Biography
Karen Glaser
Selected Exhibitions
• Aquascape — solo exhibit, ArtSpace/Virginia
Miller Galleries, Coral Gables (Miami), FL October 2004
• Aquascape — solo exhibit, a FotoFest 2004 exhibition,
One City Centre, Houston, TX 2004
• Paisajes Acuáticos — solo exhibit (and
Mysterious Manatees book launch), a FotoFiesta 2003 exhibition,
Museo Universitario, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín,
Colombia 2003
• A Different View: Contemporary Landscape — mixed
media group exhibit, ArtSpace/Virginia Miller Galleries,
Coral Gables (Miami), FL 2003
• Mysterious Manatees — solo traveling exhibit,
Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, touring
1997-2003. Sites include: Miami Museum of Science, Miami,
FL; Palm Beach Photographic Center, Delray Beach, FL; Peggy
Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL; Georgia Museum of Natural
History, Athens, GA; Ocean Life Center, Atlantic City, NJ;
Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, FL; Great Plains
Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History, Sioux Falls,
SD; Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove,
CA; Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Sciences, Tallahassee,
FL; Anniston Museum of Natural History, Anniston, AL; Naval
Undersea Museum, Keyport, WA; Natural History Museum, University
of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; Natural Science Center of Greensboro,
Greensboro, NC; and others
• In a New Light — group exhibit, The Harry Ransom
Center, Austin, TX 2003
• Florida Fragments: Six Photographers Consider Florida — group
exhibit, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach,
FL 2001-02
• All Our Children: Photographs from the Fine Print
Collection — group exhibit, Photographic Archives Gallery,
Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2001
• Dame at Sea, Photographs by Karen Glaser — solo
exhibit, Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2000
• Islands of Order: A Decade of Collecting — group
exhibit, The Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX 2000
• Out of Obscura, Historical and Contemporary Women
Photographers — group exhibit, International Photography
Hall of Fame and Museum, Oklahoma City, OK 1999
• Heartists in the Market Place — group exhibit,
Centro Colombo Americano, Medellín, Colombia 1998
• Selections from the Midwest Photographers Project — group
exhibit, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
1998
• Un Diálogo Entre Especies / A Dialogue Between
Species — solo exhibit, Centro Colombo Americano, Medellín,
Colombia 1997
• Mysterious Manatees — solo exhibit, Smithsonian
Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington
D.C., June 1996 through January 1997
• Illinois Photographers in the ??’s: The Midwest
Photographers Project — group exhibition, Museum of
Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL 1996-97
• Creating the North American Landscape — group
exhibition in conjunction with the American Association of
Geographers national conference, Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte,
NC 1996
• Earth Day — group exhibition, Devena’s
Gallery, Tulsa, OK 1996
• Mermaids: Photographs by Karen Glaser — solo
exhibit, Gallery ????, Shands Cancer Center, University of
Florida, Gainesville, FL 1996
• Photo Forum — group exhibition, The Museum of
Fine Arts/Houston, Houston, TX 1995
• Mermaids and Aquanauts: Photographs of Manatees and
Swimmers by Karen Glaser — solo exhibit, Maine College
of Art, Portland, ME 1994
• Illinois Photographers, from the Midwest Photographers
Project and Permanent Collection — group exhibit, Museum
of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL 1994
• A Historical Preview: Forty Women Photographers — group
exhibit, Silver Image Gallery, Seattle, WA 1992
• Karen Glaser — solo exhibit, Northlight Gallery,
Tempe, AZ 1991
• Stolen Glances — photographs by Karen Glaser
and Joan Moss, Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL 1990
• Bathers: Contemporary Images of the Summer Idyll — mixed
media group exhibition, Louisville Visual Art Association,
Louisville, KY 1990
• Likeness, Expression and Character: Presence in Portraits — group
exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago,
IL 1990
• Karen Glaser, Curt Richter — Midtown Y Photography
Gallery, New York, NY 1989
• Photoshow — group exhibition, Betsy Rosenfield
Gallery, Chicago, IL 1988
• Swimmers: Raptures of the Deep Seen by Photographers
Around the World — group exhibit, Aperture, Burden
Gallery, New York, NY 1988, (Exhibition traveled through
1991)
• Karen Glaser and Patty Baldwin Detzel — Blatant
Image /Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1988
• Empty Stairs and Chairs — group exhibition,
Ledel Gallery, New York, NY, Silver Mine Guild Arts Center,
New Canaan, CT 1988
• Aquanauts — solo exhibit, Chicago Cultural Center,
Chicago, IL 1985
• New Chicago Photographers — group exhibit, Museum
of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL 1984
• Karen Glaser — solo exhibit, Artemesia Gallery
(Middle Gallery), Chicago, IL 1981
Public Art
• Aquascapes: Parque de los Deseos (Park of the Desires)
Project — 9 x 6 ft. photographic murals and mammoth
outdoor photographic projections for public park grand opening,
commission awarded by Centro Colombo Americano, Medellín,
Colombia 2003
• Climbing — 34 x 46 in. framed photograph, purchase
awarded by Florida’s Art in State Buildings Program,
Karen Slattery Educational Research Center for Child Development
(new addition), Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton,
FL 2003
• Aquascapes: Miami Seaport Project — 226 x 8
ft. permanent photographic mural commission awarded by Miami-Dade
Art In Public Places, Port of Miami Terminal Five, Miami,
FL 2002
• Bovino Terrazzo — Cow sculpture with Michael
Cavallini, Cows on Parade, a city sponsored public art installation,
Chicago, IL 1999
• The Golf of Mexico Sand Trap and Water Hazard — Golf
hole sculpture with Michael Cavallini, Art Golf (formerly
Par Excellence!), an artist-designed and built 18-hole miniature
