Karen Schifano

Karen Schifano is a painter living and working in NYC. She received a BA in Art History from Swarthmore College, an MFA from Hunter College, and fellowships from the MacDowell Colony and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She has exhibited widely in this country, Europe, Australia and Japan. Recent exhibition venues include Conn. College, Indiana University, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, DC Moore Gallery, Deanna Evans Projects, Rick Wester Fine Arts, Minus Space/MoMA PS1, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Alfred University, and CB1 Gallery.  She was elected to membership in the American Abstract Artists organization in 2018. 
 
Karen also worked as a painting restorer at Simon Parkes Art Conservation for the last 37 years, before retiring at the end of 2024. 

WORKS

“See Through” (2020) at The Mark O’Donell Theater, “Seen Through” (2021) for Culture Window.