• CV

    KAREN SARDISCO
    151 Newcastle Road Rochester, NY 14610
    karensardisco.com
    kstudio@karensardisco.com
    EDUCATION
    Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Rochester, NY
    MFA PAINTING Minor Drawing/Printmaking
    SUNY College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
    B.S. Art Education

    HONORS/AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS
    2012 Echo Art Fair, Buffalo, NY
    2011 Puffin Foundation, LTD., Individual Artist Grant
    2009 Listed in Cambridge’s Who’s Who, Cambridge Publishing, Inc.
    2007 Chautauqua Institution Award, “Chautauqua National” Chautauqua, NY
    2007 1st Place Best in Show Award, “Made in New York, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
    1998 Women's Artworks 7, Bausch and Lomb Gallery, Award Recipient, Rochester, NY
    1996 Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship
    1996 New American Painting VIII, Open Studios Press, Mid Atlantic Competition
    1995 Special Opportunity Stipend, administered by the New York State Council on the Arts and Arts for Greater Rochester
    1995 Listed in Who's Who of American Women , Reed Reference Publishing Co. New Providence, NJ
    1993 Listed in Who’s Who in America, Reed Reference Publishing Co. New Providence, NJ

    SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
    2009 “Karen Sardisco” Casa Italiano Gallery, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
    2003 “Karen Sardisco” Works on Paper, Kirkland Arts Center, Clinton, NY
    2003 “Karen Sardisco-Drawings and Paintings” Lightner Gallery, Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY
    2003 “Karen Sardisco- Paintings” Little Theater Café Gallery, Rochester, NY
    2000 "What Remains" Houghton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY
    1998 Selections from "The Nature of Life", Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Newark , NJ
    1997 "Karen Sardisco 1984-1996, Gallery 34, Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY
    1996 "The Nature of Life" Germanow/Coffey Gallery, Rochester, NY
    1996 "The Nature of Life" Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
    1995 "Notes on the Future" from the "Progeny" series, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
    1991 "Karen Sardisco" Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
    1990 "Karen Sardisco" Drawings and Paintings, Southern Vermont College, Bennington, VT

    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
    2013 “Members Exhibition” Rochester Contempory Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
    2012 “Transitions in Black and White” Kellog/Fowler Gallery, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
    2011 “Prologues” Karen Sardisco/Elizabeth Kronfeld/Robin Cass, Gallery “r” , Rochester NY
    2010 “Concurrence” Mitch Messina/Karen Sardisco”, Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College,
    Rochester, NY
    2009 “Karen Sardisco and Kathi Roussel, Niagara Community College Gallery,NY
    2008 “The 51st Chautauqua National” Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
    2007 “Made in New York”, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY
    2007 “The 50th Chautauqua National” Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
    2006 “Given to Abstraction II” Mill Art Center and Gallery, Honeoye Falls, NY (Sept)
    2006 “The Legacy of Susan B.” SUNY Geneseo , Lockhart Gallery, Geneseo, NY
    2004 “The 1st Rochester Biennial” Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
    2004 Karen Sardisco and Belinda Bryce, The Gallery at One Bausch and Lomb Place, Rochester, NY
    2002 “Politics of Identity” The Little Gallery, Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, NY
    2001 "Upstate Invitational" Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY
    1997 "Karen Sardisco/Glenn Sweygardt" Rockefeller Gallery , SUNY Fredonia, NY
    1997 Saltstonstall Award Recipients Exhibition, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY
    1997 New York State Invitational, Schwienfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
    1996 "Family Values: Rhetoric vs. Reality" Wood Art Gallery, Norwich University, Montpelier, VT
    "Made in New York" Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery, Auburn, NY
    1995 "Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition" Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
    1994 "Works" Main Gallery, RIT City Center, Rochester, NY
    "Access Regional Exhibition" Adams Art Gallery, Dunkirk, NY
    "Alternatives '94" Ohio University, Athens, OH
    "Drawings" Group Exhibition, Coffey Gallery, Rochester, NY
    "Rochester Finger-Lakes Exhibition" Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
    1992 "Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Competition" TN Botanical Gardens and
    Fine Arts Center, Nashville, TN
    "Everson Biennial" Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
    1991 "Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition" Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester,NY
    "Karen Sardisco/Barbara Fox" String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, NY
    1990 "Karen Sardisco/William Underhill" Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY
    "Empire State Biennial" Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
    "Works on Paper" National Juried Exhibition, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
    "Summer Group Exhibition" Dawson Gallery, Rochester, NY
    "Nancy Graves Chooses Works on Paper" Artspace Gallery, New Haven CT
    "Upstate Invitational" Pyramid Arts Center, Inc., Rochester, NY
    "All on Paper" National Works on/of Paper, AAO Gallery, Buffalo, NY
    "18th Annual Fine Arts Competition" National Juried Competition, G.A.L. Gallery, Greensboro, NC
    "The Seventh Annual Exhibition" Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY

