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, NY2004-2006 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, NYGROUP 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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