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Karen Patterson




Education


September 88 – April 93
B.A. Honors Program Degree

University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Major Study in Anthropology (culture/visual)
Minor Study in Art (photography)


Related Work Experience


January - March 02
Photography Instructor—part-time
Raffles International College of Design, Beijing, China

January - Present 07
Art Director - part-time
Front Line Contemporary, Beijing, China


Exhibitions Curated:


September 14 - October 5, 2003 “DNA” Visual Exhibition: All Contemporary Photography and Video Exhibit
Beijing, China


Solo Exhibitions


October 97 “Outsider-Inside: Photographs of China”
Pacific Light Impressions Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

August 93 “Artifact: Perceptions of Reality”
The Koop Gallery/Café, Calgary, Canada


Group Exhibitions


July - August 07 "China Underconstruction" Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, Texas, US

March 07 "Recent Works of 5 Foreigners in China" Bookworm, Beijing, China

September 03 “1st Live Art Festival” Performance Art Exhibition
798 Artist Space, Beijing, China

September - October 03 “DNA” Visual Exhibition
Nanxin Warehouse, Beijing, China

April 03 “I am China” China Photography and Film Exhibition
Beijing, China

November 02 “Dazzle” External Exhibit to The Guangzhou Triennial
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

September 02 “Pingyao International Photography Exhibition”
Pingyao, Shanxi, China

July 02 “Deep Water Fish: Liquidation”
Century Hanmo Art Gallery, Beijing, China

January 02 “N-Ply Identity”;
Sun Yatsen Memorial Park Exhibition Center, Nanjing, China

September 97 “Exposed: The Body Revealed”
Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

May 97 “A Matter of Time”
Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

February 97 “Eros VIII—Erotic Photography”
Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

April 94 “Recent Works in Photography by 4 Canadian Artists”
Jackson and Kalef Gallery, Calgary, Canada.

January 94 “Life in The Market”
Art is Vital, Calgary Eau Claire Market, Canada


Publications


Rui, Huang (editor)
Beijing 798: Reflections on Art, Architecture and Society in China,
Timezone8 + Thinking Hands Publishing, Hong Kong/Beijing,
2004. pp. 169–170 (Black and White photos of the 798 Warehouse).

Fu, Cun
“Karen Patterson and ‘Beijing Station’ Foreigners”, in
Art Condition: Chinese Contemporary Arts Magazine,
editor: Wang Fei. 2002.7 pp. 26–33.

Patterson, Karen
“You’ve Come Along Way Baby: Chinese Contemporary Art”, in
Semanal Jornada,
Mexico. 2002.3.10, pp. 6–7.


Interviews


“Karen Patterson and ‘Beijing Station’”, on
Life In China
China Radio International (Host/Editor: Oscar Cheng).
Beijing, China. Nov 1, 2002. 15min.



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