    "National '87 Small Works Exhibition" Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY,
    "Paper in Particular" National Exhibition, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
    "Tallahassee National II" Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

    PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
    2014 Co-curator with Barron Naegel, “Intersections: Conversations between Form and Plane” Finger Lakes Community College Williams Insalaco Gallery 34, Canandaiqua, NY
    2013 Coordinator/ Regional Faculty Exhibition, Gallery “r” RIT Metro Gallery, Rochester, NY
    2008 Juror/ Black and White, Gallery “R” Rochester , NY
    2004 Artist Lecture the 1st Rochester Biennial, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
    2003 Lecture/“Curating re/order” Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
    2002 Co-curator “re/order” Houghton House Gallery, Geneva, NY; traveled to Mercer Gallery, Rochester, NY
    “Politics of Identity” Panel participant, Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, NY
    Co-Author of Design Dynamics: Intergrating Two Dimensional Design and Technology published by Prentice-Hall, Inc.
    2001 "Curating and Collaborating" presentation, Creative Sources class, RIT, Rochester, NY
    2001 Curator, "Alumni Invitational" Gallery r. RIT, Rochester, NY
    2000 Juror: Drawing Exhibition, Galley r, RIT, Rochester, NY
    1999 Arts and Cultural Council of Rochester, Panelist, Community Arts Grants/Artist Projects
    1999 Juror, Regional Scholastic Art Awards, Rochester, NY
    1998 Artist Lecture-Creative Sources Visiting Lecture series, RIT, Rochester, NY
    1997 Artist Lecture-SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY in conjuction with exhibition
    1997 Artist Lecture-Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY in conjunction with exhibit
    1996 Artist Lecture- Germanow -Coffey Gallery, Rochester. NY
    1995 Lecture, "Curating 'Markings: A Drawing Invitational" Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
    Panelist "Abstraction in Art" invited panelist, Hobart-William Smith College, Geneva, NY
    Curator, "Markings: A Drawing Invitational," Mercer Gallery, Rochester, NY

    ARTICLES/REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS
    Rafferty, Rebecca, City Newspaper, Rochester, NY “A New Beginning”Prologues, Gallery “r”
    RIT Metro Gallery, Rochester, NY
    Bannon, Anthony, The Chautauqua Daily, A Joyful 50 at the 50th Opens at the CCVA Galleries,
    June 25, 2007, p.13.
    Miokovic, Alex and Nickisher, Heidi, City Newspaper, Never before seen in Italy,
    July 28, 2004, p. 23
    Low, Stuart, Angels and Adventurers, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,
    Rochester, NY, July 25,2004, p3C.
    “Design Dynamics: Intergrating Two Dimensional Design and Technology”
    published by Prentice-Hall, Inc.
    "New American Painting VIII" Open Studios Press, Wellesley, MA 1996
    "Who's Who of American Women," Reed Reference Publishing Co. New Providence, NJ
    Catalogue. "Family Values: Rhetoric vs Reality" Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, VT
    Worden, John. "Remarkable" Artists put ideas on the line in drawing show, Rochester Democrat
    and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, November 29, 1995, p 3D.
    DePalma, Donna. "On line: Drawings at the Mercer Gallery " City Newspaper, Rochester, NY, November 30, 1995.
    Reinan, John. "Memorial Art Gallery's triple whammy." Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,
    Rochester, NY, October 7, 1995, p. 1C.
    Worden, John. "Safe Conduct" Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY,
    October 11, 1995, p.3C.
    Forbes, Elizabeth. "Space Crunch" Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,
    Rochester, NY, November 30, 1994. p.3D.
    Knowles, Susan. "Paint Samples" Nashville Scene, Nashville, TN, December 12, 1992

