Karen Clarkson
Choctaw Artist
Artist Bio
Awards
Best of Show—Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2013, 2015,2016
First Place—Mixed Painting Div. by Heard Museum Indian Market, 2016
Artist at the Heard Museum 2016
First Place—Drawing Category by Sedona Arts Festival, 2013
First Place—Drawing Category by Sedona Arts Festival, 2012
First Place—Drawing Category by Sedona Arts Festival, 2011
First Place—Oil Painting by the Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2013
First Place—Oil Painting by the Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2006
First Place—Graphite Category by Bosque Conservatory Art Classic 2005
Second Place – Diverse Media by the Artists’ Showplace Competition 2005
Second Place - Oil painting by the Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2006, 2015
Third Place - Drawing Category by the Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2005
Third Place - Oil Painting by the Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2005
Third Place—Oil Category by Prescott Indian Art Market 2012
Heritage Award—Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2006, 2017
People Choice—Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2015
Book Award—American Indian Youth Literature Award, Picture Book Category for Saltypie—2011
Book Award - Storytelling World Resource Award for Saltypie—2011
Book Award– Skipping Stones Honor Award for Saltypie—2011
Book Award—Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, Grades 4-6, for Saltypie—2011
Exhibitions/Shows
· Coconino Center for the Arts – 2018, “A Choctaw Story of Land and Blood” solo exhibit, Flagstaff AZ
· Autry Museum of the American West —2017, LA California
· The People Speak – Phippen Museum—2017, Prescott, Arizona
· Mississippi Department of Archives and History—2017, Permanent display of commissioned Works
· Journeys in Spirit—‘Tis Gallery—2016, 2017, 2018 Prescott, Arizona
· UnStill Life—Coconino Center for the Arts—2014, Flagstaff, Arizona
· Mountain Artist Guild—2012 Native American Art Exhibit, Prescott Arizona
· Smokii Museum—2012, 2015 Native American Art Exhibit, Prescott Arizona
· Prescott Indian Art Market—2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 Invitational Exhibition, Prescott Arizona
· ‘Tis — 2012 - 2015 Native American Art Exhibit, Prescott Arizona
· Sedona Arts Festival—2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Juried Exhibition, Sedona Arizona
· Heard Museum Indian Art Show - 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017 Juried Exhibition, Phoenix Arizona
· Best Fest Fine Arts Festival - 2011, Juried Exhibition, Prescott Arizona
· Phippen Museum Art Show - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 Juried Exhibition, Prescott Arizona
· 26th Annual Art of the Americas—February 2010, Juried Exhibition, San Rafael California
· “Made in America” - Solo Exhibit- January 2010, San Leandro California
· “Native America” - Solo Exhibit - January 2008, Napa California
· Santa Fe Indian Market - Juried Exhibition and Market, August 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017
· “American Portraits”- Solo Exhibit - December 2005, San Juan College, Farmington New Mexico
· Choctaw Indian Art Show - various, Choctaw Nation Museum, Tvshka Homma Oklahoma
· Bosque Conservatory Art Classic - Sept 2005, 2013, Juried Exhibition, Bosque Conservatory, Texas
Publications
· Native American Art Magazine – 2018 “Artists You Should Know Now” profile
· The Noise – Featured Artist : Flagstaff magazine publication – 2015 “Honoring Ancestry Through Art”
· Art Journey—People!—North Light Books, 2014 “The Decision Varies”
· Strokes of Genius #6—North Light Books “Lights and Darks”, 2014 “My Heart Soars”
· Southwest Art Magazine, Nov 2013, “Watching Their Figures—10 artists to watch”
· Santa Fean Magazine 2011 “Power Totem”
· Santa Fe Indian Market Guide “Evening Sun”
· Saltypie—Children’s Book, Illustrator, 2011
Organizations
Upcoming Shows
Representation
Best of Show—Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2013, 2015,2016
First Place—Mixed Painting Div. by Heard Museum Indian Market, 2016
Artist at the Heard Museum 2016
First Place—Drawing Category by Sedona Arts Festival, 2013
