Karen Kucharski
email: art@karenkucharski.com                         Tel:  607-651-8809

Education:
Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Syracuse University, Experimental Studios, Syracuse, NY
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Binghamton University, Harpur College, Binghamton, NY

Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions:
Linda Graves Art Salon, Washington, DC; Dance Art of Brian Keeler & Karen Kucharski (2010)
City Hall, Binghamton, NY; EarthStewards: Artists Respond to Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling (2010)
Atomic Tom’s Gallery, Binghamton, NY; WATER: Think About It (2009)
Energy Gallery, Toronto, Canada; 2-3-D-12 (2009)
Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY; Earth Gems (2009)
North Branch Artists Gallery, Vancouver, WA; Tango at North Bank! (2009)
Atomic Tom’s Gallery, Binghamton, NY; Tango (2008)
Clinton House CAP Gallery, Ithaca, NY; Naturaleza, with Gloria Escobar (2007)
Walt Meade Gallery, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY; Art of the Tango (2006)
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; The Eclipses: Dancing Landscapes (2006)
The Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes, Corning, NY; Outside the Box (2006)
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Dance for the Earth: Drawings and Prints (2004)
Kanoko Gallery, Osaka, Japan; The Ink Shop Artists' Love to Print Portfolio Project (2004)
Hartwick College, Foreman Gallery, Oneonta, NY; Conversations in Black & White (2003)
Upstairs Gallery, Ithaca, NY; Karen Kucharski & Scott Smith (2003)
Ithaca Fine Chocolates, Ithaca, NY; Art Bars Inaurgual Exhibition (2002)
Decorum Gallery, Ithaca, NY; Kucharski & De Rutte (2002)
Ithaca College, Handwerker Gallery, Ithaca, NY; Captive Nature (2002)
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY; Upstate Landscape (2002)
Corning Community College, Atrium Gallery, Corning, NY; Solo Exhibition (1998)

Selected Inter-disciplinary Exhibitions:
Artpark, Lewiston, NY; Tango paintings onstage with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra (2007-08)
Cornell University, Barnes Hall and Statler Auditorium, Ithaca, NY; Art onstage with Tango (1998-99)

Selected Awards and Grants:
Artists’ Fellowship Inc., New York, NY (2008)
Special Opportunities Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY (2004)
Fellowship Grant, Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County, Ithaca, NY (2002)
Change, Inc, A Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (1999)
Visiting Scholar, University of North Carolina, Print Studio, Chapel Hill, NC (1993)
Community Arts Partnership, New York State Council on the Arts, Broome County, NY (1991)
Resident Fellow, Vermont Studio Colony, Johnson, VT (1988)
Visiting Fellow, Cornell University, Printmaking Studio, Ithaca, NY (1987)

Selected University and Workshop Teaching Experience:                                                                                                                                                                      Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY; Drawing Workshop (2010)
Hartwick College, Art Department, Oneonta, NY; Drawing and Design, Lecturer (2007)
Dartmouth College, Art Department, Hanover, NH; Lithography, Lecturer (2005)
Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, VT; Visiting Artist Workshop (2005)
Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY; Art Department, Lecturer (2001-2003)
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Four College Divisions; Visiting Asst. Professor; Lecturer (1989-04)

Selected Art Program Experience and Participation:
Participating Artist, Rural Research Labs at the Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY (2007-09)
Artists' Advisory Board, The Ink Shop Printmaking Center; Ithaca, NY (2002-04)

Kucharski Tango paintings onstage with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Joann Falletta, Conductor; Daniel Binelli, bandoneonist; and dancers, Pilar Alvarez & Claudio Hoffman (2007); and with guest musicians, Quartango; and dancers Roxana & Fabian Belmonte. (2008)

Email: art@karenkucharski.com