Karen Hackenberg
Resume
 
Born 1955 Ridgewood  New Jersey
 
Lives and works in Port Townsend  Washington
 
 
Education
2007
Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program  Centrum  Port Townsend  WA
2003
Centrum Creative Arts Residency  January/February  Port Townsend  WA
1978
BFA - Painting Rhode Island School of Design   Providence  RI
1977
Artists for Environment Residency studied with Gretna Campbell and Paul Resika
 
Delaware Water Gap National Park  PA
 
 
Solo Exhibitions
2005
Sight Unseen   Fountainhead Gallery  Seattle  WA
Glimpses of Life  ArtsWest Gallery  Seattle  WA
2003
Shifting Ground  Fountainhead Gallery  Seattle  WA
 
 
Juried and Invitational Group Exhibition
2008
New York State Museum Albany NY
  Living With Doom Invitational Exhibition Collective Visions Gallery Bremerton WA
NuArt '08 Juried Open Exhibition (Phen Huang -Juror) Art at the Port  Anacortes WA
  About Face Washington State Exhibition (K.C. Potter de Haan-Juror) Northwind Art Center Port Townsend WA
Focus on Nature X International Juried Exhibition  New York State Museum Albany  NY
 
CVG Washington State Juried Exhibition (Susan Parke-Juror) Collective Visions Gallery Bremerton WA
 
Strait Art 2008 Port Angeles Fine Art Center  Port Angeles WA
   
2007
Expression Northwest NW Regional Exhibition (Lisa Van Doren Juror) Port Townsend WA
 
Public Art    Harrison Hospital  Silverdale   WA
 
The Seed    (Jake Seniuk-Curator)  Port Angeles Fine Arts Center  WA
 
Wind; The Palouse    Bainbridge Arts and Crafts  Bainbridge Island, WA
 
Home is Where the HeArt Is (Jake Seniuk-Curator) Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Port Angeles WA  
 
Vessels (Eric Swangstu-Juror)  Northwind Arts Center Port Hadlock  WA
 
Counterproof: Drawing Exhibition   The Art Mine  Port Hadlock WA
 
Stark: Figurative Exhibition   The Art Mine  Port Hadlock  WA
 
Expressions  (David Sessions-Juror)  Northwind Arts Center  Port Townsend  WA
 
2006
Expressions Northwest   (Susan Parke-Juror)  NW Regional Exhibition  Port Townsend  WA
 
E-I-E-I-O Bainbridge Arts  Bainbridge Island WA
 
Then and Now: Collectors and Their Artists   Northwind Arts Invitational  Port Townsend  WA
 
300 Under 300   (Eric Swangstu-Curator)  The Art Mine  Port Hadlock  WA
 
Earth Air, Fire, and Water   Jake Seniuk-Juror)  Northwind Arts Center  Port Townsend  WA
 
Small Expressions   (Michael McCollum-Juror)  Northwind Arts Center  Port Townsend  WA
 
2005
Culture and Agriculture   New Visions Museum Gallery  Marshfield  WI
 
Emergent: New Directions in Sustainable Art & Design Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD  Providence  RI
 
Expressions Northwest  NW Regional Exhibition  (Esther Luttikuizen-Juror) Port Townsend  WA
 
Strait Art   Port Angeles Fine Arts Center  (Jake Seniuk-Curator)  Port Angeles  WA
 
Small Expressions   Northwind Arts Center  (Cheryl Hahn-Juror)  Port Townsend  WA
 
2004
Architectural Detail   Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts  Fredericksburg  VA
 
For Love of the Land   Jefferson Land Trust Exhibition  Port Townsend  WA
 
Friends  Fountainhead Gallery  Seattle WA
 
Expressions Northwest   (Jake Seniuk-Juror)  NW Regional Exhibition  Port Townsend  WA
 
Figuratively Speaking   (Danny Adams-Juror)  Northwind Arts Center  Port Townsend  WA
 
The Alchemy of the Abstract (Cheryl Hahn-Juror)  Northwind Arts Center  Port Townsend  WA
 
Small Expressions   (Michael McCollum-Juror) Northwind Arts Center  Port Townsend  WA
 
2003
The American Landscape   (Carl Little-Juror) Clark House Gallery  Bangor  ME
 
Art Port Townsend   (Greg Bell-Juror)  NW Regional Exhibition  Port Townsend  WA
 
HomeLand   (Jake Seniuk-Curator)  Port Angeles Fine Arts Center  Port Angeles  WA
 
Treasures of the Heart   Fountainhead Gallery  Seattle  WA
 
Different Strokes   (Jake Seniuk-Juror)  Northwind Arts Center  Port Townsend  WA
 
