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KAREN DOLMANISTH
EDUCATION
The Alternative Art School, Post Grad Professional Course Work
International Program
MFA, University of Massachusetts, Five College Consortium, Magna Cum Laude
Amherst, Massachusetts
Sculpture, Time-Based Media, Art History Concentration: Women Artists of 60’, 70’s
MFA Coursework, Hampshire College, Video Art
BFA, Parsons School of Design, Magna Cum Laude
New York, NY
Kathy Dunn Memorial Full Four Year Scholarship
BFA, Cooper Union, Painting and Printmaking with Jack Whitten
New York, NY
New York University, Tisch School of The Arts, Film Studies Course Work
New York, NY
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
GALLERIE 271
Monterey, MA
HERA GALLERY
South Kingston, RI
MAD ROSE GALLERY
Millerton, NY
COASTAL CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, 2020-2022
Newport, RI
PIEROGI, Flat Files
Brooklyn, NY
EXIT ART 1991- 2011
New York, NY
EXIT ART Archive Collection, NYU Fales Library Special Collections, Creators, Jeanette Ingberman, Papo Colo
New York, NY
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2026
"RITES / (RIGHTS) OF PASSAGE – SITE RESPONSIVE EVOLVING SCULPTURE: Web of Relations"
BECKET ART CENTER, Becket, MA
"DOLMANISTH – PAINTINGS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS & CERAMIC SCULPTURE
BECKET ART CENTER, Becket, MA
2025
"PAST PRESENT FUTURE ORACLES PRIESTESSES &HEALERS
HERA GALLERY, Wakefield, RI
In Communion With Primordial Divine Mother Consciousness"
"FIVE SENSES", Evolving Sculpture In Collaboration with Musician David Bartley
BERKSHIRE CENTER POINT, Otis, MA
"EIGHT DIRECTIONS", Site Sensitive Forest Sculpture
BERKSHIRE CENTER POINT, Otis, MA
In Collaboration with Musician David Bartley
"SANCTUARY", DOLMANISTH – PAINTINGS, PRINTS, DRAWINGS & CERAMIC SCULPTURES
GALLERIE 271, Monterey, MA
"ab – strac – tion, In Conversation", with Virginia Bradley
GALLERY ON MAIN, West Stockbridge, MA
2024
"DOLMANISTH, NEW HEARTH WORKS, PAINTING, SCULPTURE"
GALLERIE 271, Monterey, MA
"META", With Leslie Alfin
FOUNDATION GALLERY, SUNY, COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Hudson, NY
2022
"VISUAL CYCLES", Two Solo Exhibitions, Dolmanisth & Olivia Bernard
GEISSLER GALLERY, Greenfield, MA
"ART ON MAIN", With Leslie Alfin
TKG GALLERY, Pittsfield, MA
2020
"DOLMANISTH, NEW WORK, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL ART"
BIRD HILL FARM, Ware, MA
2019
"STILL, INVIOLATE CENTER", In Collaboration With Poet Holly Wren Spaulding
GEOFFREY YOUNG GALLERY, Great Barrington, MA
"DOLMANISTH NEW WORK, PAINTINGS II", "Art on Main"
RJ STOHR, Pittsfield, MA
2018
"DOLMANISTH NEW WORK, PAINTINGS I", "Art on Main"
VALENTI'S, Pittsfield, MA
"GUILD OF BERKSHIRE ARTISTS, STUDIO TOURS
THE FRONT PORCH GALLERY, Lenox, MA
"DOLMANISTH, FLUID FORMS"
FIVE COLLEGE REALTORS GALLERY, Florence, MA
2017
"EACH LITTLE THING", In Collaboration With Poet Holly Wren Warren
THE PROVINCIAL GALLERY, Kaleva, MI
"NEW WORK"
THE WHIPSHOP, Southfield, MA
2015
"DOLMANISTH, NEW WORKS"
SALMON FALLS GALLERY, Shelburne Falls, MA
"DOLMANISTH, STUDIO ART FACULTY EXHIBIT"
RENAISSANCE ART SCHOOL GALLERY, Great Barrington, MA
2013
"HEAR, Water, Sand, Sky, Reflection and Light"
THE QUARRY, Contemporary Arts International, Acton, MA
"PLACE 3 STONES and Water Drawings"
Aurodhan Art Gallery and Garden, Pondicherry, INDIA
2012
"THE BALANCE - NATURE / SPIRIT / BODY / BREATH, IMMANENCE"
Mead Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2011
"GRACE, Ashok Leaves and The River Ganges, Walking"
QERITICA GALLERY, Assi Ghat, Banaras, INDIA
"TRAVELERS AND HOUSEHOLDERS, With Kathryn Myers
QERITICA GALLERY, Assi Ghat, Banaras, INDIA
2010
"GRASS WEAVE / OPEN SQUARE, LOOM II"
OPEN SQUARE GALLERY, Mill 3, Holyoke, MA
"SMILE RAINBOW TEARS" Yo Park’s FiBi Concrete II
TOMPKINS SQUARE GALLERY, New York, NY
2009
"ILLUSORY MEETING PLACES, A Brief Tribute To People And Places"
