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
2017 YES, AND. CACtTUS GALLERY, Long Beach, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
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 Claudia Cortinez, 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
Sculpture Thesis Exhibition 2013 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
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
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
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