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Karen Dolmanisth

Multimedia Artist

KAREN DOLMANISTH

EDUCATION

The Alternative Art School, Post Grad Professional Course Work,International Program
MFA, University of Massachusetts, Magna Cum Laude,Amherst, Massachusetts
SCULPTURE, TIME-BASED MEDIA, INSTALLATION
Hampshire College, VIDEO
New School For Social Research, Art History, Philosophy of Art, French, Semiotics, Herbal Botany, EnglishNew York, NY
BFA, Parsons School of Design, New School For Social Research: Magna Cum Laude,
Kathy Dunn Memorial Full Scholarship
Cooper Union, BFA Painting and Printmaking Course Work with Jack WhittenNew York, NY
New York University, Tisch School of The Arts, Film Studies Course WorkNew York, NY

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

GALLERIE 271Monterey, MA
HERA GALLERYSouth Kingston, RI
MAD ROSE GALLERYMillerton, NY
PIEROGI, Flat FilesBrooklyn, NY
EXIT ART 1991- 2011New York, NY
EXIT ART Archive Collection, NYU Fales Library Special Collections, Creators, Jeanette Ingberman, Papo ColoNew York, NY

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024"DOLMANISTH, NEW HEARTH WORKS, PAINTING, SCULPTURE"GALLERIE 271, Monterey, MA
“META“, With Leslie AlfinFOUNDATION GALLERY, SUNY, COLUMBIA-GREENE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Hudson, NY
2022“VISUAL CYCLES“, With Olivia BernardGEISSLER GALLERY, Greenfield, MA
“ART ON MAIN“, With Leslie AlfinTKG GALLERY, Pittsfield, MA
2020"DOLMANISTH, NEW WORK, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, ENVIRONMENTAL ART"BIRD HILL FARM, Ware, MA
2019”STILL, INVIOLATE CENTER”, Collaboration With Poet, Holly Wren SpauldingGEOFFREY 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“, Collaboration With Poet Holly Wren WarrenTHE 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”Krtashraya Aurodhan Art Gallery and Garden, Pondicherry, INDIA
2012“THE BALANCE - NATURE / SPIRIT / BODY / BREATH, IMMANENCE”Mead Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2011“GRACE, with Ashok Leaves and The River Ganges Walking”QERITICA GALLERY, Assi Ghat, Banaras, INDIA
“TRAVELERS AND HOUSEHOLDERS, With Kathryn MyersQERITICA 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 SiteUNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UMASS, Amherst, MA
2007“LOOM II”, COLLABORATION WITH THE SUN, Site Sensitive Sculpture ExhibitionOPEN SQUARE GALLERY, Mill 3, Holyoke, MA
2006“LOOM I”, COLLABORATION WITH THE MOON, Site Sensitive Sculpture ExhibitionOPEN SQUARE GALLERY, Mill 3, Holyoke, MA
“PRESENT, In The Moment” Installation / PerformanceUNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UMASS, Amherst, MA
2005“FLUENT” Works on Paper and Ephemeral ConstructionsTHE LAST MINUTE GALLERY, Northampton, MA
“ARROWS, NEEDLES, SPEARS, & STRANDS”VERMONT STUDIO CENTER
“STILL MOTION, The Four Directions“ Schultz Sculpture Barn, Johnson, VT
2004“INANNA, The Heroine’s Quest”WILLIAM BLIZARD GALLERY
3 Gallery Exhibition, and Solo PerformanceSpringfield College, Springfield, MA
“IMMANENT & TRANSCENDING CIRCLES OF TIME”CANAL GALLERY
2 Gallery Sculpture Installation, Chris Nelson, Curator, Yearlong Artist in Residence ProjectHolyoke, MA
2003“AXIS / ORBITING / Contain”NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Award Project, Sculpture InstallationNorthampton, MA
“MORPHOGENESIS” I & IIWILD LIFE SANCTUARY
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Award Project, Sculpture InstallationNorthampton, MA
2002“THEOLOGICAL REVERSALS” I, II, III, & IV “SACRED MATTER PROJECT”SMACK MELLON
Series of Four Time-Based Changing Installations, Two Galleries Solo ExhibitionBrooklyn, NY
“SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING / Ground Work”NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Award ProjectNorthampton, MA
“SACRED MATTER“ With Deborah MastersSMACK MELLON, Brooklyn, NY
2002“VERTICAL LOOM, VERTICAL TIME”NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Award Project, Sculpture InstallationNorthampton, MA
2001“PARADOX, COLLABORATION WITH THE SUN AND MOON“CRO’S NEST, CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