WINDSOR CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, WINDSOR, CT
"FIRST LANGUAGE, Immanence and Interpenetration"
TABER GALLERY, Holyoke, MA
2008
"LIFE LINES OF CONNECTION & CONTINUITY" On Site
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UMASS, Amherst, MA
2007
"LOOM II", COLLABORATION WITH THE SUN, Site Sensitive Sculpture Exhibition
OPEN SQUARE GALLERY, Mill 3, Holyoke, MA
2006
"LOOM I", COLLABORATION WITH THE MOON, Site Sensitive Sculpture Exhibition
OPEN SQUARE GALLERY, Mill 3, Holyoke, MA
"PRESENT, In The Moment" Installation / Performance
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UMASS, Amherst, MA
2005
"FLUENT" Works on Paper and Ephemeral Constructions
THE LAST MINUTE GALLERY, Northampton, MA
"ARROWS, NEEDLES, SPEARS, & STRANDS"
VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Schultz Sculpture Barn, Johnson, VT
"STILL MOTION, The Four Directions"
2004
"INANNA, The Heroine’s Quest"
WILLIAM BLIZARD GALLERY, Springfield College, Springfield, MA
3 Gallery Exhibition, and Solo Performance
"IMMANENT & TRANSCENDING CIRCLES OF TIME"
CANAL GALLERY, Holyoke, MA
2 Gallery Sculpture Installation, Chris Nelson, Curator, Yearlong Artist in Residence Project
2003
"AXIS / ORBITING / CONTAIN"
NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Northampton, MA
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Award Project, Sculpture Installation
"MORPHOGENESIS" I & II
WILD LIFE SANCTUARY, Northampton, MA
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Award Project, Sculpture Installation
2002
"THEOLOGICAL REVERSALS" I, II, III, & IV "SACRED MATTER PROJECT"
SMACK MELLON, Brooklyn, NY
Series of Four Time-Based Evolving Installations, Two Galleries Solo Exhibition
"SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING / Ground Work"
NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Northampton, MA
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Award Project
"SACRED MATTER" With Deborah Masters
SMACK MELLON, Brooklyn, NY
2002
"VERTICAL LOOM, VERTICAL TIME"
NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Northampton, MA
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Award Project, Sculpture Installation
2001
"PARADOX, COLLABORATION WITH THE SUN AND MOON"
CRO’S NEST, CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, New London, CT
Part of an Endowed DAYTON VISITING ARTIST (Artist In Residence) AWARD
"PARADOX / CONTINUOUS CREATION" (Transformation)
CRO’S NEST, CONNECTICUT COLLEGE, New London, CT
Installation "In Motion / Transformation", DAYTON ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AWARD
"THE FALL"
NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Northampton, MA
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Award, Installation and Performance Project
"CREATE / un-do, CREATE Again"
NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Northampton, MA
Massachusetts, LCC Award, Installation and Performance Project
"DANCING IN THE FLAMES
NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Northampton, MA
Massachusetts LCC Award, Installation and Performance Project
"THE UNSEEN REAL"
NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Northampton, MA
Massachusetts LCC Award, Sculpture and Interdisciplinary Performance Project
2000
"NEMETON lean-sa dluth ri cliu do shinnear"
GRUBBS GALLERY, Williston Northampton Academy, Easthampton, MA
Time-Based Changing Installation, With Composer J.B. Weeks
"OPENING THE LANGUAGE"
HAMDEN GALLERY, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
"BEYOND & HERE, RELATIONSHIPS"
CENTER FOR ART AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, Northampton, MA
Installation Collaboration with Musician / Composer Michael Billingsley
"Interior INTERPRETATIONS Exterieur"
NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Northampton, MA
Installation Collaboration with Experimental Musician / Composer, Helen Harrison
1999
