KAREN TITUS SMITH
20 PEMBERTON STREET, PEMBERTON, NEW JERSEY 08068
609 726 1085 . E mail - karentitussmith@gmail.com . www.karentitussmith.com
AWARDS
Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts - 1992
Residency, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences,
Loveladies, NJ - December 1, 2005 through January 31, 2006
Residency, Wheaton Arts, 2008, May 3 -10
Wheaton Arts, 2016, NJ Glass
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2016 - Hutchens Galleries, Gruss Center of Visual Arts, Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ
2015 - Artetude Gallery, Asheville, NC
2013 - Artetude Gallery, Asheville, NC
2012 - Farnsworth Gallery, Bordentown, NJ
2009 - Garth Davidson Gallery, Moorestown, NJ
2006 - Garth Davidson Gallery, Moorestown, NJ
2004 - Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
1998 - Garth Davidson Gallery, Moorestown, NJ
1997 - The Gallery, Mercer County Community College, Trenton,NJ
1997 - Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, New Brunswick, NJ
1996 - Pavilion Gallery, Mount Holly, NJ
1992 - NJ Network, State of the Arts, Trenton, NJ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 - International Sculpture Day, Studio building GFS, Hamilton, NJ
2017 - Trenton City Museum, Ellarslie, Group Exhibition
2017 - Wheaton Arts, About Time, Group Exhibition
2017 - Alfa Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ, Group Exhibition
2016 - Arts Council of Princeton, Robeson Center, Faculty Exhibition
2016 - Pop UP Exhibition, 325 High Street, Burlington, NJ
2016 - LBI Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Then and Now, Lovelies, NJ
2015 - Lighten Up”, Wheaton Arts, Millville, NJ
2014 - NJ Sculptor Invitational, Wheaton Fine Arts Gallery, Millville, NJ
2014 - Artetude Gallery, Asheville, NC
2013 - 792 Gallery, Collingswood, NJ
2012 - Artetude Gallery, Ashville, NC
2012 - Inspiring Women, ArtprideNJ/NJRA, Trenton, NJ
2011 - LOOK! on Lancaster Avenue, University City, Philadelphia, PA.
2011 - University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA., Opposites Attract
2011 - Moore College of Art, Conversations, Philadelphia, PA
2010 - Goucher College, baltimore, MD
2010 - LBI foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Faculty Exhibition
2010 - Noyes Museum, NJ, Highwater Sculpture Invitational
2009 - Allentown Art Museum,, Allentown, PA, 30th Juried exhibition,
2009 - LBI foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Faculty Exhibition
2008 - Take Issue, Washington Square, Washington, DC
2008 - West Chester University, West Chester, PA, Philadelphia Sculptors
2007 - Moore College of Art, Alumnae Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2006 - 2005 Lincoln Financial Center, Philadelphia, PA
2005 - Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 - MCCC/Artworks, Trenton, NJ, Faculty Exhibition
2004 - Pavilion Gallery, Mt Holly, NJ, A Celebration of Arts in Healing
2003 - ADM Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2002 - Moore College of Art, Alumnae Exhibition, Journeys
2002 - The Gallery, Burlington County College Enterprise Center
2001 - Ericson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2000 - Ericson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999 - Siano Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999 - Distinguished Artists of Southern NJ, LBI Foundation of Art
1994 - New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, New Jersey Arts Annual
1993 - Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, NJSCA
1993 - Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ, Fellowship Exhibition
1992 - Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ, New Jersey Arts Annual
1992 - Hopkins House Gallery, Haddon Township, NJ
1991 - F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1990 - Stedman Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, Southern, NJ Artists VII
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Artetude Gallery, Asheville, NC
38 East Union Gallery, Burlington, NJ
COLLECTIONS - public
McGraw Hill Companies, Princeton, New Jersey; “ Six Cups”
Mosby Year Book, Philadelphia, PA; “Small Yellow Pitcher”
Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, “Untitled”
Rutgers University, Camden, NJ; “Between Love and Madness”
Rahn Properties, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; “Strings Attached”
Represented in several private collections
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
2010 - Present - Adjunct Professor, Fine Arts, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, Princeton, NJ
2005 - 2008 - Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2006 - 2014 - Adjunct professor Fine Arts,Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences,
Loveladies, NJ
2005 - 2009 - Adjunct Professor of Fine Art, Artworks, Mercer County Community College, Trenton, NJ
2010 - 2011 - Artworks, Trenton, NJ. Adjunct professor Drawing & Painting Education Committee for Artworks redevelopment
2010 - 2011 - PAS, Princeton Adult School - Adjunct Professor, Acrylic Painting
2005 - Founded The Studio Classroom, a fine arts facility providing educational and life enrichment programs in Pemberton, NJ,
2005 through Present - Teaching Fine Arts Classes at The Studio Classroom, a fine arts facility providing educational and life enrichment programs in Pemberton, NJ,
2001 - 2003 - Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, Burlington County College, Pemberton, New Jersey
Freelance Artist / Painter - Three decades of experience working with a Major NYC design firm and other interested parties. This work has placed my paintings in four and five star hotels, corporate spaces, resorts and private homes across the USA
1993 - 2000 - Scenic Artist - Harrah’s Casino, Atlantic city, NJ ; Dennis Nothaft & Associates, Atlantic City, NJ area
1999 - 1994 - Alice Paul Centennial Foundation, Volunteer, Member of the Alice Paul Leadership Program Committee. The committee created and established a girls leadership workshop presented yearly to schools throughout southern NJ.
1997 - 1994 - New Jersey School of the Arts, presented after school programs and presented an inservice program to address core curriculum content standards for NJ.
1984 -1980 - Artist / Sign Painter, Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, NJ ; One of three responsible for all art and signage in the park.
1978 - 1974 - Art Therapist, Supervisor, Art Therapy Department, Temple University, Woodhaven Center, Phila., PA
Continued Studies:
1984 - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA ; Painting
1978 - Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Phila., PA; Painting
1976 - Temple University, Philadelphia, PA ; Art Therapy
1968 - BFA, Moore college of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
COMMISSIONS: SELECTED
From the 1980’s into the present I have been commissioned to work on numerous projects. Tom Lee Limited of NYC sent many commissions my way. These paintings went to 4/5 star hotels and corporate buildings to be placed in lobbies, presidential suites or other public and private spaces. Listed blow are a few of the projects.
2007 - Private Home, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, USA
2004 - Private Home, Palm Beach, Florida; Ceiling mural
2000 - Private Home, Palm Beach Florida; Figurative Ceiling mural, figurative wall mural, and an actual Fresco. All work was done in collaboration with Aleksandar Popovic.
1998 - McGraw Hill Companies; McGraw Hill through art4business, Phila., PA commissioned a Landscape Oil Painting after purchasing one of my exhibition pieces, “Six Cups”.
1997 - Tom Lee Limited/ Beyer, Blinder Belle of NYC commissioned four 8”x 8’ Acrylic Paintings for a lobby at 360 72nd St., NY, NY
1994 - Tom Lee Limited of NYC commissioned Two oil paintings, Landscapes, for ANA, Washington, DC
1994 - Tom Lee Limited of NYC commissioned One oil painting of Washington Irving’s Home, Sunnyside for the Rye Town Hilton, Rye, NY
1993 - Tom Lee Limited of NYC commissioned one mural sized painting of the Doral grounds, Miami Florida, for the Doral Corp., NYC
1980 through 1993 - Freelance Paintings and Murals through various sources and through Tom Lee Limited of NYC
