SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 Continuing the Conversation, The Gurnin Center for the Arts,
Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
Karen Starrett: Inside Out, Solo Exhibit, Educational
Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
2017 #sixof2minds, Karen Starrett + Maddy Cohen, Monmouth
County Arts Council Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2016 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, Educational
Testing Systems, Princeton, NJ
2010 Starrett & Mollow, Pier Village Art Gallery, Long Branch, NJ
2009 Karen Starrett: Paintings, Johnson & Johnson Headquarters
New Brunswick, NJ
AWARDS/GRANTS/CURATING
2019 Curator, Art & Healing:expressions of trauma and gratitude,
Monmouth Museum, NJ
2017 New Brunswick Art Salon 2017 Annual- Honorable Mention
2016 Panel Speaker for Creative Aging Training Institute, The
Creative Center, NYC
2014 Curator - The More Exhibit, The Art Alliance Gallery, NJ
2013 Accepted to the Noyes Museum Signature Artist
Award in Sculpture, ABstract EXpressions Gallery, Mt.Holly, NJ
2012 Best in Show Award, Art Alliance, NJ Annual Statewide Exhibit
2011 NEA Recipient from the Creative Center - for Creative Aging
Institute, NY
2010 Inducted into The National Association of Women Artists, NY
2009 Monmouth County Arts Council Awards
2008 The Puffin Foundation Grant
Best in Show Award--Sculpture, The Monmouth Museum,
State Annual Exhibit
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Montclair Art Museum, JAM at MAM
41st Annual State Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Women Celebrating Women, El Barrio Art Space PS109, NYC
Hudson Guild Art Jam, NYC
Packard Group National Exhibition, 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 permanent online gallery.
https://nam.edu/expressclinicianwellbeing./#/artwork
Color, The Drawing Room Benefit, Jersey City, NJ
CVA Gallery, Brookdale Community College
Spring Fever, All Things Local, Red Bank, NJ
Noyes Signature Artist Exhibit, Hammonton, NJ
Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit, Gallery 524, NY
Optimism, The Peg Williams Gallery, Dover, NJ
2017
Noyes Museum Signature Artist Exhibition, Atlantic City, N
Collage, Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ juror: Liz Mitchell
Black Box boeckercontemporary at Faux Mouvement,
Centre d'art contemporain, Metz, FRANCE2016
The Reveal: Five Artists Put It On The Wall,
www.the gallery@33Monmouth, Red Bank, NJ
Optimism 2, Peg Williams Gallery, Madison, NJ
The Color of Energy, The Energy of Color, Valley Arts
Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ
Personal Renaissance, Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, NJ
2016
Signature Artist Exhibition, Noyes Museum Atlantic City, NJ
Celebration, Mulberry Street Public Library, NYC
12 Abstract Artists, Axelrod Theater Gallery, Deal, NJ
Perspectives in Nature, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
SWARTS, Gallery U, Westfield, NJ
Saving Fruitful Trees, Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ
State of the Art 2016, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins, Visual Aids benefit, NYC
2015
A Little Wax, Invitational, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ.
Curator:Douglas Ferrari
Childhood Memories, Zufall Health, Dover, NJ
Mixed Media Paintings, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Metro31, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ. Curator: Evan
Brownstein, Beamesderfer Gallery
Healing Through Art: A Collaboration Exhibition, Rutgers University, NJ
2014
Inner Reflections: 3-Person Exhibit, Studio Space on Madison,
(13 paintings), Dumont, NJ
Autumn, Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, NJ
Voices and Visions, The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
Honoring Summer, The Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Invitational,
Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ Curator: Marie Maber
Signs and Symbols, Heaven Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Juror:Dennis Carroll, Gallery Director
Eclectic Aesthetics, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Ellarslie Open XXXI, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ.
Juror: Kelly Baum, Ph.D. Curator at Princeton University Museum
Postcards from the Edge, Luhring Augustine Gallery,Visual Aids Benefit
Visions of the Mind, HUB-Robeson Galleries,Penn State University, PA
Unusual Art, Belskie Museum, Invitational Exhibition, Closter, NJ
2013
All Cut Up, Downstairs Art Gallery, Carter Burden Center, NYC.
Curator: Liz Curtin
Signature Artist Exhibition, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
Color Power, Heaven Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Juror: Dennis Carroll, Gallery Director
34th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ,
Violence, Philadelphia Inquirer Bldg., SSP Gallery, Conshohocken, PA
Women, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth State University, NH
Juror: Saisha M. Grayson, Curator, Brooklyn Museum
Abstract Expressions, ABstract EXpressions Gallery, Mount Holly, NJ
Curator: James Kent, Gallery Director
PRESS:
2019. Expressions of Clinician Well Being - Cover Artwork
2015 Novartis one-time purchase publishing rights for “Love 101”.
2014 A View from the Easel, Hyperallergic
TEACHING
2011 - present Creative Aging Arts, LLC - Art Workshops for Older Adults including people with limited cognitive and physical abilities
The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
The Monmouth County Park System, Tinton Falls, NJ
2015 - Art Workshop for Caregivers, Princeton Arts Council Docent -
Princeton Art Museum tour for Caregivers
EDUCATION:
Professional Studies with Grace Graupe, Timothy Hawksworth,
Joan Mellon, Leon Golub
Couglass Collage, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Honors-
BA in Art Education.
