ABOUT
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Karen Kent is an artist based in Fairfield, Connecticut. Kent graduated with honors from Lehigh University with a B.A. in Fine Arts and Architecture.
She fell in love with color from her first box of crayons as a child, and it's remained a constant focal point throughout her life and career. Kent frequently uses color to speak to movement, emotion, and light in her work. And while she feels she is able to express her heart and soul through painting, she also delivers moments of playfulness that surprise and delight the viewer.
Before becoming a full-time artist, Kent spent 27 years working in the Interior Design space, where she was crafting homes with balance through fabric, color, furniture, and accessories. She has since shifted her creativity towards a more spontaneous medium — creating striking vibrant large scale paintings.
Karen is an exhibiting member of Rowayton Arts Center and New Haven Paint and Clay. She is also a member of Carriage Barn Arts Center, Westport Arts Center, Westport Arts Collective, Greenwich Art Society, the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County, and Ridgefield Guild of Artists.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am
an artist
an animal lover
a romantic
a realist
passionate
colorful
subtle
accessible
spiritual
a mother
a loyal friend
karen kent
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton , CT
Westport Arts Collective pop up art show, Westport, CT
New Haven Paint and Clay Club members exhibit, New Haven, CT
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
Fairfield Public Library, Community Art Show, Fairfield, CT
2021
Rowayton Arts Center, In the Garden, Member only show, Rowayton, CT
Dr. Depardieu, Darien, CT - Private solo show
Terrain, Westport, CT. - Solo Show in the Garden
Westport Library - Group Show with the Westport Collective
New Haven Paint and Clay Club, Members only Show
2020
New Haven Paint and Clay, members show, Essex, CT
Ridgefield Guild of Artists, juried small group show, Ridgefield, CT
Beechwood Arts at the Westport Library, “Do or Die” juried show, Westport, CT
2019
Artist Collective of Westport, 12 x 12 pop up art show. Westport, CT
Rowayton Arts Center, Marine and Coastal Show, 1st price acrylics
Pequot Library Annual Juried Show
Rowayton Arts Center, Marine and Coastal Show, 1st price acrylics
Solo Show, The Stand Vegan Cafe, Fairfield, CT
Rowayton Arts Center, Spring Juried Art Show
Rowayton Arts Center, Big and Small Show
Intobirds.com, article written “Whoo are these Owls named after”
New Canaan Library Solo Show, New Canaan, CT
2018
New Haven Paint and Clay Member Show
Pequot Library Juried Show
Intobirds.com, article written “Connecticut Artist Soars to New Heights with Majestic Owl Series”
Bryam Schubert Library Greenwich, CT - Group Show
Rowayton Arts Center
2017
New Haven Paint and Clay Member Show
Solo Show at Greenwich Audubon in Greenwich, CT
Exhibiting Member Rowayton Arts Center - Award
Solo Show in Byram Schubert Library in Greenwich, CT
Art to the Avenue Richards in Greenwich, CT
New Haven Paint and Clay - Award
"Inspiration" Juried Show Rowayton Arts Center
2016
"Birds of Prey"
Massachusetts Audubon Society Juried Show
Westport Art Center
Carriage Barn Arts Center Spectrum, Juror Gabriel de Guzman
Rowayton Arts Center “Inspiration” Juror Kenise Barnes
Greenwich Art Society, Juror Akili Tommasino
2015
Greenwich Art on the Avenue
Pequot Art Show
2014
113th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
New Haven Paint & Clay Club
Art About Town Juried Show, Westport Downtown Merchants Association