Karen Stone began her career in engineering, designing test equipment for the food packaging industry. After the birth of her daughter, she worked as a freelance technical illustrator and began studying art and art history. Whilst a student in Fine Art at Birmingham, her work was selected for the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists New Horizons exhibition. Since graduating, she has exhibited in London and across the UK. Her work Crows with Yellow Square took the Unison Non Member Award at The 119th Pastel Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, and she has also received awards for her paintings and printmaking. Karen lives and works from her studio in Worcester, combining her studio practice with lecturing in Art and Design.
“I have always been interested in ordinary, everyday things. It fascinates me how materials and items change with fashion fads and advancing technology, and also how the world around us changes due to social and ecological climates. I use a broad selection of materials but principally work in oils and charcoal choosing subjects that command my attention.”
Karen is represented by The Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge, Herefordshire, and Bevere Gallery, Worcester.
Awards
2018 Pastel Society Unison Non Member award for “Crows with Yellow Square”
2016 King John Portrait Competition (Awarded Third Prize) Worcester Cathedral
2015 Worcester Guild Hall Award Quail Eggs in Ceramic Bowl screen print.
Selected Exhibitions
September 2018 Chapel House Gallery Bromyard “Printmakers at The Chapel.”
August 2018 Worcester Open Studios
April 2018 Elmslie House, Malvern, Worcestershire. A Fresh Start.
March 2018 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Open All Media Exhibition
January 2018 Pastel Society, Mall Galleries, London
August 2017 Worcester Open Studios
September 2016 Represented by Bevere Gallery, Bevere Lane, Worcester.
August 2016 King John Portrait (Awarded Third Prize) Worcester Cathedral
August 2016 Stonehenge Fringe Arts Bath
June 2016 Broadway Open Little Buckland Gallery, Worcestershire.
January 2015 Pastel Society Mall Galleries, London.
June 2014 Inside Out Worcester Museum & Art Gallery, Worcester
April 2009 Medcalf Exhibitions. Exmouth Market, London.
December 2008 Salon 08 VINEspace, 25a Vyner Street, London.
October 2008 Graduate Show, The Stroud House Gallery, Gloucestershire.
June 2008 Fine Art Degrees Show, BCU Margaret Street, Birmingham.
April 2008 Wunderkammer MA curatored show. Margaret Street, Birmingham.
Feb/March 2007 New Horizons Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.