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Karen Logan

Karen Logan

A lifelong learner, Karen earned her Advanced Honours Certificates in Visual Arts from Mohawk College. Always looking for opportunities to try new media she is currently working between coloured pencil, pastel, acrylic, and Chinese Brush Painting. Originally a mechanical draftsperson and technical illustrator Karen prefers detailed illustrative work and is currently focusing on Ontario’s native species with an emphasis on the amazing biodiversity found around Hamilton.

 

BACKGROUND & TRAINING

  • DVSA– Bulb Flowers – 4-day Botanical Art Workshop with Margaret Best – February 2017  
  • Mohawk College– Chinese Brush Painting – 3 semesters per year since 2005
  • Botanical Drawing and Painting – 2-day workshop with Michael Spillane – November 2016
  • Mohawk College– Advanced Visual Arts Honours Certificate – 2006
  • Mohawk College– Foundation and Intermediate Visual Arts Honours Certificates – 2004
  • Hamilton Central High School– Arts program – 1967-1972
  • Private lessons– Juanita LeBarre Symington – 1960-1966

EXHIBITIONS & SHOWS:

2023

  • Burlington Fine Arts Association – Artist’s Choice Exhibition – Art Gallery of Burlington – 27, 2023 to Jan. 20, 2024. 
  • 37th Exhibit – Art In the Workplace –McMaster Innovation Park –  30, 2023 to Feb. 29, 2024.
  • Burlington Fine Arts Association – Martin and Hillyer Offices – Burlington – 6, 2023 to Feb. 29, 2024.
  • Burlington Fine Arts Association – Artist’s Mark Juried Exhibition – The Hub – Burlington Centre –  13 to Oct. 22. 
  • Faculty Exhibition – DVSA –  6 to Nov. 30, 2022.
  • Art At Seven – Exhibition No 2 – Dundas –  2, 2023 to Jan. 31, 2024.
  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton – New Works Exhibition – Social Art Gallery Café – Toronto –  2 to Dec. 2, 2023.
  • Central Ontario Art Association – Crossection 2023 – Juried Exhibition – The Assembly Hall – Etobicoke – Sept. 5to Oct. 6, 2023.
  • Colour and Form Society – 2022-23 – New Members’ Exhibition – July 5 to 29 – Steve Wilson Studios and the Gallery – Niagara Falls ON.
  • Burlington Fine Arts Association – Martin and Hillyer Office – Burlington –June 26 to Nov. 6, 2023.
  • Art Gallery of Burlington – All Guilds Show – May 6 to June 4, 2023.
  • Solo Exhibit – “Our Fragile Environment” – Dundas Museum and Archives, April 22 to July 1, 2023.
  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton – Perception – Hamilton Art Gallery – April 15 to June 25, 2023.
  • DVSA – 52nd Annual Art Auction – online show – April 10 to April 15, 2023.
  • Solo Exhibit – “Our Fragile Environment” – Gallery 206 – the Cotton Factory, March 3 to March 31, 2023..

2022

  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton Spatial Concepts Cotton Factory 25, 2022 to Feb. 10, 2023.
  • 35th Exhibit – Art In the Workplace – McMasterInnovation Park –  24, 2022 to March 2, 2023.
  • The Bigger Picture: Art in Hamilton 1950-2000 Art Gallery of Hamilton 10 to Dec. 31, 2022.
  • Faculty Exhibition – Dundas Valley School of Art  6 to Nov. 28, 2022.
  • 34th Exhibit – Art In the Workplace – McMasterInnovation Park – June 28, 2022 to Oct. 26, 2022.
  • Central Ontario Art Association – Crossection2022 – Juried Exhibition – Etobicoke Civic Centre   8 to Sept. 13, 2022.
  • Central Ontario Art Association – “Perceptions” – Annual JuriedExhibition – Honourable Mention – May 18 to June 23  Dundas Museum and Archives.
  • Colour and Form Society – Members’ Exhibition – Reflection: Our Roots and Our Times – April 6 to 30 – BeauxArts Gallery.
  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton (WAAH) 126th Annual JuriedExhibition  Art Gallery of Hamilton – Honorable Mention  April 23 to June. 12, 2022.
  • Portraits of Resilience Ontario Art Gallery online exhibition March 2021 spring 2022.

