Resume
EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
Master’s degree of Fine Arts
1995
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Bachelor’s degree in Humanities
1986
California College of Arts and Crafts
San Francisco, CA
Design Intensive for Professionals
2003
EXHIBITIONS
The Drawing Room, Superhyperlocal, 2025 San Francisco, CA
Page-Walker Arts & History Center Gallery, FALC 30th Annual Juried Exhibition, 2025, Cary, NC
Durham Convention Center, Karen Rose Mexican Border and NC Paintings, 2025 Durham, NC (solo)
Gallery Route One, Karen Rose Border Paintings, 2025 Point Reyes Station, CA (solo)
Diamante Arts and Cultural Center, Karen Rose Border Paintings, 2025 Raleigh, NC (solo)
Mill Valley Arts Commission Depot Plaza, Mill Valley, CA 2025 (public installation)
Pacific Art League 103rd Anniversary Show, 2024, Palo Alto, CA (awarded 2nd place, mixed media)
Visual Art Exchange Auction, 2024, Raleigh, NC
Town Hall of Cary, From the Mountains to Sea of North Carolina to Mexico and Spain 2023, Cary, NC (solo)
Sertoma Gallery, Mountains to Sea Trail 2023, Raleigh, NC (also curated by Karen Rose)
Frank Gallery, Invitational: Contemporary Latinx Art, 2023, Chapel Hill, NC
Pullen Art Center, Mexican Border Paintings 2022 Raleigh, NC
Diamante Arts and Cultural Center, Herencia 2022, Raleigh, NC
NC Department of Administration Lobby Hispanic Heritage Month Exhibition 2022, Raleigh, NC
Oberlin Regional Library, Spain as Mexico, 2022, Raleigh, NC
Triangle Cultural Art Gallery, Mexican Border Paintings, 2022, Raleigh, NC (solo)
Diamante Arts and Cultural Center, Herencia 2021, Raleigh, NC
Eyes on Main Street Gallery, Mexican Border Paintings 2020, Wilson, NC (solo)
Christ Church Art Auction 2019, Raleigh, NC
Morgan Street Food Hall 2019, Raleigh, NC (solo)
La Fiesta del Pueblo 2019, Raleigh, NC (booth)
Trophy 2018, Raleigh, NC (solo)
MEZCLA, Visual Art Exchange 2017, Raleigh, NC
United Arts City Exhibitions 2017, Wake Med, Raleigh, NC (solo)
NC Botanical Gardens DeBerry Gallery for Botanical Art and Illustration, 2017, Chapel Hill, NC (solo)
Christ Church Art Auction 2017, Raleigh, NC
Contemporary Art Museum, CAMstellation 2016, Raleigh, NC
NCAEA Members Exhibition 2015, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Cameron Art Museum, State of the Art – Art of the State 2014-2015, Wilmington, NC
United Arts City Exhibitions 2014, Wake County Justice Center, Raleigh, NC (2 person)
National Arts Program Exhibition 2013, Miriam Preston Block Gallery, Raleigh, NC (awarded 2nd prize)
Carolina Color 2013, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC
Christ Church Art Auction 2013, Raleigh, NC
Scope: The NC Landscape 2013, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
(juried by Frank Thomson, curator Asheville Museum)
Art of the Auction 2013, NC Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
The NC Art Outreach Project 2013, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
Carolina Color 2012, Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, NC
The Eagle Rock Rock and Eagle Shop 2012, Los Angeles, CA
Waverly Artists Group Plein Air Spring Show 2012, Raleigh, NC
The Stockroom, Christ Church Art Sale 2011, Raleigh, NC
Regan & Company Art Exhibition 2011, Raleigh, NC
Dimensions 2011, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC
(juried by Jerald Melberg, awarded First Prize)
Studio 123, Christ Church Art Sale '09, Raleigh, NC
Art with Heart Auction '09 Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
No Subject '08, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
(juried by Bill Thelen, awarded Honorable Mention)
National Juried Show '07, Art Center of Northern New Jersey
(curated by Tedd Mann/Guggenheim Museum)
Exchange '07 International Contemporary Artists and Influential Masters,
499 Park Ave Lobby, New York, NY
Lucasfilm Artists Showcase, San Francisco, CA
The Living Room, Los Angeles, CA
8th Floor Gallery, New York, NY
Storefront for Art & Architecture, New York, NY
Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Price Waterhouse
Ford Motor Company
Andersen Consulting
Standard Chartered Bank
Battle Fowler
Coltec Industries
Sidley & Austin
Nixon Hargrave
ABSA Securities
Coach
Combibloc
Epstein Becker
MRSSI
Dewey Ballantine
Akin Gump
CHDI Foundation
Judith Selkowitz
Meg Malloy
Lynn & Jeff Lang
GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS
North Carolina Artist Support Grant to fund printmaking residency at La Maldita Estampa,
Barcelona, Spain 2023
Kivunim Institute Fellowship for high school teachers to expand their historical and contemporary understanding of race and religion by an intensive study mission to Morocco, 2023
CIDRE Design Study Grant sponsored by NC State University
Cultural Investigation and Digital Representation for Educators, Munich, Germany 2022