Karen Boone - artist

Karen Boone - artist Karen Boone - artist Karen Boone - artist

Karen Boone - artist

Karen Boone - artist Karen Boone - artist Karen Boone - artist
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Karen Boone, a natural artist

In my artistic practice I use less toxic materials like foraged ochres from my property, creek clay and charred wood, a reciprocal approach to sharing with nature and the wilderness. I grind them in a pestle mortar to mix with walnut oil. I apply paint to canvas, recycled cardboard or air-dry clay, with a base layer of plant-based gesso, which contains no horse hooves or rabbit skin. I backpack and hike in pristine wilderness, and have been vegetarian most of my life, so it is essential for me to work with materials that are as sustainable as possible. 


I have my masters degree from the Basel School of Design Switzerland, and worked as a graphic designer for Pentagram Design New York and San Francisco, and also two years in Tokyo, Japan. I  currently live on a peaceful little farm in Borden Indiana with my partner Rick Runyon.


Solo exhibitions

2023 - Intertwined | Mary Anderson Gallery, Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality

2022 - Earthen | Mary Anderson Gallery, Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality


Group exhibitions

2025 - Yosemite Renaissance 40 Exhibition | Yosemite Gateway Art Center, CA

2025 - The Matriarch Reloaded: We Mother the Earth | Chestnut and Pearls Art Gallery, IN

2024 - Abide by the Answer | Karen Boone & Rachel Singel, Louisville Grows Healthy House Gallery

2024 - Mothering Me | Floyd County Carnegie Library Cultural Arts Center

2024 - I am Woman | Chestnuts and Pearls Gallery, New Albany IN

2024 - Old Gangsters Swimming Hole Residency Online Exhibition and Artist Talk 

www.theswimminghole.org/projects-8

2023 - Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit | Cinncinati, Ohio

2023 - Taking Shape: Abstraction To Figuration | curated by Jackie Gendel on Artsy.net

2023 - The Space Between | curated by Michael Shemchuk on Artsy.net

2022 - Works on Paper | juried by Kerry Downey

2021 - Cultivate! | curated by Ben Sollee, Southern Indiana

2021 - Pigment Revealed Exhibition | juried online international symposium 

2021 - Imaginary Travels | juried show, juror John Yoyogi Fortes

2020 - Natural Worlds | juror Michael Shemchuk

2020 - Home | juried show, Garfield Park Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN


Residencies and Grants

2025 - Great Meadows Foundation Grant recipient, Helsinki Biennial, Finland, Summer  

2023 - Swimming Hole Foundation Artist Residency | by invitation only, Catskills, NY 

www.theswimminghole.org


Work Experience/Education:

Karen Boone Design, graphic design/fine art since 1992

PAOS: Tokyo, Japan, Graphic designer 1990-1991

Pentagram Design, New York (junior designer for Peter Harrison) and San Francisco (senior designer for Kit Heinrichs) 1984-1989

BRS Amsterdam, Netherlands, design intern 1984

Basel School of Design, Switzerland Masters 1984

University of Louisville BA 1982

Sacred Heart Academy 1979

Gallery

Graphic Design and Branding

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