COLLECTIONS

  • Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe NM
  • Springfield Art Museum, Springfield MO
  • Neville Public Museum, Green Bay WI
  • Alameda County Arts Commission
  • The American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog, St. Louis, MO
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago IL
  • Renown Hospital, Reno NV
  • Kaiser Permanente, Northern California

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • “Alchemy”, Christian Ehrhorn Fine Arts Gallery, Orinda, CA – 2020
  • “Karen Frey: Alchemist”, Triton museum of Art, Santa Clara CA. – 2012-2013
  • “Hula Palms and Other Tropical Beauties”, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables FL – 2005 
  • “New Paintings”, Banaker Gallery of Contemporary Art, San Francisco– 1996
  • “Bahia”, 60th Street Gallery, Oakland CA – 1996
  • “Paintings”, Banaker Gallery of Contemporary Art, San Francisco – 1991
  • “California Landscapes”, Victor Fischer Gallery, San Francisco – 1991
  • “Summer Days” Victor Fischer Gallery, Oakland CA – 1990
  • “Recent Watercolors”, Victor Fischer Gallery, Oakland CA – 1989

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • “Metamorphosis” – A national juried exhibition of artwork created with encaustic/oil and cold wax, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac AZ – 2021
  • “The De Young Open”, De Young Museum, San Francisco – 2020
  • “Wax”, Far Out Gallery, San Francisco – 2016
  • The Encaustic Art Institute Annual Juried Encaustic/Wax Exhibition, Santa Fe NM – 2015, 2014, 2013
  • 2nd Shanghai Zhujiajiao InternationalWatercolour Biennial Exhibition, Quanhua Watercolour Art Gallery, China – 2012
  • “IEA EncaustiCon International Juried Exhibition”, Bakehouse Gallery, Miami FL- 2014, The Eggman & Walrus Gallery, Santa Fe NM – 2013, Gallery Nord, San Antonio TX- 2012
  • “Encaustic Masters; Inspirational Voices”, Troutdale OR – 2011
  • “City Streets” Urban Views of the Bay Area – Studio Gallery, SF – 2011
  • “Consequential Fusion: Messages in Wax”, Morro Bay CA – 2011
  • “Playing with Fire”, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac AZ- 2011
  •  “Luminous Layers – Exploring Contemporary Encaustic”, Lake Oswego OR – 2010
  • “Beyond the Surface”, Triton Art Museum, Santa Clara CA – 2009
  • “Bay Area Figurative Art Exhibition, Worth Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley – 2002
  • “The Artist in the Studio”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek CA – 2003
  • “Small Treasures”, Thomas Reynolds Gallery, San Francisco – 2002
  • “Oakland Portraits: Then and Now”, State of California Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland CÅ – 2002
  • “Women Artists of America Annual Exhibition”, Southwest Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Fe NM – 2001
  • “The Secret Life of Art is Led in Drawings”, University of the Pacific Art Center, Stockton CA – 2000
  • “Bay Area Figurative 2000”, Cultural Art Center, San Francisco – 2000
  • “American Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition”, New York City – 2020, 2015, 2011, 2006
  • “National Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition”, Southern California – 2019, 2015, 2014, 2008, 2007, 2002, 1999, 1997, 1994, 1993, 1987
  • “Watercolor USA”, Springfield Art Museum MO – 2019, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996,
  • “Biennial Watercolor Competition”, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA – 2007, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996
  • “Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibition”, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA- 2008, 2011
  • “Watercolor West National Exhibition”, Riverside CA – 2009, 2006, 2004, 2001 
  • “California Watercolor Association Annual Exhibition”, San Francisco Bay Area – 2020,  2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010,2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001, 1999…
  • “Water + Color”, Dan Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek CA – 1999
  • “Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition”, Golden CO – 2008, 2005, 2004, 2000
  • “Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors”, Old Forge NY – 1998, 1995, 1993
  • “American Watercolors”, Broden Gallery Ltd., Madison WI – 1994, 1992
  • “The Fire Art Project – Healing Through Art”, Oakland Museum CA – 1992
  • “Realism Today”, Carol Siple Gallery, Denver CO – 1989

PUBLISHED WORKS

  •  Schiffer Publishing: “Encaustic Painting in the 21st Century” – 2016
  • Spring 2014 Issue Encaustic Arts Magazine  (e-magazine accessed through www.eainm.com)
  • Northlight Books: “Painting the Many Moods of Light” – 1999, “Splash III – 1994, IV – 1996, & V – 1998
  • Rockport Publishers: “The Best of Sketching and Drawing” – 1998, “Painting Light and Shadow” – 1997, “Best of Watercolor – Figurative” – 1996, “Best of Watercolor”- 1995
  • Davis Publications, Inc: “Understanding Transparent Watercolor” by Gerald Brommer – 1993
  • F&W Publications Inc: “Artists Magazine” – November 2000, “Watercolor Magic” – Winter 2000 – May 2003, “Watercolor Artist” – April 2011
  • “American Artist’s Watercolor Magazine” –  Summer 2011 – Summer 1998 – Spring 1992