Karen Freedman

Karen Freedman is recognized for her vibrant abstract geometric paintings that explore the interaction of color and its ability to alter perception. She began her formal art training studying jewelry design at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and graphic design at the Tyler School of Art. Ms. Freedman then went on to build a successful graphic design business followed by her immersion in the fine arts.
Ms. Freedman has exhibited both locally and nationally at venues that include Cape Cod Museum of Art, Endicott College, Hunterdon Art Museum, The Gallery at Penn State Great Valley, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Art Center Sarasota, Kimball Art Center, and Montclair State University.
Her paintings are included in the permanent collections at Temple University and Park Towne Place, both in Philadelphia, as well as various private collections.
Ms Freedman’s work is featured in the books "Encaustic With a Textile Sensibility" by Daniella Woolf, "Encaustic Art (Art of the Century)" by Jennifer Margell, and "Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century" by Anne Lee & E. Ashley Rooney, as well as numerous exhibition catalogs.

2002 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1977 Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
1973 The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
"Waxing Lyrical", Space Gallery, Denver, CO
"Art in the Storefront", Ambler, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITS
2019
"Momentum", Space ANNEX, Denver, CO
2018
"Geometry in Color", Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
"2018 Juried Show", Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
"Organic to Geometric", PAAM, Provincetown, MA
2017
"Depth Perception", Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2016
"The Best of 2016", Space Gallery, Denver, CO
“Encaustic Art in the Twenty-first Century” Book Signing and Group Exhibition, Galer Estate Vineyard & Winery,
Kennett Square, PA
2015
"MathThematic: a fine art exhibition", Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Patterns", The Art Trust at Meridian Bank, West Chester, PA
"Group Exhibit", Schoolhouse Gallery, Cape Cod, MA
"Minimal/Maximum", Ninth International Encaustic Conference, Truro Center for the Arts, Cape Cod, MA
"PATTERN geometric | organic", Space Galley, Denver CO
"Organic to Geometric, Investigations in Structure and Surface", curated by Carol Pelletier Endicott College, Beverly, MA
2014
"RSVP 2014", LGTripp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic", Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
2013 ...