Karen Bovinich is the artist behind the creative space known as Afternoon Camp. This art-focused studio, built primarily out of recycled wood and job site scrap, invites artists to create contemporary artwork among the forested environment of the Olympic Peninsula.
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Education
2006—10
BFA Columbia College, Chicago IL
Columbia College Alumni Scholarship + Retention Award
Conferred May 2010, Cum Laude
2005—06
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
Amigo Scholarship
Published Writing
2014
Composite Magazine No. 13 Still Life “Stillness and Presence"
2012
Composite Magazine No. 6 Process “A Lingering Curiosity”
Artist Residencies
2013
Center Program, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL (Jan - July)
2012
Residency Stone Quarry Hill Art Park Artist-in-Residence, Cazenovia NY (Aug)
2011, 2010
ACRE Residency, Steuben WI (Aug)
2009
Harold Arts Residency, OH (Aug)
Restaurateur
2012-2020
Fujimura Hospitality
Arami
Arami Midway
Arami at TimeOut Market
Entente
Entente at TimeOut Market
Heineken Pub97
Lucky Klucker & more
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Group Exhibitions
2014
Off Center, Chicago Art Department, Chicago IL curated by Mike Nourse
Conduit, I AM Logan Square, Chicago IL
Starwalker, Threewalls Gallery, Chicago IL
Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival, Chicago IL
The Pram Endeavor Invitational, Hyde Park Art Center
Untitled Exhibition, I am Logan, Chicago IL curated by Elliot Reichert
2013
In Bodies We Trust: Performance, Affect, & Political Economy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (catalogue)
Front & Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL
The Power of Ten: Threewalls 10th Yr Benefit, Salvage One, Chicago IL (curated by Tricia Van Eck)
Ripple Effect, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX (curated by Jessie Zarazaga) (catalogue)
The American Dream: The (W)holy Grail, 6018NORTH, Chicago IL
Art + Design Fall Showcase, Dock 6 Collective, Chicago IL (curated by Carson Maddox)
Group Exhibition Rube Goldberg’s Ghosts: Confounding Design and Laborious Machinations, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago IL (curated by Elizabeth Burke-Dain) (catalogue)
2012
HOME: Public or Private?, 6018 NORTH, Chicago IL (curated by Tricia Van Eck) (catalogue)
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Industry of the Ordinary presents 773, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL (curated by Anna Trier + Meredith Weber)
Out of Site: encounters with public performance, Wicker Park Chamber of Commerce, Chicago IL (organized by Carron Little)
Rapid Pulse International Performance Festival presents Triage, Happy Collaborationist Exhibition Space, Chicago IL (curated by Anna Trier + Meredith Weber)
24th Festival of Art in Alternative & Itinerant Spaces, 2nd Floor Rear + Happy Collaborationist Exhibition Space, Chicago IL
MDW Fair Fall Showcase, Mana Contemporary Art Center, Chicago IL (organized by Aron Gent + Ed Marszewski)
BUILT Arts Festival, Milwaukee and Ashland Ave, Chicago IL (organized by Tristan J.M. Hummel)
Solo Exhibition Not all days are the same, Roxaboxen Exhibition Space, Chicago IL
Manifest Urban Arts Festival Columbia College, Chicago IL
2011
There is no I in It with EJ Hill, The Hills Aesthetic Center, Chicago IL
2010
BFA Fine Art Exhibition, A+D Gallery, Chicago IL
2009
The Yield, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL
2008
The Pougialis Fine Art Exhibition, A+D Gallery, Chicago IL
Feeble Construction with EJ Hill Wirt Dexter Building (burned down in 2006), Chicago IL
Happenings
2012
Isometric, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL
2011
Isometric, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago IL
2010
Girl: Please!, curated by Emanuel Aguilar, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
This Is Not for Sale, curated by EJ Hill, Parking Space, Chicago IL
2009
Hermano, with Tannar Veatch, Happy Collaborationist Exhibition Space (HCES), Chicago IL curated by Emanuel Aguilar
Monument General John Logan Memorial, Chicago IL
Before Cake, After Dinner
collaboration with Tannar Veatch, Ej Hill, Meredith Weber, Jesus Mejia, and Mat Wilson
2010
Version 10: Infrastructures & Territories curated by Dayton Castleman + Ed Marszewski, Zhou B Arts Center Chicago IL
This Is a Test//This Is Not a Test curated by Tannar Veatch, Hutten Showroom, Chicago IL
2009
Decibel, Tandem Co-Op Gallery, Chicago IL
2008
BC,AD Happy Collaborationist Exhibition Space, Chicago
Accidental Subjects, Tandem Co-Op Gallery, Chicago IL