2021

  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton – 1st Annual Open Exhibition – “Celebrating the History of Hamilton”– 4, 2021 to Jan. 28, 2022 – The Cotton Factory.
  • Solo Exhibit “Fragile Environments” – 7 to Nov. 12 – Community Gallery – Grimsby Art Gallery.
  • Colour and Form Society – Open Juried Exhibition –  15 to Dec. 31 – (online). 
  • Solo Exhibit “My Backyard Neighbours” – May 11 to Sept. 11 – Dundas Museum & Archives.
  • Portraits of Resilience Art Gallery of Ontario virtual exhibition – June 3, 2021 – no end date (online).

2020

  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton 125th Annual Juried Exhibition – “Visions 2020” –  2020 to June 2021 Art Gallery of Hamilton.
  • Art In the Workplace – 32nd Exhibit – FEATURED ARTIST – April 2, 2020 to Feb. 2022 – McMaster Innovation Park.
  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton “Expressions” – Juried Exhibition – July 10 to 31 – Carnegie Gallery.
  • Central Ontario Art Association – “Perceptions” Exhibition – beginning March 31 (online).

2019

  • Art In the Workplace – 31st Exhibit – 28, 2019 to Feb. 26, 2020 – McMaster Innovation Park.
  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton “Autumn Bliss” – Juried Exhibition –  3 to 29 – Saint James Anglican Church Gallery.
  • Central Ontario Art Association – “Crossection 2019” – Juried Exhibition – October 1 to 24 – Etobicoke Civic Centre.
  • Art In the Workplace – 30th Exhibit – 1 to Oct. 28 – McMaster Innovation Park.
  • Open Studio Exhibition 2019 – May 4 toMay 18 – Bruno Capolongo Fine Art Studio.
  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton “Traditions” – April 28 to May 26 – Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts.
  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton “Selfies Show” – April 23 to June 10 – Cotton Factory 2nd floor.
  • Central Ontario Art Association – “Perceptions” – Annual Juried Exhibition – Best in Show – April 9 to June 22 Dundas Museum and Archives.

2018

  • City of Hamilton –Fresh From the Studio” – Juried Exhibition – O 12 to Dec. 22, Fieldcote Museum.
  • Invitational Exhibition –  14 to Sept. 20 Nantong, China.
  • 2nd Joint Invitational Exhibition –  31 to Sept. 7 Beizhen Zhongren Art Museum– Beizhen, China.
  • Tenant Exhibition – June 2 to Aug. 30 – Cotton Factory.
  • Botanical Artists of Canada – Members Exhibition May 2 to May 27 – Cotton Factory.
  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton 122nd Annual Juried Exhibition – “Signs of Life” – April 28 to Sept. 2 Art Gallery of Hamilton.
  • Art In the Workplace – 26th Exhibit – March 29 to June 27 – McMaster Innovation Park.
  • Tenant Exhibition –March 1 to April 30 – Cotton Factory.

2017

  • Art in the Workplace –23rd Exhibit – March 30 to June 28 – McMaster Innovation Park.
  • Parkway Artists Guild – Guest Artist – Annual Art in the Gardens –  2 & 3 – Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens.
  • Women’s Art Association of Hamilton – “Winter’s Palette Exhibition” – Dec. 10, 2016 to Feb. 25, 2017 – Cotton Factory.