    ARTICLES/REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS (con’t)
    Chayat, Sherry. "Everson Biennial excels in quality, display", Syracuse Herald American, Syracuse, NY, April 12, 1991, p.12.
    Slammon, Robert. "Introspective art exhibit original and compelling at Adams Gallery",
    Dunkirk-Fredonia Evening Observer, Dunkirk, NY, June 8, 1991, p.A7.
    Catalogue, "Cheekwood National Painting Exhibition" Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, TN
    Catalogue, "Empire State Biennial" Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY
    "Galleries" The Rutland Herald, Rutland , VT February, 10, 1991.
    Catalogue. "Rochester Finger-Lakes Exhibition" 1991 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
    Catalogue, "Works on Paper" Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
    Reynolds, Judith. "Memory's Marks" City Newspaper, Rochester, NY, September 7, 1989
    Netsky, Ron. "When Artists R Playful" Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,
    Rochester, NY, November 27, 1988. p3D.
    Catalogue. "Three Rivers Arts Festival '87" Pittsburgh PA
    Catalogue. "Paper in Particular" Columbia College, Columbia, MO
    Catalogue. "Tallahassee National" Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
    Churchill Wright, Peg. "Painted Surfaces" Albany Gazette, Albany, NY, April 10, 1986
    Netsky, Ron. "Tasty Faculty Show at RIT" Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
    Rochester, NY, January 26, 1985, p.3D.
    Netsky, Ron. "Fine Faculty Patchwork" Rochester Democrat and Chronicle,
    Rochester, NY, January 19, 1985. pp 3D, 6D.
    Catalogue. "Small Works National" Zaner Gallery, Rochester, NY
    Morgan, Robert. "Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition" Rochester Democrat and
    Chronicle, Rochester, NY, May, 6, 1984, pp. 1D, 5D.
    Catalogue. "Rochester Finger-Lakes Exhibition" Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
    February,1984.
    Netsky, Ron. "A Visual Workout at Pyramid" Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY,
    February 10, 1984, p.3

    PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
    Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY
    Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts Department
    Fine Arts/Drawing/Design
    2005-present

    Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, School of Art and Design,
    Rochester, NY
    2007-2013 Pre-College Portfolio Preparation Summer workshop, RIT, Rochester, NY
    1998-1999 Visiting Assistant Professor/Foundation Drawing
    1993-1994 Visiting Assistant Professor: Foundation

    SELECTED COLLECTIONS
    Joel Schuman, Pittsburgh, PA
    University of Rochester Rush Rhees Gleason Library Collection , Rochester, NY
    Becky Simmons and John Rudy, Rochester, NY
    Natapow Development, Rochester NY
    Pamela Sieradski, Ithaca, NY
    Westinghouse Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
    Chase Lincoln Bank, Buffalo, NY
    Westwood Pharmaceuticals, Buffalo, NY
    Jeff Brooks, Falls River, NJ
    John and Roberta Colbert, Rochester, NY
    Annette and Bruce Weintraub, Buffalo, NY
    Mary Porter and Vic Magnotti, Willets, CA
    Linda Turri, Rochester, NY
    Dennis and Gloria Samson, Rochester, NY
    Stephen Rothchild and Lisa Oppenheim, Chicago, IL