exhibitions
Past Exhibitions
ATLANTIC GALLERY
REMAINS TO BE SEEN
October 15 – November 2, 2019
Atlantic Gallery announces the opening of REMAINS TO BE SEEN, a solo exhibition by Karen Adelaar. Karen is an artist with studios in Manhattan and Dutchess County, New York. Her second exhibition at the Atlantic Gallery will feature mostly new work from 2018 and 2019. This show will include Paintings, Sculpture, and Assemblage. Paintings are acrylic, Oil Mixed Media and Encaustic. Sculptures were fired in a variety of kilns including Wood, Raku, and Electric. Assemblage combines many different elements including Wood, Metal, Wax, Fiber, and Bone.
The show’s title “Remains To Be Seen” alludes to the intuitive way she works. Remnants from her past overlap and merge unconsciously as she moves seamlessly from one medium to another with no end in sight.
Karen Adelaar was the Director of the Ceramics Program at Marymount Manhattan College for 20 years where she also taught and managed the Ceramic Studio. Prior to that she owned and operated Just Desserts, a small retail bakery on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. As an apprentice to a Master Taxidermist for five years, she specialized in Birds and Small Mammals. She also spent a year at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. There she helped to set up and organize the Discovery Room, a new interactive space for children and adults.
Karen Adelaar participated in many juried national shows and has exhibited in local galleries in upstate New York and in Manhattan.
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Crime Scene (2019) | collage on paper | 24” x 18” | $750.00 (framed with plexiglass)
Playboy (2019) | collage on paper | 24” x 18" | $750.00 (framed with plexiglass)
Gentle Dental | encaustic assemblage in framed box | 15" x 15" x 1.5" | $220
Smokehouse (2019) | encaustic painting on cradled board | 12" x 24" | $1800
The Crab (2018) | encaustic painting on cradled board | 6" x 10" | $300
The Tower (2018) | mixed media on canvas | 24"' x 18", framed | $1400 | SOLD
A Sociable Distance (2018) | mixed media on canvas | 18"' x 24", framed | $1100
Chair In The Air (2019) | encaustic painting on cradled board | 12" x 24" x 1.5" | $1800
Navy Chair (2020) | encaustic painting on cradled board | 9” x 12” 2 1.5" | $300
No Vacancy (2018) | wood-fired coffin with mummy | 12" x 12" x 1.5 | $500
Elvira (2018) | wood-fired vulture head on homegrown black walnut stand with stainless steel swivel | 7" x 6" x 5” | $500
King Bird (2017) | wood-fired vulture | 19" x 6" x 5" | $1900
Barrett Arts Center
PAINT:
Medium as Power in a Time of Crisis
National Juried Exhibition
July 11 to August 15, 2020
In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak and stay-at-home orders put in place across the US, Barrett Art Center invited artists to reflect on the medium of paint and the creative act of painting in these strange new times. Juana Williams, curator of the UICA at the Kendall College of Art & Design thoughtfully and carefully selected 43 works from 485 submissions for the exhibition.
Karen Adelaar, Selfie | Inkjet photo, 8 ½ x 11, $75 – framed
Smokehouse, Encaustic | 24″ x 12″Price | $1800
Crime Scene, collage on paper, 18" x 24", $800 framed
A Social Distance, mixed media on canvas, 24" x 18", $1100 unframed
By Myself Alone, encaustic on wood panel, 18" x 24" unframed, $900
Dead in the Water, mixed media on canvas, 24" x 36", $1200 framed
Going Bananas, encaustic on cradled board, 6" x 12", $600
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WomensWorkArt
Shown From Afar:
Art During The Pandemic
(Online Exhibition)
June 5 – July 31, 2020
Womenswork.art is an event based gallery in Poughkeepsie, NY, whose mission is to showcase the artwork and curated projects of under the radar women artists, whose voices are relevant to building community. Their present exhibition is Shown From Afar: Art During The Pandemic.
Karen has four pieces in the exhibition: “Navy Chair”, “Blue Chair”, “Yellow Chair”, and “Turquoise Chair”, all pictured below.
"Blue Chair", encaustic paint on cradled board (2020), 15"x11” | $800
"Navy Chair", encaustic paint on cradled board (2020), 14"x12” | $900
"Turquoise Chair", encaustic paint on cradled board (2020), 14"x12” | $900
"Yellow Chair", encaustic paint on cradled board (2020), 14"x12” | $900
Barrett Art Center
Paint: Medium as Power in a Time of Crisis
National Juried Exhibition
July 11 – August 15, 2020
In the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak and stay-at-home orders put in place across the US, Barrett Art Center invited artists to reflect on the medium of paint and the creative act of painting in these strange new times.
BARRETT ART CENTER
FOCUS ON:TEXTURES
(Online Exhibition)
June 6 to June 27, 2020
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Ridgefield Guild of Artists
NOT CANCELLED!
(Online Exhibition)
May 9 – June 7, 2020
Located in an over 100 year old barn on Halpin Lane in Ridgefield, Connecticut, the Guild contains three large gallery spaces, a gift gallery and studio loft. RGA presents a full calendar of exhibitions each year, including: an Annual Juried Exhibition, a holiday gift show called Festive Home, and several all-member shows. The Guild also works with individuals or groups to produce special exhibitions.
Karen has two pieces in the exhibition: “Flower Torches”, and “Everything's Coming Up Iris”
"Flower Torches", encaustic paint on cradled board (2020), 12"x8” | $800
"Everything Is Coming Up Iris", encaustic paint on cradled board (2020), 12"12” | $800