1. K A R E N D O L M A N I S T H
kdolmanisth@outlook.com http://www.karendolmanisth.com
EDUCATION
Universityof Massachusetts, MFA Honors, SCULPTURE, NEWMEDIA,INSTALLATION,VIDEO Amherst, Massachusetts
Studied with Jerry Kearns, Susan Jahoda, RichardYarde, Pat Lasch, Anne Mochon, Sherry Milner(HampshireCollege/Video)
New School For Social Research andNYU, GraduateCourse Work: Semiotics, FilmStudies New York, NewYork
Parsons School ofDesign, NewSchool ForSocial Research: BFA SummaCum Laude,
VISUAL ART/DESIGN/ILLUSTRATION/PRINTMAKING, KathyDunn MemorialFull Scholarship New York, NewYork
Cooper Union,BFA Course Work, PAINTING, PRINTMAKINGStudiedPaintingwith JACK WHITTEN NewYork, NewYork
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/DVD’S
InvitationCall : Personal Memory, Artist Essays “Vision, Genius, Confidence,Courage andInnovation”
UNFINISHED MEMORIES, 30 Years of EXIT ART, Steidl, 2016 Gottingen,Germany
TRIBUTARIES, Chance andIntent, Many Sources of Work In…Michael Cain, 2012 THREE RIVERSCOLLEGE, Norwich, CT
LIFE LINESOF CONNECTION AND CONTINUITY&AWE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
ProducedBy Jackie Hai, 2008,Curator, Loretta Yarlow Universityof Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
NEW ART
Editedby Roxana Marcoci,Dian Murphy,Eve Sinaiko Publishedby ABRAMS, 1997, NewYork, NewYork
WENN DIE KINDER SIND IM DUNKELN
Text by Birgit Jurgenssen, Andeas Pfersmann,Jeff Rian,1994 Publishedby WEINER SECESSION, Wien, Austria
PRAYINGPROJECT, 2006, Trickster Theater EXIT ART, NewYork, NewYork
FRAGMENTSAND WHOLENESS, The Temporal Art ofKarenDolmanisth
Bianca Kaprielian, 2002 SMITH COLLEGE School ofFine Arts, Northampton, MA
ARTIST ASSISTANTSHIP
Artist Assistant forartist, Kathryn Myers on herFulbright Dehli and Banaras, INDIA,2011
Artist Assistant andArchivist for art critic andpioneering, international performanceartist, LILPICARD, withwhom Dolmanisth
frequentedAndy Warhol's Factory/Studio at Union Square andaccompaniedtoprivate interviews andopenings, in Soho andthe East
Village in the seventies andearlyeighties. New York City,NY, 1978-1984
GRANTS
2010 MASSACHUSETTSCULTURALCOUNCILGrant, LCC Recipient, Exhibit: HEREandArtist Talk,Public Workshop
2008, 2009MASSACHUSETTSCULTURALCOUNCIL, INDIVIDUALARTIST AWARD, INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDIA
2005 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER, Full Fellowship,Artist’ ResourceTrust Award
2004 BERKSHIRE TACONIC A.R.T. AWARD
2004 MASSACHUSETTSCULTURALCOUNCILGrant, LCC Recipient, INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDIA
2003 MASSACHUSETTSCULTURALCOUNCIL, INDIVIDUALARTIST AWARD, SCULPTURE / INSTALLATION
2003, 2002, 2001,2000MASSACHUSETTSCULTURALCOUNCILGrant, Individual Artist Award, LCC, INSTALLATION
1996 NEA NEFA, NewEnglandFoundation ForThe Arts, ARTIST’S NEW FORMS PROJECT Grant
1979-83 CONNECTICUT SCHOLAR SCHOLARSHIP AWARD,Four-YearRecipient
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
ART CHAMBER, in Calangute, Goa, INDIA 2013
MEAD MUSEUM, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 2012
