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SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITS
2008
UP CLOSE AND IMPERSONAL- AxD Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006
SOLO EXHIBIT- Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, Pennsylvania
HARRY ADLER AND KAREN BROWN- Gallery 50, Bridgeton, New Jersey
2004
A-LUMINA: METAL WORKS BY LOUISE RAUH AND KAREN BROWN - UNI Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
2003
KAREN BROWN - SCULPTURE - JMS GALLERY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001
KAREN BROWN - CERAMIC HOLOGRAPHS - Triad Gallery, Seal Rock, Oregon
1999
KAREN BROWN - Fine Arts Gallery, Broward County Community College, Florida
1998
KAREN BROWN: CERAMIC OBJECTS - Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
MIRROR, MIRROR - Marketview Arts Building, York, Pennsylvania
2009
AMERICAN ART GALLERY - Snow Hill, MD
2008
FACULTY EXHIBIT - Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007
ART OF THE CITY - Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
RODGER LAPELLE GALLERY - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006
HOLLAND ART HOUSE - West Chester, Pennsylvania
2005
MANNA - Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
FACULTY EXHIBIT- Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004
CHARMED AND EMBRACED - Bahdeebahdu Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GALLERY IN THE GARDEN 6 - Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania
THE NUDE - Garrubbo Bazan Gallery, West Chester, Pennsylvania
FACULTY EXHIBIT - Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
MANNA - Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
FACULTY EXHIBIT- Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
TRIAD GALLERY - Seal Rock, Oregon
2000
WOMENTEK - Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia
23rd ANNUAL BUCKS COUNTY SCULPTURE SHOW - Doylestown, Pennsylvania
1998
WOMENTEK - Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Rosemont, Pennsylvania
TWENTY YEARS OF ART, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Braunschweig, Germany
1996
WOMEN: OBJECT/SUBJECT - Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, Pennsylvania
1992
PAVILION CHALLENGE - Pavilion Gallery, Mt. Holly, New Jersey
1991
DADA/DATA: DEVELOPING MEDIAS SINCE 1970- University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
1990
HOLOGRAM: IMAGE OF THE FUTURE - Art,Science & Technology Institute,Washington, DC

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
BRIDGETON NEWS - Sandra Johnson-Bohannan, "Shared Passion for Art", May 2006
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - Victoria Donohoe, "Garrubbo Bazan Gallery", June 2004
PHILADELPHIA CITY PAPER - "Artspicks", Karen Brown, JMS Gallery, 2003
EXPERIENCE CLAY - Maureen Mackey, Davis Publications, 2002
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - Michael Harrington, "Open Studio Tours: More Artists, Dates", October 2002
THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT, THE LEDGER-STAR - Teresa Annas, "Plug into a Video-Art Pioneer and His Influence", April 2000
WOMENTEK - Exhibition Catalogue, introduction by Cynthia Pannucci, March 2000
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - Victoria Donohoe, "Creation Through Technology at Rosemont", Oct. 1998
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - Edward Sosanski, "Karen Brown, Ceramic Objects", June 1998
AMERICAN CRAFT - "Portfolio", June 1998
LaB es FlieBen - Exhibition catalogue, commentary by Odile Meulien-Ohlmann, 1998
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER - Edward Sosanski "Women: Object/Subject", May 1996
WOMEN:OBJECT/SUBJECT - Exhibition catalogue, essay by Robin Rice, April 1996
THE JOURNAL - Jim Sweeney, "Those Curious Holograms", May 1991
GLASS ART - "Showcase", March 1991

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
FLEISHER ART MEMORIAL - Sculpture instructor, Philadelphia PA, 1990 - 2009

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2004
THE GIRARD AVENUE COALITION ART ADVISORY COMMITTEE, Juror for selection of public art for the Girard Avenue Corridor, Philadelphia, PA
2002
THE ART LEAGUE OF DELAWARE COUNTY, Guest lecturer, Broomall, PA
1999 - 2002
PHILADELPHIA OPEN STUDIO TOURS , Founder and organizer of Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, an annual citywide event coordinated with the City's Office of Arts and Culture and local art organizations to promote the work of artists whose studios are located in Philadelphia
1999
BROWARD COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Guest lecturer, Davie, Florida
1991
THE PEOPLE, Local television show presented "The Sculpture of Karen Brown"

EDUCATION
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania