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Karen Urbanek

Education             Pacific Basin School of Textile Arts, Berkeley, California

                        Graduate Exhibit:  Fiberworks, Berkeley, California 1987.

Awards and Prizes

1999            Curator's Award, $1,000 Prize, Orange Co.Museum, Newport BeachCA

Artist in Residence

2001-7 Philip Henry Atelier, Berkeley, CA

1996            Duntog Foundation, Baguio, Philippines

Solo Exhibitions

2002            New Westminster Arts Council, New Westminster, B.C. Canada

            Caffe 817, Oakland, CA

2000            Memory2, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA

1997            From Within, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA

Featured Artist

2002            Granville Island Hotel, Vancouver, B.C. Canada

2001            Scheffel & Associates, San Francisco, CA

2000            The Women’s Show, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

            Scheffel & Associates, San Francisco, CA

1999            Six Women, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

1998            Quantum Corporation, Milpitas, CA

            Boundries, Christensen Heller Gallery, Oakland, CA           

1997            Bold or Subtle, Christensen Heller Gallery, Oakland, CA           

1996            Coming to Light, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

Invitational Exhibitions

2007            Mood Indigo, Omaha NE

2006            UNESCO Int’l Symposium, Hyderabad, India

Convergence 2006, Grand Rapids, MI

2005    Okinawa Prefectural Museum, Shuri, Okinawa, Japan

2004            Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA

John Wayne International Airport, Irvine, CA

            Yukata Project, Arimatsu, Japan

2003            V. Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA

            Design Site, Berkeley, CA

2002            CNCH, Santa Clara, CA

            Tactile Dimensions, Felissimo Gallery, New York, NY

            Transforming Nature, Pico Rivera Center for the Arts, CA

            Brunnier Museum of Art, Ames, IA

2001            Aspect Communications, San Jose, CA

2000            Quantum Corp., Milpitas, CA

            Brocade, Santa Clara, CA

            Convergence 2000, Cincinnati, OH

            Synopsis Incorporated, Mountain View, CA           

            3 Com Corp, Santa Clara, CA                                   

            Aspect Communications,  San Jose, CA

             Aegis Gallery, Saratoga, CA

1999            Synopsis Incorporated, Mountain View, CA           

            Emeryville Loft Project, Emeryville, CA

1998            Metropolitan Transportation Comm., Oakland, CA

1997            Network General Corporation, Menlo Park, CA

            Lifescan Incorporated, Milpitas, CA           

1997            Fiberotica; Fili Spiriti,Artfibers Gallery, San Francisco, CA           

Selected Group Exhibitions - Juried

2003            Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA

2002            2nd Aichi Biennale,  Aichi, Japan

2001            Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

2000            Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

1999            Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA

             31st Textile Exhibition, Olive Hyde Gallery, Fremont, CA

1998            Intensity! Convergence 98, Atlanta, GA

1997            Paper Fiber XX, Arts Iowa City, IA

1996            String Symphony,  Artfibers Gallery, San Francisco,  CA

            Synopsis Incorporated, Mountain View, CA           

1995            Nature’s Dyes, Colorado State Univ, Ft. Collins, CO           

1992-1998           Various exhibitions, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA

Publications

The Guild Designers Sourcebook            13 (1998)  - 15  (2000)

The Sourcebook of Architectural and Interior Art 16  - 22 (2001-2007)

Fiberarts  Design Book Seven – 2004

With A Clear Conscience, Surface Design Journal, Fall 2004

Turkey Red Journal (2005, 2006)o

Internet

www.guild.com           

Corporate Collections       

Aspect Communications, San Jose, CA

Berkeley Mills,  Berkeley, CA

Ericksen, Arbuthnot, Kilduss, Day & Linstrom  Law Offices, Oakland, CA

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA

Kaiser Permanente, San Diego and La Mesa CA

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA

Owl’s Landing Project, Livermore, CA

Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA

St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, Detroit, MI

 St. Joseph's Women’s Center, Macomb County, MI

St. Vincent’s Hospital, Indianapolis, IN

Permanent Art Collections

McGraw Hill Publishing Co., Columbus, OH

(Work also in numerous private collections)

 

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