EDUCATION 2000 Bachelor of Fine-Arts (with Distinction), Major Painting & Drawing, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada AWARDS 1999 Robert Langstadt Memorial Scholarship for Academic Excellence SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2007 New Paintings from the Past, Sadie's Diner, Toronto, Ontario 2006 Exhibit One, Linuxcaffe, Toronto, Ontario JURIED EXHIBITIONS 2007 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square (booth #523, Turquoise) GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2009 World of Imagination Vol. 2, APW Gallery, Long Island City, NYC, USA (upcoming 03/06/09-03/29/09) 2007 Silence of Nature, Arta Gallery - Distillery District, Toronto, Ontario 2005 Picture A Circle, Gypsy Coop, Toronto, ON 2000 Encyclopediapractica, a multidisciplinary showcase of artistic practises, Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Quebec 1999 Painting & Drawing Student Exhibition, FOFA Gallery, Montreal, Quebec 1997 DUO, An Exhibition of Young Artists, Espace #382, Belgo Building, Montreal, QC
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS 2008 Whos Who in Visual Art: 100 Artists in Painting, Graphic Arts, Digital Arts, Sculpture, von Ulrich Goette Himmelblau, Isabel Seidel, Art Domain Whois Verlag 2008-2009, Leipzig, Germany (number 55). ISBN 978-3-00-024580-0 Anti-Dull, issue #4, May 2008, http://www.antidull.com/aissue4/aissue4.swf Paintblog.ca, http://www.paintblog.ca/2008/02/18/karina-lapierre-douglas/ (review) 2007 BlogTO, Sadie's Diner, Review by Chris Orbz: http://www.blogto.com/restaurant_reviews/2007/03/sadies_diner_authentic_vegan_breakfast/ (review) "Silence of Nature ~ Opening Night", a film by Peter Kastner, 2007. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Visual Arts Ontario, 2007-2008 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Teaching artist for multicultural community arts project at Working Women Community Centre and L.I.N.C., 2007-2008. Volunteer artist with Shukar Lulugi (Beautiful Flower), an interdisciplinary arts project by Red Tree Artists Collective, in collaboration with Roma Community Centre and CultureLink (funded by Canada Council Inter-Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Council), 2007. Whos Who in Visual Art: 100 Artists in Painting, Graphic Arts, Digital Arts, Sculpture http://www.antidull.com/aissue4/aissue4.swf http://www.paintblog.ca/2008/02/18/karina-lapierre-douglas/ http://www.blogto.com/restaurant_reviews/2007/03/sadies_diner_authentic_vegan_breakfast/ "Silence of Nature ~ Opening Night" Shukar Lulugi
EMPLOYMENT 2007-2008 Karina is a commissioned artist whose work appears in private collections throughout Canada and the United Kingdom and was featured in a classic American film in 2008. She has occasionally taught painting and is the proprietor of Lavish, a gardening and landscaping company operating in Toronto. 2001-2006 Medical translator Lavish
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