Art by Karen E. Gersch
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2026 "Organic Reckonings", Mindy Ross Gallery, Kaplan Hall, Newburgh, NY, February 16 - March 23
2025 "Gravity to Grace: the Art of Circus", 118 Elliott Gallery, Brattleboro, VT, November 2 - 10
2025 "The Art of Karen E. Gersch", Catania, Mahon & Rider, Newburgh, NY, June 2025 - June 2026
2025 "Featured Artist: Karen E. Gersch", Consequence Forum Substack (virtual exhibition), April 14 - May 16
2023 "Fusion & Farrago: Painted Tangos on Paper", Wallkill River Center for the Arts, Montgomery, NY, March - April
2022 "From Gravity to Grace", St. John's International Circus Festival, Newfoundland, Canada, September 20 25, (including
Powerpoint Lecture: "A Brush with History: Art in Circus and Circus in Art" at Rooms Museum of Art)
2022 "Circus Lives", Hovering Above, Balancing Below", Hoboken Historical Museum, Hoboken, NJ, January 9 - February 27
2021 "Still Smoldering Reflections of 9/11" Lobby at the Ritz Theater Gallery, Newburgh, NY, September 1 - 22
2019 "Dances of Love - Ode to Margaret Crake", 92nd St. Y, Cecchetti Ballet Panel and Performances, NYC, October
2017 "Ruins of War", Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Gallery 1, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 1 - October 13
2017 "Circus Lives", Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Gallery 2, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 1 - October 13
2017 "Heroes, Muses and Inspirations", Gallery, 911 Emergency Services Building, Goshen, NY, February 24 - April 20
2016 "From Gravity to Grace: Art of the Circus", Albert Wisner Public Library, Warwick, NY, November
2016 "The Animal Kingdom", Westport Public Library, Westport, CT, January 8 - March 27
2014 - 2017 "Still Smoldering: Reflections of 9/11", Orange County Firefighters Museum, Montgomery, NY, (every September)
2013 - 2014 "Portraits by Karen E. Gersch", The Gallery, Krystallpalast Variete Theatre, Leipzig, Germany, November - March
2012 "Art of the Circus", Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT September - October
2012 "Four Days/120 Drawings", Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT, February
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Solo Exhibitions:
Art Exhibition History
Group Exhibitions:
2026 "Defining/Defying Gravity: the Art of Balance", Bank Art Gallery, Newburgh, NY, May - June
2026 "Our Region: Its Beauty, Its Demise", Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Middletown, NY (February 9 - March 17)
2026 "Things Near And Dear", Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY, March 7 - April 8
2025 "Collector's Vault", Bank Art Gallery, Newburgh, NY, June - August
2025 "Drawing", Wallkill River Center for the Arts, Montgomery, NY, July 5 - August 31
2025 "Zing: Joyous Art", Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT, April 25 - June 8
2025 "Who Am I?", Bank Art Gallery, Newburgh, NY, April 11 - June 1
2025 "BIRDS", Main Street Art Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY, April 26 - May 30
2025 "The Color of Rebellion", (virtual exhibition) at www.InsideSmall.com, April 15 - June 15
2024 "WAR", Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art (HVMOCA), Peekskill, NY, February 15 - Apri 10
2023 "Please Touch the Art", Headwaters Arts Center Gallery, Roxbury, NY, May 27 - July 1
2022 "Reflections of a Local Life",Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY, July 2 - 24 (Curator & Contributing Artist)
2022 "Farm to Table: the Bounty of Beacon & Beyond", Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY, April - May (Curator & Artist)
2021 "Traveling Folk: Worlds Explored", Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY, October, (Curator & Contributing Artist)
2021 "Black Renaissance Festival Art Exhibit, Ann St. Gallery, Newburgh, NY, September - October
2021 "September Storytllers", Studio Theater in Exile"(virtual exhibition), STIE Website, September 1 - October 30
2020 "Together for Art", (virtual exhibition) Orange County Arts Council, August - October
2020 "Black Renaissance Festival Art Exhibit, Ann St. Gallery, Newburgh, NY, September - November
2019 "Unprecedented Change: Artists Respond to Climate Change", Create Community Gallery, Cold Spring, NY, Sept - October
2019 "Music~A Visual Perspective", Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Middletown, NY, August - October, (Curator & Artist)
