Karen Bailey

Current & Upcoming

June 3 - July 4
tea / leaves
Solo exhibition documenting orphans, kinfolk and the paraphernalia of tea; paintings influenced by the early life of a Raj orphan in mid-twentieth century Scotland.
Dale Smith Gallery, 137 Beechwood Ave. (corner Putnam), Ottawa
Vernissage: Thursday 3 June, 7-10pm

June 5-6
Rideau Hall, (Doors Open Ottawa), 1 Sussex Drive
Several Triage works will be on display at Rideau Hall. 10am - 4pm

November 12, 13, 14
MainWorks Artist's Studios Open House
200 Crichton Street, Ottawa, Top floor, Avon Lane Entrance
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2010 Ottawa School of Art, "Triage
2008 Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa “Blanche, Dot, Doris”
2006 IPO Gallery, Ottawa “Marjorie”
2005 Ottawa Art Gallery, Rental & Sales Service, Ottawa “Are You Being Served?”
2001 Fulford Gallery, Ottawa
1989 Mount Street Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1988 Artscourt, Ottawa
1987 City Hall, Ottawa

Selected Joint Exhibitions
2003 Here + Now Gallery, Toronto (with Laurie Zinkand-Selles) “New Directions”
2001 Visual Arts Centre Orleans (with Barbara Bailey) “Sisters-Painterly Relations”
1984 City Hall, Ottawa (with George Foster)

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON “A Brush With War - Military Art from Korea to Afghanistan”
2008 ARC Gallery, Chicago USA “Are We There Yet? 40 years of Feminism”
2007 Distill, Toronto “distill cup 07”
2007 Anglican Synod, Winnipeg, Manitoba “Sacred Expressions”
2005 Ottawa School of Art, “Portraits in Circumstance”
2001 Women’s Art Association, Toronto, Trapeze “Imaging the Self”
1991 Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto
1990 Soloman Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
1981 Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England “Heraldry Now 1975-1981”

Grants & Awards
2010 Council for the Arts Ottawa - Finalist, Mid-Career Artist Award
2007 Ottawa School of Art Emerging New Talent Award
2006-07 Canadian Forces Artist Program (Military artist, Kandahar, Afghanistan)
1995 Ted Marshall Scholarship (Drawing & Painting)
1985 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant (Drawing & Painting)
1983 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant (Drawing & Painting)


Current Work Afghanistan 2007-09 (Canadian Forces Artist Program) Blanche Dot Doris 2008 Doris 2008-10 Marjorie 2006-07 Cut 2005-07 Are You Being Served? small 2005 Are You Being Served? 2004-06 Triage book Exhibitions Press Biography Contact		Portraits Familiar Faces Memories Cafe Elmwood School Sketches Self Portraits Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Courtroom Drawing Past Series Flowers New Directions Lucy Interiors Landscapes & Animals Nudes Shopfronts Still Life Gouache Book Illustration Heraldry
	from tea / leaves The Garden Swing, Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 36 in, 2010
	Current & Upcoming June 3 - July 4 tea / leaves Solo exhibition documenting orphans, kinfolk and the paraphernalia of tea; paintings influenced by the early life of a Raj orphan in mid-twentieth century Scotland. Dale Smith Gallery, 137 Beechwood Ave. (corner Putnam), Ottawa Vernissage: Thursday 3 June, 7-10pm June 5-6 Rideau Hall, (Doors Open Ottawa), 1 Sussex Drive Several Triage works will be on display at Rideau Hall. 10am - 4pm November 12, 13, 14 MainWorks Artist's Studios Open House 200 Crichton Street, Ottawa, Top floor, Avon Lane Entrance __________________________ Selected Solo Exhibitions 2010 Ottawa School of Art, "Triage 2008 Dale Smith Gallery, Ottawa “Blanche, Dot, Doris” 2006 IPO Gallery, Ottawa “Marjorie” 2005 Ottawa Art Gallery, Rental & Sales Service, Ottawa “Are You Being Served?” 2001 Fulford Gallery, Ottawa 1989 Mount Street Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 1988 Artscourt, Ottawa 1987 City Hall, Ottawa Selected Joint Exhibitions 2003 Here + Now Gallery, Toronto (with Laurie Zinkand-Selles) “New Directions” 2001 Visual Arts Centre Orleans (with Barbara Bailey) “Sisters-Painterly Relations” 1984 City Hall, Ottawa (with George Foster) Selected Group Exhibitions 2009 McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, ON “A Brush With War - Military Art from Korea to Afghanistan” 2008 ARC Gallery, Chicago USA “Are We There Yet? 40 years of Feminism” 2007 Distill, Toronto “distill cup 07” 2007 Anglican Synod, Winnipeg, Manitoba “Sacred Expressions” 2005 Ottawa School of Art, “Portraits in Circumstance” 2001 Women’s Art Association, Toronto, Trapeze “Imaging the Self” 1991 Nancy Poole’s Studio, Toronto 1990 Soloman Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 1981 Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England “Heraldry Now 1975-1981” Grants & Awards 2010 Council for the Arts Ottawa - Finalist, Mid-Career Artist Award 2007 Ottawa School of Art Emerging New Talent Award 2006-07 Canadian Forces Artist Program (Military artist, Kandahar, Afghanistan) 1995 Ted Marshall Scholarship (Drawing & Painting) 1985 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant (Drawing & Painting) 1983 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant (Drawing & Painting)