Fellow “Bio/Mass” artist Catherine Eaton Skinner and I will be in conversation with museum director Stacy Otte-Demangate on July 20 at 4:00 p.m. This sensitive exhibition in downtown Solvang is getting big attention!
News
"Bio/Mass" opens at the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature
Looking for Water in Patagonia #2; oil/wood, 12”x12”; Karen Kitchel © 2021
After a few Covid-19 related postponements, “Bio/Mass” opens April 17, 2021 in Solvang, CA.
On view until September 3, this ecologically-sensitive exhibit features 11 artists that all look closely at the natural world with a scientific perspective and deep concern.
https://wildlingmuseum.org/news/biomass
"Without Color" at Gerald Peters Gallery, New York
POSTPONED due to Covid-19; future dates to be determined
This upcoming exhibit the the Gerald Peters New York City gallery will introduce some of my rarely seen works on paper to Manhattan viewers. Curated by Alice Duncan, this thoughtful exhibition is an exciting addition to my spring calendar.
“Tar Lizard” 2016, 48”x34”, asphalt emulsion/paper
"Karen Kitchel: American Grasslands" January 31, 2018-April 21, 2019
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, guest curated by Ann Scarlett Daley
This selection of meticulously-rendered paintings was borrowed from multiple area collections. The intimate survey expresses concern for the changing environment all around us, while also affirming the stubborn persistence of some of our most common botanical neighbors.
Karen Kitchel 2016; Larger Than Life; 30”x30”, oil/walnut & birch
The "Western Sublime" at the Tucson Museum of Art
“The Western Sublime: Majestic Landscapes of the American West” October 19, 2019-February 9, 2020
This was a beautiful exhibition and experience—it was an honor to be a part of it. Curated by Christine Brindza, this major exhibition examined works of art of the American West that interpret, reinvent, and transform the idea of the sublime: an aesthetic ideal with an emotional or spiritual charge that instills awe or inspires fear. Catalog available from the museum.
Karen Kitchel 2006; Hiss DETAIL 4, oil/panel, collection Tucson Museum of Art