Résumé

Selected Exhibitions
2018
  • Holiday Extravaganza, Jessel Gallery, Napa, California. Invitational group show.
  • Grateful Hearts, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, California. Community art project, supported by a grant from Arts Council Napa Valley, to honor first responders, organizations, and individuals that helped Calistoga and Calistogans during and after the Tubbs Fire in 2017. 
  • From Fire Love Rises, concurrent exhibition at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Museum Shop, Sonoma, California. Invitational.
  • From the HeART — Wildfire Anniversary Show, Jessel Gallery, Napa, California. Invitational group show.
  • Sonoma Wildfires Exhibition: Renewal Through Art, Petaluma Arts Center, Petaluma, California. Invitational group show. Painting chosen as the poster image for the show.
  • Open Studios Napa Valley Preview Show, Jessel Gallery, Napa, California, and Open Studios Napa Valley, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, California. Juried.
  • Artist Spring: The Fire and The Rose Are One, Sofie Contemporary Arts, Calistoga, California. Invitational group show.
2017
  • Holiday Extravaganza, Jessel Gallery, Napa, California. Invitational show.
  • Beauty from Ashes, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
  • Hearts Across the Valley, public art installations in downtown Calistoga, California, and St. Helena Elementary School, St. Helena, California. 
  • Napa Valley Open Studios, Studio #2, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, California. Juried.
  • Napa Valley Open Studios Preview Show, Jessel Gallery, Napa, California. Juried group show.
  • Flower Bomb, Calistoga, California. Invitational group show.
  • Engage!, Calistoga, California. Group show.
  • Bright, Bold, and Beautiful, Jessel Gallery, Napa, California. Group show.
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Front page of San Francisco Chronicle, article by Kevin Fagan with photographs by Lea Suzuki, with detail of Karen Lynn Ingalls's painting "Beautiful Skies," created with acrylic paint and the ashes of her paintings lost in the Tubbs wildfire.
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Karen Lynn Ingalls's painting, "Beautiful Morning," illustrating article about Napa Valley's Arts in April events, in The Bohemian, by Charlie Swanson, March 28-April 3, 2018.
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Weekly Calistogan article by Anne Ward Ernst about Karen Lynn Ingalls's Beauty from Ashes paintings.
2016
  • An Introduction to the Artwork of Karen Lynn Ingalls, Jessel Gallery, Napa, California. Solo show.
  • Napa Valley Open Studios, Studio #1, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, California. Juried.
  • Napa Valley Open Studios Preview Show, Jessel Gallery, Napa, California. Juried group show.
  • Engage!, Calistoga, California. Group show.​
2015 - 2016
  • The Artwork of Karen Lynn Ingalls, Chateau Montelena Winery, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
2015
  • Land, Trees, Skies, Vines, Santa Rosa City Hall, Santa Rosa, California. Solo show.
  • Engage!, Calistoga, California. Group show.
  • The Fine Art of Karen Lynn Ingalls, Janet Berrien, and Joe Kowalczyk, ECHO Art Gallery, Calistoga, California. Group show.
2014
  • Rutherford Ranch Winery, Rutherford, California. Group show.
2013
  • Rutherford Ranch Winery, Rutherford, California. Group show. 
  • Napa Valley Open Studios, Calistoga, California. Juried.
  • Ekphrasis, Calistoga, California. Group show.
2012
  • Miniatures Show, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, California. Juried show.
  • The Sketchbook Project 2012 World Tour, Brooklyn Art Library. Traveling exhibition in places including Brooklyn, NY; Chicago, IL; Portland, OR; Vancouver, Canada; Los Angeles, CA; Oakland, CA; Lynn, MA; Portland, ME; Toronto, Canada; Philadelphia, PA; and Atlanta, GA.
​2011–2014
  • Yountville Arts Presents Napa Valley Open Studios Artists, Yountville, California. Invitational, annual show.
2011–2012    
  • Calistoga Art Center presents Calistoga Artists. Calistoga Visitors' Center, Calistoga, California. Group show.
  • Napa Valley Open Studios, St. Helena, California. Juried.      
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Article about Karen Lynn Ingalls's Hearts Across the Valley art project in The Napa Valley Register by Evy Warshawski, February 7, 2017.
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Article about Karen Lynn Ingalls's Hearts Across the Valley art project in the St. Helena Star, and photographs, by Jesse Duarte, March 23, 2018.
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Article about Karen Lynn Ingalls's Hearts Across the Valley project in Calistoga Tribune, and photograph, by Kim Beltran, January 7, 2017.
2011    
  • Yountville Autumn Invitational Show and Sale, Yountville, California. Invitational.
  • Simple Pleasures, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
  • Land, Trees, Skies, Vines, Westin Hotel, Napa, Solo show.
  • Calistoga Paintout, Calistoga Art Center, Calistoga, California.
2009–2010    
  • Simple Pleasures, Napa Senior Center, Napa, California. Solo show.
2009    
  • Land, Trees, Skies, Vines, Arrowood Winery, Glen Ellen, California. Solo show.
2008–2010   
  • Napa Valley Artists’ Open Studios Show, Rutherford, California. Group show.
