Karen Hackenberg


Resume
 
Born 1955 Ridgewood  New Jersey
 
Lives and works in Port Townsend  Washington
 
 
Education
2011
GAP Award (Grants for Artist Projects) Artist Trust Seattle WA
Open to the Elements Residency w/Rotterdam’s Observatorium Headlands Center for the Arts Fort Barry CA
2010
Centrum Creative Arts Residency and Open Studio  Centrum at Fort Worden  Port Townsend WA
2007
Artist Trust EDGE Program at Centrum  Port Townsend  WA
2003
Centrum Creative Arts Residency and Open Studio  Centrum at Fort Worden  Port Townsend WA
1978
BFA - Painting   Rhode Island School of Design  Providence  RI
1977
Artists for Environment w/ painters of the N.Y. School, Paul Resika, Gretna Campbell Delaware Water Gap PA
 
 
Solo and Two Person Shows
2012
Strand  Shoreline Community College Gallery  Shoreline WA
  Karen Hackenberg & Merrilee Moore  Bainbridge Arts and Crafts  Bainbridge Island WA
2011
Watershed  Vermillion Art Gallery  Seattle WA
  Waterborne  AOT Gallery  Port Townsend WA
  Material World  Northwind Arts Alliance  Port Townsend WA
2009
Divining Line  The Gallery at Ok Hotel  Seattle WA
2005
Sight Unseen  Fountainhead Gallery  Seattle  WA
Glimpses of Life  ArtsWest Gallery  Seattle  WA
2003
Shifting Ground  Fountainhead Gallery  Seattle  WA
 
 
Public Art Projects
2010
Tower Art Program Commission  Providence Medical Center  Everett WA
2010
Art Outside Installation  Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (Jake Seniuk-Curator)  Port Angeles WA
  Chandelier Festival Installation  Mighty Tieton (Ed Marquand - Juror) Tieton WA
2007
Bainbridge Arts and Crafts Art Rental  Harrison Hospital  Silverdale WA
   
 
Selected Juried and Invitational Exhibitions
2012
Beneath the Surface: Discovering a World Worth Conserving  Am. Assoc. for Advancement of Science Wa. DC
2011
From Ordinary to Extraordinary: the Art of Being Green  Susquehanna Art Museum Harrisburg PA
  Fate of the Forest  Whatcom Art Museum (Barbara Matilsky-Curator) Bellingham WA
  Couplings  Gallery 110 (Rock Hushka-Juror)  Seattle WA
  2011 NW Fine Arts Competition  (Gary Faigin, Jayme Yahr, Sarah Dillon-Jurors) Phinney Center Seattle WA
  Back Country  Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (Jake Seniuk-curator) Port Angeles WA
  Member Exhibition  Kirkland Arts Center (John Braeseth-Juror) Kirkland WA
  Flora/Fauna  Smith and Vallee Gallery Edison WA
  Expressions Northwest  NW Regional Exhibition (Gary Faigin-Juror) Port Townsend WA
  The Re Store Recycled Art Show  Smith and Vallee Gallery Edsion WA
  Impressions: Faces and Figures  Ida Culver House (Charlotte Beall, LA CAB-Curator) Seattle WA
   
2010
Next  Anacortes Arts Festival - Juried Exhibition  (Esther Luttikhuizen-Juror)  Anacortes WA
Ten x Ten x Ten  Mighty Tieton  (Greg Kucera, Gail Gibson, Ed Marquand-Jurors)  Tieton WA
  Mystic Sons of Morris Graves  Rock|DeMent Gallery  Seattle WA
  Objectification 3  Smith and Vallee Gallery  Edison WA
  Green: On the Edge  IMA Museum  (Marisa Sanchez, Eric Metcalfe, Tom Toperzer-Jurors)  Friday Harbor WA
  Birds  Smith and Vallee Gallery  Edison WA
  Safe Harbor  Port Angeles Fine Arts Center  (Jake Seniuk-Curator)  Port Angeles WA
  Shape of Water  NW Maritime Center  (Linda Okazaki, Counsel Langley-Juror)  Port Townsend WA
  Linear Thinking  (Teresa Verraes-Juror)  Northwind Arts Center  Port Townsend WA
  Envision Cascadia!  Dept. of Ecology  (Jake Seniuk-Curator)  Olympia WA
  Barns, Boats & Bridges University House (Charlotte Beall, LA CAB-Curator) Issaquah WA
  The Alchemy of the Abstract  (Elizabeth Jameson-Juror) Northwind Arts Center  Port Townsend WA
   