Part of an Endowed DAYTON VISITING ARTIST (Artist In Residence) AWARDNew London, CT
“PARADOX / CONTINUOUS CREATION” (Transformation)CRO’S NEST, CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
Installation "In Motion / Transformation", DAYTON ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AWARDNew London, CT
“THE FALL”NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Award, Installation and Performance ProjectNorthampton, MA
“CREATE / un-do, CREATE Again”NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Massachusetts, LCC Award, Installation and Performance ProjectNorthampton, MA
“DANCING IN THE FLAMESNORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Massachusetts LCC Award, Installation and Performance ProjectNorthampton, MA
“THE UNSEEN REAL”NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Massachusetts LCC Award, Sculpture and Interdisciplinary Performance ProjectNorthampton, MA
2000“NEMETON lean-sa dluth ri cliu do shinnear”GRUBBS GALLERY, Williston Northampton Academy
Time-Based Changing Installation, With Composer J.B. WeeksEasthampton, MA
“OPENING THE LANGUAGE“HAMDEN GALLERY, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
“BEYOND & HERE, RELATIONSHIPS”CENTER FOR ART AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Installation Collaboration with Musician / Composer Michael BillingsleyNorthampton, MA
“Interior INTERPRETATIONS Exterieur”NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Installation Collaboration with Experimental Musician / Composer, Helen HarrisonNorthampton, MA
1999“CHANCE & NECESSITY I, II, III, IV”THE ART BANK
Series of 4 Unique Time-Based Sculpture ExhibitionsShelburne Falls, MA
Produced during a two month Artist In Residency Fellowship with experimental Musician / Composer, Helen Harrison
“LIVE / WORK I & II”FLYWHEEL
Installation and Collaboration with Experimental Musician / Composer, Helen HarrisonEasthampton, MA
1995“THE THUNDER / PERFECT MIND: CORN, DICTIONARY, GLASS, SHELLS”C WORLD
Actions Within A Sculpture Installation, With Composer / Musician, J.B. WeeksNew York, NY
“THE THUNDER / PERFECT MIND: CORN, WHITE DRESS OF FLAMES, SILENCE, CHAIR”C WORLD
Actions Within A Sculpture Installation, Audience Participants, and Composer, J.B. WeeksNew York, NY
1993“UNVEILING THE BRIDE“, TWO SOLO EXHIBITIONS, With Genara BanzenREAL ART WAYS, Hartford, CT
"SACRIFICE: TO MAKE SACRED”HAMDEN GALLERY, 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“NEW WORK”, Outdoor Environmental Sculpture and Ephemeral Constructions THE SCULPTURE COURTYARD
Three Month, Artist In Residence Site-Specific Outdoor Sculpture Commission, ChangingUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

SELECTED SOLO PERFORMANCE ART

2022"ENHEDUANNA, AN HOMAGE, HER VOICE • FOR INANNA, SHE WRITES"GEISSLER GALLERY, GREEENFIELD, MA
"FLOWER OF LIFE, WEB OF LIFE", Art On Main Art FairTKG 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” Collaboration with Musician Jim Nelson, MATERIALIZED EXHIBITIONHamden Gallery, Amherst, MA
2013"WATER WRITING”, Performance and Sound Art Project
CONTEMPORARY ARTS INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND SOUND ART FESTIVAL, Acton, MA
“DEEP DIVE, ORACLE, Hear Every Voice”
CONTEMPORARY ARTS INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND SOUND ART FESTIVAL, Acton, MA
“LIGHTRAYS GOA”ART CHAMBER GALLERY, Goa, INDIA
“THE MOTHER, TO PROCESS LOSS THROUGH LOVE”AURODHAN GALLERY, Pondicherry, INDIA
“CREATIVE DOMESTIC”, in conjunction with “From Motherhood to Mother Goddess”
AKUS GALLERY, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
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 AudienceQERITICA GALLERY, Varanasi, INDIA
"GRACE", Collaboration with Ashok Leaves and audienceQERITICA 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”, On Site Sculpture Collaboration with George Trakas' “ISLES OF VIEW”
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
“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”, PRAYINGPROJECTEXIT 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

