Karen Thomas

Karen Thomas (b.1963/UK) is acclaimed for her pop-culture figures and loosely dynamic painting style.
While her infamous superhero collections reconstruct well-known characters’ identities with wild expressionism, her postcard collectibles transpose celebrities into small, but utterly enigmatic portraits. In doing so, Karen Thomas has created a distinguished style, recognisable for its thick and vivacious brushstrokes.
She has shown both individually and in group exhibitions at the RA Summer Exhibition, The Other Art Fair and Art Below London, SELECT Art Fair, New York, Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg and the Berliner Liste, Berlin

B.A.(Hons) Froebel Institute, Roehampton, London

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Radical Residency IV, Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, London
The Pilgrim, London
The Other Art Fair, London
Villa Bel Air, Montpellier
Y SI EL TIEMPO NO LO IMPIDE, A+ Architecture
The Other Art fair LA
Superfine, LA
Postcards from the Edge for Visual Aids
Voeux 2019, Ville de saint Denis, Paris
2018
The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London
The Other Art Fair, Mana Contemporary, Chicago
"3 Femmes dans la ville", Espace Dominique Bagouet, Montpellier June 13_September 02
RPAF, OXO Wharf, London
The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles
Postcards from the Edge for Visual Aids, Gallery 524, NY

2017
ACAF, BOZAR, Brussels
The Other Art Fair, Arnolfini, Bristol
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2017, London
The Other Art Fair, NYC Brooklyn Expo Center
Catherine et Moi, Galerie LeCoeur, Paris
Kölner Liste, Cologne
The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London
Art Below, Los Angeles at Grand Union Station and Surlemur gallery, Pacific Design Centre
2016
The Other Art Fair, London and Bristol
Art Below, New Orleans
Weissenhaus, Nimmesgernsternberg off-site
Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, NY
Art on a Postcard at Moniker
Festival de vins d'Aniane, Benefit auction

2015
Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg
The Other Art Fair, London
SELECT Ar...