QERITICA GALLERY, Banaras, INDIA,Installation/ performance with student collaborationfrom Banaras HinduUniversity 2011
CANAL GALLERY, ThreeGallery Sites, HistoricIndustrial Canal District, Holyoke, MA,Full Year Inter-Media Site Work 2003
DAYTON ARTIST IN RESIDENCEPROGRAM,Connecticut College,NewLondon, CT 2001
Dolmanisth: SculptureInstallationwith Action/Happenings, PARADOX, andMeredith Monk, withAnnHamilton: MERCY
EUSEBIUSBIUTENSINGEL 52, Arnhem,Netherlands, Monthlong, InResidence Project: NEWAGE DADA 1995, 96
VIENNA SECCESSION MUSEUM, Vienna, Austria, Two month In Residence Project:WENN DIE KINDER… 1994
WEXNER CENTER FOR CONTEMPRARY ART MUSEUM, “Alchemy, Improv/ Happening”, Columbus, OH 1994
NEW WORK, Large Scale Ephemeral Constructions, SCULPTURE COURTYARD, Univ.of Mass, Amherst, MA 1989
SELECTED REVIEWS
2015 GREENFIELD RECORDER,“SYNCHRONICITY, DolmanisthTakes Her Art Where It Leads Her” Trish Crapo
2013 THE BOSTONGLOBE, “ Festival of SoundandPerformance Art” Cate McQuaid
2012 ARTSCOPE MAGAZINE, “Amherst Biennial 2012” Gregory Morrell
2010 ARTSCOPE MAGAZINE,“Amherst’s Joyful Biennial” Gregory Morrell
2009 FIRST CITY, DELHI, INDIA, “Everywhere/Nowhere,Spiritual Temperament in Current American Art” Siri Fort
2008 ARTSCOPE MAGAZINE,“KARENDOLMANISTH” Gregory Morrell
2006 THE NEWYORK TIMES “The Studio Visit” Roberta Smith
2006 NY1 Stephanie Simon
2005 FreeNYC, “Franklin FurnaceArchives” re: EXIT ART Prayingproject
2005 BRIDGES, Publication onScience andTechnology, re: EXIT ART Prayingproject P hilip Steger
2004 SPRINGFIELD RECORDER, “Canal Knowledge, Holyoke’s Mind-BendingArt Exhibit” Pat Cahill
2003 ART IN AMERICA
“Smack Mellon” Lilly Wei
2. 2002 THE NEWYORK TIMES
“SacredMatter” HollandCotter
2002 THE NEWYORK PRESS
“SacredMatter”
2000 THE WASHINGTON POST Blake Gopnik
“Forget SOHO, NowIt’s D.U.M.B.O., Forsaken Warehouse District, NY’s Latest Art Home
1994 NEW YORK MAGAZINE
“Dance Of Life AndDeath” Kay Larson
1994 THE NEWYORK TIMES
“MakingA Statement WithCastoffObjects” William Zimmer
1994 DIE PRESSE, DER STANDARD, Vienna, Austria
“Secession” Georg Schollhammer
1994 KURIER, Vienna, Austria
“Beautiful, Run Down, RaunchyandVery Touching” HenrietteHorny
1994 SALZBURGER NACHRICHTEN, Vienna,Austria
“TheAge Is Given Its Art Again” Jana Wisniewski
1994 FALTER, Vienna,Austria,
“Just No Shit” Mark Wailand
1994 ART IN NEW ENGLAND
“Creatingan Exhibition/ RESURRECTION/ ‘Objects With NewSouls” Sal Scalora
1994 THE HARTFORD COURANT
“RecycledArt” Owen McNally
1993 NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE
“SummingUp Doom AndGloom” Peter Plagens
1993 THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Assemblages Offer Views Of The Spiritual” Vivien Raynor
1992 VILLAGE VOICE
“Give Me Fever” Elizabeth Hess
SOLO PERFORMANCE ART (Selected) (List of recent 2008-2010,Local/Interactive, on request)
2013 “LIGHTRAYSGOA” ART CHAMBER GALLERY, Goa, INDIA
2013 “CreativeDomestic” in conjunctionwith “FromMotherhoodtoMother Goddess”AKUSGALLERY, ECSU, Willimantic, CT
2012 “WinterLightIN SITE, Insight” MEAD MUSEUM, Amherst, MA
