Karen
Watkins was born in Indiana and came to Columbus, Ohio to
study art at Columbus College of Art and Design. She earned
a Bachelor degree in illustration at CCAD in 2002. She now
resides in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado
with her husband Carl
and cat Spooky.
She displays her art in galleries, boutiques, and in art markets.
She has also worked on other freelance projects such as logos
for the Westin Inn in Columbus, Ohio and CD album art and
more. She was also featured on Drawn.ca.
Exhibitions:
May
2011 Solo Show at Mod Livin' in Denver, Colorado
April-May
2011 Solo Show at The Shoppe in Denver, Colorado
March
2011 Custom Toy Show "DIY or Die" at Plastic Chapel
in Denver, Colorado
November-December
2010 Solo Show "Creatures" at Tee and Cakes in Boulder,
Colorado
November-January
2010 Davarts "Treasures" Group Show in Aurora, Colorado
October-November
2010 "Dia de Los Muertos" Group Show at Studio 12
in Denver Colorado
July 2010 "None Other"
Group Show at Indy Ink in Denver, Colorado
July
2010 "Colorado Mountain Plein Air Festival" in Salida,
Colorado
Business Award for "Mountain Meadow"
May
2010-Present Selling at Carl Bork Fine Art Studio Gallery
in Salida, Colorado
February-March
2010 "New Works by Karen Watkins" Solo Exhibit at
The Shoppe in Denver, Colorado
January
2010 "Pabst Blue Ribbon Art Show" Group Show at
Indy Ink in Denver, Colorado
November-December
2009 "Astatine" Group show at Halogen Gallery in
Seattle, Washington
November-December
2009 "Critters" Group Show at Bailey Gallery in
Los Angeles, California
November
2009- "Where the Wild Things Art" Group Show at
Illiterate Magazine in Denver, Colorado
November-December
2009- Woodland Solo Show at Tee and Cakes in Boulder, Colorado
March-April
2009- Solo Show at Plastic Chapel "Fatally Cute:New Art
by Karen Watkins" in Denver, Colorado
March-April
2009- Group Show at Hooked on Colfax in Denver, Colorado
February
2009- Group Show at Indie Ink in Denver, Colorado
December
2008- Group Show at Studio 12 Gallery in Denver, Colorado
2008-
Munny and Squrare Footage Show at Plastic Chapel in Denver,
Colorado
November
2007- Artwork exhibited at Labyrinth Gallery in Denver, Colorado
October
2007- Artwork exhibited at Now Art Space in Denver, Colorado
September
2007- Artwork exhibited at Kazzaz Art Corp. in Denver, Colorado
July
2007- Artwork exhibited at Imagine Foundation in Jacksonville,
Illinois
February
2007-Featured on Drawn.ca (Exclusive illustrator blog)
June
2006 and 2007- Cedarburg Strawberry Festival Plein Air Competition
Artwork displayed in Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Illustration
Freelance:
July
2008-2009- Sample Illustrations for the book “My Perfect
Man Checklist”
in Boulder, Colorado
October
2007- "Quest for Family Pet" Children's Book for
Devora Design, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
November
2001-June 2007:
Staff Illustrator with Taste Like Chicken Magazine as alias
Sal Swayzo in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
August
2005: Promotional Artwork for Cinny and Sissa Productions
in
New York, New York
August
2005- Artwork for Robert Taylor Album at Heavywood Records
in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
April
2004- Logo for Thurber Library Bar in the Westin Inn in Columbus,
Ohio
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