about - Karen E Schulz

Karen E. Schulz enjoys an eclectic art practice which roams between several media.
From expressing a wide range of one-off thoughts in her prints, to manipulating the surface of a sheet of paper in recent experimental drawings, she is inspired by the evolution of an idea as it reveals itself in that practice.
Born in the farming community of Grandview, Manitoba, she has been based in Winnipeg since 1962, with a two year sojourn to Arizona which included a year of Fine Arts.
Her print Continued.... was collected by The Canada Council Art Bank and her award-winning short video Once Removed has been featured in BlackFlash Magazine.
Karen has maintained a studio in Winnipeg's Exchange District since 2005 where the work of serious planning and welcoming the unexpected are inseparable.

Selected:
2022/23- Playing Tag Manitoba Arts Network (click Juried 2023 touring exhibition program to book)
2022- OOPS   Juried online exhibition and art book. John B. Aird Gallery, COLLAGE 2022 (scroll to page 84)
2021- 2nd Chance Collage Juried online exhibition and art book. John B. Aird Gallery, COLLAGE 2021 (#69)
2010 - 2020 (pre-covid) Open Studio exhibitions every first Friday of the month for First Fridays in the Exchange
2018 - Painting Colin digital portrait. Paperwait Contemporary Art Writing curated artist pages, published by ace art inc.
2017 - Mini Playing Tag exhibition and video, Exchange District BIZ
2011 - Winnipeg Arts Council Individual Artist Grant for Playing Tag
2009 -Once Removed Grand prize for Best Moving Image, BlackFlash Magazine Optic Nerve competition
          - Mentoring Artists for Womens Art (MAWA), Mini-mentorship and Art Talk
2008 - Independent Blog Exhibit
**2007 - The Cabinet, The Opening, Curated group exhibition and talk , University of Winnipeg
2006 - PLUGIN ICA** Juried group exhibition Picturing Winnipeg
2005-2006 - Mentee in the MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Womens Art) Foundation Mentorship Program

Collection:
Canada Council Art Bank Continued..... digital print on 3 dimensional paper surface

Education:
      Red River Community College Advertising Art Diploma 1979
      Brandon University, Science 1975
      Arizona State University, Fine Arts 1971-72

Co-founder and Director of the arts-focussed event First Fridays in the Exchange.