b. Cranston, Rhode Island

EDUCATION

Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA M.F.A.
California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA M.A.
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA B.A.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 “Betwixt,” Hunter Gallery, St. George’s School, Middletown, RI
"NAM @ Design House RI," Design House RI, Portsmouth, RI
2015 "Focusing on Light," Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art, University of Connecticut, Avery Point, Groton, CT
2011 ArtNewport aboard Seafair, Newport, RI
2009 “Bubble,” Hunter Gallery, St. George’s School, Middletown, RI
2003 “Settle,” Hunter Gallery, St. George’s School, Middletown, RI
1997 “Painting,” 139 Mathewson Street, Providence, RI
1995 “Illumination,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994 “Consequential Patterns,” Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
“Dust,” SITE at the Roosevelt Building, Los Angeles, CA
1993 “Exhumation,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1989 East Gallery, The Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
1988 West Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA
1987 Center Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 “Member’s Show,” Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI 
2023 “Member’s Show,” Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI 
"Some Friends Came Over," The Wurks Gallery, Providence, RI
2022 “Member’s Show,” Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI
2017 "It's the Little Things," ArtProv Gallery, Providence, RI
“Member’s Show,” Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI
“Newport Annual,” Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2016 "Color Passages," ArtProv Gallery, Providence, RI
"SG Art Faculty Exhibition," Hunter Gallery, St. George's School, Middletown, RI
"Member's Show," Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI
2015 "Personal Space," Green Space, T.F. Green Airport, Warwick RI 
"Earth Elements," Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
 “Newport Annual,” Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2013 “Member’s Show,” Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, RI
2011 “Distortion,” Hunter Gallery, St. George’s School, Middletown, RI
"Creative Collective," Candita Clayton Studio, Hope Artiste Village, Pawtucket, RI
2010 "Water," Candita Clayton Studio, Hope Artiste Village, Pawtucket, RI
"Extreme Scale," Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2009 “Newport Annual,” Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2000 “The Holiday Patrons Show,” Premier Etage Gallery, Newport, RI
1998 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
Ginsburg Hallowell Fine Arts, Boston, MA
"Fidelity Collects," Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
“Transcendence,” Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
1997 “Generational Abstraction,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996 “Mute Offerings,” Brand Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1994 “In the Black,” Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
“7th Annual Pusan Biennial,” Pusan Cultural Center, Pusan, South Korea
1993 “Downtown Lives,” Los Angeles, CA
“Works of Peace: 111 Artists,” Galerie Bhak Young Duk, Seoul, Korea
“polyAbstract,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Religious Art Festival, First United Methodist Church, Santa Monica, CA
“Reshaping Los Angeles,” Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
“On Water,” Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition,” L.A. Municipal Art Gallery, Hollywood, CA
1992 “FAR Bazaar,” Old Federal Reserve Bank Building, Los Angeles, CA
“Art for a New L.A.,” Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Cross Section,” Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1991 CARECEN Benefit Art Auction, Richard Green Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990 CARECEN Benefit Art Auction, Daniel Saxon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Return to the Fringe,”, DA Gallery, Pomona, CA
1989 “Subtle Control,” The Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
“Installations,” Citrus College Art Gallery, Glendora, CA
Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman College, Orange, CA
“On the Edge,” California State University, Fullerton, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2024 Rose, Michael, "At Home With RI Artist Karen Roarke," GoLocalProv.com, August 28, 2024
2015  Castro, Alexander, “Watch this space,” Newport Mercury, August 11, 2015  Baker, Joe, “One of the chosen few,” Newport Daily News, May 21, 2015
2011  Van Siclen, Bill, “Powerful forces are barely contained at Hunter Gallery,” Providence Journal, October 20, 2011
Braley, Jess, “Tension in the Room,” Newport Mercury, September 21-27, 2011
2010  Van Siclen, Bill, “Changes in Scale at the Providence Art Club,” Providence Journal, March 4, 2010
1994  Nolan, Timothy, “Labors of Love, Visions Art Quarterly, Spring 1994
1993  Pagel, David, “Exercising,” Los Angeles Times, September 9,1993

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
KVH Industries, Middletown, RI
Nestlé Corporation, Glendale, CA
Tokai Bank, Los Angeles, CA