"Sharing abstract art with the world" by Mallory Wilson, Editor. The publication online version will be available, as well. Only two minor corrections: July 2015 Betty Kirshner died and Karen threw herself into her art. and never looked back. and Karen exhibited in the George Billis Westport, CT gallery twice.

You are welcome to attend the opening reception at the George BIllis Gallery , 527 West 23rd Street, NYC, at 6PM on Thursday, June 1. The show runs until June 29.

There was Follow my lead, Come to the Jamboree, and the big one is I read your letter. Shadow fell on the riht side of I ready your letter, it was not darker in the actual painting, which really pops.

The exhibition's at the Jeannie Tengelsen Gallery, at the Art League of LI, Dix Hills, NY.

Spring Exhibition of the Artists Alliance of East Hampton at the LTV studio location. The lighting was superb. The walls were temporary.

See you at bj spoke gallery!

He's a warm, brilliant and funny guy!

New York Society of Women Artists' Exhibition "60 Together, 100 Stong" celebrating Women's History, Spring 2023. Note, the painting received the National Association of Women Artists' S. Magnet Knapp Award (for best painting on canvas) in the annual membership exhibition, 2022.

"CREATIVE JOURNEY 2023" at the Field Library in Peekskill, during the month of March.

In Faces of Long Island 2023

At the Everyting is Possible Exhibition, Long Island Museum, 2022. Kirshner's paintng is beside her

September 24, 2022.

At the Paramount Spotlight in Huntington, NY

It was like I had my own gallery next to Macy’s!

The Linda Jaffe Special Award for abstract painting

The painting was in the National Art League's Small & Big Exhibition, juried by Debbie Wells and it received the Special Linda Jaffee Award (for best abstract painting), March 2023

The award was given for Red Scene 3 at The Art League of Long Island "Member's Exhibition" 2019.

©Karen L. Kirshner, Jupiter's Infatuation.

©Karen L. Kirshner, Fiesta and Garden Party.

Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ. A Virtual exhibition.

©Karen L. Kirshner

©️Windows to a New World, 2022

This is the sister painting to the Heart of the of the matter!, on exhibit at the Long Island Museum, in Stony Brook, NY. Surreal journey is on exhibit at the National Art League, Douglaston, NY.

On exhibit in the LIMarts show, Everything is Possible. The LIM is a Smithsonian annex.

Long Island Museum

Sitting outside Edward Hopper’s boyhood home

All of a sudden a few artists nicknamed her the new Picasso of our time. She wondered if it was related to the postcard or to the painting on display or just in general. To Karen it is the greatest compliment, because Picasso has always been her favorite artist and Guernica her favorite painting. She had seen the original massive painting in Spain.

©️Talk of the town,, was accepted for this exhibition, and the painting was sold in the solo show at Bj Spoke Gallery in 2020.

Long Island Museum

An exhibit at BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY

Inspired by the rush to safety and escape in Ukraine.

You must go to the One Art Space Gallery in Tribeca and see the painting before the exhibition closes on Oct. 29.

Please see the story using the QR code to your right or go to the press links on this website.

Bethpage Bank’s Best of Long Island Competition, Starts on October 1, 2022. The link for voting is on the left side listing on this website.

It’s the October Art Walk exhibition. KLKirshner's paintings are both right here and in the third gallery she has a brand new painting entitled,
‘The answer to unasked questions’. Often, she's been told, people come in and spend a lot of time staring at, and studying her paintings. Karen's delighted her paintings draw attention, She said," It would be be lovely if, among the many admirers, one would purchase the piece soon, and brighten their home".

bj spoke Gallery art walk group exhibition, Oct. 2022.

This painting, last shown at bj spoke, was selected in an international, nationally juried Pop art and illustration OMG, WOW! exhibition at the 311 Gallery in Raleigh, NC, October 7-November 26, 2022

Painting on the bottom right at the Barnes Gallery, Garden city South, NY October 2022

Garden City South, NY

Depot Gallery, Montauk, NY reception September 24, 2022

National League of American Pen Women

National League of American pen women LI branch fall exhibition, farmingdale Public Library, NY

September 22 – October 3

Painting on bottom right. Barnes Gallery

©️ Karen L. Kirshner, 2022 There were 11 Kirshner paintings on exhibit, in various sizes.

The reception l for serendipitous was on Saturday, September 24. It looks like some of these people are looking at my painting. I didn’t know a single person at the reception.

