Education
2020 BEd, Queen’s University, Kingston ON
2019 BFA (Honours), Queen’s University, Kingston ON
Awards and Grants
2023 Visual Artists Creation Projects Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2023 Untapped People’s Choice Award, Artist Project, Toronto, ON
2022 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2021 Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2020 Launchpad Bursary, Toronto Artscape Foundation, Toronto, ON
2019 Andre Bieler Prize, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
2018 Margaret Craig Scholarship in Fine Art, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
2018 Undergraduate Summer Student Research Fellowship, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Selected
Exhibition Record
2024 Solo Exhibition, Have a Pomelo, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
2022 Group Exhibition, Inner Migration, Blitz Art Gallery, Toronto, ON
2021 Group Exhibition, Keep It Alive, Sweetpea Gallery, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2021 Group Exhibition, Hope in Colour, Triovest Realty Advisors Inc., Online
2021 Group Exhibition, Quarantine OSA 148th Open Juried Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists (OSA), Online
2020 Group Exhibition, Quarantine Qapsule, Myseum, Tkaronto, ON (Online)
2019 Solo Exhibition, Graduating Thesis Exhibition, Ontario Hall, Kingston, ON
2019 Group Exhibition, Hybrid Laser Relief Prints, The Art & Media Lab at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston, ON
2019 Solo Exhibition, Unassimilable, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
Art Fairs & Fundraisers
2024 Artist Project, Toronto, ON
2024 Side by Side, Union Gallery, Kingston, ON
2023 Untapped Emerging Artist Competition, Artist Project, Toronto, ON
2023 Future Proof, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
2022 Kensington Market Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2022 Future Proof, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
Residencies
2024 RBC Emerging Artist Residency Program, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
2024 Doris McCarthy Artist-in-Residence, Ontario Heritage Trust, Scarborough, ON
2022 Emerging Printmaker Scholarship Residency, Open Studio, Toronto, ON
2022 Visiting Artist Program, St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL
Publications
Karen Kar Yen Law, “Karen Kar Yen Law”, Canto Cutie 3, July 2021. 94-111.
Karen Kar Yen Law, “Peachtree Plaza” Canto Cutie 2, January 2021. 8-9.
Karen Law, “Yellow on the Outside, Banana on the Inside” Undergraduate Review 29, March 2017. 26.
Karen Law, “I Look Down When I Walk” Undergraduate Review 28, March 2016. 15
Related Professional Experience
2024 Project Coordinator, Public Art City of Markham, Markham, ON
2023 Special Project Assistant (Long Time No See, 100 Years 100 Stories), Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON
2022 Summer Camp Director, Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON
2021 Art Instructor, Canadian Contemporary School of Art, Toronto, ON
2019 DEAD ON Collective Member, Kingston, ON
2019 Kim Dorland Print Studio Assistant, Kingston, ON
2018 BFA ’19 EXPOSED Graduating Show Marketing Lead, Kingston, ON
2017 Varley Art Gallery Summer Camp Art Instructor, Unionville, ON
Artist Talks & Workshop Facilitation
2023 Visiting Artist Facilitator, Joy of Art Expression, Armadale Public School,York Region District School Board, Markham ON
2023 Guest Artist Facilitator, MOCA Family Weekend: Illusions, Mirrors and Magic!, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON
2022 Artist Workshop Facilitator, Pronto Plate Lithography Workshop, St. John’s, NL
2022 Guest Artist Facilitator, March Break Programming: Tell Us Your Story, Abstract Colour Collage, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto, ON
2022 Facilitator, Lunar New Year Art Classes: Health, Happiness, and Good Fortune, Randall Public School, York Region District School Board, Markham ON, Online
2021 Art Lesson Designer, Elementary Virtual School, York Region District School Board, Online
2021 Artist Talk, Secondary Virtual School Visual Art Classes, York Region District School Board, Online
2021 Artist Talk, Queen’s University 2nd Year Print, Kingston, ON, Online
2021 Facilitator, Colouring the White Space: Therapeutic Art Night, Commerce Society Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, Kingston ON, Online
2021 Facilitator, Drawing Joy: Asian Heritage Month Art Night, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, Toronto ON, Online
Collections
Queen’s University Visual Art Archive, Kingston, ON
Postmark Hotel (long term loan), Newmarket, ON
St. Michael’s Printshop Archive, St. John’s, NL
Private Collections