"CHANCE & NECESSITY I, II, III, IV"
THE ART BANK, Shelburne Falls, MA
Series of 4 Unique Time-Based Sculpture Exhibitions
Produced during a two month Artist In Residency Fellowship with experimental Musician / Composer, Helen Harrison
"LIVE / WORK I & II"
FLYWHEEL, Easthampton, MA
Installation and Collaboration with Experimental Musician / Composer, Helen Harrison
1995
"THE THUNDER / PERFECT MIND: CORN, DICTIONARY, GLASS, SHELLS"
C WORLD, New York, NY
Actions Within A Sculpture Installation, With Composer / Musician, J.B. Weeks
"THE THUNDER / PERFECT MIND: CORN, WHITE DRESS OF FLAMES, SILENCE, CHAIR"
C WORLD, New York, NY
Actions Within A Sculpture Installation, Audience Participants, and Composer, J.B. Weeks
1993
"UNVEILING THE BRIDE", TWO SOLO EXHIBITIONS, With Genara Banzen
REAL ART WAYS, Hartford, CT
"SACRIFICE: TO MAKE SACRED
HAMDEN GALLERY, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1992
"DAUGHTERS AND MEMORY"
WHEELER GALLERY, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
"SHAPECHANGERS OF THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE"
AMHERST CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Amherst, MA
"MARRIAGE OF ABOVE AND BELOW"
THE CENTER FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1989
"DOLMANISTH, NEW WORK"
THE SCULPTURE COURTYARD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
Outdoor Environmental Sculpture and Ephemeral Constructions
Three Month Artist In Residence Site-Specific Outdoor Sculpture Commission, Changing
SELECTED SOLO PERFORMANCE ART
2026
"RITES / (RIGHTS) OF PASSAGE, Web of Relations In Partnership Paradigms"
BECKET ART CENTER, Becket, MA
"ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES"
HERA GALLERY, Wakefield, RI
2025
"FIVE SENSES", In Collaboration with Composer, Musician David Bartley
BERKSHIRE CENTER POINT, Otis, MA
2025
"EIGHT DIRECTIONS", In Collaboration with Composer, Musician David Bartley
BERKSHIRE CENTER POINT, Otis, MA
2022
"ENHEDUANNA, AN HOMAGE, HER VOICE • FOR INANNA, SHE WRITES"
GEISSLER GALLERY, GREEENFIELD, MA
"FLOWER OF LIFE, WEB OF LIFE", Art On Main Art Fair
TKG GALLERY, PITTSFIELD, MA
2020
"DOLMANISTH, NEW WORK, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL ART"
BIRD HILL FARM, Ware, MA
2019
"THREE PERFORMATIVE WORKS:
GEOFFREY YOUNG GALLERY, Great Barrington, MA
I WATER, EARTH TRANSFORMATION
II WINTERBERRY PERCUSSION,
III CIRCLE, SQUARE, TRIANGLE / LINE, WAVE PRIMORDIAL FORM AND SPACE"
"BEYOND AND THROUGH TO"
Hamden Gallery, Amherst, MA
Collaboration with Musician Jim Nelson, MATERIALIZED EXHIBITION
2013
"WATER WRITING"
CONTEMPORARY ARTS INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND SOUND ART FESTIVAL, Acton, MA
Performance and Sound Art Sculpture Project
"DEEP DIVE ORACLE
CONTEMPORARY ARTS INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND SOUND ART FESTIVAL, Acton, MA
Hear Every Voice"
"LIGHT RAYS GOA"
ART CHAMBER GALLERY, Goa, INDIA
"THE MOTHER, TO PROCESS LOSS THROUGH LOVE"
AURODHAN GALLERY, Pondicherry, INDIA
"CREATIVE DOMESTIC"
AKUS GALLERY, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
In conjunction with "From Motherhood to Mother Goddess" Exhibition
2012
"WINTERLIGHT/ InSite, Insight"
MEAD MUSEUM, Amherst, MA
"THE BALANCE-NATURE / SPIRIT / BODY / BREATH IMMANENCE"
MEAD MUSEUM, Amherst, MA
2011
"GREETINGS, BANARAS", Collaboration with Ashok Leaves and Participating Audience
QERITICA GALLERY, Varanasi, INDIA
"GRACE", Collaboration with Ashok Leaves and audience
QERITICA GALLERY, Varanasi, INDIA
2010
"BEINGBLUE, LEAP!, ARTEON in Motion"
LA MAMA, New York, NY
"SMILE RAINBOW TEARS"
TOMPKINS SQUARE GALLERY, New York, NY
2009
"WALKING WOMAN: RED PURPLE"
ZEA MAYS PRINTMAKING STUDIO, Northampton, MA
2008
"AWE"
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
On Site Sculpture Collaboration with George Trakas' "ISLES OF VIEW"
"SENTIENCE, Up Down Strange Beauty"
CABARET VOLTAIRE ART CENTER, Poughkeepsie, NY