2024“ASSEMBLED”MAD ROSE GALLERY, Millerton, NY
“ab’ – strac – tion”, 3 ARTISTS In Painting, Drawing and SculptureART 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"Amber 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 NorquistCOASTAL CONTEMPORARY GALLERY, Newport, RI
2019“HOLIDAY SHOW”LABSPACE, Hillsdale, NY
"BEYOND AND THROUGH TO", With Judy Pfaff, and other Select ArtistsHAMPDEN GALLERY, Amherst, MA
Site-specific project space installation for “MATERIALIZED”, curated by: Suzan Shutan
“MESHES”, with: John Clarke, Dana Piazza, and Sara WallachGEOFFREY 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 Library, Lenox, MA
“GUILD OF BERKSHIRE ARTISTS, JURIED EXHIBITION II”WELLES GALLERY, Lenox Library, 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, Transcendence Self to Absolute”
AKUS GALLERY, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
2012"TRACINGS AND TEXT", “TRIBUTARIES” with Kathryn Myers and Charlotte Cain
Three Rivers Community College Art Gallery, Norwich, CT
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, WonderlandPAPER 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 ExhibitNORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Northampton, MA
“PIONEER WOMEN”TABLA RASA GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
“TREESONG, Life Cycle”, Pulp Science Fiction Invitational, Site-Specific Sculpture InstallationPAPER CITY STUDIOS, Holyoke, MA
2008"GOLDEN CIRCLE”, First Annual Sculpture InvitationalPAPER 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
Seven Women Installation Artists, Curator: Lynda DaboraBrooklyn, NY
“THE RESPONSE”CANAL GALLERY, Holyoke, MA
2003“ABSTRACT”, Curator, Chris NelsonCANAL GALLERY, Holyoke, MA
2000“ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT, 20 YEARS”EXIT ART
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, Papo ColoNew York, NY
1999“MORE OR LESS”NO BIAS
Invitational, Juror: Kathleen Gilrain, Director, SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, New York, NYBennington, VT
1997“THE GARDEN OF EVE”, 7 Women Sculptors, InvitationalLOWER EASTSIDE ECOLOGY CENTER
Curator: Kathleen Gilrain, Dir., SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK, New York, NYNew York, NY
1996“GROUND FLIGHT”, Sculpture InstallationONE MAIN SCULPTURE CENTER
New York, NY
“IN THE NIGHT GARDEN”, Sculpture InstallationONE MAIN SCULPTURE CENTER
New York, NY
1995“NEXT AGE DADA”EUSEBIUSBIUTENSINGEL 52
Installation “LADY OF THE SILVER WHEEL”Arnhem, The Netherlands
“THE NEXT TWENTY FIVE YEARS”WESTBETH GALLERY
Installation, “INANNA’S DESCENT, Contemporary Context”New York, NY
1994“FEVER, Traveling”THE WEXNER CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Installation, Unique, Site-specific, “ALCHEMY, IMPROV, OFFERING” Columbus, OH
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
Installation, “THOSE WHO DO NOT SURVIVE, A Dedication” Vienna, Austria
Curator: Birgit Jurgenssen
“THE GARDEN OF SCULPTURAL DELIGHTS”EXIT ART / THE FIRST WORLD
Installation, “RADICAL FAITH” Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, Papo ColoNew York, NY
“RESURRECTIONS, OBJECTS WITH NEW SOULS”THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM
Installation, “INANNA HONORS…AND RESSURECTS THE DESECRATED TREE OF…”Storrs, CT
Curators: Salvatore Scalora, Deborah Muirhead
1993“FEVER, Inaugural Exhibition”EXIT ART
Installation, “INANNA / ALCHEMY, Nigredo, Albedo, Conjunctio…” Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, Papo ColoNew York, NY
“SPIRITUAL CARGO”THE CHARTER OAK CULTURAL CENTER
Installation, “THE JOURNEY MARKERS OF PERSEPHONE’S CLOAK”Hartford, CT
1991“SACRED SPACE / FOUR SCULPTORS”Amherst, MA
Installation, “THE DAUGHTER’S CLOSET OF WONDER, MAGIC & SHADOW”Springfield, MA
“4 X 4 SCULPTORS”, with Dan Zeller, Kathleen Gilrain, Michael Yue Tong BAYSTATE WEST ATRIUMWHEELER GALLERY
Three Story Height Mall Atrium Installation