2009
Envision Cascadia!  Port Angles Fine Arts Center  (Jake Seniuk-Curator)  Port Angeles WA
  CVG Show  Washington State Exhibition  (Gary Faigin-Juror)  Collective Visions Gallery  Bremerton WA
  Strait Art  Port Angeles Fine Arts Center  (Jake Seniuk-Curator)  Port Angeles WA
  Mountains  WA State Exhibition  (Eric Swangstu-Juror)  Northwind Arts Center  Port Townsend WA
   
2008
Focus on Nature X  International Juried Exhibition  New York State Museum  Albany  NY
  Art + All That Jazz  NW Regional Exhibition  Whatcom Museum of History and Art   Bellingham WA
  Northwest Mountain Invitational  Smith|Vallee Gallery  Edison WA
  NuArt '08  Juried Open Exhibition  (Phen Huang-Juror)  Art at the Port  Anacortes WA
CVG Show  Washington State Juried Exhibition  (Susan Parke-Juror)  Collective Visions Gallery  Bremerton WA
 
Strait Art  Port Angeles Fine Art Center  (Jake Seniuk-Curator)  Port Angeles WA
 
About Face  Washington State Exhibition  (K.C. Potter de Haan-Juror)  Northwind Art Center  Port Townsend WA
  Living With Doom  Artist Trust "Edge"  Collective Visions Gallery  Bremerton WA
   
2007
Expression Northwest  NW Regional Exhibition  (Lisa Van Doren-Juror)  Port Townsend WA
 
The Seed  (Jake Seniuk-Curator)  Port Angeles Fine Arts Center  Port Angeles WA
 
Wind; The Palouse (David Sessions-Curator) Bainbridge Arts and Crafts  Bainbridge Island, WA
 
Home is Where the HeArt Is  (Jake Seniuk-Curator)  Port Angeles Fine Arts Center  Port Angeles WA  
 
Counterproof: Drawing Exhibition  (Eric Swangstu- Curator) The Art Mine  Port Hadlock WA
 
2006
Expressions Northwest   (Susan Parke-Juror)  NW Regional Exhibition  Port Townsend  WA
 
E-I-E-I-O  (David Sessions-Curator)  Bainbridge Arts  Bainbridge Island WA
 
Then and Now: Collectors and Their Artists  (Jan Hoy-Curator)  Northwind Arts Invitational  Port Townsend  WA
 
Earth Air, Fire, and Water   (Jake Seniuk-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 (Cheryl Hahn-Juror) Northwind Arts Center Port Townsend
 
2004
Architectural Detail  Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts  Fredericksburg  VA
 
For Love of the Land  Jefferson Land Trust Exhibition  Port Townsend  WA
 
Expressions Northwest  NW Regional Exhibition (Jake Seniuk-Juror) Port Townsend  WA
  Friends Fountainhead Gallery Seattle 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
  Choose Hope Seattle Culture Center Seattle WA
 
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
Choose Hope Seattle Culture Center Seattle WA
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
  Seattle Dream Show Jefferson Arts Alliance (LaMar Harrington-Curator) Port Townsend WA
   
1999
Quimper Arts Exhibition Wooden Boat Festival Port Townsend WA
  Art Port Townsend Open Studio Exhibition Port Townsend WA
  Quimper Arts Exhibition Jefferson County Fairground Port Townsend WA
   
1978
Emergence Woods Gerry Gallery Bank Building Gallery R|ISD Providence RI
  Two Women: Anna Flores-Jenkins, Karen Hackenberg Bank Building Gallery RISD Providence RI
 
 
Awards
2011
Grand Prize 18th Juried Northwest Biennial Schack Art Center Everett WA
  Special Award Expressions Northwest (Gary Faigin-Juror) Port Townsend WA
  Finalist, Best of Seattle Art Walk Award City Arts Magazine Seattle WA
  Honorable Mention & People’s Choice - Couplings (Rock Hushka-Juror) Gallery 110 Seattle WA
2010
Best in Show 2 Dimension "Next"-Anacortes Art Festival  (Esther Luttikhuizen-Juror)
Best Of Show Linear Thinking: expanding the limits of drawing  (Teresa Verraes-Juror)
2008
Juror 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
Juror Award   Expressions Northwest   (Susan Parke-Juror)
 
Juror Award   Small Expressions  (Michael McCollum-Juror)
 
Body of Work Merit Award   Earth, Air, Fire, and Water  (Jake Seniuk-Juror)
2005
Juror 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)
Juror Award  Figuratively Speaking  (Danny Adams-Juror)
2003
Juror Award Art Port Townsend NW Regional Exhibition  (Greg Bell-Juror)
 
 
Catalogs
  Zevitas, Steven. Studio Visit Magazine Open Studios Press: Boston, MA Volume 10, 2010.
  Marquand, Ed Mighty Tieton Chandelier Festival, Tieton, WA: Mighty Tieton Warehouse, 2011.
  Marquand, Ed. Ten x Ten x Ten, Tieton, WA: Mighty Tieton Warehouse Gallery, 2010.
  Green: On the Edge. Friday Harbor, WA: SJIMA, 2010.
 
