Originally from New Jersey, I hold a degree in French from Bethany College in West Virginia and the University of Dijon in France. I worked for many years in the computer field - as a programmer, project manager, and technical writer.
From the time I could hold a pencil, I have had a need to make marks on paper. In 1987, I took a watercolor class and began a love affair with that medium and the desire to make art a priority. Over the years, I have added elements of collage, pastels, oil sticks, acrylics, and printmaking to my work. I am an active member of ArtsWorcester, Cambridge Art Association, and the Monotype Guild of New England. I have taken courses at the Worcester Art Museum and Wellesley College Greenhouses. I maintain a studio at Hudson Art Studios at 14 Main. My work has appeared in many local shows and galleries, and I have been honored with a number of awards.
About Karen Nunley
Selected shows
2023 ArtsWorcester Biennial juried show
2023 “Artists on Fire” juried show Worcester Center for Crafts
2023 “One” ArtsWorcester Members Show
2023 “Illumination” juried show, Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
2022 “Artists on Fire” juried show Worcester Center for Crafts
2022 “Flights of Fancy” juried show Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA
2022 “One” ArtsWorcester Members Show
2021 “In Tandem” Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA
2021 “Collage” Art League of Lowell, Lowel, MA
2021 “Trios” Sprinkler Factory, Worcester, MA
2020 Cambridge Art Association Members’ Prize Show, juried by Jessica Roscio, curator of Danforth Museum
2020 Unum Insurance Co, Worcester, MA – corporate art loan
2019 “Dialogues on Paper” solo show Reuben Hoar Library, Littleton, MA
2019 “One” ArtsWorcester
2019 “Abstract” Post Road Arts Center juried show, honorable mention
2018 Solo show at 641 Café, Hudson, MA
2018 “One” ArtsWorcester
2017 “Opposites React” Blackstone Studio group show at Sprinkler Factory
2017 “Down East” Monotype Guild of New England juried members show
2017 “New Works” ArtsWorcester Members Show
2016 Monotype Guild of New England 4th National Juried Exhibition
2016 Solo show at Papa Gino’s, Worcester
2016 Cambridge Art Association members show
2015 “Once” juried Monotype Guild of New England juried exhibition
2014 “On the Edge” Monotype Guild of New England juried show
2013 “Call and Response” ArtsWorcester. Work selected to be shown at the Fitchburg Art Museum
2013 “Six Senses” six person group show at the Sprinkler Factory
2013 Monotype Guild of New England 3rd National juried exhibition
2013 ArtsWorcester Biennial
2012 “Small Works” juried Monotype Guild of New England show
2011 Fountain Street Gallery juried small works show
2011 “Undercurrents” Blackstone Print Studio group show Sprinkler Factory
2010 “Red” Cambridge Art Association juried show
2009 “ Out of the Woods” solo show Hanover Theater ArtsWorcester
2008 “A Body of Work” ArtsWorcester Blackstone Print Studio group show
2002 Southborough Arts Center Juried Show, second place award
2002 Hudson Arts Alliance Juried Show, second place award in mixed media
2002 “On a Wing and a Prayer”’ Solo exhibit Biotech II Gallery, UMass Medical Center, Worcester, MA
2001 Southborough Arts Center Juried Show
2001 Friends of Marlborough Library Juried show, Sam & Mabel Field Award
2001 Hopkinton Arts Alliance Juried show
2001 Hudson Arts Alliance Juried Show, first prize in painting
Photo of Karen Nunley by Peter S. Wise