Karen Pearson (b. 1961 England) Curriculum Vitae
Visual Artist
info@karenpearsonart.com
karenpearsonart.uk
EDUCATION
2006 HND Fine Art 2006 (distinction) - Pound Farm School of Drawing & Painting, Farnham, Surrey
2013 BA Hons Fine Art (Sculpture) - Wimbledon College of Art UAL, London
1982 Qualified as a Chartered Physiotherapist. Practiced until 2002.
SOLO & Collaborative EXHIBITIONS
2020 Origins – Leith Hill Place, NT, Surrey
2019 Fired Earth, Sacred Wilderness – Leith Hill Place, NT, Surrey
2018 Inside Out - Leith Hill Place, National Trust, Surrey
2017 Symbiosis - Denbies Gallery, Dorking, Surrey
2017-2018 Worthing Artists Open Studios
2015 Sense of Place - Denbies Gallery, Surrey
2008 - 2011 Solo - Ashtead Hospital Gallery Space, Surrey
2006 Solo - Denbies Gallery, Dorking, Surrey
2000-2007, 2014-2016 Surrey Artists Open Studios
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019-2020 AppArt – Prior's Field, Surrey
2012 'Exhibit A' – Chelsea Gallery, King's Rd, London
2011-2012 Park 11 & 12 – Cannizaro Park, London
2011 'Out There & Now' – Denbies Gallery, Mole Valley Arts Alive Festival, Surrey
2008/2010 Deutsche Post Bank Exhibition, London
2010 'Automatic' – Wimbledon Library, London
2008 'MHET' – Harvey Gallery, Surrey
2008 - 2011 Ashtead Hospital Gallery Space, Surrey
2007 - 2017 WOW Gallery, Dorking
2006 - 2007 'Art at Work' Baker Tilly, Guildford Arts Festival
2005 - 2007 'Figuratives' – SFA, Studio Art House Gallery & The Pump Gallery, Surrey
2004 - 2011 'Vivartis' Arts Festival – King Edwards School, Surrey
2004 'Mole Valley Arts Alive Festival' KBR Exhibition, Surrey
1998 – 2001 Kingsmead/Lincoln Joyce Gallery, Surrey
1995 - 2000 Society of All Artists Exhibitions – Scotland & London
1998 – 2020 Dorking Group of Artists, Surrey
SELECTED OPEN EXHIBITIONS
2013 Thread needle Prize Exhibition - Mall Galleries, London
1996-2005 Society of Women Artists 135th - 144th Open Exhibitions – Westminster
Central Hall & Mall Galleries, London
2002 Society of Botanical Artists 'Flowers & Gardens & Plants of Japanese Origin' , London
1997 'Not the RA' – Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London
FUTURE SOLO/COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
April 2021 Denbies Gallery, Dorking, Surrey
October 2022 Denbies Gallery, Dorking, Surrey
AWARDS
2003 'The Silver Bacchus Award' – Denbies Gallery, Dorking, Surrey
2001 Runner up 'The Artist & Young Artist of the year' – SAA International Competition
2000 Best Amateur Award in still life/flowers/gardens & Highly Commended in portrait/figures/animal categories - Society of All Artists, Woking Central Hall, Surrey
1998 'Batsford Books Highly Commended Award' – SAA, Scotland
1997 'St Cuthberts Paper Mill Major Award' – SAA, London
PUBLICATIONS
2020 Featured artist - Artists & Illustrators Magazine Feb issue
2007 'Arts in Dorking' – Surrey Life Magazine – Oct issue
2007 Featured artist 'Karen Pearson – The Garden Studio' – SAA magazine &
'A Proper Living' SAA Professional Associate Newsletter – May issue
2007 'Art in Focus' – Surrey Life Magazine – May issue
2006 - 2008 Contributed to 'Art Safari Sketchbook' I & II pub. Urban Fox
2006 Featured Artist – Readers Gallery 'Artists & Illustrators' - Oct issue
2004 Featured Artist – 'The Guildford Magazine' – June issue
TEACHING
2011 - current : Tutor for Art Safari www.artsafari.co.uk
2002 - current : demonstrator & tutor to art groups and societies in the SE counties
ART RESIDENCIES
2019 Yggdrasiltunnet, Bakkejord, Kvloya (March)
2015 & 2016 Polesden Lacey, NT, Surrey (May)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2014 & 2015 Demonstrator, Art in Action (Art Safari) Nottingham
2004-2008 Chairman, Dorking Group of Artists
2004-2007 Art4Kids – a fund raising children's art club – founder, organiser and tutor
2003-current 'Paint & Picnic' charity events – founder, organiser and tutor
2000 – 2004 Exhibition Secretary and Education Co-ordinator, Dorking Group of Artists