CURRENT/RECENT SHOWS
Stoked to show my very recent painting Del Rey Tumbleweeds, San Joaquin in the Monochromatic show at The O'Hanlon Center in Mill Valley!
Juried by Suzanne Gray and Chandler Simpson
November 20 – December 18 / Reception Tuesday, December 2, 5:30 – 7:00pm
Several of my large scale SF Bay paintings were accepted to a pop up at the Embarcadero benefitting Drawbridge Arts for children of the Tenderloin. These will include the 8 foot piece, Marine Layers, from the Mill Valley installation. I am very proud to be showing work in San Francisco, my hometown. The show was curated by Evelisa Genova - Curator, & Executive Director of Drawbridge and Dorka Keehn - Curator, Independent Art Consultant, & Founder of Keehn on Art. Tickets are free (rsvp link), donations allowed. 50% of works purchased will be donated to @drawbridge.youth.arts and tax deductible.
I had 5 small acrylic wash paintings on wood of San Francisco islands before settlement accepted to the Tiny Show at Studio Gallery! The show will run from Friday, November 7th - Monday, December 22nd. There will be 2 receptions: Sunday, Nov 9th, 12-6 and a second reception to celebrate the gallery's 22nd anniversary on Sunday, Dec 7th, 12-6. STUDIO Gallery 1641 Pacific Avenue (between Polk & Van Ness) San Francisco, CA 94109 * 415.931.3130 www.STUDIOGallerySF.com Thursday - Monday 12-6
10 of my large scale, Mexican border and North Carolina paintings have been selected by the Durham Arts Council to show at the Durham Convention Center July-December 2025! I painted Prickly Pear and Yucca especially for this show.
MARINE LAYERS, chosen by the Mill Valley Arts Commission reproduced and installed 8 x 4’ outside the Mill Valley Depot June - September of 2025. Original painting at the Drawing Room San Francisco through September:
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30th FALC Annual Juried Exhibition, juried by Adam Cave. Page-Walker Arts and History Center, Cary, NC through Sept. 5.
February/March/April 2025 (16 works at Gallery Route One and 43 works at DACC):
https://galleryrouteone.org/2025/02/karen-rose-border-paintings/
Thrilled to have this oil painting accepted by North Carolina Opera, in collaboration with Diamante Arts & Cultural Center, to be exhibited along with the magical opera Florencia en el Amazonas by Mexican composer Daniel Catán. A beautiful story, filled with love, transformation, and the wonder of the Amazon, will come to the stage January 31 & February 2, 2025 at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium:
Recently shown at Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, won 2nd place mixed media GOLDEN GATE:
