Read Regina Hackett's review of Power (less-ness) Smorgasbord in the P-I


KAREN GANZ: RESUME

Born 1963, Riverside, CA

EDUCATION

1988 M.F.A. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1987 M.A. University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
1984 B.A. University of California, Berkeley, CA.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
Power (less-ness) Smorgasbord, Howard House, Seattle, WA

2007
Threshold, Kittredge Art Gallery, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA.

2006
Kidder Smith gallery, Boston, MA.

2002/3
Survival, Esther Claypool gallery, Seattle WA.

2001
Backbone, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA

1999
Smot, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA

1998
Attachment, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
Menace, jennjoygallery, San Francisco, CA

1996
New Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

1994
Recent Work, A.R.C. Gallery, Chicago, IL
Index Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA

1993
New Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA

1992
New Work, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA.

SELECTED HONORS/GRANTS/COMMISSIONS

2006
Finalist for a $110,000 commission from the San Diego Airport .

2003
Macdowell Colony residency/Macdowell Colony Travel Grant

2002
Port of Seattle/$75,000 commission for 5' x 110' piece/ 9 paintings in 13 parts.
Seattle Arts Commission's Seattle Artist 2002 purchase award, Seattle, WA

2000
Seattle Arts Commission's Seattle ”Artist 2000 “Purchase Award, Seattle, WA

1998
Artist Trust Fellowship Award, Seattle, WA
Seattle Arts Commission's Seattle ” Artist 1998 “ Purchase Award, Seattle, WA

1997
King County Purchase of Painting for the Kent Regional Justice Center Collection, Kent, WA.


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
Go Figure, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID

2006
20 Prints by 20 Emerging Artists, Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
Persona, Davidson Contemporary, Seattle, WA.

2005
Past/Present, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA.

2003
New Paintings, SAM Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA.

2002/3
Karen Ganz and Peter Buchman, KidderSmith gallery, Boston, MA.

2002
Seattle Arts Commission' Collection, recent acquisitions, Seattle, WA.

2000
Seattle Arts Commission' Collection, recent acquisitions, Seattle, WA.

1998
A Generation Apart: Fay Jones and Karen Ganz, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, ID
Surfacing, inaugural exhibition, jennjoygallery, San Francisco, CA

1997
Grins: Humor and Whimsy in Contemporary Art, Pomona, CA
Celebrity: Figures of Worship, Fame Fortune, Heroism, and Infamy, Seattle, WA.

Print Survey, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR

1995
Folie a Deux, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA.
Ex Libris, Cornish College, Seattle, WA.
Endowment: Refittings 2, The Art Gym, Portland OR.

1994
Four Seattle Painters, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
New Directions in the 90s, Los Angeles, CA.
A.R.C. National print show, Chicago, IL.

1993
Endowment: Refittings, Museum of History and Industry, Seattle, WA

1992
The Comedy of Art, Seattle, WA.
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1991
Pleas and Thank Yous/Collaborators Show, Tacoma Art Museum

1990
Art Bound, Seattle, WA.
The Book Stripped Bare: Books as Art, Seattle, WA.
Introductions 2-person Show, Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Periodicals

2006
Nagle, Matt, Kittredge Gallery unveils two distinctly different exhibits, Tacoma Weekly, Jan 18.
McQuaid, Cate,”Karen Ganz, Guns and Money”Boston Globe ,Nov 16.
Hackett, Regina,”A Strong Line-up of Diverse Works in Davidson's Persona Exhibit, Seattle Post-Intelligencer,March 3.

2004
Birddog Magazine,Issue#5, Seattle, WA.

2002
McQuaid, Cate, “A Visual Q and A”, Boston Globe, December 27
Kangas, Matthew, “Pleasures Ans Perils”, Seattle Times, December 13
Josslin, Victoria, “Figuring Out Gender”, Artdish, December 10

2001
Hackett, Regina” Seven Good Reasons”, Seattle Post-Intelligencer,Marchj

2000
Kangas, Matthew. “ Karen Ganz at Grover/Thurston,” Art in America, May
DeVuono, Frances, “Karen Ganz,” New Art Examiner, March, 2000

1999
Hackett, Regina, “Ganz's painterly grace raises the lowly to a heavenly place”, Seattle Post Intelligencer, November 12, 1999
Frederickson, Eric “Bio:Art, The Stranger, November 11

1998
Kangas, Matthew. “Dreaming Big Dreams.” The Seattle Times, December 17
Hackett, Regina. “Ganz's Highly Refined Slapdash is Full of Energy.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 11
Bauer, Marilyn. “Neo-Pop and 'The Hotel New Hampshire'.” Sun Valley, ID, July 22.

1997
Demetre, Jim. “That's Us, Folks!” Aorta, January/February.

1996
Glowen, Ron. “Karen Ganz at Francine Seders Gallery.” Artweek, November.
Ludlum, Annie. “Blop! Smack! Splat! Karen Ganz's Comic Figures Create Antic Energy.”The Seattle Times,September,19.
Hackett, Regina. “Painter Karen Ganz Flexing Muscle in Her Hearty Depiction of Vulgarity.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 13.

1994
Gragg, Randy. The Sunday Oregonian, April 24.

1993
Olds, Susan. “On Time.” Artweek, December 2.
Hackett, Regina. “Two Artists Make High Art from Low Sources.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 12.

1992
Remedios, Cheryl Dos. “Karen Ganz at Francine Seders.” Reflex, March/April.
Hackett, Regina. “Delicate Themes Flourish in Ganz's Blunt Paintings.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 15

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Books and Catalogues

2004/5
Platform gallery print portfolio, Seattle, WA.

2001 Joy,Jenn,Speed Replaces Narrative As Content, SF,CA.

1998
New American Painting, Issue # 19

1997
Frank, Peter, Grins Humor and Whimsy in Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

1992
Dilenge,Louise,Visage 1993 Exhibit Catalogue(The Comedy of Art),Seattle, WA.

1990
Kroupa, Sandra, Art Bound, Artist' Book Exhibition, Seattle, WA


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Behnke Collection, Seattle, WA
Boise Art Museum,
Dain Bosworth,Minneapolis,MN
Davis,Wright,andTremaine, Seattle,WA
King County Portable Works Collection, Seattle, WA
King County Public Arts Commission, Regional Justice Center, Seattle, WA
Microsoft Co.,Redmond,WA
Paul Allen Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Port of Seattle, Sea-Tac, WA.
City of Seattle, Portable Works collection
Swedish Medical Center Collection, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Art Museum ,Tacoma,WA.
Bill and Ruth True,Seattle WA
Washington State’s Art in Public Places Program, WA.