Art by Karen E. Gersch
Art Exhibition History
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
BFA with Honors, Pratt Institute
2025 "Grace & Gravity: Art of the Circus", 118 Elliott Gallery, Brattleboro, VT, November (exact dates tba)
2025 "The Art of Karen E. Gersch", Catania, Mahon & Rider, Newburgh, NY (one-year exhibition), July, 2025 - July, 2026
2025 "Featured Artist - Karen E. Gersch", Consequence Forum Substaack (virtual exhibition), April 14 - May 16
2023 "Fusion & Farrago": Painted Tangos on Paper", Wallkill River Center for the Arts, Montgomery, NY, March - April
2023 "From Gravity to Grace", St. John's International Circus Festival, Newfoundland, CANADA, September
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 "The Animal Kingdom", Adriance Memorial Library, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 6 - August 6
2017 "Circus Arts on the Move", 50th Anniversary Folklife Festival, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C., July
2017 "Heroes, Muses & Inspirations", Gohsen Art league and 911 Emergency Services Gallery, Goshen, NY, February 24 - April 20
2016 "From Gravity to Grace: Art of the Circus", Albert Wisner Public Library, Warwick, NY, November
2014-2019 "Still Smoldering: Reflections of 9/11", Orange County Firefighters Museum, Montgomery, NY, September
2016 "The Animal Kingdom", Westport Public Library, Westport, Connecticut, January 8 - March 27
2013-2014 "Portraits by Karen E. Gersch", The Gallery, Krytallpalast Variety Theatre, Leipzig, Germany, November - March
2012 "Art of the Circus", Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont, September - October
2012 "Four Days/120 Drawings", Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont, February
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2025 " Collector's Vault", Bank Art Gallery, Newburgh, New York, June - August
2025 "Zing - Joyous Art", Loft Artists Association, Stamford, Connecticut, 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, New York, April 26 - May 30
2025 "The Color of Rebellion", virtual exhibition at www.Inside.Small.com, April 15 - June 15
2024 "WAR", Hudson Vallery Museum of Contemporary Art" (HVMOCA), Peekskill, New York, February 15 - April 10
2023 "Please Touch the Art", Headwaters Arts Center Gallery, Roxbury, New York, May 27 - July 1
2022 "Reflections of a Local Life", Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, New York, July 2 - July 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, New York, October (Curator, Contributing Artist)
2021 "Black Renaissance Festival Art Exhibit", Ann St. Gallery, Newburgh, New York, September - November
2021 "September Storytellers", Studio Theater in Exile", virtual exhibition on STIE website, September 1 - October 30
2020 "Together for Art", Orange County Arts Council online art exhibition, August - October
2020 "Black Renaissance Festival Art Exhibit, Ann St. Gallery, Newburgh, New York, September - November
2019 "Unprecedented Change: Artists Respond to Climate Change", Create Community Gallery, Cold Spring, NY, Sept - Oct
2019 "Music~A Visual Perspective", Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Middletown, NY, Aug - Oct (Curator, Contributing Artist)
2019 "Nature: Art Inspired by the eARTh", Goshen Art League at Goshen Music Hall, Goshen, New York, July - October
2018 "Water - The Master of Disguise", Albert Wisner Public Library, Warwick New York, February
2018 "Abstract: No Boundaries", Orange Hall Gallery, Middletown, New York, August - October
2018 "The Art of Balance", Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, New York, June 1 - July 30 (Curator, Contributing Artist)
2017 "War in the Arts: Redeeming Spirits", Orange Hall Gallery, SUNY Middletown, November 2 - 20 (Curator, Contrib. Artist)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
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