Karen Gelardi - March 2023

Karen Gelardi in the Hallam Studio. Photo by Heather Henriksen.

Karen Gelardi is a Maine-based artist working across varied mediums to test the elasticity of imagery and to model resilient systems. Influenced by Bauhaus principles, Karen combines fine art, craft, and industrial production processes in her practice. Karen has been awarded residencies at Hewnoaks Artist Colony and the Quimby Colony and received grants from the Maine Arts Commission and the St. Botolph Club Foundation. Karen has exhibited her work at Coleman Burke and Curator galleries in New York, Northern-Southern in Texas, and widely throughout Maine including the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Able Baker Gallery, Perimeter, Interloc, Space Gallery, and the Map Room.