2012 “THE BALANCE - NATURE/SPIRIT/BODY/BREATH IMMANENCE” MEAD MUSEUM, Amherst, MA
2011 “GREETINGS, BANARAS”, collaborationwith AshokLeaves andaudience QERITICA GALLERY,Varanasi, INDIA
2010 “LEAP,Arteon in Motion,BEINGBLUE” LA MAMA, NewYork City, NY
2010 “SMILERAINBOWTEARS” TOMPKINSSQUARE GALLERY, NewYork City,NY
2009 “WALKINGWOMAN: RED PURPLE” ZEA MAYSPRINTMAKINGSTUDIO, Northampton, MA
2008 “AWE” On Site at “ISLESOF VIEW”, By George Trakas,UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
University ofMassachusetts, Amherst,MA
2008 “SENTIENCE”, “Up Down Strange Beauty” CABARET VOLTAIRE ART CENTER, Poughkeepsie,NY
2006 “PRESENT, In The Moment UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UMASS, Amherst, MA
2005 “FLUX Emptying” EXIT ART, NewYorkCity, NY
2005 “WASHINGPRAYER”, PRAYINGPROJECT EXIT ART, NewYorkCity, NY
2002 “ACTIONTASKSCHANCE MOVEMENT LABOR BREATH TOUCH” SMACK MELLON, Brooklyn, NY
1995 “THE THUNDER /PERFECT MIND” C WORLD, NYC, NY
1995 “LADY” EUSEBIUSBIUTENSINGEL 52,Arnhem, THENETHERLANDS
1994 “BLACK AndGOLD” VIENNA SECCESSION MUSEUM, Vienna, AUSTRIA
1994 “INNER MARRIAGE, THEALCHEMICAL BRIDE” REAL ART WAYS, Hartford, CT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: SCULPTURE INSTALLATION(UNIQUE/SITE SPECIFIC, SELECTED)
AND WORKS ON PAPER
2015 “STUDIOARTSFACULTY EXHIBIT” RENAISSANCE ART SCHOOL GALLERY, Great Barrington, MA
2015 “THE BERKSHIRE COLLECTION” SAINT FRANCISGALLERY, Lee, MA
2015 “BRINGINGNEWIDEASTO LIFE” SAINT FRANCISGALLERY, Lee, MA
2015 “IF WALLSCOULD TALK” SAINT FRANCISGALLERY, Lee, MA
2014 “FACE TO FACE” SAINT FRANCISGALLERY, Lee, MA
2014 “ROAD LESSTRAVELED” SAINT FRANCISGALLERY, Lee, MA
2014 “COMPLEXITY OF EXPERIENCE,ENGAGINGREALITY” SAINT FRANCISGALLERY, Lee, MA
2014 “SELECTED VISIONS” SAINT FRANCISGALLERY, Lee, MA
2014 “EYESAND SOUL OF AN ARTIST” SAINT FRANCISGALLERY, Lee, MA
2013 “INSPIRATION OF THESPIRIT” SAINT FRANCISGALLERY, Lee, MA
2013 “HEAR, SandDrawings On Shore” THE QUARRY, CONTEMPORARY ARTSINTERNATIONAL , Acton,MA
2013 “ABHAASAUR ABHYAASII” AURODHAN ART GALLERY, Pondicherry,INDIA
2013 “ABHAASAUR ABHYAAS” GALERIA DE BELASARTES, Calangute, Goa, INDIA
2013 “FROM MOTHER HOOD TO MOTHER GODDESS,Transcendence…Self to Absolute” AKUSGALLERY, Willimntic,CT
2012 “TRIBUTARIES” with Kathryn Myers andCharlotte Cain ThreeRivers CommunityCollege Art Gallery, Norwich,CT
2010 “FiBi CONCRETE” Tompkins Square Gallery of The NEWYORK CITYPUBLIC LIBRARY, NewYork City,NY
2010 “SHEER OPACITY” WILLIAMBENTONMUSEUM, Storrs,CT
3. 2010 “HERE” A.P.E. , Northampton, MA
2010 “Amherst Biennial” Amherst, MA
2009 “EVERYWHERE / NOWHERE,Spiritual Temperament in Current American Art”
GALLERY OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY, Delhi, India
2009 “OPENWEAVE”, NCA Studio FacultyExhibit NORTHAMPTONCENTER FOR THEARTS, Northampton, MA
2009 “PIONEER WOMEN” TABLA RASA GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
2008 “EVERYWHERE / NOWHERE” International Festival of SacredArts,Delhi,India
2008 “TITLES” L’ECUME DESJOURS, Montreal, CANADA, travelingtovenues in London, UK
2007 “TRANSIENCE” CABARET VOLTAIRE ART CENTER, Poughkeepsie,NY
