Karen Hymer
2340 Hwy 180 E #203, Silver City, NM 88061
(520) 240-7075 karenhymer.com karenhymer@karenhymer.com
EDUCATION
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, MFA Photography 1997 The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, MA Photography 1989
Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, BFA Photography 1989
TEACHING and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Light Art Space, Silver City, New Mexico Director, 2018 – Current
LightBox Gallery, Astoria, Oregon:Symposium Presenter, LightBox Symposium for Alternative Process Photography, September 2019
Pima Community College, Visual Arts Department, Tucson, Arizona:Full-time Faculty, Lead of Photo Program, 2017 – May 2018 Photography Laboratory Specialist 2011- 2017; Adjunct Faculty Member, 1991- 2011. Teaching Load: Four Photography Studio Art classes, 40 semesters, 1999- 2011
Paulo Freire Freedom Middle School, Tucson, ArizonaPhotography Instructor, 2007- 2010
University of New Mexico, Department of Art and Art History, Albuquerque, New Mexico Teaching Assistant, 1987 - 1989
WORSHOPS TAUGHT
Photopolymer Gravure, June 2022, LightBox, Astoria, Oregon
Photopolymer Gravure, June 2022, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
Cyanotype, Wet and Dry, June 2022, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
Photopolymer Gravure, May 2022, Light Art Space, Silver City, New Mexico
Photopolymer Gravure, August 2021, Light Art Space, Silver City, New Mexico
Photopolymer Gravure, July, 2021, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona Cyanotypes, May 2021, Light Art Space, Silver City, New Mexico
Photopolymer Gravure, February, 2020, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona
Photopolymer Gravure, July and October 2019, Light Art Space, Silver City, New Mexico
Photopolymer Gravure and Cyanotype Printing, June 2019, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
Photopolymer Gravure, March 2019, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona
Cyanotypes, October 2018, Light Art Space, Silver City, New Mexico
Photopolymer Gravure and Sun Printing, July 2018, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
Photopolymer Gravure, Visions Retreat, October 2017, Scottsdale Cultural Council, Prescott, Arizona
Photopolymer Gravure and Sun Printing, June 2017, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon Solar Plate Workshop, Assisting Dan Welden, June 2017, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Otis, Oregon
Photopolymer Gravure, March, 2017, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona
Photopolymer Gravure, January 2017, Karen Hymer Studio, Tucson, Arizona
Photopolymer Gravure, February and June 2016, Karen Hymer Studio, Tucson, Arizona
Photopolymer Gravure Demo/Workshop, February and March, 2016, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona
Solar Plate Workshop, Assisting Dan Welden, June 2015, Somis, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 The Photographer’s Eye: A Creative Collective, Age & Seduction, Escondido, California
2021 Gallery 925, Solitude and Age & Seduction, Las Cruces, New Mexico
2018 Gallery II, Remnants, Umpoqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, Oregon
Light Art Space, Age & Seduction, Silver City, New Mexico
EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2022 Southeast Center For Photography, Color, Greenville, North Carolina, Juror Diana Bloomfield
Light Art Space, Beauty Where You find it: An exhibition to honor the recipients of the Denis Roussel Awards, Silver City, New Mexico
Sparks Gallery, Size Matters, San Diego, California
2021 Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona State College, Picturing the Avant-Garde: A Celebration of Alternative and
Experimental Processes, Daytona Beach, Florida
Art Intersection, Light Sensitive, Gilbert, Arizona
LightBox Photographic Gallery, Serendipitous Eye, Astoria, Oregon
New Mexico Art League, High Desert, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Light Art Space, Two Artists: Two Visions, Silver City, New Mexico
Remarque Gallery, New Mexico Printmaking Invitational 2021, Albuquerque, New Mexico 2020
Center for Creative Photography, The Qualities of Light, Tucson, Arizona
Leyba Ingalls Arts, Wild and Scenic Art, Silver City, New Mexico
New Grounds Remarque, Punching Marshmallows, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Lightbox, The Portfolios 2020, Astoria, Oregon
2019 Big Medium Gallery, Contemporary Print, PrintAustin 2019, Austin, Texas
Ghostwolf Gallery, Women’s Work 2019, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Remarque Gallery, Unexpected Narratives, Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Image Flow Gallery, 4th Annual Alternative Process Photography, Mill Valley, California
Southampton Arts Center, Solar Impressions, Southampton, New York
2017 ASmith Gallery, unique: alternative processes, Johnson City, Texas
La Fe Cultural and Technical Center, Fotos Frontera 2017, El Paso, Texas
Light Art Space, Artist Proof, Silver City, New Mexico
LightBox Gallery, The Photographic Nude, Astoria, Oregon
Photo Methode Gallery, INPrint Exhibition, Austin, Texas
Art Intersection, Light Sensitive, Gilbert, Arizona
Tucson Airport Gallery, Sonoran Print Group, Tucson, Arizona
