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Karen St Pierre


Resides and works in Woodstock, New York and Dublin, Ireland


Education


2025-26  MFA Studio Art,  Burren College of Art, University of Galway, Ireland


2024      Royal College of Art, London, UK.  Studio exchange residency.


2021-23  Foundational Studies, SUNY:Ulster, Fine Arts Studio, Stone Ridge, NY


2000      MA  Mythological Studies, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpenteria, CA


1991      BA  Art History, Columbia University, New York, NY



Selected Group Exhibitions


2025    On the Move, EPIC Museum, Dublin, Ireland


2025    Free Range, Byrdcliffe/Kleinert Gallery, Woodstock, NY


2024    Emerging Artists Showcase 2024, online, ELIA,, Amsterdam, NL


2023    Terrain, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY


2023    Abstracted, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY


2023    Animals You Live With, Art Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY


2022    The Abstract Eye, Art Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY


2022    The Tulip Festival Sculpture Show, Mohonk Mountain House, High Falls, NY


2022    New Works, Stone Ridge Library, Stone Ridge, NY, USA


2022    Alumni Show, Angeloch Gallery, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY


2021    Cut Pieces: Collage Art, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY


2021    Summer Splash Show, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY


2021    Art Rx: Art in the Time of Covid, Art Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY


2015    Far & Wide Regional, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, NY


2015    New Abstraction: Drawn Ideas, Capitol Rep Gallery, Kingston, NY


2013    Drawing Galaxy: New Abstract Drawings, BSP Gallery, Kingston, NY


2013    5x7 Show, Byrdcliffe Kleinert/James Arts Center, Woodstock, NY


Solo Exhibitions


2024    Reclamation, MFA Open Studio, Burren College of Art, Co. Clare, Ireland


2023    Orbital Resonance & a bag, a sack, a thread, a wing . . . , MFA Open Studio, Burren College of Art, Co. Clare, Ireland


2022    Burren Collages, Artist Residency Open Studio, Burren College of Art, Ireland


2019    Night Paths, Vermont Studio Center/Open Studio, Johnson, VT


2012    Evangelium, Curves Gallery, Montclair, NJ


2008    The Intuitive Eye, Genesis Art Lounge, Tokyo, Japan


2006    Solitaire, Woodstock Artist Association, Woodstock, NY


Residencies


2025    Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont


2022    Burren College of Art, Mentored Residency, Co. Clare, Ireland


Selected Publications & Presentations


2021         Artist Talk;  Cut Pieces: Collage, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY


2021        Artist Talk:  Art Rx: Art in the Time of Covid  ASK, Kingston, NY


2010-14  Woodstock Travel Guide,  Articles & Artwork, WCoC, Woodstock,, NY


2013         Woodstock Artists & the 1913 Armory ShowArtists Talk On Art, NY


1997         Sacred Mask Sacred Dance,  Feature maskwork Evans & Llewellyn Publications, MN


1988        Staging Steinbeck by Peter Whitebrook. Cover Photography,  Casseli, London, UK


Professional Contributions


2025       Grants Administrator (since 2016) Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, Bearsville, NY


 2017      Course Producer, Online Master Classes  The Juilliard School, JuilliardX Online Music Education Program, NY


 2016      Content & Video Editor  Brainwave (Neuroscience/Art Dialogues), Rubin Museum of Art, NY


2015      Deputy Executive Director   Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY