Karen Nielsen-Fried was born in Binghamton, NY. She is a graduate of Pratt Institute (Master of Professional Studies in Art Therapy) and Binghamton University (BFA). She pursued postgraduate studies at The Institute for Expressive Analysis (NY, NY) and at The National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NY, NY).
Her work has been exhibited widely in the NY metro area (among others: The Painting Center, NJ State Museum, SITE:Brooklyn, Equity Gallery, Denise Bibro Fine Art) as well as in Seattle, Philadelphia, Provincetown, and Chicago (where she is represented by Addington Gallery). She was awarded a residency at The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts.
Karen's work is held in numerous private collections nationally, and in Denmark, Germany, and Ghana.
She lives and maintains a studio in Montclair, New Jersey.
Karen Nielsen-Fried
(201) 259-5045
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Intuitive Geometries, Lundbeck Research Corporate Gallery, Paramus, NJ
2011 Encaustic Works on Paper, Prudential Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2010 Natural Affinities, The Gallery at Sussex College, Newton, NJ
2007 Karen Nielsen-Fried: Encaustic Paintings, D'Adamo/Woltz Gallery, Seattle,WA.
2006 Color Theory, Parlor Studio, Montclair, NJ
2004 Open Secret, Kent Place School Gallery, Summit, NJ
The Object of the Game, Virginia Schaeffer Block Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2 and 3 PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 Remnants Of Time (with Cherie Mittenthal and Toby Sisson), Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2014 Intuitive Structures, Cottage Place Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ
2013 Wax/Paper/Scissors (with Pam Cooper), Gallery@Hillside Square, Montclair, NJ
2008 Coda/Chroma (with Nora Chavooshian), Brassworks Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2005 Random Patterns (with Joanie San Chirico), Pringle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Memory/Mythology (with Lori Field), Fine Arts Guild of Rahway, NJ
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 Represent: New Portraiture Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Art Fair 14C Booth with Lisa Pressman and Marybeth Rothman
2020 The Blues, The Painting Center, curated by Kathy Cantwell and Lisa Pressman
Homework, Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Terra Chroma Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
Vasari 21 Artists Respond to the Pandemic, Part B (online)
Joanne Mattera Art Blog Art in the Time of the Pandemic, Part 3
2019 Art Fair 14C (with Drawing Rooms), Jersey City, NJ
2018 Collage as Matter: Art and Real Estate, 100 11th Ave. 16C, NYC
Haptic/Optic, Equity Gallery, NYC
Between the Color, SITE:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Personal Identity Matter, Gallery MC NYC
Chain Reaction/Artists Choosing Artists The Painting Center, NYC
2016 The Mark of the Brush Truro Center for the Arts@Castle Hill Truro, MA
2013 State of the Art SMI Gallery@Academy Square Montclair, NJ
2017 Made In Paint, The Sam and Adele Golden Gallery (Golden Foundation), New Berlin, NY
2016 The Big Small Show, The Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
2016 The 10 Show, A Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2015 Space Between, Addington Gallery, Chicago. IL
2014 Maximal/Minimal, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Provincetown, MA (Juror’s Award)
Waxing, Denise Bibro Fine Art, Chelsea, NY
15@15: Invitational Anniversary Exhibit, Arts Center of New Jersey, Rahway, NJ
2012 The Embrace of Water and Light, Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2012 Pattern in Painting, Evans Encaustic online
2011 Art Connections 7, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, NJ
2011 Wax in the Context of Collage, Bricolage, and Assemblage, Online exhibit curated by Marybeth Rothman
2010 NJ Arts Annual: Fine Art, NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Montclair Art Museum Spring Gala, Montclair, NJ
Fertile Ground, Imlay Fine Art, Montclair, NJ
2008 On the Edge: New Works in Encaustic, Montserrat College Gallery, Beverly, MA
BEE-ing/ Recent Encaustic Painting, Arts Guild of Rahway, NJ
2007 R&F Encaustic Works 2007, Gallery at R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY
Encaustic Works 2007, Ball State University Gallery, Muncie, IN
The Last Word: Narrative Women Painters of the 21st Century, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
International Juried Show, Center for Visual Arts of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2006 Women in the Arts, Gallery 214 Artspace, Montclair, NJ
2004 Spring Gala, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
2003 Encaustic Works “03”, Biennial Juried Exposition, Marist College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Spring Gala, Montclair Art Museum Montclair, NJ
Ashes to Ashes, Rotunda Gallery Unitarian Church of Montclair, NJ
Ashes to Ashes, Ramapo College Gallery, Ramapo, NJ
Up and Coming, Eighth Floor Artists Space, NY, NY
Three Twins, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ
Black and White, Nandi School Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2002 21st Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Essex Exposed 3, Gallery of South Orange, NJ
2001 20th Annual Metro Show (Best in Show), City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
The Insomnia Show, Organization of Independent Artists (OIA), NY, NY
4th Annual Exhibition, Gallery 214 Artspace, Montclair, NJ
Studio Montclair Members Show, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
Curious Journey, Gallery 214 Artspace, Montclair, NJ
2000 19th Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
No Word for Inhumanity, Kent Place Gallery, Summit, NJ
Reliquaries, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
1999 No Word for Inhumanity, Westminster Art Gallery, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ
Mama and Dada, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Studio Montclair 2nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Colonnades Gallery, Montclair, NJ
1998 3rd Annual New Members Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Essex Exposed, The Gallery of South Orange, S. Orange, NJ
The Aljira National 4, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
Mixed Medea, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Studio Montclair First Annual Juried Exhibition, Midland Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Third National Christmas Exhibition, Chuck Levitan Gallery, NY, NY
1997 National Juried Exhibit of Small Works (Best In Show), Montclair State University Gallery, Montclair, NJ
GALLERY REPRESENTATION AND AFFILIATION
Denise Bibro Fine Art, Chelsea, NYC
Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL
NEWS / REVIEWS / BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 Awarded Artist Residency at The Sam and Adele Golden Foundation For the Arts, New Berlin, NY
2014 “Studio Visit Vol. 23”, Open Studio Press, Curator: Barbara O’Brien, Kemper Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
2013 http://lisapressman.blogspot.com/2013/10/how-do-you-title-your-paintings_8.html
2012 “International Encaustic Upcoming in Provincetown”, Art New England, May issue
2005 “Pringle and Gallery Siano”, R.B. Strauss, aroundphilly.com
2003 “All That Comes Between Birth and Death”, Elizabeth S. Ludas, The Montclair Times, NY, March 27
2001 “Wax Is The Preferred Medium”, William Zimmer, The Sunday New York Times, NY, December 23
“Metro Show Affected By September 11th”, (with reproduction) Dan Bischoff, Star Ledger, NJ, November 30
2000 “Nothing’s Sacred”(with reproduction), Dan Bischoff, Star Ledger, NJ, March 17
1999 “Artists Play With Dolls, But It’s Not Kid Stuff”, Dan Bischoff, Sunday Star Ledger, NJ, May 9
1998 “Scrap Mettle”(with reproduction), Dan Bischoff, Sunday Star Ledger, NJ December 13
“Art Show Takes Inspiration From the Ultimate Bad Mother”, Dan Bischoff, Star Ledger, NJ, July 31
“The Art(s) of Motherhood” (with reproduction), Montclair Times, NJ, May 7
1997 “Three Rare Invitations to the Inner Sanctum”, William Zimmer, Sunday New York Times, Sept. 4
EDUCATION
Master of Professional Studies in Art Therapy, Pratt Institute, NY
B.F.A. (Drawing and Printmaking major), Binghamton University, NY
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP), NYC
The Institute for Expressive Analysis, NYC
University of Copenhagen, Denmark