Karen Mosbacher
Born Bartlesville, Oklahoma
1983 University of Oklahoma, B.F.A. in Painting
Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts
2007 Phillips Theological Seminary, M.Div, with Emphasis in
the History of Spirituality and the Importance of Art
2019 Santa Fe College, Art History Studies
https://www.karenmosbacher.com
Solo Exhibitions
• 2023 Live Performance Painting with the Apollo Chamber Players, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2023 The Look Up Gallery, Chromaeasthetic Juxtaposition, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2023 Mosbacher Salon Gallery, Chromaeasthetic Music, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2022 The Look Up Gallery, The Alchemy of Gesture, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2022 G44 Gallery, The Alchemy of Gesture, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2022 Manitou Art Center, A Retrospective of Gesture, Manitou Springs, CO
• 2022 Packard Hall, Colorado College, Enchanted Landscapes, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2022 Victoria at Home Showroom, Paint : Music, Santa Fe, NM
• 2022 JRB ART Gallery, Rhythm & Improv, Oklahoma City, OK
• 2022 Gold Hill Mesa, A Retrospective of Small Works, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2022 Plaza of the Rockies, All. That. Jazz., Colorado Springs, CO
• 2022 Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Before I Was Me, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2021 G44 Gallery, Rhythm & Improv, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2021 Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Paint : Music, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2021 Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Rhythm & Improv, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2021 Colorado Square, I Paint Music and All. That. Jazz., Colorado Springs, CO
• 2020 JRB ART Gallery, I Paint Music, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• 2020 Vista Grande Public Library, Paint : Music and All. That. Jazz., Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 2019 Victoria at Home Showroom, Paint : Music, Welcome Home, Santa Fe, NM
• 2019 Ojo Optique Showroom, Paint : Music and All. That. Jazz. Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 2019 Haciendas: The Parade of Homes Show House, Paint : Music, Welcome Home, &
All. That. Jazz., Santa Fe, New Mexico
• 2019 Farrell’s Gallery, Mosbacher Unframed, Rome Georgia
• 2018 Farrell’s Gallery, Paint : Music, Rome Georgia
• 2018 JRB ART Gallery, Enchanted Land, Oklahoma City, OK
• 2018 Farrell’s Gallery, I Am the Storm, Rome Georgia
• 2018 Gallery 4945, Paint : Music, Atlanta Georgia
• 2017 Urban Art Collective, Visions, Atlanta, Georgia
• 2016 Gallery 4945, Enchanted Land, Atlanta Georgia
• 2015 Urban Art Collective, Welcome Home, Atlanta, Georgia
• 2015 JRB ART Gallery, Welcome Home, Oklahoma City, OK
• 2014 Gallery 4945, Visions, Atlanta, Georgia
• 2013 Farrell’s Gallery, Visions, Rome Georgia
• 2012 JRB ART Gallery, Visions, Oklahoma City, OK
Group Exhibitions
• 2023 Kreuser Gallery, Gratitude, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2023 City Auditorium, All. That. Jazz., Colorado Springs, CO
• 2022 G44 Gallery, Holiday Show, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2022 Hagnauer Gallery, Blue + Orange = Happiness, Manitou Springs, CO
• 2022 Copper Cole Gallery, Rhythm & Improv, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2022 Kreuser Gallery, Gratitude, Colorado Springs, CO
• Exhibizone, Before I Was Me, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• 2021 G44 Gallery, Paint : Music, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2021 Cottonwood Center for the Arts, Before I Was Me, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2021 Day2Day Gallery, Paint : Music and All. That. Jazz., Lyon, France
• 2021 JRB ART at the Elms, Before I Was Me, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• 2020 JRB ART at the Elms, Paint : Music and Abstraction, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• 2020 Day2Day Gallery, Paint : Music and All. That. Jazz., Lyon, France