2007
"TRANSFORMATIONS, No Place Like Home"
NASHAWANUK GALLERY, Easthampton, MA
2006
"TRAN' SCIENCE, 90th Anniversary of DaDA - Zurich"
CaBAret VOltAire ART CENTER, Poughkeepsie, NY
"PRESENT, In The Moment"
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UMASS, Amherst, MA
2005
"FLUX Emptying"
EXIT ART, New York, NY
"WASHING PRAYER", PRAYINGPROJECT
EXIT ART, New York, NY
2004
"INANNA, ASCENT DESCENT ASCENT, THE HEROINE'S JOURNEY"
WILLIAM BLIZZARD GALLERY, SPRINGFIELD, MA
2002
"ACTION TASKS CHANCE MOVEMENT LABOR BREATH TOUCH"
SMACK MELLON, Brooklyn, NY
1995
"THE THUNDER / PERFECT MIND"
C WORLD, New York, NY
"LADY"
EUSEBIUSBIUTENSINGEL 52, Arnhem, THE NETHERLANDS
1994
"BLACK AND GOLD"
VIENNA SECCESSION MUSEUM, Vienna, AUSTRIA
"CONJUNCTIO, INNER MARRIAGE, THE ALCHEMICAL BRIDE"
REAL ART WAYS, Hartford, CT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
"OUTSIDE THE LINES, Avant Garde & Abstract”, Juror Michael Rose
WICKFORD ART ASSOCIATION, North Kingston, RI
"THREADING TIME AND PLACE"
HERA GALLERY, Wakefield, RI
2025
"ABSTRACTION", Woman Artist Award
HELM HOUSE GALLERY, SCAA, Kingston, RI
"ASSEMBLED, In Conversation"
MAD ROSE GALLERY, Millerton, NY
"OPEN JURIED ALL MEDIA EXHIBITION"
HELM HOUSE GALLERY, SCAA, Kingston, RI
"EARTHWORKS"
HELM HOUSE GALLERY, SCAA, Kingston, RI
"PAINTING, PRINTMAKING AND PHOTOGRAPHY JURIED EXHIBITION"
HELM HOUSE GALLERY, SCAA, Kingston, RI
2024
"ASSEMBLED"
MAD ROSE GALLERY, Millerton, NY
"ab’ – strac – tion", 3 ARTISTS In Painting, Drawing and Sculpture
ART ON MAIN GALLERY, West Stockbridge, MA
"ALL MEDIA JURIED EXHIBITION"
HELM HOUSE GALLERY, SCAA, Kingston, RI
"PAINTING, PRINTMAKING AND PHOTOGRAPHY JURIED EXHIBITION"
HELM HOUSE GALLERY, SCAA, Kingston, RI
"EARTHWORKS"
HELM HOUSE GALLERY, SCAA, Kingston, RI
"OPEN ALL MEDIA, JURIED EXHIBITION"
HELM HOUSE GALLERY, SCAA, Kingston, RI
"ABSTRACTION"
ART ON MAIN, Stockbridge, MA
"CENTERING, CLAY AND COMMUNITY"
JAMESTOWN ART CENTER, Jamestown, RI
"SOUTH COUNTY OPEN JURIED ALL MEDIA EXHIBITION"
HELM HOUSE GALLERY, SCAA, 2ND PRIZE, Kingston, RI
2023
"EMBODYING PROCESS"
Eden Imrie, The Alternative Art School, International, Online
"STUDIO A, HOLIDAY SHOW"
JAMESTOWN ART CENTER, Jamestown, RI
"HOLIDAY SHOW"
LABSPACE, Hillsdale, NY
"MEMBER EXHIBITION"
JAMESTOWN ART CENTER, Jamestown, RI
2022
"HOLIDAY SHOW"
JAMESTOWN ART CENTER, JAMESTOWN, RI
"MEMBER SHOW"
JAMESTOWN ART CENTER, JAMESTOWN, RI
2021
"MOBY DICK AND METAPHOR"
ARROWHEAD MUSEUM, Pittsfield, MA
"JULY SALON, SELECT GALLERY ARTISTS"
COASTAL CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, Newport, RI
"JUNE SALON, SELECT GALLERY ARTISTS"
COASTAL CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, Newport, RI
"ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, FEATURING GALLERY ARTISTS"
COASTAL CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, Newport, RI
"MEMBERS' SHOW, QUAR-ART-TINE"
JAMESTOWN ART CENTER, Jamestown, RI
2020
"TAKING INVENTORY"
COASTAL CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, Newport, RI
"HOLIDAY SHOW"
LABSPACE, Hillsdale, NY
"SIX FEET APART, ZERO DEGREES OF SEPARATION"
TURN PARK, West Stockbridge, MA
"STEP IN TIME", with: Kenneth Steinkamp, Gunnar Norquist
COASTAL CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, Newport, RI
2019
"HOLIDAY SHOW"
LABSPACE, Hillsdale, NY
"BEYOND AND THROUGH TO"
HAMPDEN GALLERY, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
With Judy Pfaff, and other Select Artists
Site-specific project space installation for "MATERIALIZED", curated by: Suzan Shutan
"MESHES", with: John Clarke, Dana Piazza, and Sara Wallach
GEOFFREY YOUNG GALLERY, Great Barrington, MA
"GUILD OF BERKSHIRE ARTISTS, JURIED EXHIBITION I"
Stockbridge Arts Walk, TKG GALLERY, Stockbridge, MA
"GUILD OF BERKSHIRE ARTISTS, JURIED EXHIBITION II"
Stockbridge Arts Walk, TKG GALLERY, Stockbridge, MA
"GUILD OF BERKSHIRE ARTISTS, JURIED EXHIBITION I"
WELLES GALLERY, Lenox, MA
