Kara Williams Toronto, Canada
lunaheretic@gmail.com www.karawilliams.com
EDUCATION
University at Albany, Albany New York. BFA in Painting. BA in Creative Writing. Graduated in Spring 2001.
Fall of 2001, studied painting, art history and theory at St. Rose in Albany, NY
Recipient of the Roanne Kulakoff Award in the area of painting, 2001. The award is given once a year to a graduate of the University of Albany’s art program.
REPRESENTATION
La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa.
Member of gallery collective Gallery 1313, Toronto.
UPCOMING & CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
Several works on view at La Petite Mort Gallery
Week-long solo show TBA for late 2010 at La Petite Mort Gallery
July 2010, week-long dual show with another artist at La Petite Mort Gallery
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
New Paintings: Eros and Pathos, February 2009, at La Petite Mort Gallery in Ottawa
Whiteface Women, March 2009, at Gallery 1313, Toronto
PAST EXHIBITIONS
Confinement, Gallery 1313, Toronto, Nuit Blanche 2009. September -October 2009
My City, Urbanscape Gallery, September 2009
Square Foot, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, August 2009
...And Proud of It, Aldridge Art Gallery, Toronto, Summer 2009
World of Imagination, Queens, New York, March 2009
Hi-Libido, Gallery 1313, February 2009
Kohl Gallery of Art in Toronto. March 2008- February 2009
State of Art, Gallery 1313, Toronto, January 2009
Art is Recession Proof, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, December 3-14 2008
This is NOT a Fundraiser, Gallery 1313, Nov 26- Dec 7, 2008
Insomnia, for Nuit Blanche, Redhead Gallery, October 2008
Junction Arts Festival 2008, Academy of Realist Art, September 2008
Holy Fuck Benefit at La Petite Mort Gallery in Ottawa. August 2008
My City, Urbanscape Gallery in Toronto, February 2008
Roots, Women’s Art Show at the Zephyr Art Gallery in Orilla, February 2008
Touched by Fire Exhibition at the Gladstone. October 2007
Junction Arts Festival 2007, Academy of Realist Art, September 2007
Voices, Open Studio in Kingston, Ontario, September 2007
Square Foot Show at the AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Aug 2007
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, July 2007
Poems, Curses and Dry Spells, Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto, July 2007
Response, Propeller Gallery, Toronto, June 2007
2x2, Propeller Gallery, Toronto. February 2007
Summer Group Show, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto. Aug 2005
Researched alchemy in art for a documentary by the Kabbalah Center, Los Angeles. 2004
Senior exhibition, University at Albany, May 2001
2000. Exhibited Untitled, a figure study, in a juried show at the University Art Gallery at the University at Albany.
2000 The I-Shop. A collaboration with fellow students and downtown Albany’s public, transforming an abandoned storefront.
Paintings are located in private collections in Canada, the US, and Europe.