Events
2024
2024 Peabody International Festival Arts Galleria- Honorable Mention
Date: 09/ 18/2024
🐝Local Shows and Fairs
Harvest your energy festival
Falling for art at the Manchester by the Sea Public Library
Boston Hassle Art Market
Peabody Art Galleria
Happy Trail Art Show
Beats on the Beach Block Party - by Save the Harbor / Save the bay
Wicked Good Market - by Aht Depahtment
The Alquemie Project Finalist Exhibition - by Jolie Tea Company
Arts Medford Member Spring Show
Arts Medford City Art Walk
Hearts and Craft Fair - by City Lab Revere
Pancake and Boozed Art Fair
🐞City of Malden Switch Box Project 2024
Switch Box Location: Eastern Ave / Ferry Street
2023
🐝Local Shows and Fairs
Creative Malden Art Exhibit
Coffee Shop Artist Show
Pancake and Boozed Art Fair
🐞City of Malden Switch Box Project 2023
Thanks to the Creative Malden committees, City of Malden and Art liaison Grace Julian Murphy, Karen's artwork "Four Season" was approved and completed in the summer 2023. The switch box is located at the intersection between Main St and Mountain Ave. Each side of the box is displayed below. Time-lapse video available on Instagram
Summer
Fall
Spring
Winter
🦋Boston Art Group Weekly Event - Outdoor on Sundays
Karen hosts weekly outdoor art event in the Greater Boston Area with the help of the organizers at Boston Art Group. Each week Karen meet her students at different outdoor location offering 2 hour workshop on multiple artistic topics. The workshops are suitable for artist in all level.
🕷️Timeout Market Boston Tray Design Competition - 22 March 2023
2022
Embodied Memories Saturday - 23 April 2022
This event was put together by a group of Northeastern architecture students, who encourage students from other schools and major to sharing their music, artwork, installations through this event. Karen took part in the visual decoration of the event, performing live drawing and presented 8 pieces at Southwest Corridor Park, Boston, MA.
2017
2017 Blue and Gold Gallery - 9 April 2017
When Karen started 11th Grade in America, drawing was not only an outlet for stress and loneliness, but a way for her to join communities and make connections. She was pleased about the opportunity to display 6 of her art pieces before graduating from Malden High School, including media like pencil, acrylic, watercolor, and colored pencil.
2017 Scholastic Art Award - Honorable Mention: Fred's Jacket
"Fred's Jacket" is another one of Karen's favorite gray scale piece, as she enjoy mimicking the jacket texture with cross hatching technique, she found that slightly challenging however a satisfying process. The piece was completed in 2017 and awarded the Scholastic Award Honorable mention in 2017.
On the right was "Fred's Jacket" placed next to the still life reference.
2016
2016 Scholastic Art Award - Silver Key: Skeleton
In 2016, Karen's first piece at Malden High School was awarded a silver key at the Scholastic Writing and Art Awards with the support of her studio art teacher at that time, Ms. Seager.
"Skeleton" is a 20 by 24, pencil on paper still life that took Karen nearly 2 months to complete. This piece was a challenge for her as she had never done any pencil sketches on this scale before coming to America. "Skeleton" getting awarded was an exciting moment for her, which had motivated her to work on her following pieces, "Tricycle" and "Jacket".
News article from the Blue and Gold newspaper showcasing awarded pieces, "Skeleton" (on the right).
2016 Blue and Gold Gallery - 7 April 2016
This was Karen's first time showing her work to her classmates and the public, which was still a meaningful moment for her till now. The 3 art pieces that were included in the exhibit was "Skeleton", "Tricycle", and her first painting on canvas, "Alter Ego". This gallery was an eye-opening and remarkable experience for her, as it allowed her to admire her fellow classmates' work properly and learn more about others' creative process.