Photo by Karen L. Kirshner, 2022

Depot gallery, Montauk, NY

Depot Gallery, Montauk, being set up, curated by Chris Lacore, opens the next day, September 22, 2022.

Serendipitous exhibit at the Depot Gallery, Montauk, LI, NY

Among the 11 paintings on exhibit in the Serendipitous exhibition.

Three of Kirshner’s paintings on exhibit, the Depot Gallery ©️ Karen L. Kirshner

The exhibition of Uncovered Treasure was curated by Meagan Meehan. It is exclusively mixed media. There was no time limit on when the work was completed. Winning in the "Realism" category was the highlight of Karen's evening. (She did not enter anything abstract, for a change).

George Billis Gallery booth # A 19

George Billis Gallery booth, Art Market Hamptons, Water Mill, NY

George Billis moved works, artist friends visited, and KK touched up a painting on-site before the show.

Note: Although the © symbol is missing here in the promo piece, Karen Kirshner's After the Storm is copyright protected by the US Copyright office.

Karen's Solo Spotlight Exhibition is at Huntington's popular Paramount Theater, June 15 (Preview Reception 7-8 PM), thru to July 31, 2022. Admission is free to the public.

In PIZZAZZ at the Spotlight, Paramount

The lighting over each painting is excellent inside the Paramount, for viewing, but when photographed the color filters interfere.

Two admirers of my work, who've purchased a painting and prints of my work at bj spoke gallery attended the reception at the Paramount.

The artist snuggles in a pose with her pregnant niece Rachel at PIZZAZZ, the Spotlight solo exhibition of large works by Karen L. Kirshner at the Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington, NY. June 14-July 31, 2022

Seen at PIZZAZZ, Kirshner's Spotlight solo show at the Paramount, Huntington, NY

One of the paintings in Kirshner's PIZZAZZ Spotlight Solo Exhibition,at the Paramount, 2022

A very special surprise letter!

bj spoke gallery, Huntington, NY

Onward & Upward 2022

In the A-HA Moment Series, exhibited at Karen L. Kirshner's Onward & Upward Solo Exhibition

In the A-HA Moment Series by Karen L. Kirshner

In the A-HA Moment Series at Kirshner's Onward & Upward Solo Exhibition.

KLKirshner's Solo Exhibition window, April 27-May 22, 2022.

©Faces in the Crowd, ©Lost in the Rubble, ©Dance with Me, ©The Mission (Corner left), ©Surreal Journey(Right)

The A-HA Moment Series at the Onward & Upward Solo Exhibition, bj spoke gallery.The display filled an entire long wall with exciting, colorful, imaginative paintings.

Created by Karen Kirshner for the Onward & Upward Exhibition.

Prepared for the Onward & Upward Exhibition, Lost in the Rubble inspired by the war in Ukraine. More gestural than usual.

The painting is ©Karen L. Kirshner's "Exodus" 2022

paintings created in color pairs with circles for KLKirshner's Onward & Upward Exhibition.

Karen was interviewed by Donna Drake for the Donna Drake Show, CBS-WLNY, Channel 10,
May 9, 2022, scheduled to air on June 11, 2022.

AAEH exhibition

A kind note of positive feedback from a young critic.

The Centennial Proclamation awarded to NYSWA by Governor Kathy Hochul has arrived — The Award will be presented by Marcos Dimas of Taller Boricua and the Puerto Rican Workshop Inc., at their gallery in December (Date TBD). I am proud to be a NYSWA member and to have exhibited in the Evolution/Revolution Exhibition at the Taller Boricua Gallery.

©City Living (top) and ©Go Party!

Great spot in the great gallery.

Part of a wall at Kirshner'solo exhibition, Color Blast, bj spoke gallery, 2020.

A natural star, Elle is thrilled with her portrait, demonstrating her enthusiasm in Karen's photo.

The National Art League's Exhibition news included a photo of the winners, and Karen Kirshner iwas one of them.

Karen L. Kirshner was accepted into the Town of Oyster Bary Rotating Artist program and exhibited in numerous local venues during 2016.

Betty's PEOPLE solo exhibition on Long Island, NY.

Always encouraging her daughter to pursue art and exhibit, Karen's artist mother Betty Kirshner entered Karen's work in the show. It was a pleasant surprise to receive the award in a juried adult exhibition. The Firehouse Gallery director at the time told Betty that Karen wasn't really supposed to be entered, at age 16, and yet she was the exception and permitted to retain the honor.

Karen and Betty were together at Betty's receptions. and exhibited together at various times.