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SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022-2025 The Drawing Rooms', The Art Project, The Oakman, Jersey City, NJ
2018 Continuing the Conversation, solo exhibit, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
Karen Starrett:Inside Out, Brodsky Gallery, Chauncey Conference Ctr, Princeton, NJ
2017 #sixof2minds: Karen Starrett / Maddy Cohen, Monmouth County Arts, Red Bank, NJ 2016 Karen Starrett / Colleen Lineberry: Reciprocity, 211 Broad Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2014 Karen Starrett Paintings, Frederick Gallery, Spring Lake, NJ
2013 Karen Starrett Paintings, Oyster Point Hotel, Red Bank, NJ
Karen Starrett Paintings, Brodsky Gallery, Chauncey Conference Center, Princeton, NJ
2010 Karen Starrett / Arlene Mollow, Pier Village Art Gallery, Long Branch, NJ
2009 Karen Starrett Paintings, Johnson & Johnson Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ
Karen Starrett: Strange Praise, Mattison Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Optical Illusions, Monmouth County Park System, Lincroft, NJ
Hot and Cold, Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ
The Garden Exhibit, Guild of Creative Arts, Shrewsbury, NJ
2024 See the Forest for the Trees, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2023 Memories, Monmouth County Park System, Lincroft, NJ
See the Forest for the Trees, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2022 Together/Apart, El Barrio’s Artspace PS109, NYC
The Silence of Winter, Monmouth County Parks System, Lincroft, NJ
2021 Looking Forward, Carter Burden Gallery, NYC Nancy Azara, juror
The Art Alliance 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ, Alison Van Denend,
Assistant Curator, Montclair Art Museum
Reverse Engineering, ProArts Gallery, Jersey City, N
New Normal, The Payne Gallery, Movarvian University, Bethlehem, PA
Salon des Refuses, ProArts Gallery, Jersey City, NJ P.E.Pinkman, curator
Drawing Challenge XVIII, Jason McCoy Gallery online, NYC
My Year in Quarantine, Art Alliance Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
Group Show 3, SHRINE Digital Exhibition in The Empty Gallery, NYC
Les Femmes Folles: Feminists Connect, virtual art exhibit
Noyes Museum Signature Artist exhibit, Atlantic City, NJ
Hammond Museum, juried April exhibition, Bibiana Matheis, curator
2020 Women Celebrate Women, El Barrio's Art Space PS109, NYC
JAM at MAM, Montclair Art Museum online, Montclair, NJ
The Corona Sidestep: A Virtual Exhibition, http://joannematteraartblog.blogspot.com
41st Annual State Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Art Jam, Hudson Guild online, NYC
Art In Time of Pandemic part-2, http://joannematteraartblog.blogspot.com
Packard Group National Exhibition, Vermillion, SD
2019 Art & Healing, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Abstract Interpretations, Guild for Creative Arts, Shrewsbury, NJ
2018 The Earth Speaks, The Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge, NJ
Expressions of Clinician Well Being Digital Art Gallery, National Academy of Medicine,
https://nam.edu/expressclinicianwellbeing
Color, The Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Center of Visual Arts Gallery, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ
Spring Fever, All Things Local, Red Bank, NJ
Noyes Signature Artist Exhibit, Noyes Museum of Art, Hammonton, NJ
Optimism, The Peg Williams Gallery, Dover, NJ
2017 Collage, Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ Liz Mitchell, Juror
Black Box, boeckercontemporary traveling show: Künstlerhaus Saar,
Las Grand Atelier, Faux-Mouvement, Casino Luxembourg
The Reveal: Five Artists Put It On The Wall, the gallery@33Monmouth, Red Bank, NJ
The Color of Energy, The Energy of Color, Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ
Personal Renaissance, Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, NJ
2016 Celebration, Mulberry Street Public Library, NYC
Twelve Abstract Artists, Axelrod Theater Gallery, Deal, NJ
Perspectives in Nature, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Saving Trees, Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ
State of the Art 2016, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit, Sikkema Jenkins, NYC
2015 A Little Wax, Invitational, Arts Guild NJ, Rahway, NJ Douglas Ferrari, curator
Childhood Memories, Zufall Health, Dover, NJ
Mixed Media Paintings, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Metro31, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, Evan Brownstein, curator
Healing Through Art: A Collaboration Exhibition, Rutgers University, NJ
2014 Inner Reflections: 3-Person Exhibit, Studio on Madison, Dumont, NJ
Autumn, Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, NJ
Voices and Visions, The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
Honoring Summer, Invitational, The Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Brookdale
Community College, Lincroft, NJ, Marie Maber, curator
Signs and Symbols, Heaven Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, Dennis Carroll, juror
Eclectic Aesthetics, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Ellarslie Open XXXI, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, Kelly Baum, Ph.D., juror
Visions of the Mind, HUB-Robeson Galleries, Penn State University, PA
Unusual Art, Invitational, Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ
