Karen Klinedinst is a visual artist whose work explores themes of place, our relationship with nature, and the environmental impact we have on the world around us. Through digital, analog and alternative photographic processes, she creates images and visual stories that reflect on time, memory, and the ephemerality of the natural world.
She has exhibited at Maryland Art Place, University of Maryland Global College, Center for Photographic Arts, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (Maryland), Biggs Museum of American Art, Griffin Museum of Photography, Maine Museum of Photographic Art, and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Her work is in private and public collections including the Liriodendron Mansion, the National Park Service, and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.
Karen was an artist-in-residence at the Catskills Center for Conservation and Development, a National Park Service artist-in-residence at Acadia National Park, and a 2022 PLAYA artist-in-residence in Summer Lake, Oregon.
She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
January-February 2020. East/West, Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, MD
March-April 2019. Tidal Dreams, Project 1628, Baltimore, MD
August–October 2018. The Emotional Landscape, Griffin Museum of Photography at Greater Boston Stage Company. Stoneham, MA.
November–December 2017. The Emotional Landscape. Through This Lens Gallery, Durham, NC.
April 2017. The Emotional Landscape. South x Southeast Gallery, Molena, Georgia
December 2016. Four Seasons: Landscapes from Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge. Patuxent National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, Laurel, MD
March –June 2015. The Emotional Landscape. Solo Exhibition. Greenbelt Community Center Art Gallery, Greenbelt, Maryland
June –August 2013. Walking Into Light. Solo Exhibition. Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, Maryland
July 2007. Landscapes of the Schoodic Peninsula. Chapter Two Gallery, Corea, Maine
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
September-November 2024. ReGENERATE. Maryland Art Place, Balitmore, Maryland
April-May 2024. The Paula Tognarelli Collection. Main Museum of Photographic Arts, Portland, Maine
September 2022-January 2023. National Best of Contemporary Photography 2022. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana
June 2022. Peaceful Planet. Three-person exhibit with Richard Hellman and Kathryn O’Grady, Liriodendron Mansion, Bel Air, Maryland
June-August 2016. Nature Three Ways: Three Artists’ Interpretations of the Natural World, Fleckenstein Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
March-April 2016. Loose Threads. Group exhibition with Peggy Fox, Sydney Hopkins, Andrea Huppert, Karen Klinedinst, Cathy Leaycraft, Dan Shapiro and Liz Swanson. MAXgallery, Baltimore, Maryland
April 2015. Earthwork. Group Exhibition. Massoni Art, Chestertown, Maryland
April–June 2014. The New Pictorialists. Two-person exhibition with Cathy Leaycraft. Full-Circle Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
September 2013. land/scape: three views. Group exhibition with Karen Rand Anderson and James Mullen. Krause Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
December 2011–April 2012. Group Exhibition: Work by Platte Clove artists-in-residence alumni. Erpf Gallery, Catskills Center for Conservation and Development, Arkville, New York
October 2005. Landscapes of Platte Clove and Keating Summit. New work by Karen Klinedinst. Group exhibition with Bonnie North and Ruth Pettus. Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
May 2005. Group Exhibition: Work by 2004 Platte Clove artists-in-residence. Erpf Gallery, Catskills Center for Conservation and Development, Arkville, New York
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
October-November 2022. Parallax: Women’s Photography Exhibition. juror: Liz Faust, Gormley Gallery, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Baltimore, Maryland
November–December 2020. 2020 International Juried Exhibition, juror: Aline Smithson of LENSCRATCH, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
June-August 2020. Members Juried Exhibition, juror: Ann Jastrab, executive director of CPA, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
February–April 2020. 2020 Cumberland Valley Artists and Photographers Juried Exhibition, curated by Lynn Silverman, Professor of Art at the Maryland Institute of Art, Washington County Museum of Fine Art, Hagerstown, MD
December 2019–March 2020. 4th Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Art Exhibition, University of Maryland Global Campus, Adelphi, MD
February–April 2019. 2019 Cumberland Valley Artists and Photographers Juried Exhibition, curated by Tess Vinnedge, regional director of the Edwynn Houk Gallery, Washington County Museum of Fine Art, Hagerstown, MD
January-March 2018. Tree Talk. Group exhibition curated by Paula Tognarelli. Griffin Museum of Photography at Lafayette Center, Boston, Massachussetts.
April 2018. Illuminate. Group exhibition curated by Peggy Sue Amison, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado
June–July 2017. Biggs Picture: Landscapes by Regional Artists. Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, Deleware
April 2017. The Art of Stewardship. Juried exhibition. juror: Greg Mort. Chestertown RiverArts Gallery, Chestertown, Maryland
September-December 2016. 3rd Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Exhibition. University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD
September-October 2016. 2nd Annual Group Show. juror: Paula Tognarelli. Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY
July-August 2016. 22nd Juried Show: The Peter Urban Legacy Exhibition. juror: Elizabeth Avedon. Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
June-September 2016. Biggs Shot: Juried Photography Exhibition. Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, Delaware
December 2015-January 2016. Illuminate: Juried Exhibition. juror: Elizabeth Avedon. The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
July 2015. National Photography Juried Exhibition. juror: Elizabeth Avedon. Soho Photo Gallery, New York, New York
May–July 2014. Biggs Pictures: Landscapes by Regional Artists. Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, Deleware
2013–January 2014. Second Biennial Maryland Regional Juried Exhibition. University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
September –October 2013. MAP Regional Juried Exhibition. juror: Kristen Hileman, Curator of Contemporary Art and Department Head at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, Maryland
EDUCATION
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, BFA
AWARDS
2024 Critical Mass Top 200. Photolucida
2022 PLAYA Artist-in-Residence, Summer Lake, OR
2019 Critical Mass Top 200. Photolucida
2018 Critical Mass Top 200. Photolucida
2015 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award
2006 Artist-in-Residence, Acadia National Park, Maine
Platte Clove Artist-in-Residence, 2004, Erpf Gallery, Catskills Cultural Center, Arkville, New York
PRESS
Picture This: Mood Indigo by Michael Yockel, April 2016 Baltimore Style Magazine
Art Review: Earthwork at Massoni Gallery by Mary McCoy, April 15, 2015. The Chestertown Spy.
Walking Into Light, Landscape iPhoneography By Karen Klinedinst, At Adkins Arboretum, June 21, 2013,
The Chestertown Spy.
Focal Point: Fine Art and Creative Photography at the MFA Gallery by Anna Fine Foer, February 14, 2013, bmore art.
LECTURES
The Romantic Landscape, April 2021, Towson University, Towson, MD
CURATORIAL
2021, 16th National Photography Competition, Juror, FotoFoto Gallery, Huntington, NY
2017, The Mobile View, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2017, Certain Places, L.A. Photo Curator
COLLECTIONS
National Park Service
Liriodendron Mansion
Fort Wayne Museum of Art