Karen Barbour

Born 1956 in San Francisco, CA

Lives and works in Inverness, CA

Born in 1956 in San Francisco, Karen Barbour is a visual artist and author based in Northern California. She earned her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and her BA from UC Davis. Karen has shown with Jack Hanley Gallery in New York and Anthony Meier Fine Arts in Mill Valley, CA, and recently took part in a White Columns group show focused on ceramics. Karen has also exhibited with White Columns and Jack Hanley Gallery at Felix Art Fair, NADA New York, and NADA Miami.

Exhibitions

Turn Off to Dark Nothing

Apr 19 - May 25, 2024

Daydreaming pressed against a fence

July 14 - Sept 11, 2023

Education

1981
Master of Fine Arts
San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1978
Bachelor of Arts
UC Davis, CA

Solo

2024
Where the Fruits of the Trees Are Jewels
Moon Grove, Manchester, England
Harkawik, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Halucina-tation Hall-Ucin-Ate hal-use-in-ation hal-luse-in-Ate
Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Karen Barbour & Alicia Henry
Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
Karen Barbour
Fouladi Projects, San Francisco, CA
2014
Karen Barbour
Fouladi Projects, San Francisco, CA
2010
Serve to the Left Take from the Right
Tinlark Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Karen Barbour
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Karen Barbour
Barret Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Karen Barbour
Abbey Church Gallery, San Diego, CA
Karen Barbour
Studio Fly Art Gallery, Charleston, SC
2000
Karen Barbour
Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Karen Barbour
Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Karen Barbour
Anthony Meier Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA

Group

2023
Harkawik, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Ceramics Club
White Columns Project, New York, NY
2014
Group Exhibition
Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2013
Group Exhibition
Fouladi Projects, San Francisco, CA
2010
Beyond Arcadia Group Show of Landscape and Installation
Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art, Abano, Italy
Group Exhibition
Froden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Group Exhibition
Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
Abstraction
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1996
New Pop, Rome
Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1995
Group Exhibition
Shiseido Ginza Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Fairs

2024
Jack Hanley Gallery
Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL
Jack Hanley Gallery
Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Jack Hanley Gallery
NADA New York, NY
2022
White Columns, with Daisy Sheff
Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
White Columns
NADA Miami, FL