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KAREN TEPAZ
b. Los Angeles, California
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2013 Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT - MFA Sculpture
2010 California State University Long Beach, CA - BFA Ceramics, Minor in Italian
2007 Florence Academy of Fine Art, Italy - Sculpture, Abroad Program
SOLO / TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019
LOOSE FORMS, Thomas Hunter Projects, Hunter College, New York, NY
References Upon Request, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles , Los Angeles, CA
2018
SOFT BLOOM -Sardine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
YES, AND. CACtTUS GALLERY, Long Beach, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
Dirty Work, Jane Hartsock Gallery, New York, NY (Forthcoming)
Mid Trip, Winston’s, Los Angeles, CA
2021
Reservoir, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
Possibility Made Real: Drawing + Clay, 12.26 Gallery, Dallas , TX
Alumni Art Exhibition 2021, Cerritos College Art Gallery, CA
2020
FanFare, IIdiko Butler Gallery, Fordham University, NY, NY
High Beams, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
31st Annual Faculty Exhibition, 92 Street Y, New York, NY
FPOAFM Plate Party, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, CA
2019
Fur Cup, Underdonk, Brooklyn, NY
The Mushroom Show, Sardine, Brooklyn, NY
Cacttus Trip, Copyrightberlin, Berlin, DE
2018
From Earth, AR Projects, curated by Carl Pomposelli, Los Angeles, CA
In Between The Lines, Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
LINE Splitter, SARDINE, curated by Yvonne, Olivas, Brooklyn, NY
GlenLily Grounds, curated by Lacey Fekishazy, Newburgh, NY
FLAT TOUCH, Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Cortina de Nopales, Basement Projects, Santa Ana, CA
41 Cooper Gallery, The Cooper Union School of Art, NY
Glenlily Grounds- Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Newburgh, NY
CENTERPIECE, Bomb-Pop Up, Petes Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY
30 Day Guarantee, Slayer Gallery, Online Art Space
2017 Whitney Houston Biennial: Greatest Love of All, New York, NY
Process +/- Pattern. Sardine, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Silent Shout, The Gallery at Atlas, Newburgh, NY
Glenlily Grounds-Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Newburgh, NY
The Shirley Fiterman Art Center-BMCC, curated by ClaudiaCortinez, New York, NY
Bomb-Pop- Curated by Drea Cofield, New York, NY
Behind the Great Green Glass, The Re Institute, Milford, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins, New York, NY
2014
PAINTINGWALL -Touch Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA
MIx Tape - Curated by Beehive Society - San Francisco, CA
2013
Apartment Show 6 East 1st. Floor 6, New York, NY
SculptureThesis Exhibition Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
2012
School of Art Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT
City of Brea Art GallerySomething Superbly Small: Pint Sized Art, Brea, CA
2011
First Year Exhibition- curated by Sam Messer School of Art Green Hall Gallery, New Haven, CT
Sculpture Building- curated by Josiah McElheny Edgewood Gallery, New Haven, CT
2010
Stages. Gatov Gallery West. California State University, Long Beach, CA
2009
Department of Ceramics Student Art Exhibition. Werby Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Support. Werby Gallery. California State University, Long Beach, CA
2008
Un Nuovo Fiato. Accademia di Belli Arti. Florence, Italy
WORKSHOPS / LECTURES
2021
Alumni Journeys, Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA
2020
Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, New York, NY
Artist Talk, BKLYN Clay online, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Shaker Museum, Mount Lebanon, New Lebanon, NY
Hunter College, Art & Music Department, New York, NY
2017
USC Guest Artist Lecturer - Roski School of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Loisaida Center, Loisaida Festival, New York, NY
2015
17th Annual Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI
PUBLICATIONS
2020
FanFare Exhibition Catalogue, Fordham University, with essays by Francesca Aton and Sarah Coscone.
The Ceramics Podcast: Episode #11
2019
Shaker Museum- Workshops & Artists , Mount Lebanon, 2019
Art Viewer, Online publication: Soft Bloom at Sardine Gallery, February 1, 2019
2017
ART FARM ANTHOLOGY, Five Oaks Press
Love for Love/Hate for Hate: A Glossary of Our Time
The Truth is Out There, Sofia Torres Book Project
2010
Daily 49er Long Beach, CSULB art students show ‘Quotidian Encounters’. November 22, 2010
AWARDS / HONORS
2022
(Forthcoming) Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, NY
2020
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017
Art Farm Residency, Marquette, Nebraska
2013
Susan H. Whedon Award. Yale University School of Art, New Haven CT
2010
Ceramic Department Travel Scholarship - Germany, France, Austria, Spain & Finland. California State University Long Beach, CA.
Max Gatov Scholarship. California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2002
Stauffer Scholarship Award -Merit scholarship for tuition to a California Community College, CA