The School of Visual Arts, Alumna, New York
Art New England, Bennington, New York
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:
Pro Arts Jersey City
National Association of Women Artists
National Council of Creative Aging
Monmouth County Arts Council
The Guild for Creative Arts
2018 Continuing the Conversation, The Gurnin Center for the Arts,
Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
Karen Starrett: Inside Out, Solo Exhibit, Educational
Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
2017 #sixof2minds, Karen Starrett + Maddy Cohen, Monmouth
County Arts Council Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
2016 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, Educational
Testing Systems, Princeton, NJ
2010 Starrett & Mollow, Pier Village Art Gallery, Long Branch, NJ
2009 Karen Starrett: Paintings, Johnson & Johnson Headquarters
New Brunswick, NJ
AWARDS/GRANTS/CURATING
2019 Curator, Art & Healing:expressions of trauma and gratitude,
Monmouth Museum, NJ
2017 New Brunswick Art Salon 2017 Annual- Honorable Mention
2016 Panel Speaker for Creative Aging Training Institute, The
Creative Center, NYC
2014 Curator - The More Exhibit, The Art Alliance Gallery, NJ
2013 Accepted to the Noyes Museum Signature Artist
Award in Sculpture, ABstract EXpressions Gallery, Mt.Holly, NJ
2012 Best in Show Award, Art Alliance, NJ Annual Statewide Exhibit
2011 NEA Recipient from the Creative Center - for Creative Aging
Institute, NY
2010 Inducted into The National Association of Women Artists, NY
2009 Monmouth County Arts Council Awards
2008 The Puffin Foundation Grant
Best in Show Award--Sculpture, The Monmouth Museum,
State Annual Exhibit
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Montclair Art Museum, JAM at MAM
41st Annual State Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Women Celebrating Women, El Barrio Art Space PS109, NYC
Hudson Guild Art Jam, NYC
Packard Group National Exhibition, 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 permanent online gallery.
https://nam.edu/expressclinicianwellbeing./#/artwork
Color, The Drawing Room Benefit, Jersey City, NJ
CVA Gallery, Brookdale Community College
Spring Fever, All Things Local, Red Bank, NJ
Noyes Signature Artist Exhibit, Hammonton, NJ
Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit, Gallery 524, NY
Optimism, The Peg Williams Gallery, Dover, NJ
2017
Noyes Museum Signature Artist Exhibition, Atlantic City, N
Collage, Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ juror: Liz Mitchell
Black Box boeckercontemporary at Faux Mouvement,
Centre d'art contemporain, Metz, FRANCE2016
The Reveal: Five Artists Put It On The Wall,
www.the gallery@33Monmouth, Red Bank, NJ
Optimism 2, Peg Williams Gallery, Madison, NJ
The Color of Energy, The Energy of Color, Valley Arts
Firehouse Gallery, Orange, NJ
Personal Renaissance, Belskie Museum of Art and Science, Closter, NJ
2016
Signature Artist Exhibition, Noyes Museum Atlantic City, NJ
Celebration, Mulberry Street Public Library, NYC
12 Abstract Artists, Axelrod Theater Gallery, Deal, NJ
Perspectives in Nature, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
SWARTS, Gallery U, Westfield, NJ
Saving Fruitful Trees, Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ
State of the Art 2016, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins, Visual Aids benefit, NYC
2015
A Little Wax, Invitational, Arts Guild New Jersey, Rahway, NJ.
Curator:Douglas Ferrari
Childhood Memories, Zufall Health, Dover, NJ
Mixed Media Paintings, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Metro31, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ. Curator: Evan
Brownstein, Beamesderfer Gallery
Healing Through Art: A Collaboration Exhibition, Rutgers University, NJ
2014
Inner Reflections: 3-Person Exhibit, Studio Space on Madison,
(13 paintings), Dumont, NJ
Autumn, Central Jersey Blood Center, Shrewsbury, NJ
Voices and Visions, The Art Center, Highland Park, Illinois
Honoring Summer, The Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Invitational,
Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ Curator: Marie Maber
Signs and Symbols, Heaven Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Juror:Dennis Carroll, Gallery Director
Eclectic Aesthetics, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
Ellarslie Open XXXI, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ.
Juror: Kelly Baum, Ph.D. Curator at Princeton University Museum
Postcards from the Edge, Luhring Augustine Gallery,Visual Aids Benefit
Visions of the Mind, HUB-Robeson Galleries,Penn State University, PA
Unusual Art, Belskie Museum, Invitational Exhibition, Closter, NJ
2013
All Cut Up, Downstairs Art Gallery, Carter Burden Center, NYC.
Curator: Liz Curtin
Signature Artist Exhibition, Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
Color Power, Heaven Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Juror: Dennis Carroll, Gallery Director
34th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ,
Violence, Philadelphia Inquirer Bldg., SSP Gallery, Conshohocken, PA
Women, Karl Drerup Art Gallery, Plymouth State University, NH
Juror: Saisha M. Grayson, Curator, Brooklyn Museum
Abstract Expressions, ABstract EXpressions Gallery, Mount Holly, NJ
Curator: James Kent, Gallery Director
PRESS:
2019. Expressions of Clinician Well Being - Cover Artwork
2015 Novartis one-time purchase publishing rights for “Love 101”.
2014 A View from the Easel, Hyperallergic
TEACHING
2011 - present Creative Aging Arts, LLC - Art Workshops for Older Adults including people with limited cognitive and physical abilities
The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
The Monmouth County Park System, Tinton Falls, NJ
2015 - Art Workshop for Caregivers, Princeton Arts Council Docent -
Princeton Art Museum tour for Caregivers
EDUCATION:
Professional Studies with Grace Graupe, Timothy Hawksworth,
Joan Mellon, Leon Golub
Couglass Collage, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Honors-
BA in Art Education.
The School of Visual Arts, Alumna, New York
Art New England, Bennington, New York
MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS:
Pro Arts Jersey City
National Association of Women Artists
National Council of Creative Aging
Monmouth County Arts Council
The Guild for Creative Arts