"GUILD OF BERKSHIRE ARTISTS, JURIED EXHIBITION II"
WELLES GALLERY, Lenox, MA
2018
"CREATIVITY KNOWS NO BOUNDS"
ST. FRANCIS ART GALLERY, Lee, MA
"THROUGH THE FEMININE LENS"
KIMBALL FARMS CONNECTOR GALLERY, Lenox, MA
2015
"STUDIO ARTS FACULTY EXHIBIT"
RENAISSANCE ART SCHOOL GALLERY, Great Barrington, MA
"THE BERKSHIRE COLLECTION"
SAINT FRANCIS GALLERY, Lee, MA
"BRINGING NEW IDEAS TO LIFE"
SAINT FRANCIS GALLERY, Lee, MA
"IF WALLS COULD TALK"
SAINT FRANCIS GALLERY, Lee, MA
2014
"FACE TO FACE"
SAINT FRANCIS GALLERY, Lee, MA
"ROAD LESS TRAVELED"
SAINT FRANCIS GALLERY, Lee, MA
"COMPLEXITY OF EXPERIENCE, ENGAGING REALITY"
SAINT FRANCIS GALLERY, Lee, MA
"SELECTED VISIONS"
SAINT FRANCIS GALLERY, Lee, MA
"EYES AND SOUL OF AN ARTIST"
SAINT FRANCIS GALLERY, Lee, MA
2013
"INSPIRATION OF THE SPIRIT"
SAINT FRANCIS GALLERY, Lee, MA
"HEAR, Sand Drawings On Shore"
THE QUARRY, CONTEMPORARY ARTS INTERNATIONAL, Acton, MA
"ABHAAS AUR ABHYAAS II"
AURODHAN ART GALLERY, Pondicherry, INDIA
"ABHAAS AUR ABHYAAS I"
GALERIA DE BELAS ARTES, Calangute, Goa, INDIA
"FROM MOTHERHOOD TO MOTHER GODDESS
AKUS GALLERY, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Transcending Self to Absolute"
2012
"TRACINGS AND TEXT", "TRIBUTARIES"
Three Rivers Community College Art Gallery, Norwich, CT
With Kathryn Myers and Charlotte Cain
2010
"FiBi CONCRETE"
Tompkins Square Gallery of The NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY, New York, NY
"SHEER OPACITY"
WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM, Storrs, CT
"HERE"
A.P.E. GALLERY, Northampton, MA
"Amherst Biennial"
Amherst, MA
"WATER POEM, DANCE POEM", Pioneer Women II, Wonderland
PAPER CITY STUDIOS, Holyoke, MA
2009
"EVERYWHERE / NOWHERE, Spiritual Temperament in Current American Art"
GALLERY OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, Delhi, India
"OPEN WEAVE", NCA Studio Faculty Exhibit
NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Northampton, MA
"PIONEER WOMEN"
TABLA RASA GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
"TREESONG, Life Cycle", Pulp Science Fiction Invitational, Site-Specific Sculpture Installation
PAPER CITY STUDIOS, Holyoke, MA
2008
"GOLDEN CIRCLE", First Annual Sculpture Invitational
PAPER CITY STUDIOS, Holyoke, MA
"EVERYWHERE / NOWHERE"
International Festival of Sacred Arts, Delhi, India
"TITLES"
L’ECUME DES JOURS, Montreal, CANADA, traveling to venues in London, UK
2007
"TRAN' SCIENCE"
CaBAret VOltAire ART CENTER, Poughkeepsie, NY
"DaDA 91, SUPREME DEBRIS"
CaBAret VOltAire ART CENTER, Poughkeepsie, NY
2006
"GRASS MOUNTAIN, GREEN WAVE"
"INTERSECTIONS, Sculpture and Installation from distinguished Massachusetts Artists"
OPEN SQUARE GALLERY, Mill 3, Holyoke, MA
"RENEGADES"
EXIT ART, New York, NY
"INTERSECTIONS, Sculpture and Installation from Distinguished Massachusetts Artists"
OPEN SQUARE GALLERY, Holyoke, MA
"SITE 92"
SMACK MELLON, Brooklyn, NY
"THE STUDIO VISIT"
EXIT ART, New York, NY
2005
"FLUX, Emptying" (Site-specific window installations for "TRAFFIC", "Holiday Windows")
EXIT ART, New York, NY
"OTHER AMERICA, THE PRAYINGPROJECT"
EXIT ART, New York, NY
"DRAWING IN TIME: 3 SCULPTOR’S APPROACH TO SPACE"
A.P.E. GALLERY, Northampton, MA
2004
"IN THE WOODS"
DABORA GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
Seven Women Sculpture Installation Artists, Curator: Lynda Dabora
"THE RESPONSE"
CANAL GALLERY, Holyoke, MA
2003
"ABSTRACT", Curator, Chris Nelson
CANAL GALLERY, Holyoke, MA
2000
"ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT, 20 YEARS"
EXIT ART, New York, NY
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, Papo Colo
1999
"MORE OR LESS"
NO BIAS, Bennington, VT
Invitational, Juror: Kathleen Gilrain, Executive Director, SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, New York, NY
1997
"THE GARDEN OF EVE", 7 Women Sculptors, Invitational
LOWER EASTSIDE ECOLOGY CENTER, New York, NY
