Karen D Amico

Page 1 | Biography

Born: California
Lives: London

Education
2004 BA (Hons) Fine Art
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design

2000 HE Diploma in Art and Design, New Art
Chelsea College of Art and Design

1999 HE Diploma in Art and Design, Painting and Drawing
Chelsea College of Art and Design


Group Exhibitions
• 2008
Bookmarks VI Infiltrating the Library System 2008 (forthcoming - September)
Art of Occupation, group show, TangentProjects @ The Working Rooms (forthcoming - September)
The Sandwich Box Project, in conjunction with TangentProjects (forthcoming)

2007
Co-founder, TangentProjects
Rich and Strange, The Flock Gallery, Newport South Wales
FLOCK, DeviateProjects, London
Destination Area 10, Area 10 Project Space, London
Delicate Situations, web based project (www.delicatesituations.blogspot.com)

2006
6x4 Loads!, The Lurking Hole, Nottingham
Post-it, The Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport
Publish and Be Damned Travelling Library Archive, Canal, London
Publish and Be Damned Independent Publishing Fair, London
[Mostra] IX, Museum of Contemporary Art Union Fenosa (MACUF), A Coruña, Spain
Paperworld, (tangent) Transition Gallery, London
Traveling Magazine Table, Iaspis, Stockholm
The Invisible Reading Room, Containers Village, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne Australia
Eyelevel Re-shelving Initiative:2 Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Interlude Magazine Launch Event, Limehouse, London
'The Club' Independent Publishing Event in conjunction with Kiosk, ICA London

Previous
PrintROOM @ HOTEL MARIAKAPEL, Hoorn, Netherlands, 2005
Publish and Be Damned Travelling Library Archive (LOT/Bristol and Display/Prague) , 2005
Publish and Be Damned Independent Publishing Fair, London, 2005
Independent Publishing Fair, Transition Gallery, London, 2005
In the Bag - Group show, Brixton Art Gallery, London, 2005
Studio Voltaire Artists Group Show, The Oval Theatre, London, 2005
A Fine Line - Group show, Euroart Gallery, London, 2004
Bread and Roses, Clapham, London, 2004
Look Again - Group show, Waterstone’s, London, 2002
Group show, Candid Arts, London, 2001


Bibliography
Runway Magazine, Issue 9, Sydney, Australia, 2007

riffRAG Magazine, Issue 2; New York, 2006

Gallery Reviews, Garageland Magazine, Issue 1; Transition Editions, London, 2006

Alternative Spaces and Practices (Interview with Elaina Arkool) London 2005

The Politics of Art, San Diego Union Tribune, California, 2005

Personal Weblogs, a Research Project (Interview with David Brake, London School of Economics) London 2005

Business Blogs, a Practical Guide, Ives, William and Watlington, Amanda, Boston 2005

Projects
TangentProjects - An independent space for collaboration and project development

Travellers Secret Box - UK co-ordinator / curator for collaborative project originated in Denmark

tangent art zine: founder, editor and publisher

Panel member, Artivistic Conference, Montreal, Canada (2005)


Publications
tangent art zine: founder, editor and publisher