 60 inches, 2013 (detail)




Thursday, March 29, 2012

Little Pink, 8 x 8 inches, 2012




Little Pink, 8 x 8 inches, 2012





Tekhelet, 8 x 8 inches, 2012






Many Blues to Yellow, 64 x 68 inches, 2012




Many Blues to Yellow, 64 x 68 inches, 2012 (detail)






Grays Over Blackened Blue, 64 x 64 inches, 2011





Grays Over Blackened Blue, 64 x 64 inches, 2011 (detail)






Red Grays, 12 x 12inches, 2011







Blue Grays, 12 x 12inches, 2011








Grays Over Red, 12 x 14 inches, 2011








Stout,  8 x 8 inches, 2011







Stout,  8 x 8 inches, 2011







Everchanging, 8 x 9 inches, 2010




Everchanging, 8 x 9 inches, 2010






Red, 64 x 64 inches, 2010





Red, 64 x 64 inches, 2010 (detail)







Deeper Violet, 64 x 68 inches, 2009







Installation view, Yellow, Pink, Green (64x68 inches) (MFA graduate thesis exhibition PAFA) 2008




Yellow (detail)




Pink (detail)

























Green (detail)








KAREN BAUMEISTER

b. Philadelphia, PA, 1962
Lives and works in the Philadelphia, PA


Education
2008 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, MFA
2006 Awarded Merit Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2006 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Certificate (4yr.)

Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions
2012
Dear Fleisher:4x6 Inches of Art, 5th Biennial Invitational, Fleisher Art Memorial,
Philadelphia, PA
23rd Annual International Invitational Salon of Small Works, New Arts Program,
Kutztown, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2010
67th Annual Awards Painting Show,
Juror- Christopher Schmidt, Cheltenham Center for the Arts,Cheltenham,PA
Dear Fleisher:4x6 Inches of Art, 4th Biennial Invitational, Fleisher Art Memorial,
Philadelphia,PA
Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2009
Faculty Exhibition, Montgomery County Community College,
Bluebell, PA
Colorevolution: A Matter of Light, Sage Projects
Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Voices Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror-Sam Gilliam,
Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Montgomery County Community College,
Bluebell, PA
CE Faculty Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA
2008
CE Faculty Exhibition,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia,PA
107TH Annual Student Exhibition, Graduate Thesis, 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia,PA
2007
PAFA Candidate Show MFA, BlinkArt Gallery,Philadelphia,PA
2006
Old School,New School,No School, 
Jurors: Marshall Arisman,Silvia Rocciolo,Victor Stabin,
Carbon County Cultural Project, Jim Thorpe, PA
Out of the Academy, The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA
2005
Benefit Exhibition, Snyderman-Works Galleries,
Philadelphia,PA
2004
Benefit Exhibition, Seraphin Art Gallery,
Philadelphia,PA
1998
Lois Adam, Karen Baumeister, Ed Prince 
Cygnus Creative Arts, Egg Harbor,NJ
1997
4th Annual Juried Art Show First Place Painting Award,
Jurors- Rita Michalenko, Glen Rudderow
Cygnus Creative Arts Centre, Egg Harbor,NJ

Private Collections
Donna and Stefan Keller, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
Johann Grobler, Brooklyn Heights, New York
Frances and James Maguire, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sidney and Wilma Rosen, Naples, Florida
Lisa Stone Design, Rosemont, Pennsylvania

Teaching
2013  Guest Critic, Artists Cultural Exchange, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
2011  Graduate External Mentor, Moore College of Art and Design
2009- Present  Faculty, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2008- Present  Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA
2007  Instructor, Continuing Education, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA

Publications
The Huffington Post - Brett Baker's Painters' Table: Top 10 Best Posts: March 2012
In and Around Monochrome by Carl Belz, Director Emeritus of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University
Art Review: Small works on display at New Arts Program