Curator: Kathleen Gilrain, Executive Director, SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, New York, NY
1996
"GROUND FLIGHT", Sculpture Installation
ONE MAIN SCULPTURE CENTER, New York, NY
"IN THE NIGHT GARDEN", Sculpture Installation
ONE MAIN SCULPTURE CENTER, New York, NY
1995
"NEXT AGE DADA"
EUSEBIUSBIUTENSINGEL 52, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Sculpture Installation "LADY OF THE SILVER WHEEL"
"THE NEXT TWENTY FIVE YEARS"
WESTBETH GALLERY, New York, NY
Sculpture Installation, "INANNA’S DESCENT, Contemporary Context"
1994
"FEVER, Traveling"
THE WEXNER CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Columbus, OH
Sculpture Installation, Unique, Site-specific, "ALCHEMY, IMPROV, OFFERING"
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, Papo Colo, of EXIT ART, New York, NY
"FEVER, Traveling"
Alejandro Otero Museum of Visual Arts , Caracas, Venezuela
"WENN DIE KINDER SIND IM DUNKELN"
WEINER SECCESSION, VIENNA SECCESSION MUSEUM, Vienna, Austria
Sculpture Installation, "THOSE WHO DO NOT SURVIVE, A Dedication"
Curator: Birgit Jurgenssen
"THE GARDEN OF SCULPTURAL DELIGHTS"
EXIT ART / THE FIRST WORLD, New York, NY
Sculpture Installation, "RADICAL FAITH" Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, Papo Colo
"RESURRECTIONS, OBJECTS WITH NEW SOULS"
THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM, Storrs, CT
Sculpture Installation, "INANNA HONORS…AND RESSURECTS THE DESECRATED TREE OF…"
Curators: Salvatore Scalora, Deborah Muirhead
1993
"FEVER, Inaugural Exhibition"
EXIT ART, New York, NY
Sculpture Installation, "INANNA / ALCHEMY, Nigredo, Albedo, Conjunctio" Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, Papo Colo
"SPIRITUAL CARGO"
THE CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER, Hartford, CT
Sculpture Installation, "THE JOURNEY MARKERS OF PERSEPHONE’S CLOAK"
1991
"SACRED SPACE / FOUR SCULPTORS"
WHEELER GALLERY, Amherst, MA
Sculpture Installation, "THE DAUGHTER’S CLOSET OF WONDER, MAGIC & SHADOW"
"4 X 4 SCULPTORS", Dolmanisth, Dan Zeller, Kathleen Gilrain, Michael Yue Tong
BAYSTATE WEST ATRIUM GALLERY, Springfield, MA
Three Story Height Shopping Mall Atrium Installation
GRANT AWARDS
BERKSHIRE TACONIC ARTIST RESOURCE TRUST AWARD
2026
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL Grant, LCC Recipient, Exhibit: HERE and Artist Talk, Public Workshop
2010
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL, INDIVIDUAL ARTIST AWARD, INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDIA
2008, 2009
VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Full Fellowship, Artist Resource Trust Award
2005
BERKSHIRE TACONIC ARTIST RESOURCE TRUST AWARD
2004
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL Grant, LCC Recipient, INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDIA
2004
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL, INDIVIDUAL ARTIST AWARD, SCULPTURE / INSTALLATION
2003
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL Grant, Individual Artist Award, LCC, INSTALLATION
2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
NEA NEFA, New England Foundation For The Arts, ARTIST’S NEW FORMS PROJECT Grant
1996
CONNECTICUT SCHOLAR SCHOLARSHIP AWARD, Four-Year Recipient
1979-1983
SELECTED REVIEWS
GREENFIELD RECORDER, "SYNCHRONICITY, Dolmanisth Takes Her Art Where It Leads Her", 2015
Trish Crapo
THE BOSTON GLOBE, "Festival of Sound and Performance Art", 2013
Cate McQuaid
ARTSCOPE MAGAZINE, "Amherst Biennial 2012", 2012
Gregory Morrell
ARTSCOPE MAGAZINE, "Amherst’s Joyful Biennial", 2010
Gregory Morrell
FIRST CITY, DELHI, INDIA, "Everywhere / Nowhere, Spiritual Temperament in Current American Art", 2009
Siri Fort
ARTSCOPE MAGAZINE, "KAREN DOLMANISTH", 2008
Gregory Morrell
THE NEW YORK TIMES "The Studio Visit", 2006
Roberta Smith
NY1, 2006
Stephanie Simon
FreeNYC, "Franklin Furnace Archives" re: EXIT ART Prayingproject, 2005
Philip Steger
BRIDGES, Publication on Science and Technology, re: EXIT ART Prayingproject, 2005