2013 All Cut Up, Downstairs Art Gallery, Carter Burden Center, NYC, Liz Curtin, curator
Color Power, Heaven Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, Dennis Carroll, juror
34th Annual Juried Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ,
Violence, Philadelphia Inquirer Bldg., SSP Gallery, Conshohocken, PA
Women, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH,
Saisha M. Grayson, curator
Abstract Expressions, ABstract EXpressions Gallery, Mount Holly, NJ,
James Kent, curator
AWARDS / GRANTS / CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019 Curator, Art & Healing:expressions of trauma and gratitude,
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2017 Honorable Mention, Art Salon Annual, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2016 Speaker, Creative Aging Training Institute, The Creative Center, NY, NY
2014 Curator, More, Art Alliance Gallery, Red Bank, NJ,
2013 Signature Artist, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2012 Best in Show, Art Alliance Annual Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ
2011 Artist-in-Residence, Creative Aging Training Institute, Creative Center, NY, NY
2010 Inductee, The National Association of Women Artists, NY, NY
2009 Painting Award, Monmouth County Arts Council, Red Bank, NJ
2008 Artist Grant, The Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ
Sculpture Award, Monmouth Museum Annual Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ
PRESS
2022 The Fourth River: A Journal of Nature and Place-based writing, published by the the
Chatham University MFA program
2020 Iris Literary Journal, Assure Press, summer 2020 Cover Art
2019 Expressions of Clinician Well Being, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM),
October 2019 Cover Art
2014 A View from the Easel, Hyperallergic blog
2011 Doorway to Healing, Cure Magazine
Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma
College of Medicine
2000 Figurative Testimonials, Heal Magazine
TEACHING
2019 - 2021 Monmouth County Park System, Teaching Artist for people w/dementia
2012 - present Creative Aging Arts, LLC - Art Workshops for Older Adults
2015 Princeton Arts Council, Art Workshop for Caregivers,
Princeton Art Museum, Docent
EDUCATION
B.A. Art Education Honors, Douglass Collage, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Art New England, Bennington, VT
Painting Workshops, Grace Graupe-Pillard, Middletown, NJ
UPSIDING, Sculpture Alliance, NYC on-line workshops
ACCESS Programing for People with Dementia, The Jewish Museum NYC, on-line workshops
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Noyes Museum of Art
Pro Arts Jersey City
The Hammond Museum
Monmouth County Arts Council
The Guild for Creative Arts
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022-2025 The Drawing Rooms', The Art Project, The Oakman, Jersey City, NJ
2018 Continuing the Conversation, solo exhibit, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
Karen Starrett:Inside Out, Brodsky Gallery, Chauncey Conference Ctr, Princeton, NJ
2017 #sixof2minds: Karen Starrett / Maddy Cohen, Monmouth County Arts, Red Bank, NJ 2016 Karen Starrett / Colleen Lineberry: Reciprocity, 211 Broad Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2014 Karen Starrett Paintings, Frederick Gallery, Spring Lake, NJ
2013 Karen Starrett Paintings, Oyster Point Hotel, Red Bank, NJ
Karen Starrett Paintings, Brodsky Gallery, Chauncey Conference Center, Princeton, NJ
2010 Karen Starrett / Arlene Mollow, Pier Village Art Gallery, Long Branch, NJ
2009 Karen Starrett Paintings, Johnson & Johnson Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ
Karen Starrett: Strange Praise, Mattison Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Optical Illusions, Monmouth County Park System, Lincroft, NJ
Hot and Cold, Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ
The Garden Exhibit, Guild of Creative Arts, Shrewsbury, NJ
2024 See the Forest for the Trees, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2023 Memories, Monmouth County Park System, Lincroft, NJ
See the Forest for the Trees, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2022 Together/Apart, El Barrio’s Artspace PS109, NYC
The Silence of Winter, Monmouth County Parks System, Lincroft, NJ
2021 Looking Forward, Carter Burden Gallery, NYC Nancy Azara, juror
The Art Alliance 34th Annual Juried Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ, Alison Van Denend,
Assistant Curator, Montclair Art Museum
Reverse Engineering, ProArts Gallery, Jersey City, N
New Normal, The Payne Gallery, Movarvian University, Bethlehem, PA
Salon des Refuses, ProArts Gallery, Jersey City, NJ P.E.Pinkman, curator
Drawing Challenge XVIII, Jason McCoy Gallery online, NYC
My Year in Quarantine, Art Alliance Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
Group Show 3, SHRINE Digital Exhibition in The Empty Gallery, NYC
Les Femmes Folles: Feminists Connect, virtual art exhibit
Noyes Museum Signature Artist exhibit, Atlantic City, NJ
Hammond Museum, juried April exhibition, Bibiana Matheis, curator
2020 Women Celebrate Women, El Barrio's Art Space PS109, NYC
JAM at MAM, Montclair Art Museum online, Montclair, NJ
The Corona Sidestep: A Virtual Exhibition, http://joannematteraartblog.blogspot.com
41st Annual State Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Art Jam, Hudson Guild online, NYC
Art In Time of Pandemic part-2, http://joannematteraartblog.blogspot.com