2007 “DADA91,SUPREMEDEBRIS” CABARET VOLTAIRE,Poughkeepsi,NY
2006 “RENEGADES” EXIT ART,NewYork,NY
2006 “INTERSECTIONS, Sculpture andInstallation fromDistinguishedMassachusetts Artists” OPEN SQUARE GALLERY, MA
2006 “SITE 92” SMACK MELLON, Brooklyn, NY
2006 “THESTUDIO VISIT” EXIT ART, NewYork, NY
2005 “TRAFFIC, (WINDOWINSTALLATIONS) “HOLIDAY WINDOWS”, FLUX, Emptying EXIT ART, NewYork, NY
2005 “OTHER AMERICA,THE PRAYINGPROJECT” EXIT ART, NewYork, NY
2005 “DRAWINGIN TIME: 3 SCULPTOR’SAPPROACH TO SPACE” A.P.E GALLERY, Northampton, MA
2004 “IN THE WOODS” DABORA GALLERY
Seven Women Installation Artists,Curator: Lynda Dabora Brooklyn,NY
2004 “THERESPONSE” CANAL GALLERY, Holyoke, MA
2003 “ABSTRACT”,Curator,Chris Nelson CANAL GALLERY, Holyoke, MA
2000 “ANNIVERSARY EXHIBIT, 20YEARS” EXIT ART
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman,PapoColo New York, NY
1999 “MORE OR LESS” NO BIAS
Invitational, Juror: Kathleen Gilrain, Director, SOCRATESSCULPTURE PARK,NY, NY Bennington, VT
1997 “THE GARDEN OF EVE”, 7 Women Sculptors LOWER EASTSIDE ECOLOGY CENTER
Invitational , Curator: Kathleen Gilrain, Dir., SOCRATESSCULPTURE PARK, NY,NY New York, NY
1996 “GROUND FLIGHT” ONE MAIN SCULPTURE CENTER
Sculpture Installation New York, NY
1996 “INTHE NIGHT GARDEN” ONE MAIN SCULPTURE CENTER
Sculpture Installation New York, NY
1995 “NEXT AGE DADA” EUSEBIUSBIUTENSINGEL 52
Installation“LADY OF THE SILVER WHEEL” Arnhem, The Netherlands
1995 “THE NEXT TWENTY FIVE YEARS” WESTBETHGALLERY
Installation, “INANNA’S DESCENT, ContemporaryContext” NewYork, NY
1994 “FEVER, Traveling” THE WEXNER CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS
Installation, Unique, Site-Specific, “ALCHEMY, IMPROV, OFFERING”
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, Papo Colo, ofEXIT ART, NY, NY Columbus, OH
1994 “WENN DIE KINDER SIND IM DUNKELN” WEINER SECCESSION (VIENNA SECCESSION MUSEUM)
Installation, “THOSE WHO DO NOT SURVIVE, A Dedication”
Curator: Birgit Jurgenssen Vienna, Austria
1994 “THE GARDEN OF SCULPTURAL DELIGHTS” EXIT ART / THE FIRST WORLD
Installation, “RADICAL FAITH” New York, NY
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, PapoColo
1994 “RESURRECTIONS, OBJECTSWITH NEW SOULS” THE WILLIAMBENTONMUSEUM
Installation, “ INANNA HONORS…AND RESSURECTSTHE DESECRATED TREEOF…” Storrs, CT
Curators: Salvatore Scalora,Deborah Muirhead
1993 “FEVER, Innaugural Exhibition” EXIT ART
Installation, “INANNA / ALCHEMY, Nigredo,Albedo, Conjunctio…” New York, NY
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman,PapoColo
1993 “SPIRITUAL CARGO” THE CHARTER OAK CULTURALCENTER
Installation, “THE JOURNEY MARKERSOF PERSEPHONE’SCLOAK” Hartford, CT
1991 “SACRED SPACE / FOUR SCULPTORS” WHEELER GALLERY
Installation, “THE DAUGHTER’SCLOSET OF WONDER, MAGIC & SHADOW” Amherst, MA
1991 “4X 4 SCULPTORS”, with Dan Zeller, Kathleen Gilrain,Michael Yue Tong BAYSTATE WEST ATRIUM
Three Story Height Mall Atrium Installation Springfield, MA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS/ SCULPTURE INSTALLATION (UNIQUE, SITE-SPECIFIC)
2015 “DOLMANISTH, NEWWORKS” SALMON FALLSGALLERY, Shelburne falls, MA