Tucson Airport Center Gallery, Arrivals & Departures, Tucson Artist Group, Tucson, Arizona
2016 Alex Ferrone Gallery, Grand Prize, Solarplate 2016, Cutchogue, New York, Juror DanWelden
Pavilion Gallery, Banner University Medical Center, Unmasked, Tucson, Arizona
YWCA Galleria, Two Photographers, Tucson, Arizona
Soho Photo Gallery, 2016 National Alternative Processes Competition, New York, New York
The SE Center for Photography, Color, Greenville, South Carolina
Site Brooklyn, A Point Of View: Contemporary Photography, Brooklyn, New York
A Smith Gallery, Emotion, Johnson City, Texas, Juror Karen Divine
PhotoPlace Gallery, Personal Narrative, Middlebury, Vermont, Juror Susan Burnstine
Washington Print Foundation, National Small Works Exhibition, Washington, DC
A6 Studio and Gallery, Small Prints ’16, Bend, Oregon, Juror James Thompson
Los Angeles Center of Photography, Fine Art Exhibition, Los Angeles, California
Center for Photographic Art, Member’s 2016 Juried Exhibition, Carmel, California
Louis Bernal Gallery, Broaden The Aperture, Tucson, Arizona
West Valley Art Museum, Pressing Impressions, Peoria, Arizona
Urpqua Valley Arts Association, Photography Now! Roseburg, Oregon
Temple Gallery, Tag: Re-Emergence 1 and 2, Tucson, Arizona
2015 Phoenix Art Museum, Contemporary Forum Exhibition, Phoenix, Arizona
Art Intersection, (re)View: Explorations in Human Nature, Gilbert, Arizona
New Grounds Gallery, International Exhibition, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Art Intersection,, All Art Arizona 2015, Gilbert, Arizona
The Raven, Mythical Creatures, Prescott, Arizona
Art Intersection, Light Sensitive 2015, Gilbert, Arizona
Republic Plaza, Photosynthesis: SW Voices, Denver, Colorado
2014 The Center for Fine Art Photography, Alternative Processes, Fort Collins, Colorado
Vision Gallery, Flourish: Artworks inspired by our Gardens, Chandler, Arizona
Art Intersection, All Art Arizona 2014, Gilbert, Arizona
Contreras Gallery & Jewelry, Prints: Intaglio, Planographic and Relief, Tucson, Arizona
4 x 5 Gallery and Dickerson Prints, Home, San Francisco, California
Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, The Third Act: Contemplating Aging, Athens, Georgia
GRANTS/AWARDS
LightBox Gallery, Jurors Honorable Mention Award, Melanie Walker, Serendipitous Eye, 2021
Julia Margaret Cameron 12th Annual Awards, First place, 2 categories; Honorable mention, 2 categories; 2018 Denis Roussel Award, Photographer of Merit, 2018
Southwest Print Fiesta, Best of Show, Artist Proof, 2017
LightBox Gallery, Jurors Honorable Mention Award, Kim Weston, The Photographic Nude, 2017 Rfotofolio, Choice Award, 2016
Alex Ferrone Gallery, Grand Prize residency with Dan Welden, 2016 Member of the Month, Los Angeles Center for Photography November, 2016 Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Third Place Award, 2016
Phoenix Art Museum, Contemporary Forum Grant Recipient, 2014 Arizona Commission for the Arts, Fast Track Grant, 2014 Encaustic Institute, First Place Award, 2014
PUBLICATIONS
The Experimental Darkroom, Christina Z. Anderson, 2022, Focal Press, Waltham, Massachusetts Jill Enfield’s Guide to Photographic Alternative Processes, Second Edition, 2020, Focal Press, Waltham, Massachusetts
Dek Unu, “Age & Seduction”, Karen Hymer Portfolio, 2019
Age & Seduction, Karen Hymer, 2018, Darkspring Press, Tucson, Arizona
Polymer Photogravure: A Step by Step Manual, Clay Harmon, 2018, Routledge Publishing, UK
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Center For Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
Polaroid International Collection, Cambridge, Massachusetts
CONTINUED EDUCATION
Diana Bloomfield, Palladium over Gum Bichromate Printing, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona 2018 Mark Osterman, Spirit Photography Wet Collodion, George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York 2016 Diana Bloomfield, Tri-Color Gum Bichromate Printing, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona 2016
Dan Welden, Solarplate Workshop, Mesa, Arizona 2015
Jill Skupin, Encaustic and Photography, Palenville, New York 2014
Don Messic, Direct to Plate Printmaking Workshop, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2014 Dan Burkholder IPhone Workshop, Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, Maine 2013
MEMBERSHIPS
Society for Photographic Education, Cleveland, Ohio
Contemporary Art Society, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
CURATING, JURYING, COMMUNITY SERVICE
Gallery Chair, Silver City Art Association, Silver City, New Mexico, 2021- current Juror, Altered Reality, LightBox Gallery, Astoria, Oregon, 2020
Vice-President, Silver City Art Association, Silver City, New Mexico, 2020 Curator, Light Art Space, Silver City, New Mexico, 2018 - current
Grants Review Member, Tucson Pima Arts Council, 2014 - 2017
Southwest Regional Conference Committee Member, Society for Photographic Education, 2016 Assistant Coordinator, High School Skills Day, Pima Community College, 2016
Juror, Curious Camera Exhibition, ArtsEye Gallery 2016
Assistant Curator, Pima Community College Student Exhibition, Tucson Botanical Gardens 2015 Juror, Pima Community College High School Student Scholarships, Tucson/Pima Arts Council 2015