Douglas A Karson
Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Douglas Karson is an American-born artist living and working in Bristol. Self-taught, his practice i...
About the artist
Douglas A Karson
Joined In 2017
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About the artist
Douglas A Karson
Joined In 2017
(2 Followers)
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Douglas Karson is an American-born artist living and working in Bristol. Self-taught, his practice incorporates storytelling, poetry and ink on paper with a particular focus on painting. Bold colour, geometry and a sensitivity to line and balance characterise his paintings, which are informed by personal and spiritual philosophies. His ongoing series, THE RULES, uses elements from Greco-Roman philosophy, Chinese mythology, Yogic theory and Hindi philosophy to formulate a process of painting-as-manifesto, or manifesto-as-painting. A rigid formal framework and methodology engenders infinite potential outcomes, each a cross-cultural message suffused with subtle politics.
Douglas believes passionately in creating and nurturing artist communities. He founded Art Battle UK, a live painting event that brings artists and art lovers together in a unique environment. Douglas has participated in and organised over 30 group and solo exhibitions internationally in the UK and the United States, and his work has been featured in magazines such as Art Reveal and Creativ Paper.
2008 - 2009 French Culinary Institute
2002 - 2006 University of New Hampshire
The RULES Exhibition - Solo Show
26th Jan - 28th Feb 2020
Bristol, UK
West Bristol Arts Trail - Oct 18th,19th 2019
Bristol, 2019
A5 Magazine: Feature, Issue no. 22,
Jan 2019
WotisArt magazine: Feature, Issue no. 22, Jan 2019
Clifton Open Exhibition
August 2018. Clifton Art Club, Bristol, UK
10 Year Retrospective Group Show Selection
June 2018. Hamilton House, Bristol, UK
Creativ Paper Magazine: Douglas Karson, Feature, Issue No. 009 Vol 1, pg 46 - April 2018
Art Reveal Magazine: Douglas Karson, interview, no.36, January 2018, pg 54; ISBN 9781388973230
The Canteen - Artist of the Month
February 2018
Hamilton House, Bristol, UK
Average Art Magazine: Featured Artist
November 2017
Artfinder.com Online Gallery:
Featured Art of the Day
August 2017
Spike Island Newsletter:
Featured artist
August 2017
The ONE2 festival
Co-Founder, Organiser, Exhibiting Artist
May 2017. Hackney, London
The Art Pop Up:
10 day Solo Exhibition
October 2016
Blackfriars, London
Travelled, worked and studied abroad (including a year living in Japan) 2015-2016
Lululemon Yoga Brand UK Showroom:
Art and Yoga Solo exhibition 2011-2014. Covent Garden, London
Selling art on the streets...