First Place—Drawing Category by Sedona Arts Festival, 2012
First Place—Drawing Category by Sedona Arts Festival, 2011
First Place—Oil Painting by the Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2013
First Place—Oil Painting by the Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2006
First Place—Graphite Category by Bosque Conservatory Art Classic 2005
Second Place – Diverse Media by the Artists’ Showplace Competition 2005
Second Place - Oil painting by the Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2006, 2015
Third Place - Drawing Category by the Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2005
Third Place - Oil Painting by the Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2005
Third Place—Oil Category by Prescott Indian Art Market 2012
Heritage Award—Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2006, 2017
People Choice—Choctaw Indian Arts Show 2015
Book Award—American Indian Youth Literature Award, Picture Book Category for Saltypie—2011
Book Award - Storytelling World Resource Award for Saltypie—2011
Book Award– Skipping Stones Honor Award for Saltypie—2011
Book Award—Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, Grades 4-6, for Saltypie—2011
Exhibitions/Shows
· Coconino Center for the Arts – 2018, “A Choctaw Story of Land and Blood” solo exhibit, Flagstaff AZ
· Autry Museum of the American West —2017, LA California
· The People Speak – Phippen Museum—2017, Prescott, Arizona
· Mississippi Department of Archives and History—2017, Permanent display of commissioned Works
· Journeys in Spirit—‘Tis Gallery—2016, 2017, 2018 Prescott, Arizona
· UnStill Life—Coconino Center for the Arts—2014, Flagstaff, Arizona
· Mountain Artist Guild—2012 Native American Art Exhibit, Prescott Arizona
· Smokii Museum—2012, 2015 Native American Art Exhibit, Prescott Arizona
· Prescott Indian Art Market—2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 Invitational Exhibition, Prescott Arizona
· ‘Tis — 2012 - 2015 Native American Art Exhibit, Prescott Arizona
· Sedona Arts Festival—2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Juried Exhibition, Sedona Arizona
· Heard Museum Indian Art Show - 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017 Juried Exhibition, Phoenix Arizona
· Best Fest Fine Arts Festival - 2011, Juried Exhibition, Prescott Arizona
· Phippen Museum Art Show - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 Juried Exhibition, Prescott Arizona
· 26th Annual Art of the Americas—February 2010, Juried Exhibition, San Rafael California
· “Made in America” - Solo Exhibit- January 2010, San Leandro California
· “Native America” - Solo Exhibit - January 2008, Napa California
· Santa Fe Indian Market - Juried Exhibition and Market, August 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017
· “American Portraits”- Solo Exhibit - December 2005, San Juan College, Farmington New Mexico
· Choctaw Indian Art Show - various, Choctaw Nation Museum, Tvshka Homma Oklahoma
· Bosque Conservatory Art Classic - Sept 2005, 2013, Juried Exhibition, Bosque Conservatory, Texas
Publications
· Native American Art Magazine – 2018 “Artists You Should Know Now” profile
· The Noise – Featured Artist : Flagstaff magazine publication – 2015 “Honoring Ancestry Through Art”
· Art Journey—People!—North Light Books, 2014 “The Decision Varies”
· Strokes of Genius #6—North Light Books “Lights and Darks”, 2014 “My Heart Soars”
· Southwest Art Magazine, Nov 2013, “Watching Their Figures—10 artists to watch”
· Santa Fean Magazine 2011 “Power Totem”
· Santa Fe Indian Market Guide “Evening Sun”
· Saltypie—Children’s Book, Illustrator, 2011
Organizations
- Small Woman Owned Business
- Choctaw Nation Preferred Supplier
- National Registry of Native American Artists
- Native Arts Network
- Choctaw Nation Registry of Artists and Tribal Members
Upcoming Shows
- Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Gaylord-Pickens Museum – Invited artist – May-Sept, 2018, Oklahoma City
- Santa Fe Indian Art Market – August 2018
Representation
- Lyn A Fox Gallery – Santa Fe, NM
- Pottery of the Southwest, Canyon Road - Santa Fe, NM
- Gallery Chaco – Albuquerque, NM
- Gathering Tribes, Albany, California