SPRINGFIELD RECORDER, "Canal Knowledge, Holyoke’s Mind-Bending Art Exhibit", 2004
Pat Cahill
ART IN AMERICA, "Smack Mellon", 2003
Lilly Wei
THE NEW YORK TIMES, "Sacred Matter", 2002
Holland Cotter
THE WASHINGTON POST, "Forget SOHO, Now It’s D.U.M.B.O., Forsaken Warehouse District, NY’s Latest Art Home, 2000
Blake Gopnik
NEW YORK MAGAZINE, "Dance Of Life And Death",1994
Kay Larson
THE NEW YORK TIMES, "Making A Statement With Castoff Objects", 1994
William Zimmer
DIE PRESSE, DER STANDARD, Vienna, Austria, "Secession", 1994
George Schollhammer
KURIER, Vienna, Austria, "Beautiful, Run Down, Raunchy and Very Touching", 1994
Henriette Horny
SALZBURGER NACHRICHTEN, Vienna, Austria, "The Age Is Given Its Art Again", 1994
Jana Wisniewski
FALTER, Vienna, Austria, "Just No Shit", 1994
Mark Wailand
ART IN NEW ENGLAND, "Creating an Exhibition / RESURRECTION / ‘Objects With New Souls", 1994
Sal Scalora
THE HARTFORD COURANT "Recycled Art", 1994
Owen McNally
NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE, "Summing Up Doom And Gloom", 1993
Peter Plagens
THE NEW YORK TIMES, "Assemblages Offer Views Of The Spiritual", 1993
Vivien Raynor
VILLAGE VOICE, "Give Me Fever", 1992
Elizabeth Hess
SELECTED MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS
Invitation Call: Personal Memory, Artist Essays
"Vision, Genius, Confidence, Courage and Innovation"
UNFINISHED MEMORIES, 30 Years of EXIT ART, Steidl
Gottingen, Germany
TRIBUTARIES, Chance and Intent, Many Sources of Work In Michael Cain
THREE RIVERS COLLEGE, Norwich, CT
LIFE LINES OF CONNECTION AND CONTINUITY & AWE
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Produced By Jackie Hai, Curator, Loretta Yarlow
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
NEW ART
Published by ABRAMS, New York, NY
Edited by Roxana Marcoci, Dian Murphy, Eve Sinaiko
WENN DIE KINDER SIND IM DUNKELN
Publisher WEINER SECESSION, Wien, Austria
Text by Birgit Jurgenssen, Andeas Pfersmann, Jeff Rian
PRAYINGPROJECT, Trickster Theater
EXIT ART, New York, NY
FRAGMENTS AND WHOLENESS
SMITH COLLEGE, Film and Media Studies, Northampton, MA
The Temporal Art of Karen Dolmanisth, Produced and Directed By Bianca Kaprielian
ARTIST RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIPS
CERAMICS ARTIST IN RESEARCH PROGRAM, Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI
2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
BIRD HILL FARM, Ware, MA
2019, 2020
ART CHAMBER, in Calangute, Goa, INDIA
2013
MEAD MUSEUM, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
2012
QERITICA GALLERY, Banaras, INDIA, Installation / performance with student collaboration from Banaras Hindu University
2011
VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, FULL FELLOWSHIP AWARD
2005
CANAL GALLERY, Three Gallery Sites, Historic Industrial Canal District, Holyoke, MA, Full Year Inter-Media Site Work
2003
DAYTON ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, Connecticut College, New London, CT
2002
Dolmanisth: Sculpture Installation with Action / Happenings, PARADOX, and Meredith Monk, with Ann Hamilton: MERCY
2001
EUSEBIUSBIUTENSINGEL 52, Arnhem, Netherlands, Month long, In Residence Project: NEW AGE DADA
1995, 1996
VIENNA SECCESSION MUSEUM, Vienna, Austria, Two month In Residence Project: WENN DIE KINDER
1994
WEXNER CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, "Alchemy, Improv / Happening", Columbus, OH
1994
NEW WORK, Large Scale Ephemeral Constructions, SCULPTURE COURTYARD, Univ. of Mass, Amherst, MA
1989
ARTIST ASSISTANTSHIPS
Fulbright Artist Assistant for Kathryn Myers
Dehli and Banaras, INDIA, 2011
Artist Assistant and Archivist for Art Critic, and pioneering international Performance Artist, LIL PICARD with whom Dolmanisth frequented Andy Warhol's Factory / Studio at Union Square, and accompanied to private interviews and NYC openings, in Soho and the East Village in the seventies and early eighties.
