Resume

EDUCATION

School of Visual Arts

New York, NY

Masters Degree of Fine Arts        

University of California at Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Bachelors Degree in Humanities

NC State University/ECU

Raleigh, NC and Greenville, NC

Courses for lateral entry teaching license      

California College of Arts and Crafts

San Francisco, CA

Design Intensive for Professionals

EXHIBITIONS

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, 2023, From North Carolina to Spain and Mexico, Cary, NC (solo) 

Durham Bottle Company, Latinx 2023, Durham, NC

Frank Gallery, Latinx Show 2023, Chapel Hill, NC 

Sertoma Art Center, 2023, Raleigh, NC (Mountains-to-Sea Trail, curated by me)

Pullen Art Center, 2022, Raleigh, NC 

Diamante Arts and Cultural Center, Herencia, 2022, Raleigh, NC

Triangle Cultural Art Gallery, 2022, Raleigh, NC (solo)

Diamante Arts and Cultural Center, Herencia, 2021, Raleigh, NC

Eyes on Main Street Gallery, 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

NC Botanical Gardens DeBerry Gallery for Botanical Art and Illustration, 2017, Chapel Hill, NC (solo)

United Arts City Exhibitions 2017, Wake Med, Raleigh, 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 

EMPLOYMENT