Karen Smithee was born in 1966 in Redwood City, California. In December 2020, she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, with honors, for Studio Art at California State University, Stanislaus, and holds an AS degree in Art History. In 2021, she was honored with the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study abroad. Smithee has already been included in various important exhibitions including Penumbra, Stanislaus State Literary and Art Journal, Turlock CA; “Nature” Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time, Online Art Gallery, Palm Springs, CA; 10th Annual “All Women” 2021 Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery, Palm Springs, CA; Celebration of the Humanities, Modesto Junior College, CA; and Autumn Art, Festival, Mistlin Gallery, Modesto CA. Smithee has received several SERSCA Program Grants from CSU, Stanislaus, in which she created large artworks for donation and permanent installation at the Modesto Gospel Mission, Homeless Shelter located in Modesto, California. Smithee currently lives and works in Hollister, California.
To view her work, visit: Website: karensmithee.weebly.com/ Instagram: @karensmitheeart
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