Karen Davies

Karen Davies lives and works in London and Newcastle upon Tyne. She has recently completed postgraduate study at Chelsea College of Art and Design (2013) and graduated from Newcastle University BA Fine Art in 1998.

She exhibits nationally and internationally, with exhibitions including We Love New York? Broadway Gallery, New York USA (2010), Northern Print Biennale Newcastle University, Newcastle UK (2009): Enchanted Moment BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead UK (2008); and Interim Show Chelsea College of Art London UK (2012).  She is recipient of the Cecil Lewis Sculpture Scholarship (2013), and has received an Oppenheim John Downes Award (2012).  In 2010 she received an Arts Council England Individual Grants for Arts Award for research and development of her practice, and in the same year was artist in residence at Isis Arts, Newcastle UK. Future exhibitions include Final Show at Chelsea College of Art and Design. 

Since 2003 she has worked on a freelance basis to deliver workshops at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead with schools, families and community groups, as well as holding permanent posts such as University and CPD Programmer (2007-2011) and Education Programmer (Formal Ed) (2004 – 2007).  She continues to work in arts education on a freelance basis for BALTIC and contributes to the MA Fine Art and Education teaching at Northumbria University.

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