Karen Banker is an American artist living in the rural hamlet of Pumpkin Center, near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the Charlotte region of North Carolina. Her award-winning works have been exhibited, collected, and published throughout the United States, and commissioned by private collectors and organizations.

Karen has been featured in numerous publications, including Art World News, Carolina Arts, Lake Norman Times, Lincoln-Times News, Lincoln Tribune, and the radio talk show, “The Gallery”.

2011
• Resilience, One-Woman Show, The Loft Gallery on Court Street, Lincolnton, NC

2009
• Thought for Food, One-Woman Show, COSMOS Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2008
• Silent Prayers, One-Woman Show, Beet Gallery, NoDa Arts District, Charlotte, NC

2007
• Vibrant Silence, One-Woman Show, Cochrane Gallery, Lincolnton, NC

selected group / juried exhibitions

2011
• Big & Little, Two person show with Catawba River Potter, Luke Heafner
• A Natural View, Juried. Schiele Museum, Gastonia, NC
• Art with Heart, Jury Selected for Live Auction Program, United Family Services, Charlotte, NC

2010
• 6th Annual Holiday Square Works Show, Providence Gallery, Charlotte, NC
• Masters’ Mystery exhibit in conjunction with Art Basel Miami, Ritz-Carlton, Miami Beach, FL
• East Meets West: Appalachians to the Rockies, Gallery 317, Lincolnton, NC.
• James Harrill Memorial Wall of Art, Juried. Carolina Medical Center, Lincolnton, NC