GRANT AWARDS

MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL Grant, LCC Recipient, Exhibit: HERE and Artist Talk, Public Workshop2010
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL, INDIVIDUAL ARTIST AWARD, INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDIA 2008, 2009
VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Full Fellowship, Artist Resource Trust Award2005
BERKSHIRE TACONIC ARTIST RESOURCE TRUST AWARD2004
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL Grant, LCC Recipient, INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDIA2004
MASSACHUSETTS CULTURAL COUNCIL, INDIVIDUAL ARTIST AWARD, SCULPTURE / INSTALLATION2003
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 Grant1996
CONNECTICUT SCHOLAR SCHOLARSHIP AWARD, Four-Year Recipient1979-1983

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”, 2013Cate McQuaid
ARTSCOPE MAGAZINE, “Amherst Biennial 2012”, 2012Gregory Morrell
ARTSCOPE MAGAZINE, “Amherst’s Joyful Biennial”, 2010Gregory Morrell
FIRST CITY, DELHI, INDIA, “Everywhere / Nowhere, Spiritual Temperament in Current American Art”, 2009Siri Fort
ARTSCOPE MAGAZINE, “KAREN DOLMANISTH”, 2008Gregory Morrell
THE NEW YORK TIMES “The Studio Visit”, 2006Roberta Smith
NY1, 2006Stephanie Simon
FreeNYC, “Franklin Furnace Archives” re: EXIT ART Prayingproject, 2005Philip Steger
BRIDGES, Publication on Science and Technology, re: EXIT ART Prayingproject, 2005
SPRINGFIELD RECORDER, “Canal Knowledge, Holyoke’s Mind-Bending Art Exhibit”, 2004Pat Cahill
ART IN AMERICA, “Smack Mellon”, 2003Lilly Wei
THE NEW YORK TIMES, “Sacred Matter”, 2002Holland Cotter
THE WASHINGTON POST, “Forget SOHO, Now It’s D.U.M.B.O., Forsaken Warehouse District, NY’s Latest Art Home, 2000Blake Gopnik
NEW YORK MAGAZINE, “Dance Of Life And Death”,1994Kay Larson
THE NEW YORK TIMES, “Making A Statement With Castoff Objects”, 1994William Zimmer
DIE PRESSE, DER STANDARD, Vienna, Austria, “Secession”, 1994George Schollhammer
KURIER, Vienna, Austria, “Beautiful, Run Down, Raunchy and Very Touching”, 1994Henriette Horny
SALZBURGER NACHRICHTEN, Vienna, Austria, “The Age Is Given Its Art Again”, 1994Jana Wisniewski
FALTER, Vienna, Austria, “Just No Shit”, 1994Mark Wailand
ART IN NEW ENGLAND, “Creating an Exhibition / RESURRECTION / ‘Objects With New Souls”, 1994Sal Scalora
THE HARTFORD COURANT “Recycled Art”, 1994Owen McNally
NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE, “Summing Up Doom And Gloom”, 1993Peter Plagens
THE NEW YORK TIMES, “Assemblages Offer Views Of The Spiritual”, 1993Vivien Raynor
VILLAGE VOICE, “Give Me Fever”, 1992Elizabeth Hess

