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Born in New Haven, Connecticut
AWARDS
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2005
2002
1994 |
Drawing Award, School of the Museum
of Fine Arts, 2005.
Best Paper, Historical Literary/Cultural Studies, SCMLA Conference,
November 2002. For “Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press: Book
Design as Visual-Verbal Modernism.”
Roswell Award for “Most Cosmic in Show,” “To Your Credit”
regional exhibition, Eastern New Mexico University at Roswell,
Spring 2002.
First Prize, Marvin & Sybil Weiner “Judaic Treasures” Essay
Contest (in conjunction with an exhibition of centuries of Jewish
fine printing), Spring 1994. For “The Books of the People
of the Book.” |
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
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2007
2006
2004 - 05
2003 - 05
2004
2001
1997 |
Artist’s Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center
residency program, December 2007.
Bartlett Travel Grant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Summer
2006 (to New Mexico).
Jean and Albert Nerken Graduate Student Scholarship, UJA Federation
of New York, 2004-05.
Graduate Student Fellowships, School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
2003-05.
Artist’s Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center residency program,
June 2004.
Research Grant, “Virginia Woolf’s Kew Gardens: Modernism
in Book Design,” Clemson University, Summer 2001. Funded
travel to archives in London and Sussex.
External Fellow, “Books
and the Imaginary” NEH Research Institute, Dartmouth College,
January-March 1997. The only graduate student in this group
of faculty researchers. |
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
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2007
2006
2005 |
“Arlan
Huang and Karen Schiff: Recent Work,” Jason Rulnick Gallery,
Chelsea, NYC.
“Residual
Markings: Tracing a Map / Mapping a Trace,” with Armando
Miguelez. Waypoint Gallery, Marfa, Texas (during
Open House weekend).
“From
Here,” MFA Thesis Exhibition, Tufts University Art Gallery.
“water
marks” film, Kingston Gallery, South End artists’ district, Boston.
Part of Mary Lang’s exhibition, “groundless: photographs
of water.”
“Traces: The
Agnes Martin Obituary Project,” 511 Gallery, Chelsea, NYC.
“Opening
Lines,” bf ANNEX, South End artists’ district, Boston. |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002 |
"4th
Anniversary Exhibition", dm contemporary, Mill Neck NY
Art
Now Fair NY, 30/30 Hotel – dm contemporary
Art
Now Fair Miami – dm Contemporary
“Drawing
Now: An Exploration,” DM Contemporary, Mill Neck, NY.
“New
Directions ’07,” Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (Juror: Jose Luis
Blondet, Dia Art Foundation)
“small
works,” Washington Square East Gallery, New York (Juror: Jim Kempner,
Jim Kempner Fine Arts)
“Graphite,” Main St. Gallery, Chester, Connecticut. Exhibition
with: Elizabeth Gourlay, John Lavertu, Janet Passehl,
Jeremy Ziemann.
“Dyscalculia” print portfolio, Southern Graphics Print Council.
“Art As Process,” LynnArt, Inc., Lynn, Massachusetts.
erArts Festival, Boston (“water marks” film projected onto library
window at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, on a Saturday
night)
“Boston
Young Contemporaries,” 808 Gallery, Boston University (Jurors:
Kiki Smith, Gideon Bok, Laura Donaldson)
“Drawing
Now,” 511 Gallery, Chelsea, NYC.
AIDS
Benefit Invitational Exhibition, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston.
Annual
Holiday Postcard Exhibition, Main St. Gallery, Chester, Connecticut.
“Calm,”
Lillian Immig Gallery, Emmanuel College, Boston.
“ARTcetera”
biannual juried auction to benefit AIDS research, Boston Center for the Arts.
“Visible
Invisibles,” Student Courtyard Gallery, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Visual
AIDS Benefit Exhibition, Sikkema Jenkins Gallery, Chelsea, NYC.
AIDS
Benefit Invitational Exhibition, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston.
“The
Dictionary Project,” Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville , Massachusetts.
“Affirming
The Hand: Contemporary Drawing,” Student Courtyard Gallery Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston.
Student
Annual exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Jurors: Barbara
Krakow, Vicki Goldberg, and Steven Nelson).
Annual
juried Drawing exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston (Jurors: SMFA Drawing faculty). Won a
jurors’ prize.
“Repeat
After Me,” Museum of Fine Arts Library, Boston.
First
group show of future exhibitors, bf ANNEX, Boston.
“New
Directions ’04” national juried show, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
(Juror: Tina Kukielski, The
Whitney Museum).
Juried
exhibition/auction to benefit the Boston Architectural Center, Boston.
Graduate
Student juried exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Juror: Laura
Donaldson, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts).
“New
Art ’04” national juried show, Kingston Gallery, South End, Boston (Juror: Ann
Wilson Lloyd, Art in
America and The New York Times).
1st
Annual Exhibition of Somerville/Medford Artists, Aidekman Arts Center, Tufts
University (Juror: Amy Ingrid Schlegel,
Gallery Director).