2015 “DOLMANISTH, STUDIO ART FACULTY EXHIBIT” RENAISSANCE ART SCHOOL GALLERY,Great Barrington, MA
2013 “HEAR,Water, Sand, Sky, Reflection andLight” THE QUARRY, Contemporary Arts International, Acton, MA
2013 “PLACE 3 STONESandWaterDrawings” KrtashrayaAurodhan Art GalleryandGarden, Pondicherry, INDIA
2012 “THEBALANCE - NATURE/SPIRIT/BODY/BREATH IMMANENCE” MeadMuseum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
2011 “GRACE, withAshok Leaves andThe RiverGanges Walking” QERITICAGALLERY,Assi Ghat, Banaras, INDIA
2010 “SMILE RAINBOWTEARS” Yo Park’s FiBi Concrete II(Brochure) TOMPKINSSQUARE GALLERY, NewYork City, NY
2009 “FIRST LANGUAGE, Immanence andInterpenetration” TABER GALERY, Holyoke,MA
2008 “LIFELINESOF CONNECTION &CONTINUITY” OnSite Installationat George Trakas’ “ISLE OF VIEW” Campus Pond
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, UMASS, Amherst, MA
2006 “LOOMII”,An Industrial Mill Works InstallationCollaborationw/ the Site & Afternoon Sun OPEN SQUARE GALLERY
The Historic Canal District,Holyoke,MA
4. 2006 “PRESENT, InTheMoment” Installation/Action UNIVERSITY GALLERY,FINE ARTSCENTER,UMASS, Amherst, MA
2005 “FLUENT”Works on Paper andEphemeral Constructions THE LAST MINUTEGALLERY,Northampton, MA
2005 “ARROWS, NEEDLES, SPEARS, & STRANDS” VERMONT STUDIO CENTER
2005 “STILL MOTION” Four Walls ofDrawings andPrints Schultz Sculpture Barn, Johnson, VT
2004 “INANNA, The Heroine’s Quest” WILLIAM BLIZARD GALLERY
3 Galleries. Installation,Drawings, &Solo Performance,HollyS. Murray - Curator SpringfieldCollege, Springfield, MA
2004 “IMMANENT & TRANSCENDINGCIRCLESOF TIME” CANAL GALLERY
Three Gallery SculptureInstallations, Chris Nelson,Curator,Year longArtist in Residence Project Holyoke, MA
2003 “AXIS/ ORBITING/ Contain” NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THEARTS
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council AwardProject,Sculpture Installation Northampton, MA
2003 “MORPHOGENESIS” I & II WILD LIFE SANCTUARY
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council AwardProject,Sculpture Installation Northampton, MA
2002 “THEOLOGICAL REVERSALS” I, II, II, & IV “SACRED MATTER PROJECT” SMACK MELLON
Series of Four Time-BasedChangingInstallations,Two Galleries KathleenGilrain – Curator Brooklyn, NY
2002 “SOMETHINGOUT OF NOTHING/ GroundWork” NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council AwardProject Northampton,MA
2002 “VERTICALLOOM, VERTICALTIME” NCA
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council AwardProject,Sculpture Installation Northampton, MA
2001 “PARADOX” CRO’S NEST, CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
Part of an EndowedDAYTON VISITINGARTIST (Artist In Residence) AWARD New London, CT
2001 “PARADOX / CONTINUOUSCREATION(Transformation) CRO’S NEST, CONNECTICUT COLLEGE
InstallationIn Motion/ Transformation DAYTON A.I.R. AWARD New London, CT
2001 “THEFALL” NCA
Massachusetts Local Cultural Council Award, InstallationandPerformance Project Northampton,MA
“CREATE/ un-do” NCA
Massachusetts, LCC Award, InstallationandPerformanceProject Nort hampton,MA
