The Artist

Karen Muntean
Box 45, Saturna,
British Columbia
V0N 2Y0
Telephone: (250) 539-2866
Karen Muntean

Solo Exhibitions

  • Grand Forks Art Gallery - "The Mem'ry of all This", Grand Forks, B.C. July - August 2000
  • Island Mountain Arts Gallery, Wells, BC, August 1992
  • Grace Gallery, Vancouver, BC, August 1988 and September 1989
  • Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC, July 1987
  • Station Arts Centre, White Rock, BC, October 1985
  • Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Art Rental, July 1985
  • Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, BC, March 1985
Group Exhibitions
  • Havana Gallery, Vancouver, BC, "Speaking Words of Wisdom", November 2005
  • Grand Forks Art Gallery, "Artists Collect", 2002 and 2001
  • Grand Forks Art Gallery, "Rembrandt's Attic", 2000 and 1998
  • Grand Forks Art Gallery, "Humour & Satire in Art", 1994
  • Sooke Fine Arts, Sooke, BC, Jurors’ Award, 1994
  • Nunavet Gallery, Victoria, BC, April 1993
  • BC Festival of the Arts, Kimberley, Honourable Mention, May 1988
  • BC Festival of the Arts, Vernon, May 1992
  • University of Idaho Centennial Alumni Exhibit, Moscow, January 1988
  • Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Victoria, BC, 1988
  • Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, Toronto, 1986
  • And others prior to 1986
Commissions
  • Department of Communications, Ottawa, MediaWatch, poster and awards design for National Conference on Canadian Broadcasting Policy March 1987
  • Department of Communications, Ottawa, "Canada Presents" banners, World Festival, Expo ’86, Vancouver, BC
  • Status of Women, Ottawa, "Persons’ Award" portfolio, 1981
  • Legal Services Commission, Vancouver, BC, illustrations for two comic-book format books on legal concepts for children and teens 1978
  • Burns & McEachern, Don Mills, Ontario, illustrations for "Cariboo Runaway", 1976
  • Press Gang Publishers, Vancouver,BC, illustrations and design for "Muktu the Backwards Muskox, 1975
Employment
  • Island Mountain School of Art, Wells, BC, 1992, 1988 and 1984
  • Makara Design & Publishing, Vancouver, BC, 1974-76
  • University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 1965-66
Education
  • Santa Reparata Studio, Florence, Italy, 1992
  • University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, BA in Art, 1964
  • Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Publishing Procedures Course, summer 1964
Currently
  • My work is represented in many private, public and corporate collections regionally and nationally. Current work is viewable on Saturna Island.
Citizenship
  • Canadian
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