New York, NY, 1978-1984
NEA NEFA / NEW FORMS AWARD PROJECTS
BLONDE BRANCHES", HOT HOUSE IMPROVISATIONAL SERIES
P.S. 122, New York, NY
Sculptor, Karen Dolmanisth, Dancer / Choreographer, Chivas Sandage
"BLONDE BRANCHES", NEW DANCE ALLIANCE PERFORMANCE MIX
JOYCE SOHO, New York, NY
Sculptor, Karen Dolmanisth, Dancer / Choreographer, Chivas Sandage
"CONTINUOUS CONTAINERS",
T. E. M. P. PROJECT SPACE, Shelburne Falls, MA
Kinetic Sculpture, Installation and Performance
"CONSTELLATION I & II"
T. E. M. P. PROJECT SPACE, Shelburne Falls, MA
Sculptor / Installation Artist, Karen Dolmanisth Musician / Composer, Michael Richardson
Dancer / Choreographers, Chivas Sandage, Harriet Jastremski, Rose Oceana
"STRING and STONE, Known, Not Known, I, II, III",
T. E. M. P. PROJECT SPACE, Shelburne Falls, MA
Sculptor, Installation, Performance Artist, Karen Dolmanisth
"(with) WING (s) IT (and Owl’s Feet)",
LIFE AND HARMONY CAFÉ, Springfield, MA
Sculpture and Drawings In Time: Artist, Karen Dolmanisth
Musician / Composer, Joe Bartone, of FAT BUDDAHS
COLLEGE TEACHING
University of Connecticut, School of Fine Art,
Storrs, CT
Foundation Drawing I, Foundation Drawing II
Advanced Design, Illustration Concepts
Advanced Illustration, Senior Independent Projects
Keene State College, School of Fine Arts
Keene, NH
Drawing and Composition, Intermediate, Advanced
2D Design Studio Arts, Integrating Sacred Geometry through Global Art History
3D Design Studio Arts, Integrating Sacred Geometry through Global Art History
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
Sculpture and Performance Art Practice
Academy Of Art and Design
S’Herto D’en Bosse, Netherlands
MFA, International Mentor Program, Sculpture
New Forms, Site-specific Installation, Photography
Video Art, Book Arts
Academy of Fine Arts, Arnhem
The Netherlands
Site-Sensitive, Time Based Sculpture
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Invited Guest Professor, Multi-Media Sculpture
Vermont College, Norwich University
Montpelier , VT
MFA Mentor Program, Sculpture, New Forms,
Site-Sensitive Sculpture Installation, Book Arts
University of Massachusetts, School of Fine Arts
Amherst, MA
3D Design I, Basic Sculpture, 3D Design II, ( Sculpture )
2D Design I, 2D Design II, Environmental Sculpture
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, MA
Figure Drawing I, Figure Drawing II, Video Art
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, MA
Foundation Drawing I, Foundation Drawing II
Drawing and Composition
Eastern Connecticut State College
Willimantic, CT
Foundations Drawing I, Foundations Drawing II
Intro To Studio Art, Form and Content, Art History Survey
20th Century Art History Survey
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, VISUAL ARTS INSTRUCTOR
THE JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER
Jamestown, RI
Foundation Drawing, Printmaking Fundamentals
Botanical Printmaking, Mono-type Printmaking
Sculptural Ceramics, Explorations In Space
Hand Building Fundamentals
Developing A Sketchbook Practice
Explorations In Scale
Intuitive Painting, Intuitive Printmaking
SOUTH COUNTY ARTS CENTER
Kingston, RI
Intuitive Painting, Hand Building Ceramics
MAD ROSE GALLERY, THE MERCANTILE EXTENSION
Millerton, NY
Studio Arts Classes
FRELINGHUYSEN MORRIS HOUSE AND STUDIO MUSEUM
Lenox, MA
Drawing Instructor, George L. K. Morris Studio
Color Theory as Assistant to the Director, Kinney Frelinghuysen
NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Northampton, MA
Watercolor and Meditation, Black Ink
Dreamtime and Creativity, Objects With New Souls
Mixed Media Sculpture
THE GUILD ART CENTER
Easthampton, MA
Figure Drawing
Figure interpretation
Anatomy for the Artist
THE RENAISSANCE ART CENTER
Great Barrington, MA
Mono-type Printmaking for Kids
K-8, Mono-type Printmaking for Teens
College Portfolio Development for Teens
Painting and Meditation
Foundation Drawing I, Foundation Drawing II
Drawing and Dreamwork
Drawing with Pastels
Drawing and Intuition