The CVG Show 2009.  Bremerton, WA: Collective Visions Gallery, 2009.
 
Northwest Mountain Invitational.  Edison, WA: Smith | Vallee Gallery, 2008.
 
Kernan, Patricia. Focus on Nature X.  Albany, NY: New York State Museum, 2008.
  Waisbrot, Ann. Culture & Agriculture.  Marshfield, WI: New Visions Gallery, 2005.
   
 
Articles and Reviews in Print
  Seniuk, Jake. “Back Country.” On Center. XXIiI.3 (2011) 1- 2.
  Urbani La Paz, Diane. “Artists Find Acclaim beyond North Olympic Penninsula.” Peninsula Woman 31 July 2011: 1, 7.
  Meyer, Kathie. “Plastic, plastic, everywhere” PT & Jefferson County Leader. 9 June 2010: This Week: 1, 6, 7.
  Seniuk, Jake. “In Search of Safe Harbor.” On Center. XXII.4 (2010) 1- 3.
  Seniuk, Jake. “Art Outside.” On Center. XXII.4 (2010) 1, 4.
  Berger, Knute. “Utopia: Are We There Yet?”. Crosscut. 9 September 2009.
  Miller, Brian. “Barn Yearns.” Seattle Weekly. December 17-23 2008: 19-22.
  Urbani de la Paz, Diane. “Visions of Cascadia shimmer at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center”. Peninsula Daily News.
11 August 2009: Our Peninsula 1
  Meyer, Kathie. “Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader. 6 April 2008: This Week 5.
  Seniuk, Jake. “The Seeds of Creativity.” On Center. XIX.6 (2008) 1- 4.
  Seniuk, Jake. “Impress, Interpret, Invent.” On Center.  XX.2 (2008) 1-3.
 
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.
   
 
Press in Print
  “Amphorae Wins Award.” Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader 20 July 2011: This Week 3.
  Amy Kipferle. “Out on a Limb, The Forest and the Trees.” Cascadia Weekly 20 July 2011: 18.
  Urbani La Paz, Diane. “Tours of Art in Sequim, Port Townsend.” Peninsula Spotlight 1 April 2011: 1, 7.
  “Amphorae.” Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader 13 April 2011.
  “Plushzilla.” Kitsap Sun 28 March 2011.
  Amy Kipferle. “New Growth.” Cascadia Weekly 14 December 2010: 3.
  Amy Kipferle. “Anacortes or Bust!.” Cascadia Weekly 4 August 2010: 20.
  “Outdoor art display opens this weekend in Port Angeles”. Peninsula Daily News, Spotlight 18 June 2010.
  “Arts Commission exhibit dives into water's influence”. Port Townsend & Jefferson Co. Leader 7 April 2010:This Week 5.
  “Divining Line” Art Access  December/January 2008: 1,3, 38.
  Amy Kipferle. “Forbearance.” Cascadia Weekly 30 July 2008: 3.
 
“Artists Get Edge Nod.” Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader   6 June 2007: This Week 5.
 
Meyer, Kathie. Peninsula Daily News. Port Townsend & Jefferson County Guide 11 April 2007: 7- 8.
 
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 it".  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.
 
 
Digital Links, Press, and Reviews
  Artist Trust Profile: http://artisttrust.org/index.php/award-winners/artist-profile/karen_hackenberg
  Dwell Magazine, Residency w/ Observatorium: http://www.dwell.com/articles/open-to-the-elements.html
  City Arts Magazine, Best of Seattle Art Walk Awards: http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2011/04/14/city-arts-magazine-hopes-awards-unite-seattles-art-walk-community-make-for-a-good-party
  Joey Veltkamp, “Best Of” Blog: http://joeyveltkamp.blogspot.com/2011/07/florafauna-at-smith-and-vallee-gallery.html
  Grand Prize, Schack Art Center: http://www.schack.org/exhibits/
  Amy Kipferle, Cascadia Weekly Review: http://www.cascadiaweekly.com/entertainment/the_forest_and_the_trees/
  Kathie Meyer Article: http://ptleader.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=27059&SectionID=101&SubSectionID=471&S=1
  Knute Berger, Crosscut Magazine Review: http://crosscut.com/2009/09/09/mossback/19223/
  Artist Trust Profile: http://artisttrust.org/index.php/award-winners/artist-profile/karen_hackenberg
 
