Karen M. Schwartz

Ray of Hope, 2020

Alcohol ink, Oil stick, Pastel, Acrylic and Pen on Paper

15 x 11 inches; framed: 20 x 15 inches

Courtesy of Jennifer Balcos Gallery

www.jenniferbalcosgallery.com

www.karenschwartzartist.com, @kschwartz_art

Karen Schwartz is an Atlanta and New York City-based artist working primarily in painting and drawing in a range of media. Largely a self-taught artist, Schwartz was heavily influenced by twentieth century abstract expressionist aesthetics she inhaled growing up in the NYC cultural environment. Schwartz brings an attitude of experimentation to her exploration of the properties and interactions of materials and trusts that meaning will emerge from the piling up of imagery without regard for hierarchy. Currently represented by the Jennifer Balcos Gallery in Atlanta, Schwartz was a featured artist at the Hathaway Contemporary and The Bill Lowe Gallery in Atlanta. Her work, twice curated into the Red Clay Survey of Southern Contemporary Art at the Huntsville Museum, earned a merit award in 2017. In Brooklyn, NY, Schwartz's solo exhibitions have been at Life on Mars Gallery (reviewed in Hyperallergic, The New Criterion, Tilted Arc, The Huffington Post and Painter's Table) and at David & Schweitzer Contemporary. Karen's works reside in private and public collections, including an acquisition by the New York HIstorical Society for the launch of their Women in History Center.