“DANCINGIN THEFLAMES’ NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Massachusetts LCC Award, Installation andPerformance Project Northampton, MA
“THEUNSEEN REAL” NCA
Massachusetts LCC Award, Sculpture andInterdisciplinaryPerformance Project Northampton, MA
2000 “NEMETONlean-sa dluth ri cliudo shinnear” GRUBBS GALLERY, WillistonNorthampton Academy
Time-BasedChangingInstallation,WithComposer J.B. Weeks Easthampton,MA
2000 “OPENINGTHELANGUAGE” HAMDEN GALLERY
Curator, Anne La Prad University ofMassachusetts, Amherst,MA
2000 “BEYOND & HERE, RELATIONSHIPS” CENTER FOR ART AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Installation Collaboration withMusician/ ComposerMichael Billingsley Northampton,MA
2000 “InteriorINTERPRETATIONSExterior” NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Installation Collaborationwith Experimental Musician/ Composer,Helen Harrison Northampton , MA
1999 “CHANCE & NECESSITY I, II,II, IV” THE ART BANK
Series of Four Different Sculpture Installations as a Two Month A.I.R Project Shelburne Falls, MA
With Experimental Musician/ Composer, HelenHarrison
1999 “ LIVE / WORK I & II” FLYWHEEL
Installation andCollaborationwith Experimental Musician/ Composer, HelenHarrison Easthampton, MA
1995 “THE THUNDER / PERFECT MIND: CORN, DICTIONARY,GLASS, SHELLS” C WORL D
Actions WithinA Sculpture Installation,WithComposer / Musician, J.B.Weeks New York City, NY
1995 “THE THUNDER / PERFECT MIND: CORN, WHITEDRESSOF FLAMES, SILENCE, CHAIR” C WORLD
Actions WithinA sculptureInstallation, AudienceParticipants, andComposer,J.B.Weeks New York City, NY
1993 “SACRIFICE: TO MAKE SACRED” HAMDEN GALLERY
InstallationandCollaborationwith Spoken WordArtists Universityof Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1992 “DAUGHTERSAND MEMORY” WHEELER GALLERY
Sculpture Installation Universityof Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
1989 “NEW WORK,Large Scale Ephemeral Constructions THE SCULPTURE COURTYARD
Three Month,A.I.R.Outdoor Sculpture Installation, Changing University of Massachusetts, Amherst,MA
1989 “EVICTION/ QUESTIONSOF PROPERTY” SITE: CONDEMNED HOUSE, ROUTE 195
CondemnedHouse From theSeventeenthCentury, ChangingInstallation Storrs, CT
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
PIEROGI 2000, Flat Files
Brooklyn,NY
Drawings, Painting, Collage
EXIT ART
NYC, NY
Seven Group Exhibitions, EXIT ART Archives, Curators: PapoColo,JeanetteIngberman
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
SCULPTURE INSTALLATIONS (UNIQUE, SITE-SPECIFIC)
2011 “TRAVELERSAND HOUSEHOLDERS” Varanasi, INDIA
2009 “ILLUSORY MEETINGPLACES, a brief tribute to people andplaces~” WINDSOR CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER
5. Sculpture InstallationandPhotographs, WithPainter, KathrynMyers Windsor, CT
2002 “SACRED MATTER”, WithDeborah Masters SMACK MELLON
Curator: KathleenGilrain Brooklyn,NY
1993 “UNVEILINGTHE BRIDE” REAL ART WAYS
Installation,“ALCHEMICAL WEDDING” Hartford, CT
Curator: Salvatore Scalora, WithArtist, Genara Banzon
1992 “SHAPECHANGERSOF THESACRED AND THE PROFANE” AMHERST CENTER FOR THEARTS