2019 "Nature: Art Inspired by the eARTh", Goshen Music Hall, Goshen, NY, July - October
2019 "Hello, Neighbor - Collaborative Immersive Art Experience", Garrison Arts Center, Garrison, NY, June
2019 "Oh, My Gosh: Pete Seeger Centennial Celebration Exhibit", Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY, May
2019 "Water: the Master of Disguise", Albert Wisner Public Library, Warwick, NY, February
2018 "Abstract: No Boundaries", Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Middletown, NY, August - October
2018 "The Art of Balance", Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY, June 1 - July 30 (Curator & Contributing Artist)
2017 "War in the Arts: Redeeming Spirits", Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Middletown, NY, November 2 - 20 (Curator & Artist)
2017 "Art in the Loft", Millbrook Vineyards & Winery, Millbrook, NY, June 10 - November 5
2017 "Circus Arts on the Move: 50th Anniversary Folklife Festival", Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C., July
2017 "Open Studio Group Show", Chris Davison Gallery at Regal Bag Factory, Newburgh, NY, May 5 - 21
2017 "Line & Design", Arts Mid-Hudson Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 23 - February 9
2017 "100! 100th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage", Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY, March 3 - 27
2016-2017 "Inspired by Nature: Plein Air & Beyond", Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY, November 28 - April 7
2016 "River of Dreams: Janis Brenner & Dancers", Kaufman Dance Studio, Juilliard School, NYC, NY, September
2016 "BIRDS: Enduring Feathered Creatures", Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Middletown, NY, August 22 - October 23
2016 "Artists for Soup" Arts Event, Vassar College Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, November
2016 "Webster's Picturenary: Art Inspired by Literature", Goshen Music Hall, Goshen, NY, April 27 - June 27
2016 "Historic Preservation of New Paltz Art Show", Elting Memorial Library, New Paltz, NY, April - May (1st Place-mm)
2015 "This is My Country", Albert Wisner Public Library, Warwick, NY, February 9 - March 30
2015 "Voices: Art that Speaks Out", Mindy Ross Gallery, Kaplan Hall, SUNY Newburgh, August 25 - September 17
2015 "Women and Impressionistic Paintings", Crawford Gallery of Fine Art, Pine Bush, NY, August 7 - 29
2014 "Women Artists of the Hudson Valley", Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY, March
2014 "Aerial Grace & Altered Views"(Duo Show with Pam Rouleau), Wilton Public Library, Wilton, CT, Sept 5 - October 30
2013-2014 " Art Spa New York: Creative Arts Therapists 7th Annual Exhibition", CAT Center, Brooklyn, NY November - January
2012 "American Pastoral: A Landscape Show", Carriage Barn Gallery, Waveny Park, New Canaan, CT, October - November ​
2012 "Apocalypse", BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY, August - September
2011 "Circus Lives", The Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, NY, February - April (Curator & Contributing Artist
2011 "The Verge of Spring", Blueberry Music & Art House, Greenwich, CT, March
2011 "Creatures of the Deep", The Waterfront Museum, Brooklyn, NY, February - April (Curator & Contributing Artist)
2010 "FARM", New Canaan Society for the Arts, Carriage Barn, Waveny Park, New Canaan, CT, October - December
2009 "Art from the Circus", Riverspace Arts Center, Nyack, NY, June
2008 "A Hudson River Maps Installation", Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
2007 "From Gravity to Grace: Art of the Circus", Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, Oct 21 - Dec 16 (Curator, Artist)​
2006 "Pinned to the Wall", Galley 402, Organization of Independent Artists, St. NYC, NY
2006 "The Salon Show", Organization of Independent Artists, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
2005 "Dusty Glory: The Circus in American Art", Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, June - July
1997 "Nouveau Artistes Exposition", Grand Hotel Concorde, Lyons, France
1991 "Three Artists/Recent Works", Ward-Lawrence Gallery, New York, NY
1991 "Emerging Artists", Wetherholt Gallery, Washington, DC
1988 "Dreams: Chagalls & Others", American Institute for Creative Living, Staten Island, NY,
1988 "The Nude", Apple Gallery, Woodstock, NY
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