Meet Karen Petty, an artist in Laguna!

“I am a Leo. Most of my nourishment comes from a defiance of conformity.
I was born in, (who cares).
It was decided I would paint and I started just after birth.
I feel comfortable provoking independent definitions, and bask in the enlightened.
Reaching inside our souls is my inspiration.
Take me if you will.
I will gather from all of you what makes Us grow.”

EDUCATION

ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO and independent study.

EXHIBITIONS

1991- 2019 LAGUNA BEACH ART FESTIVALS
1989 GALLERY 57 – INTIMATE SPACES
1989 – LOS ANGELES ART GALLERY
1988 – HUNTINGTON BEACH CULTURAL CTR.
1988 – STUDIO WINSTON, One man show
1983-86 FOUNTAIN HILLS GREAT EIGHT
1979 – ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, GALLERY

MUSEUMS

1978 – ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO GALLERY
Selected as an up and coming new Chicago artist

1994-2009 – LAGUNA BEACH ART MUSEUM
“Untitled, Untethered”

AWARDS, LECTURES & HONORS

1975 – CLC UNDERGRADUATE, 1st, drawing
1978 – MCHENRY ART SHOW, Award of Excellence
1979 – ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Selected Artist
1980 – WEST CHICAGO HIGH SCHOOL, Lecture
1980 – ALGONQUIN ART SHOW, 1st Oil
1980 – BARRINGTON FINE ARTS SHOW, 1st Oil
1989 – GALLERY 57 – INTIMATE SPACES
1981 – 25th COUNTRY ART SHOW, 2nd, Oil
1981 – MCHENRY ART SHOW, 1st Oil
1981 – BELVIDERE ART SHOW, 1st Oil, Best of Show
1983 – FOUNTAIN HILL ARTS SHOW, 3rd Oil
1986 – FOUNTAIN HILLS ART SHOW, 1st Oil
1990 – IRVINE FINE ARTS SHOW, 3rd Oil