With Artist, Curator, ofTHE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM, Storrs, CT, SalvatoreScalora Amherst,MA
1992 “MARRIAGE OF ABOVE AND BELOW” CENTER FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMINGARTS
With Artist Laura Zindel Universityof Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
SITE WORK, ENVIRONMENTAL/ OUTDOORS (A Selection)
TEMPORAL, TIME – BASED, SITE – SPECIFIC (Full List On Request)
1995 “Sand Pile Presence” NORTHAMPTON RAILROADTRACKS, Northampton, MA
1995 “Corn, Traffic,Still Point” HADLEY FARM ROAD, Northampton,MA
1995 “Homeless, Earth Site” CONNECTICUT RIVER BED, Northampton, MA
1995 “StoneWorks,Communion, Interference” QUABBIN RESERVOIR, NewSalem, MA
1995 “Circle OfSludge,Sunset” TOOL FACTORY,SALMON FALLS, Shelburne Falls, MA
1995 “Circle,Mound, Line” QUABBIN RESERVOIR, New Salem, MA
1995 “Spirit” MT. HOOD, Portland, OR
1995 “Determined By The State” CONDEMNED SITE,MANSFIELDTRAININGSCHOOL, Mansfield, CT
1985- 2009 “SeekingLanguage / UsingHistory” ABANDONED RAILROADTRACKS/ THREAD FACTORY,Willimantic, CT
VIDEO ( A Selection)
2013 “Life Lines of Connection andContinuity” and“LOOM,As Instrument andCascade” THE QUARRY, Acton, MA
2006 “River Works” The Mill River, Northampton, MA
2006 “The Studio Visit” EXIT ART, NY, NY
2006 “SMACKMELLON Moves tothe Waterfront” SMACK MELLON, NY, NY
1995 “Flaming White Dress, Corn, Worn Down Woman” C WORLD, NewYork, NY
1995 “Corn, Dictionary, Lost Gospel” C WORLD, NewYork,NY
1995 “Process, Production, Ritual: Leaving” The Artist’s Apartment,METROPOLITAN AVENUE,Brooklyn, NY
1995 “Resurrections: The Sea” THE OCEAN, Ninnigret, RI
1994 “Temple, ContemporaryDisintegration ofa Paradigm” HOTEL ORIENT, Vienna, AUSTRIA
1994 “ StudyingDifference” HOTEL ORIENT, Vienna, AUSTRIA
1994 “VisitingHerman Nitsch’s Studio,with Andreas Serrano” CASTLE OF HERMAN NITSCH, Prizendorf, AUSTRIA
1994 “Towers On Top Of Bones” Vienna, AUSTRIA
1992 “The Bedroom, (Inanna / Dumuzi)” OLD HOUSE, Shutesbury, MA
1989- “Private / Public, HomeAs Site” MANY MOVES, Shutesbury, Leverett, MA
2011 943 METROPOLITANAVE., Brooklyn,NY, 79Upper Baptist Hill, Conway,MA, 5 TUDOR CITY PLACE, NYC, NY
1991- “Body, Television, Personal Space” Shutesbury, MA
2011 943 METROPOLITANAVE., Brooklyn, NY, 5 Tudor City Place, NY, NY
1991/94 “Poetics, A Visual Love Affair” Shutesbury, MA, Brooklyn, NY
1991/94 “OurBodies Have Hair”, “Break Down”, “Power”, “Resistance”, “Persona” Shutesbury, MA, Brooklyn, NY
OPEN STUDIO INSTALLATIONS (A Selection)
1995 “Closet / Oasis” THE MILLWORKSSTUDIOS, Willington, CT
1995 “LeavingThe City” 943 METROPOLITAN AVE, Brooklyn, NY
1993 “Falling, Flying Women, Dogs And Seaweed Wall” 943 METROPOLITAN AVE, Brooklyn, NY
1992 “Alchemical Bride As Oracle, Scarlet LadyAs Oracle” MARSHALL ANNEX STUDIOS, Amherst,MA
1991/92 “Alchemical Bride” MARSHALL ANNEX STUDIOS, Amherst,MA
1991/92 “Alchemy” MARSHALL ANNEX STUDIOS, Amherst, MA
1991/92 “The Wedding” MARSHALL ANNEX STUDIOS, Amherst, MA
1991/92 “Fire And Grass” MARSHALL ANNEX STUDIOS, Amherst, MA
PROJECTS PRODUCED Through NEA NEFA / NEW FORMS GRANT