Installation
and images, in two shows organized by the Tufts Hillel Center.
Annual
juried Drawing exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Jurors: SMFA Drawing faculty).
Graduate
Student juried exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston (Juror: Francine Koslow Miller, Artforum and Art
on Paper ).
“Voyage”
invitational exhibition, Sun Trust Bank Plaza, Atlanta, GA.
“To
Your Credit” regional exhibition, Eastern New Mexico University
at Roswell. Piece won Roswell Award for
“Most Cosmic in Show.” |
COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
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“God’s Eyes Over the Chapel,” a community art
project for the Andover-Newton Theological School, 2006-07. Led
seminary students in learning about the traditions behind God’s
Eyes and weaving fluorescent versions using construction materials. Over
a dozen God’s Eyes were mounted on the poles of the fence surrounding
a chapel construction site, to “watch over” the building project
throughout its duration. Imagined and executed project
from start to finish. |
RESIDENCIES
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2008
2007
2006
2004 |
Luce Center for the Arts and Religion, Wesley
Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, Spring 2008.
Edward Albee Foundation Fellow, Montauk, Long Island, September
2007.
Artist in Residence, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos, New Mexico,
Winter-Spring 2007.
Jentel Arts Foundation artist’s residency, Sheridan, Wyoming,
Summer 2006.
Visiting Artist, Andover-Newton Theological School, Newton Centre,
MA, 2006.
Vermont Studio Center residency program, Artist’s Fellowship,
June 2004. |
ARTIST'S PUBLICATIONS
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2007
2006
2004
2002
2001 |
“Taking on the Cosmos: Roberta Paul at
Allston Skirt,” <bigredandshiny.com>, issue 65, June
2007.
“Internal Structures: Laurie Reid at osp gallery,” <bigredandshiny.com>,
issue 54, January 2007.
“Eva Hesse Haunts New York,” <bigredandshiny.com>, issue
44, June 2006.
“Fragment Fiesta! Abigail Child at Agassiz House, Radcliffe
Institute,” <bigredandshiny.com>, issue 42, April 2006.
“Social Action and Meditation: Do Be Do Be Do.” Shambhala
Center of Boston Newsletter. Fall 2004. 4-5,
12.
Book review, Virginia Woolf in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, ed.
Pamela Caughie. In Clio: A Journal of Literature,
History and the Philosophy of History. 31:2 (Winter
2002), 209-15.
Conference review, “Art History / Aesthetics / Visual Studies”
at the Clark Institute of Art, Williamstown, MA, 4-5 May 2001. arthist.net
“The Undisciplined: Institutional Structures for
‘In-Between’ Subjects.” inventio: creative
thinking about learning and teaching. Spring 2001 special issue
on “Interdisciplinarity.” |
REVIEWS & PROFILES
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“Artist Karen Schiff Hosts Open Studio,” The
Taos News (Tempo magazine section), 19 April
2007: S20-22. http://taosnews.com
“Obits
Turned to Art,” The Taos News (Tempo magazine
section), 22 March 2007: S20-22.
“Divine Inspiration,” Lisa Kozan, artMatters (SMFA alumni
magazine), Fall 2006: 10-11.
“Emerging Talent: Boston Young Contemporaries,” James Foritano, artscope, July
- August 2006: 27.
“Mary Lang: groundless and Karen Schiff: water
marks,” Susan Mulski, Art New England (April/May
2006): 36.
“Three Shows Shake Up Summer Art Doldrums,” Cate McQuaid, Boston
Globe (Aug. 20, 2004): C14.
“International Hootenanny!” Kate Ledogar, Weekly Dig (Aug.
11-18, 2004): 18.
“New Art ’04 at the Kingston Gallery,” Cas Taddeo, someothermagazine.com (click
on “more art articles” and scroll down right column until you
see this title).
“Gallery presents juried exhibition of local talent,” Tufts
Journal, June 2004.
“House of Books,” Robin Rice, City Paper (July 24–31,
1997): 22. See also http://citypaper.net/articles/072497/article002.shtml
“Text
Blocks,” Gerard Brown, Philadelphia Weekly (July 22,
1997): 24-25. |
EDUCATION
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2006
2002
1998
1996
1989
1985
1981 - 85 |
M.F.A., School of the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston/Tufts University
Haystack School of Crafts, Deer
Isle, ME, Mixed Media (with Kai Chan)
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary
Theory, Univ. of Pennsylvania. Dissertation: “The Look
of the Book: Visual Elements
in the Experience of Reading Prose, from Tristram Shandy to
Contemporary Artists’ Books.” Dissertation director: Wendy
Steiner.
Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies, Univ. of Pennsylvania
A.B. in Comparative Literature; A.M. in English, Brown
University. Four-year combined degree program, incl. studies
in Madrid and at RISD
Center for Creative Youth, Wesleyan University, Middletown,
CT
Studio
classes at the Educational Center for the Arts and Creative Arts
Workshop; Art History courses at Yale University, all in New
Haven, CT |
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
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2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
2000
1999 |
Slide lecture, Harwood Museum of Art, Taos,
NM, (opening event for the Harwood Museum’s annual Agnes Martin
birthday weekend), March 2007 (Agnes Martin’s birthday).
“water marks,” studio panel about light on water, CAA annual
conference, NYC, February 2007.
“Tracings and Rubbings as Manifestations of Mourning.” Conference
on Constructions of Death, Mourning and Memory, Woodcliff Lake,
NJ, October 2006.
Slide lecture at a donor function, Museum of Fine Arts (MFA Program
representative), March 2006.
“Ritualistic Reinscriptions: Tracing and Rubbing as Artistic Practices.” Andover-Newton
Theological School, Newton Centre, MA, February 2006.
Guest lecturer, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Post-Baccalaureate
program, April 2005.
Panelist, Todd Solondz screening and discussion, Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, March 2005.
Visiting Artist (slide lecture and student consultations), Simmons
College, Non-Representational Painting class, December 2004.
“The Art of the Story in Sheherezade: A Flip Book.” NEMLA,
Boston, March 2003.
Respondent, panel on “Book Arts: The Artist as Writer /
The Writer as Artist.” CAA annual conference, University
of the Arts, Philadelphia, February 2002.
“Modernism in Book Design: Vanessa Bell’s Decoration of
Virginia Woolf’s Kew Gardens (1927).” SHARP Annual
Conference, College of William and Mary, July 2001.
“Composing Pages: The Visual Study of Ostensibly Verbal
Materials.” Part of panel “Blindness or Insight? Studying
Visual Culture in Departments of English.” W.J.T. Mitchell, respondent. MLA
annual conference, December 2000.
“Displaced Prefaces: The Original Marbled Page in Tristram
Shandy in Historical and Narrative Contexts.” Conference
on “Material Cultures: The Book, the Text, the Archive,”
Centre for the History of the Book (Edinburgh, Scotland),
July 2000.“Page Composition from Gutenberg to Contemporary Artists’
Books.” Invited to conference on “The Once and Future Book: Reconsidering
Books and Reading in the Electronic Age,” Ben Gurion University
of the Negev (Beer Sheva, Israel), January 1999. |
CURATING
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2000
1999
1997
1996
1995 |
“Watermark,” April 2000. Two-week outdoor
site-specific dance residency with Philadelphia’s Leah Stein
Dance Company, at Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
Site-specific performance piece, Leah Stein, Brooks Center
Courtyard, Clemson University, April 7-10, 1999. Weekend
event in conjunction with a conference on “Creativity and Values.”
Curator, “ARCHItextURE: Experiencing Books as Buildings.” Philadelphia
Art Alliance, 18th and Rittenhouse Square, July 12 ‑ August 24,
1997. Organized a panel discussion called “The Writing
on the Wall: Words in Art and Architecture” with artists
from two local shows.
Production Assistant, annual Bloomsday Celebration, Philadelphia,
PA, June 16, 1996.
Curatorial Assistant, “Doing Time: Creative Responses
to Incarceration by Philadelphia‑Area Inmates.” Levy Gallery,
Moore College of Art and Design. Philadelphia, September
1995 (Winnet Internship in Community Service). Richard
Torchia and Todd Gilens, Curators. |
COLLEGE TEACHING
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2003 - present
2005 - present
2004
1998 - 2003
1993 - 96
1991 - 92 |
Fall 2003 - pres. Boston Architectural College: overseer
of Bachelor of Design Studies capstone project program; M.Arch.
Thesis Tutor; Instructor in Drawing and Writing.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts / Tufts
University: Co-Teacher/Assistant in “Art As Process” Foundations
class (3 semesters) and Film Studies seminar.
Emerson College, Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary
Studies: Instructor, “Ways of Seeing” course.
Clemson University: Assistant
Professor, Interdisciplinary Humanities and Literature, English
Department (Visual Studies, Literary Theory, Literature, Writing, Humanities
survey [taught as book history or as cultural history]).
University of Pennsylvania: Instructor/Teaching
Assistant/Tutor in English, Women’s Studies, and Interdisciplinary
Summer Writing Programs
University of Colorado/Boulder: Lecturer/Tutor,
University Writing Program |
COLLECTIONS
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MCS Collection of Contemporary Drawing, Portugal
The Drawing Center Slide Registry, New York
Werner H. Kramarsky, New York
Lucy Lippard, New Mexico
Frank and Joy Purcell, California/New Mexico (Board of Directors,
Tamarind Institute)
Joanna Weber, Ringling Museum of Art, Florida
Thomas Smith, Kidder-Smith Gallery, Boston
Ted Kooser, Lincoln, Nebraska (former U.S. Poet Laureate)
Robert Attanassio, Brooklyn
Private collections in Boston, Munich,
New Haven, New York, Palo Alto, and Providence
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