Karen Abbo

Multimedia Artist

USA

 

TEACHING/EMPLOYMENT

2008             Design work for Many Winters Ago - Native American Book Illustrators' Exhibit - Castellani Art Museum, Lewiston, NY

2007             Art Instructor – Castellani Art Museum, Lewiston, NY

2006             Art Instructor - Castellani Art Museum, Lewiston, NY

                    Art Instructor – Niagara Falls Housing Authority, Niagara Falls, NY

2005             Art Instructor – Burchfield Nature Preserve, West Seneca, NY

2004             Mixed media Art Instructor – ArtPark, Lewiston, NY

2003             Clay Instructor– Village of Lewiston Recreation Center, Lewiston, NY

                    Clay Instructor- Francis Center, Niagara Falls, NY

                    Sculpture Instructor – Village of Lewiston Recreation Center, Lewiston, NY

                    Docent – Burchfield-Penney Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

2002/03         Artist-in-Residence - ArtPark, Lewiston, NY

2002             Docent – Darwin D. Martin House Complex, Buffalo, NY

                    Arts In Education Institute, Buffalo, NY

2001/02         Owner/Artist/Instructor - AntWerks Gallery & Studio, Lewiston, NY

2001             Clay Instructor – Francis Center, Niagara Falls, NY

1999             3-D Instructor – AntWerks Gallery/Studio, Lewiston, NY

1998             Clay Instructor - Sea & Do Festival, Aquarium of Niagara, Niagara Falls, NY

                    Fiber/Mixed Media Instructor - ArtCamp Day, Carnegie Art Center, N. Tonawanda, NY

                    Instructor - Art for Pre-schoolers, Carnegie Art Center, N. Tonawanda, NY

1997/98         Volunteer - hanging exhibits, Carnegie Art Center, N. Tonawanda, NY

1993             Internship-preparing openings, hanging work, monitoring exhibits, Center for the Arts, SUNYAB, Buffalo, NY

1992/93         Volunteer -monitoring exhibits, NCCC Art Gallery, Sanborn, NY

1992             Vice President Art Guild - NCCC, Sanborn, NY

EDUCATION

1997             BFA, Sculpture, State University NY at Buffalo

1994             A.S. Fine Art, Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY

1992             A.A.S., Individual Studies/Ornamental Horticulture, Niagara County Community College, Sanborn, NY

PROFESSIONAL COURSES

2003             Visual Artists Workshop, Niagara Falls, NY

1996/97        Ceramics, SUNYAB, Amherst Campus and Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY

1995             Clay Forms/Paper Making, NCCC at ArtPark, Lewiston, NY

1993/95         Painting/Sculpture/Computer Art, State University NY at Buffalo, Amherst Campus

1994             Pottery/Glass Blowing/Metals/Mixed Media, ArtPark, Lewiston, NY

                    Sculpture, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY

                    Silk Screen, Lewiston, NY, under Grace Kelly Hutchinson Swenson

1992/93         Botanical Illustration/Biological Illustration, Cornell University/Shoals Marine Lab, Ithaca, NY

SELECTED INVITATIONAL AND MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

2007             UB on the Green, Suny Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

2005/2006     Music is Art Live @ The Center, SUNY Buffalo, Amherst, NY

2004-2006     Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Niagara Falls, NY

2003             A Child’s World, GO ART! Gallery, Medina, NY

                    BRAvo!, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY

                   The Mystical Mirror Project, Center for the Arts, SUNYAB, Buffalo, NY

 

2002            Solo Exhibit, Lewiston Public Library, Lewiston, NY

                   Animal Faire, Gallery at Cedar Hollow, Malvern, PA

1998            Benefit Exhibition, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY

TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2003             "Stream of consciousness in A Strange World", Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, Niagara Falls, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008           Many Winters Ago, Castellani Museum, Lewiston, NY

2006         The 3rd Annual Beyond the Barrel, NACC, Niagara Falls, NY

2005         Residents & Friends Exhibition, NACC, Niagara Falls, NY

2004         Holiday Sale, Art Dialogue Gallery, One Linwood Ave., Buffalo, NY

                Art Unleashed, Sphere Entertainment Complex, Buffalo, NY

 

2003         The World of Tomorrow…Today!, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY

                Painted Furniture Exhibition, Impact Artist Gallery, Buffalo, NY

                "Hey America, You’re So Fine…" Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY

                Gallery, Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, Niagara Falls, NY

2002         Color, Market Street Gallery, Lockport, NY

2001         Come Fly with Me: Birdhouses, Niagara Art Council, Niagara Falls, NY and Market Street Gallery, Lockport, NY

1999         Icons and Relics, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY

                Quaker Arts Festival, Orchard Park, NY

                Lewiston Art Festival, Lewiston, NY

                Convergence 1999, Carnegie Art Center, N. Tonawanda, NY

1998         Member’s Exhibit, Carnegie Art Center, N. Tonawanda, NY

1997         Member's Exhibit, Carnegie Art Center, N. Tonawanda, NY

                Center for the Arts, SUNYAB, Buffalo, NY

 

1996         Student Arts Gala, Center for the Arts, SUNYAB, Buffalo, NY

                28th Annual Niagara Frontier Art Exhibit, Kenan Center Gallery, Lockport, NY

                Figuratively Speaking '96, Carnegie Art Center, Tonawanda, NY

                The National League of American Pen Women Spring 1996 Members Art Exhibition & College Student Art Competition, Center for Tomorrow, SUNYAB, Amherst

                Campus

 

1995        The National League of American Pen Women Spring 1995 Members Art Exhibition & College Student Art Competition, Center for Tomorrow, SUNYAB, Amherst   

                Campus

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

The Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Niagara Falls, NY

Villa Fortunata’s, Lewiston, NY

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Various domestic and international

PUBLICATIONS

"Old opera house turned into shops…", Niagara Gazette, April 20, 2001

"First joint show for old friends", Niagara Gazette, Nite & Day, September 4, 2003

 

 

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