SELECTED MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS

Invitation Call: Personal Memory, Artist Essays“Vision, Genius, Confidence, Courage and Innovation”
UNFINISHED MEMORIES, 30 Years of EXIT ART, SteidlGottingen, Germany
TRIBUTARIES, Chance and Intent, Many Sources of Work In Michael CainTHREE RIVERS COLLEGE, Norwich, CT
LIFE LINES OF CONNECTION AND CONTINUITY & AWEUNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Produced By Jackie Hai, Curator, Loretta YarlowUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
NEW ARTPublished by ABRAMS
Edited by Roxana Marcoci, Dian Murphy, Eve SinaikoNew York, NY
WENN DIE KINDER SIND IM DUNKELNPublished by WEINER SECESSION,Wien, Austria
Text by Birgit Jurgenssen, Andeas Pfersmann, Jeff Rian
PRAYINGPROJECT, Trickster TheaterEXIT ART, New York, NY
FRAGMENTS AND WHOLENESS, The Temporal Art of Karen Dolmanisth SMITH COLLEGE School of Fine Arts,
Bianca KaprielianNorthampton, MA

ARTIST RESIDENCY AND FELLOWSHIPS

CERAMICS ARTIST RESIDENCY, JAC, Jamestown, RI2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
BIRD HILL FARM, Ware, MA2019, 2020
ART CHAMBER, in Calangute, Goa, INDIA2013
MEAD MUSEUM, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts2012
QERITICA GALLERY, Banaras, INDIA, Installation / performance with student collaboration from Banaras Hindu University2011
VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, FULL FELLOWSHIP AWARD2005
CANAL GALLERY, Three Gallery Sites, Historic Industrial Canal District, Holyoke, MA, Full Year Inter-Media Site Work2003
DAYTON ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, Connecticut College, New London, CT2002
Dolmanisth: Sculpture Installation with Action / Happenings, PARADOX, and Meredith Monk, with Ann Hamilton: MERCY2001
EUSEBIUSBIUTENSINGEL 52, Arnhem, Netherlands, Month long, In Residence Project: NEW AGE DADA1995, 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, OH1994
NEW WORK, Large Scale Ephemeral Constructions, SCULPTURE COURTYARD, Univ. of Mass, Amherst, MA1989

ARTIST ASSISTANTSHIP

Fulbright Artist Assistant for Kathryn MyersDehli and Banaras, INDIA, 2011
Artist Assistant and Archivist for art critic, and pioneering international performance artist, LIL PICARD, New York, NY, 1978-1984
with whom Dolmanisth frequented Andy Warhol's Factory / Studio at Union Square
and accompanied to private interviews and openings, in Soho and the East Village in the seventies and early eighties.
NEA NEFA / NEW FORMS AWARD PROJECTS1996-2016
BLONDE BRANCHES”, HOT HOUSE IMPROVISATIONAL SERIESP.S. 122
Sculptor, Karen Dolmanisth, Dancer / Choreographer, Chivas SandageNew York, NY
“BLONDE BRANCHES”, NEW DANCE ALLIANCE PERFORMANCE MIXJOYCE SOHO
Sculptor, Karen Dolmanisth, Dancer / Choreographer, Chivas SandageNew York, NY
"CONTINUOUS CONTAINERS”,T. E. M. P. PROJECT SPACE
Kinetic Sculpture, Installation and PerformanceShelburne Falls, MA
“CONSTELLATION I & II”,T. E. M. P. PROJECT SPACE
Sculptor / Installation Artist, Karen Dolmanisth Musician / Composer, Michael Richardson,Shelburne Falls, MA
Dancer / Choreographers, Chivas Sandage, Harriet Jastremski, Rose Oceana
“STRING and STONE, Known, Not Known, I, II, III”,T. E. M. P. PROJECT SPACE
Sculptor, Installation, Performance Artist, Karen DolmanisthShelburne Falls, MA
“(with) WING (s) IT (and Owl’s Feet)",LIFE AND HARMONY CAFÉ
Sculpture and Drawings In Time: Artist, Karen Dolmanisth Springfield, MA
Musician / Composer, Joe Bartone, of FAT BUDDAHS

COLLEGE TEACHING

University of Connecticut, School of Fine Arts, 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 Art Center, Jamestown, RI
Foundation Drawing, Printmaking Fundamentals
Sculptural Ceramics, Hand Building Fundamentals
Developing A Sketchbook Practice
Botanical Monotype Printmaking
South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
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, 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-printmaking for Kids
K-8, Mono-printmaking for Teens
College Portfolio Development for Teens
Painting and Meditation, Foundation Drawing I
Foundation Drawing II, Drawing and Dreamwork
Drawing with Pastels, Still Life, Adult, Drawing and Intuition, Adult