KARMA KITAJ
1-617-429-2580
b. 1943 Troy NY; lives and works in Bernardston, MA, US
EDUCATION, GENERAL
– 1991 PhD Simmons University, Boston
– 1978 MS Boston University, Boston
– 1971 BA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
ART EDUCATION
– 2024 Narrative mixed media painting: Merill Comeau
– 2018-23 Abstracted figure using oil/ cold wax, acrylic, mixed media: Laura Shabott (student of Robert Henry and Hans Hofmann), Robert Burridge, Melinda Cootsona,
– 2012- 20 Encaustic and encaustic monoprinting: Corina Alvarezdelugo, Lorraine Glessner, Dietland van der Shaaf, Laura Moriarty, Tracy Spadafora, Paula Roland
– 2015-16 Maud Morgan Arts Center, printmaking, Cambridge, MA
– 2015 Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
– 2013-18 Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, International Encaustic workshops
– 2010-12 Sandra Shuman, Somerville, MA
EXHIBITS SOLO
– 2024, Newton, MA, Keyes, solo exhibit
– 2023 “Seeking, “Greenfield (MA) Community Television, solo retrospective
– 2022-23 Greenfield Arts Walk, solo exhibits
– 2022 Hawks and Reed Entertainment Center, Arts Walk, solo exhibit, Greenfield, MA
– 2015 Fox Hill Residential Community, Westwood, MA, solo exhibit
– 2011 Artists’ Cooperative, Wellesley, MA, solo exhibit
EXHIBITS GROUP
– 2023 + 2024 “Prompted,” Outer Cape Art Collective, The Commons, Provincetown, MA, group exhibits, juried by Laura Shabatt, Alana Barrett + members of The Collective
– 2022-24 Newton Art Association member group exhibits
– 2023 “Impact: Color,” Crowell Gallery, Newfane Vt, 2-person exhibit
– 2017 Crowell Gallery, Newfane Vt 2-person exhibit
– 2014-24 Deerfield Valley Art Association, member group shows
– 2015 Morini Gallery, Mansfield, MA, group exhibit
– 2015, “Illuminations,” Yawkey Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, juried group exhibit
– 2012 Maud Morgan Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, juried group exhibit
– 2012 “New Adventures: Artistic Expression in the Second Half of Life.” 7-person exhibit, Brookline (MA) Interactive Group, Curated and exhibited
– 2012 International Encaustic Artists exhibit
JUROR
– 2023 Newton Art Association annual awards for Newton high school students
AWARDS
– 2023 2nd Place, Juried by Cynthia Cole and Lori Mehta, Member Exhibit, Newton Art Association
PUBLICATIONS
– 2021 Becoming a Woman of Substance, historical novel depicting the WPA Federal Theater Project (1935-1939) and its director Hallie Flanagan
– 2002 Women Who Could… and Did: Lives of 26 Exemplary Artists and Scientists
VISITING SCHOLAR
-1995-2000 Wellesley College Centers for Women; research for Women Who Could… and Did including 13 women in the arts
TELEVISION SHOW
– 2010–2015 Hosted “Alivelihood: New Adventures as We Age,” Brookline (MA) Community Access TV; interviewed 100+ people, including many people in the arts
MEMBERSHIPS
Outer Cape Art Association (invitational only)
Newton Art Association (Newton MA)
Cambridge Art Association (Cambridge MA)
