EDUCATION
2000 Bachelor of Fine-Arts (with Distinction), Major Painting & Drawing, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
AWARDS
1999 Robert Langstadt Memorial Scholarship for Academic Excellence
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 New Paintings from the Past, Sadie's
Diner, Toronto, Ontario
2006 Exhibit One, Linuxcaffe, Toronto, Ontario
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2007 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square (booth #523, Turquoise)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 World of Imagination Vol. 2, APW Gallery, Long Island City, NYC, USA
2007 Silence of Nature, Arta Gallery -
Distillery District, Toronto, Ontario
2005 Picture A Circle, Gypsy Coop, Toronto, ON
2000 Encyclopediapractica, a multidisciplinary
showcase of artistic practises, Galerie Art Muûr, Montreal, Quebec
1999 Painting & Drawing Student Exhibition, FOFA Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
1997 DUO, An Exhibition of Young Artists, Espace #382, Belgo Building, Montreal, QC
EMPLOYMENT
2007-2011
Karina is a professional artist whose original artwork and commissions appear in private collections throughout Canada and the United Kingdom Her work was featured in a classic American film in 2008, as well as a popular television series in 2011. She has taught painting in the past and is presently the proprietor of Lavish, a gardening and landscaping company operating in Prince Edward County and the Quinte area.
2001-2006 Through art school and for a few years after graduation, Karina worked as Medical translator.
PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS
2008
Whos Who in Visual Art: 100 Artists in Painting, Graphic Arts, Digital Arts, Sculpture, von Ulrich Goette Himmelblau, Isabel Seidel, Art Domain Whois Verlag 2008-2009, Leipzig, Germany (number 55). ISBN 978-3-00-024580-0
Anti-Dull, issue #4, May 2008, http://www.antidull.com/aissue4/aissue4.swf
Paintblog.ca, http://www.paintblog.ca/2008/02/18/karina-lapierre-douglas/(review)
2007
BlogTO, Sadie's Diner, Review by Chris Orbz: http://www.blogto.com/restaurant_reviews/2007/03/sadies_diner_authentic_vegan_breakfast/ (review)
"Silence of Nature ~ Opening Night", a film by Peter Kastner, 2007.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Visual Arts Ontario, 2007-2008
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Teaching artist for multicultural community arts project at Working Women Community Centre and L.I.N.C., 2007-2008.
Volunteer artist with Shukar Lulugi (Beautiful Flower), an interdisciplinary arts project by Red Tree Artists Collective, in collaboration with Roma Community Centre and CultureLink (funded by Canada Council Inter-Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Council), 2007.
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Karina Lapierre-Douglas COPYRIGHT 2011
