Art by Karen E. Gersch
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
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