2016

  • 22th Exhibit – Art in the Workplace – McMaster Innovation Park–  1, 2016 to March 1, 2017.
  • 2016 Gallery Exhibition of the Southern Ontario Nature and Science Illustrators – Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Sept. 17 to Nov. 6.
  • Invitational Exhibition, Beizhen Art Centre, July 26 to Aug. 6– Beizhen China.
  • 2016 Bi-Annual Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Aug. 6 to Sept. 11.
  • Botanical Artists of Canada Open Art Exhibition – Toronto Botanical Garden’s Weston Family Library – May 1 to Aug. 31.
  • 120th Annual Juried Exhibition – WAAH – Art Gallery of Hamilton – April 30 to June 26.
  • Open Studio Exhibition 2016 – Bruno Capolongo Fine Art Studio– April 10 to April 17.
  • 20th Exhibit – Art in the Workplace – McMaster Innovation Park – April 5 to July 7.
  • Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens – winner – Best in Class– Feb. 27 to 28.
  • 2016 Exhibit of the Southern Ontario Nature and Science Illustrators, Ball’s Falls Conservation Authority, Jan. 16 to Feb. 28. 
  • Centre 3 Member’s Gallery Exhibition – Joint Show –  6 to Jan. 31.

2015

  • 19th Exhibit – Art in the Workplace – McMaster Innovation Park –  3, 2015 to March 10, 2016.
  • 2015 Botanical Artists of Canada Juried Art Exhibition Botanical Treasures at the Woodland Edge, Todmorden Mills Papermill Gallery, Oct. 28 to Nov. 8, 2015  Honourable Mention Award.
  • 2015 Exhibit of the Southern Ontario Nature and Science Illustrators, Giants Rib Discovery Centre –Sept. 5 to Nov. 1.
  • 17th Exhibit– Art in the Workplace – McMaster Innovation Park – April 2 to July 16.

2014

  • 16th Exhibit– Art in the Workplace – McMaster Innovation Park – Dec. 4, 2014 to March 19, 2015.
  • Open Studio Exhibition 2014 – Bruno Capolongo Fine Art Studio–  22 to Nov. 28 – Jurors Award – Second Place. 
  • 2014 Exhibit of the Southern Ontario Nature and Science Illustrators Lindsay Gallery, Sept. 24 to Oct. 18.
  • 2014 Bi-Annual Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Aug. 1 – Sept. 7.
  • 2014 Botanical Artists of Canada Juried Art Exhibition– The Four Seasons  Todmorden Mills  Papermill Gallery, March 26 to April 6.
  • 14th Exhibit– Art in the Workplace – McMaster Innovation Park – April 1 to July 9.
  • 13th Exhibit – Art in the Workplace – McMaster Innovation Park – Dec. 5, 2013 to March 6, 2014.

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS:

AWARDS / RECOGNITION / ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • City of Hamilton City Enrichment Fund Creation and Presentation Grant
  • Elected Membership status to the Colour and Form Society
  • Honourable Mention – Central Ontario Art Association – Perceptions Annual Juried Exhibition – May 18, 2022 –June 23, 2022.
  • Honourable Mention Award Women’s Art Association of Hamilton 126th Annual Juried Exhibition  Art Gallery of Hamilton  April 23 to June. 12, 2022.
  • Featured Artist 32nd Exhibit – Art In the Workplace – McMaster Innovation Park – March 2020 to February 24, 2022.
  • City of Hamilton Public Art Call – 2 images selected for “Traffic Signal Box Wraps Public Art Call” – 2021.
  • CME Autumn Productions INC. – using 14 images from the native species series as background images in the motion picture currently known as “Christmas in Angel Heights”.
  • Hamilton Arts Council Artist in Residence – Cotton Factory – March 1 to June 7 2019.
  • Best in Show – Central Ontario Art Association – Perceptions Annual Juried Exhibition – April 9, 2019 –June 22, 2019.
  • Best in Class – Orchid Society of the Royal Botanical Gardens Art Show – 27 – 28, 2016.
  • Honourable Mention – Botanical Artists of Canada Juried Art Exhibition – Botanical Treasures at the Woodland Edge, Todmorden Mills Papermill Gallery – Oct. 28 – Nov. 8, 2015.
  • Jurors Award – Second Place Bruno Capolongo Fine Art Studio – Open Studio Exhibition – 22 – 28, 2014.

 

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