Karen Klugman

Collections

  • Museum of Modern Art (NYC)
  • Wesleyan University
  • Danforth Museum
  • New Haven Museum

Published Photographs and Writing

Grants

  • 1998   Artist’s Grant, Connecticut Commission on the Arts
  • 1996   Golden Light Award, Ernst Haas International Competition, Maine Photo Workshops
  • 1991   Kodak Artist’s Support Grant, Professional Division
  • 1984   Artist’s Grant, Connecticut Commission on the Arts

Awards

  • 2020   Women’s Work, IL  First Prize (Helene Romer-Smith)
  • 2019   Images 19, CT  First Honor (Mary Frey, David DeMelim, James Welling)
  • 2018   Images 18  Honorable Mention (Charles Hagen, Paula Tognarelli, Paul Goodwin)
  • 1996   Ernst Haas Int’l Competition, Maine Media Workshops  Golden Light Award
  • 1993   Familiar Strangers, NYC Solo Show Award (Charles Hagen)
  • 1985   Photo Opportunity 85, NYC Award (Susan Harder)
  • 1984   People/Public Places, RI Award (Bruce Davidson)
  • 1980   Mystic Photo II, CT Award (Harry Callahan, Lee Witkin)

Major Solo Shows

  • 2022 City Gallery, Upper State Street : At the Height of Its Decline, New Haven, CT
  • 2017   New Haven Lawn Club, The Nature of Seeing, New Haven, CT
  • 1995    Blue Sky Gallery, Burning with Desire, Portland, OR
  • 1995   The Print Club, Till Death Do Us Part, Philadelphia, PA
  • 1996    Washington Art Association, Body Image, Washington Depot, CT
  • 1997    Norwalk Community College, Beach Photos, Norwalk, CT
  • 1992    Paul Mellon Arts Center, Under the Influence of the Sun & Advertising, Wallingford, CT
  • 1992,   Small Space Gallery, Big Men in a Small Space, New Haven, CT
  • 1991,   Creative Arts Workshop, Under the Influence of the Sun & Advertising,New Haven, CT
  • 1985    Real Art Ways, Color Photographs, Hartford, CT

Major Invitational Group Shows

  • 1993  Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY,  Recent Acquisitions
  • 1994   Wesleyan University, Middletown,CT  Created Realities:Photojournalism & the Photo Essay
  • 1987   Slater Museum,  Norwich, CT  Eight Women Photographers
  • 1994   Artspace, New Haven, CT Order and Chaos
  • 1991    Aetna Gallery, Hartford, CT Aetna Photography Series 4
  • 1991    Artspace, Connecticut Women Photograph Women in Charge, New Haven, CT

National Lectures

  • 1995  Modern Language Association, Toronto,  “The Alternative Ride” Disney
  • 1997  Southern American Studies Association, New Orleans,  “Inside the Mouse,” Disney
  • 2000  Conference Topic: Re-Thinking Disney: Private Control & Public Dimensions”, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL  “Disney’s Animal Kingdom”

Teaching & Administration

  • 2003 – 2017  Art Department Chair, Hopkins School, New Haven, CT
  • 2009 – 2017  Curator, Keator Gallery, Hopkins School, New Haven, CT
  • 2001 – 2017  Instructor, Photography and Web Design, Hopkins School, New Haven, CT
  • 1993               Instructor, Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Wesleyan U, Middletown, CT
  • 1995-98, 92  Photography Instructor, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT
  • 1992              Photography Instructor, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT
  • 1986 – 1990 Photography Department Chair, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT

Group Shows (Juried) 

  • 2024   Culture Center of Cape Cod, Yarmouth, MA Winter Gardens
  • 2023   MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA On the Street – An Urban Experience
  • 2021   Art-Fluent.com Femme
  • 2020   Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn,NY Gesture and Motion (Margaret Carrigan
  • 2020   Court House Art Center, Woodstock, IL Women’s Work (Helene Romer-Smith)
  • 2019    Gallery 19, Chicago, IL When Photography Ruled the Streets (Ahmed Oszever)
  • 2019    Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR Portraiture: Through the Lens (Todd Johnson)
  • 2019    Images 19, Guilford, CT  (Mary Frey, David DeMelim, James Welling)
  • 2018    Kennektid X Gallery, New York, NY  Faces of Streets
  • 2018    Specto Art Space, Bridgewater, VA  Natural: Studies of Wonder
  • 2018    Images 18, Guilford, CT   (Charles Hagen, Paula Tognarelli, Paul Goodwin)
  • 2018    Rankin Arts Photography Center, Columbus, GA  Flora 2018 (Paula Tognarelli)
  • 1994    Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA  New England Photographers 94, (Olivia Parker)
  • 1993    The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA  Familiar Strangers, (Charles Hagen)
  • 1993    Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT  (Miller-Keller, Cruz)
  • 1991     Chautauqua, NY  Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art
  • 1991     Museum of Arts, University of Oklahoma, OK  US Biennial
  • 1990    Jewish Community Center, Houston, TX   Nineteenth Annual Juried Exhibition
  • 1989    Westport, CT  The 150th Year of Photography, Where We Are Now
  • 1988     Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT  That’s What It’s All About (Lucy Lippard)
  • 1987     Sante Fe, NM  Photographing Children: A National Exhibition
  • 1986     Aetna Headquarters, Hartford, CT  The Finished Print
  • 1985     Museum of Art, Science, & Industry, Bridgeport, CT Barnum Festival 
  • 1985     Blatant Image/ Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA  Photo Opportunity 85 (Susan Harder)
  • 1984     Pittsburgh, PA  People/Public Places (Bruce Davidson)
  • 1982     Soho Photo & Parsons School of Design, New York, NY Perceptions           
  • 1981     New York, NY  American Vision
  • 1980    Bridgeport, CT Connecticut Photographers, a traveling exhibition