1996/97 MULTI-MEDIA CD
“TOUCH PRAYERS” Photography, AllenPhillips, Musician / Composer,J.B. Weeks
1996/97 NARRATIVEDOCUMENTARY PHOTO SERIES, Allen Phillips, Photographer
“RESISTANCE” ARTS& INDUSTRY, Northampton, MA
“FEMALEYANG” ROCKVILLE BIRTHINGCENTER, Rockville, CT
NARATIVE DOCUMENTARY / SITE- WORK, IMPROV HAPPENINGS, Allen Phillips,Photographer
“CYCLE OF THEDARK MOON/ NEWMOON,
Death, NewLife, BeginningWaiting” ABANDONED USE RD, Mansfield, CT
“RIVER’SEDGE / CIRCLE” Dolmanisth,Photographer
PINE FOREST, Mansfield, CT
“WINTER, Jars of ThawedPondWater” Dolmanisth, Photographer
NATURALLY FORMINGMOSSCIRCLE, PondEdge, Coventry, CT
“WINTER, FrozenReservoir, LongWalk” Dolmanisth, Photographer
WATER’SEDGE, MansfieldReservoir, Mansfield, CT
6. TIME-BASED SITE-SPECIFIC SCULPTURE INSTALLATIONS
And COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS Through NEA NEFA / NEW FORMS GRANT
1998 “BLONDE BRANCHES” P.S. 122
HOT HOUSE IMPROVISATIONAL SERIES New York, NY
Sculptor, KarenDolmanisth,Dancer / Choreographer, Chivas Sandage
1998 “BLONDE BRANCHES” JOYCE SOHO
NEW DANCE ALLIANCE PERFORMANCE MIX New York, NY
Sculptor, KarenDolmanisth,Dancer / Choreographer, Chivas Sandage
1998 “CONTINUOUSCONTAINERS” T. E. M. P. PROJECT SPACE
Kinetic Sculpture,InstallationandPerformance Shelburne Falls, MA
1998 “CONSTELLATION I & II” T. E. M. P. PROJECT SPACE
Sculptor/ InstallationArtist, Karen Dolmanisth
Musician / Composer, Michael Richardson,
Dancer / Choreographers, Chivas Sandage, Harriet Jastremski,Rose Oceana Shelburne Falls, MA
1998 “STRINGandSTONE, Known, Not Known, I, II, III” T. E. M. P. PROJECT SPACE
Sculptor, Installation, Performance Artist,KarenDolmanisth Shelburne Falls, MA
1998 “(with) WING (s) IT (andOwl’s Feet) LIFE AND HARMONY CAFÉ
Sculpture andDrawings In Time: Artist, Karen Dolmanisth
Musician / Composer, Joe Bartone, of FAT BUDDAHS Springfield, MA
COLLEGE TEACHING
Academy of Art andDesign, S’HertoD’enBosse, Netherlands
Sculpture, Installation, Artist Books, Intermedia/ Interdisciplinary ResearchProjects andPapers
Keene State College, Keene,NewHampshire
Intro ToDrawing, DrawingI, InterdisciplinaryDesign I
Vermont College,NorwichUniversity, Montpelier, Vermont
Sculpture, Trans Media andCollaborativeForms, Artists Books, Installation, MFA Thesis FacultyMentor
Universityof Massachusetts, School ofFine Arts, Amherst, Massachusetts
3D Design II (Sculpture), 3D Design I (Basic Sculpture), 2DDesign II, 2DDesign I, Installation/ NewMedia
GreenfieldCommunityCollege, Greenfield, Massachusetts
Video, Figure Drawing
Holyoke CommunityCollege, Holyoke, Massachusetts
DrawingI, DrawingandComposition, Art History
Eastern Connecticut StateCollege, Willimantic, Connecticut
DrawingI, Intro to Studio, Art HistorySurvey, Art History
Universityof Connecticut, School ofFine Arts, Storrs, Connecticut
AdvancedDesign, 2D I, II, IllustrationConcepts,Senior Independent Projects andPapers
KAREN DOLMANISTH
413-695-9535, cell
PARADOX PROJECTS STUIDIO
Arts & Industry, Studio 347
221 Pine Street.
Florence, Massachusetts, 01062
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