A life-long naturalist, Karen Laurie's art captures the captures moments from a life dedicated to listening to nature's silent whispers and exploring her magic and beauty.
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Karen Laurie has had two solo exhibitions in the Durant Center in Alexandria and The Gallery at Creative Cauldron in Falls Church, VA. She has exhibited at the Target Gallery, The Art League Gallery, and Del Ray Artisans Gallery in Alexandria Virginia. She's curated multiple art exhibitions for Del Ray Artisans Gallery and The Gallery at Creative Cauldron.

When she is not painting, Karen Laurie participates in citizen science and environmental conservation and stewardship projects in Arlington County and the Cities of Alexandria and Falls Church. She is also a site leader for Arlington County's stream monitoring program.

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Solo Exhibitions

• Lotus Flowers: Ashes to Beauty Show, The Gallery at Creative Cauldron, Falls Church, VA, 2017
• Recreated Show, Durant Arts Center, Alexandria, VA, 2017

 
Exhibitions Curated

• Ancestry, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2018 (Exhibit curator with Donna Gallo)
• Imagine, The Gallery at Creative Cauldron, Falls Church, VA, 2017
• Emotions, The Gallery at Creative Cauldron, Falls Church, VA, 2017
• Childhood Passions Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2017 (Exhibit Curator with Pat Stacey)

 
Juried Exhibitions

• Art2 (Art Squared) Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2018 (Monica Hokeilen and Sophia Suarez, Jurors)
• Sensorium Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2018 (Betsy Mead and Mel Bikowski, Jurors)
• Outdoors In Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2018
• Local Flavor Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2016 (Dawn Wyse Hurto, Juror)
• H20/Waterworks Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2016 (Michele Reday Cook, Juror)
• True Colors Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2016 (Betsy Mead, Juror)
• March Melee Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2016 (Kathy Turner and Joshua Oliveira, Jurors)
• Around the Next Corner Show, Gallery Without Walls at Vola Lawson Animal Shelter, Alexandria, VA, 2016 (Linda Goetz Mierke, Juror)
• Partnerships Show, Gallery Without Walls at VCA Animal Hospital, Alexandria, VA, 2016 (Linda Goetz Mierke, Juror)
• Building Bridges Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2015 (Lori K. Gordon, Juror)
• Dream On Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2015 (Theresa Kulstad, Juror)
• The Color Pink Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2015 (Betsy Mead, Juror)
• Metamorphosis Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2014 (Kathy Turner and Betty Plummer, Jurors)
• Put a Bird On It Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2014 (Barbara Boehm and Linda Elliff, Jurors)
• SUITES (Scandalous Uproarious Intriguing Titillating Entanglements & Seductions) Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2014 (Tracy Wilkerson, Juror)
• Primary Colors Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2014 (Betsy Mead, Juror)
• Del-Ray-geous Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2013 (Lesley Hall and Dawn Wyse Hurto, Jurors)
• One Percent Show, Del Ray Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2013 (Greg Knott and Tamara Wilkerson, Jurors)

 
Fundraising Exhibitions

• March150: 8th Annual Special Exhibition & Art Sale, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2018
• La Bella Strada Street Painting Festival, Mt. Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA, 2017
• March150: 7th Annual Special Exhibition & Art Sale, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2017
• March150: 6th Annual Special Exhibition & Art Sale, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2016
• March150: 5th Annual Special Exhibition & Art Sale, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2015
• March150: 4th Annual Special Exhibition & Art Sale, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2014

 
Group Shows

• Student/Faculty Show, The Art League Gallery, 2018 Alexandria, VA
• Courthouse Holiday Craft Fair, 2200 and 2300 Clarendon Blvd., Clarendon, VA, 2017
• Artomatic 2017, Crystal City, Arlington, VA
• Student/Faculty Show, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2015
• Student/Faculty Show, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2014
• Student/Faculty Show, The Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2012

 
Invitational Shows

• Local Flavor, Revisited Show, Gallery Without Walls at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital, Alexandria, VA, 2016
• Fall Show, Gallery Without Walls at RE/MAX Gateway, Arlington, VA, 2014
• Del-Ray-geous Show Revisited, Gallery Without Walls at Prudential PenFed Old Town, Alexandria, VA, 2013