Karin Lowney Seed

Artist Statement:

I am visually stimulated by everything: patterns, colors, objects, figures, shapes, and life's aesthetic rhythms. My eye bolts to the dramatic and the bold. While working on a series of landscapes/waterscapes I used language to help me feel the space. This opened has me to new ways of thinking – allowing me to create a new sense of personal artistic language.

As a true colorist. I see color. Color comes to life for me, it is everything. My work is inspired by everyday life – the simple things that are presented to us in different ways. I am an observer and I look for the space between the obvious. I work effectively, tight and loose. My goal has been to merge these two ways of thinking into a personal consistency.

I am currently mixing the hard and soft elements and I am excited about where this is taking me. There are recurring images that cycle in and out of my work. Through the rhythms of my language paintings, I have generated a shorthand using movements and shapes to create energetic compositions. Color mixed with chaos and subject offers me endless possibilities.

Education:

1986 · MFA – The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1984 · BFA – The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Awards & Distinctions:

2017/2018 · Curated Hilton Hotel Art. Minneapolis, MN
2015 · Art Expo Poster Challenge Finalist New York, NYC
2006 · Original art selected for book cover, “Who Lives"
1990-2009 · Mountain Art Show, Bernardsville NJ. Award winner 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002
2005 · Scholarship Fund NJCVLC award winner
2001 · SAI Gallery, Jury award, NYC
1999 · SCA&HC Public Gallery, Exhibition Award, Newton, NJ
1998 · SAI Gallery, group show, award winner, NYC
1998 · Saint Mary's Art Show, NJ, award winner, Best in Show 
1994 · The Privia B. Gross International Juried Exhibition, award winner, Queens Borough Community College, Bayside, NY
1991 · The town Club at Mountain Lakes, award winner, Mt. Lakes, NJ 
1990 · Fax Art Award, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois
1987 · Featured Printed Artwork in, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, catalogue
1987 · Alumni Show Award, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill
1986 · Cup Show, Best in Show, SAIC, Chicago Ill
1986 · Arthur D. Little Grant/Award for Design, Chicago, Illinois
1986 · Fellowship to Study in Portugal and Spain
1985 · Gallery 10, East State Street, award winner, Rockford, Illinois
1985 · Arthur Baer Foundation Award, Chicago, Illinois

Exhibitions:

2018 · Residency at Bunnell Street Gallery, Homer, AK
2018 · Bunnell Street Art Show, Homer, AK
2018 · Curated Public Art Sculpture – Thresher Building, Minneapolios, MN
2017 · Skylands Annual, Skylands, NJ
2017 · Invitational, Asbury Park, NJ
2017 · Outliers Show, Sparta, NJ 
2016 · Women Painting Women, Red Bank, NJ
2016 · SCAHC - Through a Woman's Eyes, NJ
2016 · Featured in Studio Visit Magazine
2015/2016 · Two Person Show “Gallery Within", Red Bank, NJ
2015 · Invited Artist at Art Expo 2015, NYC, NY
2015 · Featured in Studio Visit Magazine
2014 · Featured Artist, Art Basel: Spectrum Miami, FL
2014 · Group show: Space Womb, New York, NY
2014 · Art Basel "Spectrum" Miami, FL
2014 · Group Show: Space Womb, New York, NY
2014 · Faculty Exhibition: "Unity of Spheres" County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
2014 · Featured in "One Kings Lane" One of a kind, reoccurring show
2013 · Three person show at Manhattanville College, NY
2013 · One Person show at Krave, Newton NJ
2013 · Curator Invite - Cathedra 900 - Artist Mark Ware expands his global vision via U.K. Arts Council Program
2012/2013 · Celebrating Women: Inspiring women of Morris County
2012 · Featured Artist St. Johns on The Mountain. Bernardsville, NJ
2012 · Curator - Cathedra 900 Project. United Kingdom Arts Council.
2012 · Invite cover for The Paschal Triduum
2012 · County College of Morris Faculty Exhibition
2012 · Faculty Exhibition Invite show at the University of The Arts in Phildelphia PA
2011 · Trailworks: One Person Show
2011 · Two Person Show, Homer Alaska 
2011 · Gallery Within: Trailworks 
2010 · One person show, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
2010 · Featured artist, Fox Hollow exhibition
2003-2009 · Chicago, Illinois Juried Exhibition, Bare Walls
1989-2009 · Skylands, juried exhibition NJ, award winner 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2002
2008 · Art at the Mill, juried exhibition NJ 2007 featured artist
1989-2010 · Hilltop Art Show NJ, 2002 and 2008 featured artist
2007· Fantasy Art Show, one-person show, Vernon NJ
2000-2007 · Wilson School Art Show, Mountain Lakes, NJ
2002 · Drue Chryst Gallery, group show, Sparta, NJ
2001 · Octavia's Haze, One-person show, S.F., California
2001 · Katalin Pap Gallery, four-person show, NYC
2000 · Drue Chyrst Gallery, one-person show, NJ
1999 · Art in the Garden, Voluptuaries and Vignettes, two-person show, NJ
1999 · The Studio, NJ one-person show
1998 · Avant Art Event, 4-person show, Drue Chryst Gallery, NJ
1998 · Pleides Gallery, group show, Broadway NYC, NY
1997 · 479 Gallery Inc. Prince Street Station NYC, NY, 3-person show
1986 · Imagery Gallery, One-person show, Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Professional/Teaching Experience:

2008-Present · Adjunct Professor of Art, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
2001-2003 · Visiting Artist and Artist in Residence, theatre department, Morristown Beard School 
1992-2002 · Visiting Artist and Substitute Teacher, Sussex County Community College 
1989-1993 · Visiting Artist and Teacher, Hilltop Country Day School 
· Received a Grant to work with students of Kilmer Middle School, Chicago and create a permanent Sculpture piece in the entry of the school.
· Teacher, Beginning Sculpture summer program at SAIC.
· Teacher's Assistant, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
· 1984-1987 Curator, North Wing Gallery, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
· Coordinator, Visiting Artists Program, graduate school, SAIC – brought in well-known artists and alumni to consult with graduate students.

Artistic Influences:

Matisse, De Kooning, Andy Warhol, Life