Packard Group National Exhibition, Vermillion, SD
2019 Art & Healing, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Abstract Interpretations, Guild for Creative Arts, Shrewsbury, NJ
2018 The Earth Speaks, The Barron Arts Center, Woodbridge, NJ
Expressions of Clinician Well Being Digital Art Gallery, National Academy of Medicine,
https://nam.edu/expressclinicianwellbeing
Color, The Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
Center of Visual Arts Gallery, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ
Spring Fever, All Things Local, Red Bank, NJ
Noyes Signature Artist Exhibit, Noyes Museum of Art, Hammonton, NJ
Optimism, The Peg Williams Gallery, Dover, NJ
2017 Collage, Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ Liz Mitchell, Juror
Black Box, boeckercontemporary traveling show: Künstlerhaus Saar,
Las Grand Atelier, Faux-Mouvement, Casino Luxembourg
The Reveal: Five Artists Put It On The Wall, the gallery@33Monmouth, Red Bank, NJ
The Color of Energy, The Energy of Color, Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ
Personal Renaissance, Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, NJ
2016 Celebration, Mulberry Street Public Library, NYC
Twelve Abstract Artists, Axelrod Theater Gallery, Deal, NJ
Perspectives in Nature, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Saving Trees, Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ
State of the Art 2016, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit, Sikkema Jenkins, NYC
2015 A Little Wax, Invitational, Arts Guild NJ, Rahway, NJ Douglas Ferrari, curator
Childhood Memories, Zufall Health, Dover, NJ
Mixed Media Paintings, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Metro31, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, Evan Brownstein, curator
Healing Through Art: A Collaboration Exhibition, Rutgers University, NJ
2014 Inner Reflections: 3-Person Exhibit, Studio on Madison, Dumont, NJ
Autumn, Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, NJ
Voices and Visions, The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
Honoring Summer, Invitational, The Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Brookdale
Community College, Lincroft, NJ, Marie Maber, curator
Signs and Symbols, Heaven Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, Dennis Carroll, juror
Eclectic Aesthetics, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Ellarslie Open XXXI, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, Kelly Baum, Ph.D., juror
Visions of the Mind, HUB-Robeson Galleries, Penn State University, PA
Unusual Art, Invitational, Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ
2013 All Cut Up, Downstairs Art Gallery, Carter Burden Center, NYC, Liz Curtin, curator
Color Power, Heaven Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ, Dennis Carroll, juror
34th Annual Juried Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ,
Violence, Philadelphia Inquirer Bldg., SSP Gallery, Conshohocken, PA
Women, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH,
Saisha M. Grayson, curator
Abstract Expressions, ABstract EXpressions Gallery, Mount Holly, NJ,
James Kent, curator
AWARDS / GRANTS / CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019 Curator, Art & Healing:expressions of trauma and gratitude,
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2017 Honorable Mention, Art Salon Annual, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2016 Speaker, Creative Aging Training Institute, The Creative Center, NY, NY
2014 Curator, More, Art Alliance Gallery, Red Bank, NJ,
2013 Signature Artist, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
2012 Best in Show, Art Alliance Annual Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ
2011 Artist-in-Residence, Creative Aging Training Institute, Creative Center, NY, NY
2010 Inductee, The National Association of Women Artists, NY, NY
2009 Painting Award, Monmouth County Arts Council, Red Bank, NJ
2008 Artist Grant, The Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ
Sculpture Award, Monmouth Museum Annual Exhibition, Red Bank, NJ
PRESS
2022 The Fourth River: A Journal of Nature and Place-based writing, published by the the
Chatham University MFA program
2020 Iris Literary Journal, Assure Press, summer 2020 Cover Art
2019 Expressions of Clinician Well Being, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM),
October 2019 Cover Art
2014 A View from the Easel, Hyperallergic blog
2011 Doorway to Healing, Cure Magazine
Blood and Thunder: Musings on the Art of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma
College of Medicine
2000 Figurative Testimonials, Heal Magazine
TEACHING
2019 - 2021 Monmouth County Park System, Teaching Artist for people w/dementia
2012 - present Creative Aging Arts, LLC - Art Workshops for Older Adults
2015 Princeton Arts Council, Art Workshop for Caregivers,
Princeton Art Museum, Docent
EDUCATION
B.A. Art Education Honors, Douglass Collage, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Art New England, Bennington, VT
Painting Workshops, Grace Graupe-Pillard, Middletown, NJ
UPSIDING, Sculpture Alliance, NYC on-line workshops
ACCESS Programing for People with Dementia, The Jewish Museum NYC, on-line workshops
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Noyes Museum of Art
Pro Arts Jersey City
The Hammond Museum
Monmouth County Arts Council
The Guild for Creative Arts