2002
Art Port Townsend  NW Regional Exhibition  (Jim McDonald-Juror)  Port Townsend  WA
 
Art from the City of Dreams   (LaMar Harrington-Curator) University House  Seattle  WA
 
 
Collections
  New York State Museum permanent collection Albany NY
 
British Petroleum  San Francisco  CA 
 
Norma and Leonard Klorfine   Seattle  WA
 
Larry Stapleton   Seattle  WA
 
 
Awards
2008
Merit Award About Face (K.C. Potter de Haan-Juror)
  First Place in 2D Category CVG Show  (Susan Parke-Juror)
2007
Special Award  Expressions Northwest (Lisa Van Doren-Juror
2006
Merit Award   Expressions Northwest   (Susan Parke-Juror)
 
Merit Award   Small Expressions  (Michael McCollum-Juror)
 
Body of Work Merit Award   Earth, Air, Fire, and Water  (Jake Seniuk-Juror)
2005
Merit Award   Expressions Northwest  (Esther Luttikhuizen-Juror)
2004
Volunteer of the Year  Curator of  For Love of the Land exhibition/fundraiser
 
Special Award & People’s Choice  Expressions Northwest  (Jake Seniuk-Juror)
2003
Merit Award  Figuratively Speaking  (Danny Adams-Juror)
 
 
Related Professional Experience
2008
Illustrator  Experience Magazine   Centrum Arts Organization  Port Townsend   WA
2007
Lecture   Artist Trust EDGE program    Centrum  Port  Townsend  WA
2006
Lecture   Port Townsend Art Club   Port Townsend  WA
2004
Curator    For Love of the Land   Jefferson Land Trust Art Exhibition  Port Townsend  WA
1999
Lecture and demonstration  Sequim Arts  Sequim  WA
 
Memberships:    Artist Trust    Seattle Art Museum    Frye Art Museum   Tacoma Art Museum   Henry Art Gallery    Whatcom Museum of History and  Art     
 
 

Reviews

 
Seniuk, Jake.  “Home is Where the HeArt Is.”  On Center.  XIX.2  (2007): 1-3.
 
Meyer, Kathie.  “Northwind Winners Capture the Elements.” Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader 5 July 2006: This Week 8.
 
Katzenbach, Ann. "Strait Art 2005." Art Access May 2005: 13.
 
Seniuk, Jake.  “Along the Northern Shore.”  On Center.  XVII.2  (2005): 1-2.
 
Seniuk, Jake.  “In Search of a Homeland.”  On Center  XV.2  (2003): 1-2.
 
 
Catalog
 
Waisbrot, Ann.  Culture & Agriculture.   Marshfield, WI: New Visions Gallery, 2005.
 
Kernan, Patricia.  Focus on Nature X.   Albany, NY: New York State Museum, 2008.
 
 
Press
  Experience, Centrum's Magazine for the Creative Life   Spring 2008: 2, 10, 12
 
“Artists Get Edge Nod.” Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader   6 June 2007: This Week 5.
 
Meyer, Kathie.  Port Townsend & Jefferson County Guide 11 April 2007: 7- 8.Peninsula Daily News.
 
Fraga, Kathe. “Break Out the Hawaiian Shirts for First Friday Night” Bainbridge Buzz 6 April 2007.
 
“Wind; The Palouse” Art Access April 2007: 14.
 
“Art Interrupted” Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader
 
“E-I-E-I-O” Art Access June/Jul 2006: 14.
 
Fraga, Kathe. “First Friday Walk Opens New Gallery Shows” Bainbridge Buzz 10 July 2007.
 
“Northwind Arts Center.”  risd views  Fall  (2006):  34, 39.
 
Meyer, Kathie.  "Life is a Highway, I Wanna Drive Itt".  Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader   21 June 2006: 2.
 
“Sight Unseen.”  risd views  Fall  (2005):  31.
 
“Art Exhibition.”  Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader   21  April  2004: This Week 4.
 
"For Love of the Land.”  risd views  Fall  (2004):  34.
 
“Shifting Ground.”  risd views  Fall  (2003):  28.
 
Open Studio.”  Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader  5  February  2003: This Week 4.
 
“Port Townsend Artist in Seattle.”  Peninsula Daily News  29  April  2003:  A1.
 
“Vented Totems.”  risd views  Summer  (2003): 30.
 
“Port Townsend Artist’s Work in Maine Exhibit.”  Peninsula Daily News.  17 January 2003: Peninsula Spotlight 3.
 
“Scenes of Fort Flagler & Discovery Bay.”  risd views  Spring  (2002): 26.
 
 
Media
 
www.edgept07.com
 
Hartt, Jordan “Edge Artists Presentations”. http://www.centrum.org/visualart/  September 2007
 
Hartt, Jordan “Border Crossing”. http://www.centrum.org/visualart/   posted April 2007