Karen Loader is a professional artist living and working in London. She graduated with an MA in Fine Art from City & Guilds of London Art School in 2017. She was subsequently shortlisted for the ARTIQ/Herbert Smith Freehills Graduate Art Prize in 2017 and the Collyer Bristow Graduate Award in 2018 and 2019. In 2022 she was shortlisted for The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize.
Previously she received a first class BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art from the University of East London in 1999 and since then has taken part in numerous group shows and art fairs. Her work is held in private collections in the UK, Europe and the USA.
Loader creates site responsive installations and paintings that refer to representations of man-made and natural phenomena to construct a rhythmic interpretation of place that is both physical and psychological. She is interested in how our perception of place is formed, not only by our visual observations of it, but also by the sensations we feel when moving through that place. Her work is influenced by modernist architecture and minimalist aesthetics as well as an interest in philosophical theories concerning the subjects of place and space, phenomenology and perception. She is always actively seeking to balance the interior with the exterior, the internal with the external. Allowing the viewer to navigate the work both physically and imaginatively, she aims to choreograph an experience that alludes to the urban environment and how we exist within it. |
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Events / Exhibitions |
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SFSA Drawing Open |
No Format Gallery, May 2023 |
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Backtrack - Solo Show |
Candid Courtyard Gallery, Jan 2023 |
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Trintiy Buoy Drawing Prize 2022 |
Sept 2022- Mar 2023 |
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Open at Atelier, Brighton |
July - Sept 2022 |
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Spring Salon |
Candid Arts Trust, May 2022 |
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Studios & Staff Show |
Candid Arts Trust, May 2022 |
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materialisation of the new |
Jan - Feb 2020 |
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Exceptional |
The Collyer Bristow Graduate Art Award |
Nov 2019 - Feb 2020 |
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THAMESSIDE OPEN STUDIOS |
June 2019 |
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PERFECT IMPERFECT |
Take Courage Gallery - May-June 2019 |
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THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM |
Candid Gallery - March 2019 |
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EXCEPTIONAL |
The Collyer Bristow Graduate Art Award |
June-Oct 2018 |
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MIXED MEDIA EXHIBITION |
Candid Gallery - April 2018 |
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HEREAFTER EXHIBITION |
The Rum Factory - November 2017 |
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MA FINE ART SHOW - September 2017 |
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ALTERED STATES |
Highgate Gallery - April-May 2017 |
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MAVERICK EXPO - The Bargehouse - December 2015 |
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ISLINGTON CONTEMPORARY ART & DESIGN FAIR |
Candid Gallery - November 2015 |
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THE WATCH HOUSE - Bermondsey - May-August 2015 |
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ISLINGTON CONTEMPORARY ART & DESIGN FAIR |
Candid Gallery - October 2014 |
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MADE IN BERMONDSEY |
opened by Zandra Rhodes 12 September 2014 |
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GROUP SHOW & OPEN STUDIOS |
Southwark Studios - September 2014 |
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CANDID GALLERY SUMMER EXHIBITION |
August 2014 |
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FLOW - Brick Lane Gallery - July 2014 |
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ISLINGTON EXHIBITS - 2013 |
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Selected Exhibitions |
2023 |
SFSA Drawing Open, No Format Gallery, London |
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Spring Exhibition, Darl-e & the Bear, Woodstock |
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Backtrack, solo show, Candid Courtyard Gallery, London |
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Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, ArtHouse Jersey |
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Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, Willis Museum & Sainsbury Gallery, Basingstoke |
2022 |
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, London |
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Atelier Open, Atelier by the Sea, Brighton |
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Spring Salon, Candid Arts Trust |
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Staff & Studio Show, Candid Arts Trust |
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Winter Exhibition, Darl-e & the Bear, Woodstock |
2021 |
EPOX - online feature |
2020 |
Materialisation of the new - Darl-e and the Bear, Woodstock |
2019 |
Exceptional - The Collyer Bristow Award |
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Open Studios - Thamesside Studios |
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Perfect Imperfect - Take Courage Gallery |
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Things Are Not Always What They Seem - Candid Arts Trust |
2018 |
Exceptional - The Collyer Bristow Award |
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Mixed Media Show, Candid Arts Trust |
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Inside Out Homes - paintings featured on Channel 4 |
2017 |
Hereafter Exhibition, Project Space Wapping, Bow Arts |
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The Graduate Art Prize, ARTIQ/Herbert Smith Freehills |
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MA Fine Art Show, City & Guilds of London Art School |
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Altered States, Highgate Gallery at HLSI |
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Interim Show, City & Guilds of London Art School |
2016 |
Angel Christmas Fair, Candid Arts Trust |
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Monopoles, Ugly Duck, London |
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CGP Gallery - Anuual Open |
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Summer Salon, Candid Arts Trust |
2015 |
Maverick Expo - The Bargehouse |
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Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair - Candid Arts Trust |
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CGP Gallery - Annual Open |
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The Watch House, Bermondsey SE1 |
2014 |
Open Lab - Barbican Guildhall |
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CGP Gallery - Annual Open |
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Angel Christmas Fair, Candid Arts Trust |
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Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair - Candid Arts Trust |
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Bermondsey Street Festival - open studio event & group show |
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Made in Bermondsey - group show at Bermondsey Project Space |
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Summer Exhibition - Candid Arts Trust |
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FLOW - exhibition of 4 artists at Brick Lane Gallery |
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Open Studio Event - Bermondsey Art Trail |
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Candid 500 - Group Exhibition of paintings - Candid Arts Trust |
2013 |
Islington Exhibits - group show at Voluntary Action Islington |
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Islington Exhibits - Solo Exhibition at Voluntary Action Islington |
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Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair - Candid Arts Trust |
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Open Studio Event - Southwark Studios |
2012 |
Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair - Candid Arts Trust |
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Brighton Art Fair |
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Group Exhibition - Delfina Event Space, London |
2011 |
Islington Contemporary Art & Design Fair - Candid Arts Trust |
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Awards / Prizes |
2022 |
Shortlisted for The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize |
2019 |
Shortlisted for The Collyer Bristow Exceptional Award |
2018 |
Shortlisted for The Collyer Bristow Exceptional Award |
2017 |
Shortlisted for The Graduate Art Prize |
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Publications |
2020 |
Interview with Eric Butcher - www.saturationpoint.org.uk |
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Review Perfect Imperfect - www.saturationpoint.org.uk |
Representation |
2020-present |
Darl-e and the Bear, Woodstock, Oxfordshire |
2018-present |
Art in Offices |
2016-present |
ARTIQ |
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Commissions |
2023 |
Artiq / OWO - Series of 24 x framed collages |
2009 |
Private Commission of paintings |
2007 |
Cass Business School - Commission of photographs |
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Curation |
2014 |
FLOW - group exhibiton at Brick Lane Gallery (Annexe) |
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Candid Gallery Summer Exhibition |
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Candid Outsider Art Exhibition |
2012 |
Candid-Berlin - exhibition of recent UK graduates at University of the Arts Berlin (UdK) |
2011 |
London-Florence Exchange - exhibition of printmakers from the UK & Il Bisonte School, Florence |
2010 |
Sofia-London Exchange - mixed media show of UK graduates & the National Academy of Art in Sofia |
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Education |
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2016-2017 |
MA Fine Art (Distinction), City & Guilds of London Art School |
1996-1999 |
BA (Hons) Fine Art (First), University of East London |
1995-1996 |
Access Course in Art & Design, City & Islington College |
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© Karen Loader |
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