Karen Gutfreund Art

Karen M. Gutfreund
San Jose, CA
karengutfreund@yahoo.com

Karen Gutfreund has lived in all four corners of the US but most recently came to California from New York City. While in NY she worked in the Painting & Sculpture Dept. for MoMA, the Andre Emmerick Gallery and The Knoll Group. She now resides in San Jose, CA and is actively involved on the board of various arts organizations, curator for various exhibitions and is creating her own work and promoting the work of other artists as an Art Consultant.

2008

MLK Library Gallery, San Jose, 7/2-7/30/08, "Inner Landscapes"
San Francisco International Arts Festival, ArtWorkSF, 4/29-5/31/08, "What Goes Around"
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 2/1-2/28/08, "Rose & Rouge"

2007

Rhonda Schaller Gallery, NYC, 12/1-12/20/07, “Small Rays of Hope”
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 11/29-12/2/07, "Our Thoughts and Musings"
SomArts, San Francisco, 11/10/07, Visual Aid "Big Deal"
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 10/25 – 11/29/07, “Art Shock - Beyond City Hall"
SBAWCA, Los Altos Library, 11/1 - 11/30/07, "Just for Fun"
ARTworkSF, San Francisco, 10/10 – 11/14/07, “All the Layers of Depth”
Kalid Gallery, San Jose, 8/1 – 10/31/07, Member Gallery Show
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 8/1 – 8/30/07, “Largely Abstract”
ARTworkSF, San Francisco, 7/30 – 8/25/07, “Soft Core, The Gentle Side of Human Form”
Artisans Gallery, San Rafael, 7/1 – 7/30/07, “Monochromatic”
San Jose Works, San Jose, 5/22 – 7/21/07, “2007 Members Show”
SBAWCA, MLK Library, San Jose, 5/1 – 5/30/07, “A Woman’s Touch”
Kinsey Institute Museum, Univ. of IN, 4/13-7/20/07,  "7th Annual Juried Show"
ARTworkSF, San Francisco, CA, 4/3 – 4/21/07, "Mixed Messages”
ArtsFest 2007, San Francisco, 3/30-4/1/07, “Spectra Ball”
Rhonda Schaller Gallery, NYC, 3/8 - 3/31/07, "Live Free or Die"
Living Room Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2/10 – 3/11/07, “Sexicon 2007”
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, 1/31 – 2/27/07, “Perks”
Peninsula Art Museum, Belmont, CA, 1/29-4/8, 2007 "Beaux & Eros II"
Polarity Post Productions, San Francisco, 1/13-4/14, 2007 "Action Potential"
Aurora Colors Gallery, Petaluma, CA, 1/13-2/17/07 "Venus & Cupid, Ode to Love"
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, 1/5 -1/25/07 "What's Love Got to Do with it"

2006
Solo Show:
Café Venue, San Francisco, March 1 – April 17

Selected Exhibitions:
Artisans Art Gallery, San Rafael, CA 12/2 - 12/30/06 "Homage to 19th Century Paris"
WorksSJ, San Jose, CA, 11/21 - 12/2, 2006, 30th Annual Member Auction
O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, 11/7-30, 2006 "Is Dada Dead"
ArtworkSF, 49 Geary, San Francisco, 10/5-10/31/06, “Art Hell”
ArtworkSF, 49 Geary San Francisco, 9/4-9/24/06, “What Lies Beneath”
The Esplanade, San Jose, 8/26 – 10/1 2006 Group Show
Peninsula Open Studios, Palo Alto, Sept 30-Oct 1/2006
Books Inc, Mountain View, 8/25 – 9/29 2006 “Open Studios Preview”
Art Mirage, Palo Alto, 8/20 – 9/29 2006 “Open Studios Preview”
SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, 8/23 – 8/24 2006, “One Night Stand”
Studio 333, Sausalito 8/9 – 9/10, 2006 “Found Object, Assemblage & Recycled Art Show”
SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, 8/4-8/17, 2006, “4th Annual Café Show”
ArtworkSF, Polarity Post Productions, San Francisco, July 15-October 14, 2006, Bay Area Natural: Real and Imagined Landscapes
Ceres Gallery, New York City, May 24th – June 17th, National Juried Show
San Francisco ArtsFest 2006, April 6th – 9th, 2006, Gala Auction
Deathpenaltyartshow.org, Austin, TX 5/6 – 5/22, 2006 “Death Penalty”
San Francisco ArtsFest 2006, April 6th – 9th, 2006, Group Show
SJWorks, San Jose, CA, March 28th – April 22nd , 2006 Members Show