• 2020 Jones Gallery, All. That. Jazz., Kansas City, Missouri
• 2019 Gallery 25N, Paint : Music, New York, New York
• 2019 JRB ART at the Elms, Paint : Music and Abstraction, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• 2019 Farrell’s Gallery, Paint : Music, Rome Georgia
• 2018 I.D.E.A. Gallery, I Am the Storm, Atlanta, Georgia
• 2018 Farrell’s Gallery, Textures in Color, Rome, Georgia
• 2017 I.D.E.A. Gallery, I Am the Storm, Atlanta, Georgia
• 2017 Farrell’s Gallery, Grief Exposed, Rome, Georgia
• 2016 Center for the Contemporary Arts, Abstraction, Contemporary Pop Up, Santa Fe, NM
Honors, Residencies, and Awards
• 2022 Platinum Viddy Award for Cinematography for “I Paint Music”
• 2022 Gold Nyx International Award for Cinematography for “I Paint Music”
• 2022 Gold Muse Award for Self-Promotion for “I Paint Music”
• 2022 Gold Communicator Award for Self-Promotion for “I Paint Music”
• 2022 Telly Awards for “I Paint Music”
• Gold for Arts & Culture
• Silver for Cinematography
• Bronze for Online Arts and Entertainment video
• 2 Emmy Nominations for “I Paint Music”
•Arts/Entertainment Short Form
• Video Essayist
• 2019 April 1 – 30, Artist in Residence at Chateau Orquevaux, Orquevaux, France
• 2019 Best of Show, Red 2019, Gallery 25N, New York
• 2018 Noteworthy Distinction, Bauhaus Prairie Art Gallery
• 2017 – 2018 Artist in Residence with Clara Blalock, Urban Art Collective, Atlanta, GA
• 2007 Wylie Preaching Award, Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 1998 Best of Show, 5 x 5 Competition, Tulsa Arts Council, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 1983 Bronze Letzeiser Honor and Award, Painting
• 1983 Best of Show, Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art Painting Exhibition,
Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
• 1983 Best of Show, Senior Midterm, Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art Painting Exhibition,
Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
• 1982 Merit Award, Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art Painting Exhibition, Weitzenhoffer
Family College of Fine Arts, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Teaching & Lectures
• 2023 Summer Session, Multae Manus (Many Hands) Collective Mentoring Group
• 2023 Colorado College, Block Break Intensive Studies in Painting Music
• 2022 – 2023 Bemis School of Art, Painting
• 2021 – 2022 Bemis School of Art, Painting
• 2022, Form & Function Foundation, Lecture: On Being a Gallery Artist, Colorado Springs, CO
• 2022 Fall Session, Multae Manus (Many Hands) Collective Mentoring Group
• 2018 Atlanta, Georgia, Fragile Kids, now Focus, Working with Medically Fragile Kids
Workshops:
• December 2021 – Adult Workshop at Cottonwood Center for the Arts
Emphasis in Abstraction, Learning the 5 Elements of Design, How to Create Studies, and Transferring the Studies to Paintings
• Summer 2018 – Spring 2019 at Adult Workshops at Urban Art Collective, Atlanta, Georgia
Emphasis in Drawing and Painting, Research, Collaborative Work, Becoming a Gallery Artist, and the Business of Art
• Spring 2015 – 2018 Adult Trimesters at Studio Querencia, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Emphasis in Drawing and Painting, Research, Collaborative Work, Becoming a Gallery Artist, and the Business of Art
Publications
• May 2023 KCME Classical, Colorado Springs, CO
• January 2023 KCME Classical, Colorado Springs, CO
• October 2022 Fox 21 News, 93.5 FM Jazz for Colorado Springs
• October 2022 93.5 FM Jazz for Colorado Springs
• May 2022 Gazette, Colorado Springs
• April 2022 Indy, Colorado Springs
• December 2021 Shoutout Colorado
• October 2021 Exhibizone Catalog, Toronto, Canada
• Feb-March 2019 Santa Fean, Santa Fe, NM
• February 2019 Rome Life, Rome, GA
• June 2019 Santa Fean, Santa Fe, NM
• March 2019 Rome-News Tribune, Rome, GA
• March 2018 Atlanta Reporter, Atlanta, GA
• April 2016 Atlanta Reporter, Atlanta, GA