Brian Miller, Seattle Weekly Review: http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-12-17/calendar/karen- hackenberg-divining-line/
 
Diane Urbani de la Paz Review:http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090811/news/308119982
 
Seattle Met Magazine: http://www.seattlemet.com/blogs/sauced/karen-hackenberg-show-opens-thursday-at-vermillion-february-2011/
 
2012 Show, Shoreline Community College: http://www.shoreline.edu/gallery/SCCArtGalleryCalendar20112012.pdf
  Vermillion Gallery, Watershed: http://www.vermillionseattle.com/
  Grand Prize, Schack Art Center: http://www.schack.org/exhibits/
  Iskra Johnson Blog Review: http://iskrafineart.typepad.com/iskrafineart/2011/04/night-in-the-city-looks-pretty-to-meparty- at-city-arts-benefit-show-at-vermilion.html
  Gallery 110, Couplings, International Exhibition: http://www.gallery110.com/gallery/23085
  Steven Zevitas, Studio Visit Magazine: http://studiovisitmagazine.com/volume-ten
  4 Culture Blog: http://blog.4culture.org/2010/08/artist-residencies-available-at-centrum/
  Centrum Blog: http://www.centrum.org/residencies/2010/05/karen-hackenbergs-water-shed.html
  Shape of Water: http://ptleader.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=26649&SectionID=101&SubSectionID=471&S=1
  Gallery at OK Hotel: http://galleryatokhotel.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2008-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=4 http://www.risd.edu/eviews/archive/index_122308.html
  Jordan Hartt, Edge Artists Presentations: http://www.centrum.org/residencies/2007/09/edge-artist-presentations.html
  Jordan Hartt, Border Crossing: http://www.centrum.org/residencies/2007/04/cross-the-border.html
  InfoWorld:http://books.google.com/books?id=MDsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT45&lpg=PT45&dq=Karen+Hackenberg+art+info+wo rld&source=bl&ots=OSvSu2MokQ&sig=aBN6LZgrTp14Ac2l4CQEB9ZA3As&hl=en&ei=cbEwTdHcBo2WsgPx- NGsBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAw
  Karen Hackenberg Blog: http://www.karenhackenberg.blogspot.com/
   
 
Related Professional Experience
2010
Painting Instructor Gage Academy of Art Seattle WA
  Artist Presentation Material World Northwind Arts Alliance Port Townsend WA
2010
Artist Presentation  Art Outside  Port Angeles Fine Arts Center  Port Angeles  WA
2008
Illustration  Experience Magazine  Centrum Arts Organization  Port Townsend   WA
2007
Community Arts Lecturer  Artist Trust EDGE program  Centrum  Port  Townsend  WA
2006
Community Arts Lecturer  Port Townsend Art Club  Port Townsend  WA
2004
Curator  For Love of the Land  Jefferson Land Trust Art Exhibition  Port Townsend  WA
1999
Community Arts Lecturer with demonstration  Sequim Arts  Sequim  WA
1993
CAD Design Lecture Science, Literature, and Art Association Port Townsend WA
92-02
Textile Design & CAD Consulting Cherry Street Studio  Port Townsend WA
88-92
CAD Textile Designer/Manager  Esprit de Corp. and Levi Strauss & Co. San Francisco CA
82-83
Architectural Model Builder 20 Lucerne Associates San Francisco CA
   
 
Affiliation and Memberships
 
Artist Trust  Gage Academy of Art  Seattle Art Museum   Frye Art Museum   Tacoma Art Museum  
 
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center    Henry Art Gallery   Whatcom Museum of History and Art   Bellevue Arts Museum
  Northwind Arts Center    Kirkland Arts Center    Northwind Arts Alliance
   
 
Selected Collections
  New York State Museum  Albany NY
 
British Petroleum  San Francisco  CA 
  Cynthia Sears and Frank Buxton Bainbridge Island WA
  Mighty Tieton / Ed Marquand Tieton WA
 
Larry Stapleton   Seattle  WA
 
Leonard and Norma Klorfine Seattle WA
 
Shane Bush and Mary Iverson Seattle WA