golf course, Chicago, IL 1988-1993
Selected Collections
• The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• The Museum of Fine Arts/Houston, Houston, TX
• The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
• The David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Collection, Chicago,
IL
• The Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, TX
• LaSalle Bank, Chicago, IL
• Bank One, Chicago, IL
• The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American
Art, National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship
Program, Digitized Archive Project, Washington, DC…and
cyberspace
• Focus Infinity Fund, Chicago, IL
• Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville, Louisville,
KY
• The Illinois Collection, State of Illinois Center,
Chicago, IL
Recent Teaching, Lectures, Workshops
• Instructor, underwater photography workshop, Universidad
de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia 2003
• Guest Artist, Lecturer, and Portfolio Reviewer at
the following institutions in conjunction with FotoFiesta
2003, Medellín, Colombia2003 Universidad de Medellín,
Medellín, Colombia Universidad EAFIT, Medellín,
Colombia Museo de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
• Guest Lecturer and Portfolio Reviewer, University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 2002
• Guest Lecturer at the following institutions in conjunction
with Mysterious Manatees exhibition, 1999– 2002 Miami
Museum of Science, Miami, FL; South Dade Regional Library,
Miami, FL; Museum of Modern Technology, La Crosse, WI; Pacific
Grove Museum of Natural History, Pacific Grove, CA
• Guest Lecturer and Workshop Instructor in conjunction
with exhibition at Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ 2000
• Guest Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago,
Chicago, IL 1998
• Guest Lecturer at the following institutions in conjunction
with exhibition at Centro Colombo Americano, Medellín,
Colombia 1997; Escuela Popular de Artes, Medellín,
Colombia; Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
(also conducted art student portfolio reviews); Centro Colombo
Americano, Medellín, Colombia; Fundación Universidad
de Bogotá, Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia
Grants and Recognitions
• Illinois Arts Council, Finalist’s Awards, 2003,
1999
• Arts Midwest /National Endowment for the Arts Visual
Arts Regional Fellowship, 1991
• Fine Print Selection Program, Museum of Contemporary
Photography, Chicago, IL 1988, Membership Campaign
• Illinois Arts Council, Chairman’s Grant, Chicago,
IL 1985
• Ford Foundation Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN 1977
Publications
• FotoFest H2O 04: Celebrating Water, exhibitions catalogue,
10th International Biennial of Photography and Photo-related
Art, FotoFest, 2004
• Mysterious Manatees (story and photos by Karen Glaser),
Ocala Style magazine, March 2004
• Mysterious Manatees (photographic essay by Karen Glaser,
written essay by John E. Reynolds III), The University Press
of Florida, in association with The Center for American Places,
2003
• Cows on Parade in Chicago, NeptunArt, 1999
• Discovery (manatees), Popular Photography, October
1996
• Discovery (swimmers), Popular Photography, October
1992
• Swimmers: Seventy International Photographers, Aperture
Publication, Summer 1988
• New Chicago Photographers, The Museum of Contemporary
Photography
• Alternative Photographic Processes, by Kent E. Wade,
Morgan and Morgan (publishers)
Selected Reviews, Media, Notices, Websites
• Feature segment: News 24 Houston, about the Aquascape
exhibition and FotoFest, March 2004
• Feature Article: Aguas Sagradas (Sacred Waters), showcase
of FotoFest and seven FotoFest photographers, LOFT Magazine,
May 2004
• Center for American Places website (2003)
• University Press of Florida website (2003)
• Review of Mysterious Manatees, Publishers Weekly website
(2003)
• Review of Miami Seaport public art projects: Tropical
Twist, Elisa Turner, Miami Herald, 2003
• Smithsonian Institution’s Traveling Exhibition
Service (SITES) website (1997-2003)
• Review of Miami Seaport public art projects: Port
of Miami has First Brush with Public Art, Gail Meadows, Miami
Herald, 2002
• Special article: Photography and Public Art, Susan
Todd-Raque, Atlanta Celebrates Photography, 2002
• Featured notice (Mysterious Manatees), Galleries and
Museums, Chicago Reader, 2002
• Feature segment: CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood,
about the Cows on Parade exhibition, June 1999
• Review of Un Dialogo Entre Especies / A Dialogue Between
Species in Vida section, El Mundo, 1997
• National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
website (1996-97)
• Feature Article: Two Visions of Portraiture Come Alive
in ‘Stolen Glances’, Abigail Foerstner, photography
section, Chicago Tribune, 1990
• Review of Karen Glaser, Curt Richter in Choices, Village
Voice 1989
• Press coverage of Swimmers, New York Daily News, 1988;
Rolling Stone, 1988; Village Voice, 1988; and others
• Press coverage of Par Excellence!, People Magazine,
1988; CNN, 1988; Sports Illustrated, 1990; New York Times,
1990; and others
• Feature article on The Impressionistic Underwater
World of Karen Glaser, Abigail Foerstner, Photography section,
Chicago Tribune, 1985
• Interview on the Aquanauts exhibition, Saturday Edition
with Mark Hilan, WBEZ Radio, Chicago, IL 1985
• Review of the New Chicago Photographers exhibition,
Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune, 1984
• Work appeared on Today in Chicago, concerning the
New Chicago Photographers exhibition, WMAQ TV 5, Chicago,
IL 1984
• Review of the Artemesia Exhibition, David Elliott,
Chicago Sun Times, 1981
Commercial Practices
• Fine Black & White Printing 1980 – 1998
• Commercial Photography 1989 – 1996
• Tchotchkies & Gewgaws, Wearable Kitsch 1989 – 1986
Education
• MFA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1980
• BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO 1976
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