2005
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 9/30-10/31, “Perks Show”
SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, 8/27-9/1, “One Night Stand”
SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, 8/11-8/25, “3rd Annual Café Show”
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 7/30 – 6/23, 2005, “Face and Figure”
Redwood Massage & Sauna, San Francisco, 7/25-10/26, “Nourish”
SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, 7/1 – 7/14, 2005 “Eye of the Beholder”
Gallery One, San Francisco, 6/23 – 8/5, 2005, Group Show
University Arts, Palo Alto, 6/24 – 7/24, “Group Show for Prize Winners”
Squat & Gobble Café #2, San Francisco, 6/21 – 8/9, 2005 “Body Language”
ArtSF.org, San Francisco, 6/11 – 6/22, 2005, “Core”
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 5/26 – 6/23, 2005, “Abstractions”
ArtsFestSF 2005 Gala, San Francisco Design Center, 5/2005
SF ArtsFest 2005, Hotel Triton, San Francisco, 5/4 – 6/20, 2005 “surReality”
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, 3/28 – 4/27, 2005, “Exotica”
Gallery Blu, San Jose, Feb 10 – 24, 2005, “Valentine’s Show”
ArtSoup, Bayshore Studios, San Francisco, Jan 18 – April 19, 2005

2004
SoundScape Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, Oct 11 – Nov 30, 2004 “11th Annual Erotica Show”
Studio Replica, Petaluma, CA, September 2004
“Art & Garden Festival”, Petaluma, CA, June 13 – 14, 2004
“3rd Annual Members Show”, Petaluma Coffee Café by PAC, Feb 16 – March 22, 2004

2003
solo show:
Zebulon’s Lounge, Petaluma, CA. June 7 – July 19, 2003.
Studio Replica, Petaluma, CA, November 15 – December 15, 2003
“Art Around Town”, Petaluma Arts Council, Petaluma, CA, Nov 22 – Jan 2003
SoundScape Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA, Oct 10 – Nov 15, 2003, “10th Annual Erotica Show”

2002
“Day of the Dead”, Petaluma Arts Council, Oct 15 – November 20, 2002
“The Figure”, Zebulon’s Lounge, Petaluma, CA, July 6 – August 30, 2002
“Art & Garden Festival”, Petaluma, April 2002
"Fantasy", Petaluma Arts Council, March 3 – April 5, 2002

Selected articles and reviews:

"Painting and Politics, Bold exhibit on war, politics get people talking", by Rebecca Wallace, Palo Alto Weekly, 11/16/07
"Stage for politics, passion", by Patty Fisher, Mercury News, 11/5/07
"Art Exhibit Takes a Novel Approach", by Silicon Valley Business Journal, 10/26/07
“Artistic Creations at Zebbie’s”, by Chip McAuley, Argus-Courier, 7/30/03

awards:

Best of Show, ArtWorkSF, "What Goes Around", 5/2008
Honorable Mention at Pacific Art League "Rose & Rouge", 2/2008
3rd Place in Pacific Art League "Largely Abstract", 8/2007
1st Place in Pacific Art League “Abstractions”, 6/2005
2nd Place in Pacific Art League “Exotica”, 4/2005

education:
BFA, Fine Arts, University of Georgia, 1988
BA, Art History, University of Georgia, 1988
MA (pending), Arts Administration, New York University