2008    
  • Five by Eight, Calistoga, California. Invitational photography show.​
2007–2010   
  • Paintings of Karen Lynn Ingalls and Molly Corbett Kruse, Offices of State Senator Pat Wiggins, Sacramento, California. Duo show.
2007    
  • The Gates of Heaven, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
  • Peanuts on Parade: Snoopy’s “Joe Cool” Summer, Santa Rosa, California. Group public art exhibition.
2006   
  • Peanuts on Parade: The Summer of Woodstock, Santa Rosa, California. Group public art exhibition.
  • Land, Trees, Sky, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
2005–2006   
  • Napa Valley Artists’ Open Studios Show, Rutherford, California. Group show.
2005    
  • Peanuts on Parade: It’s Your Town, Charlie Brown, Santa Rosa, California. Group public art exhibition.
  • Land, Trees, Sky, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
  • Flying Fish of the Napa River, various locations, including Copia, Napa, and the Napa Valley Museum, Yountville. Invitational show.
2004    
  • California Landscapes, Calistoga, California. Solo show.
2003    
  • Celebration, Healdsburg, California. Juried show.
  • Fortune, Santa Rosa, California. Juried show.
  • Portraits, Sebastopol, California. Juried show.
  • Moved by the Land, Santa Rosa, California. Juried show.
2002    
  • Endangered Landscapes III, at An Evening with Barry Lopez, Monterey, California. Group show.
2001–2004   
  • Focus on Elkhorn Slough, CTB/McGraw-Hill, Monterey, California. Invitational.
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Front page article and photograph in The Weekly Calistogan by Mike Lynch, January 8, 2004.
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Photo by Dave Nordstrand, Salinas Californian. Part of his news article, "A slough of scenes," September 2, 2000, pp. 1E to 2E, about the "Endangered Landscapes" show.
2001   
  • Three Americas, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, New York City, New York. Juried show.
  • Artists Equity Coast to Coast, Harmony Hall, Fort Washington, Maryland. Juried show.
  • Three Americas, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey. Juried show.
  • Endangered Landscapes II, Monterey Conference Center, Monterey, California. Group show.
  • The Romance of Books, Carmel, California. Solo show.​
2000    
  • Endangered Landscapes, Elkhorn Slough Foundation Online Art Gallery, www.elkhornslough.org.
  • Monterey County Artists Studio Tour 2000, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California. Group show.
  • Endangered Landscapes, Monterey County Courthouse, Salinas, California. Group show.
  • Artwork of Karen Lynn Ingalls, Mary Cayce, and Richard Houston, Seaside, California. Group show.​
1999–2001   
  • Artists Equity Group Show, Sunset Center, Carmel, California. Group show.
  • 33rd, 34th, and 35th Annual Juried Competitives, Seaside City Hall, Seaside, California. Juried show.
  • Local Essence: SCAL Members Show, Santa Cruz Members Show, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California. Group show.​
1999   
  • Santa Cruz Art League 69th Annual Statewide Exhibit, Santa Cruz, California. Juried show.
  • Los Gatos Art Association Annual Open Juried Show, Los Gatos, California. Juried show.
  • Art of the Ordinary, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California. Juried show.         
  • Art as Healing: Icons of Transformation, Salinas, California. Solo show.​
1998   
  • Food Glorious Food, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, California. Juried show.
1976   
  • Artrium. Santa Rosa, California. Juried show.
Selected Awards
2008    
  • People’s Choice Award for Best Yellows, Mustard Art Fete, Calistoga, California.
2001    
  • Second place award, Painting, 34th Annual Juried Competitive, Seaside City Hall, Seaside, California. Juror: Richard Bennett.
1999    
  • First Place award, Traditional Wine Label Design, Sonoma County Harvest Fair, Santa Rosa, California. Juror: Darrell Perry.
  • Second place award, Oils and Acrylics category, Los Gatos Art Association Annual Open Juried Show, Seaside City Hall, Seaside, California. Jurors: Diane Wallace and Michael Linstrom.
1976    
  • Dorothy K. Fish Memorial Scholarship for Art, awarded by Art Department, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California.
Education
  • Business and marketing courses for creative people, 2013-present.
  • Graphic Design and Website Construction courses, 1994-2002.
  • Teaching Credential in Art and English, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, 1988.
  • Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 1984.
  • B.A., magna cum laude, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, 1984.
  • A.A., summa cum laude, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, California, 1976.
Dr. Joe Cool, Peanuts on Parade, Karen Lynn Ingalls
Karen Lynn Ingalls painting Dr. Joe Cool, as part of "Snoopy's Joe Cool Summer: Santa Rosa's Tribute to Charles M. Schulz," in Santa Rosa, California, in 2007.
Selected Bibliography
2018
  • Beltran, Kim. "Artist Ingalls hosting project to honor first responders." The Calistoga Tribune, August 17, 2018, p.12.
  • "'Grateful Hearts' project recognizes fire heroes." The Weekly Calistogan, August 16, 2018, p.B4.
  • Fagan, Kevin. "Wine Country artists find new life, inspiration in the wreckage of studios." San Francisco Chronicle, July 9, 2018, p. A1-A5. Photographs by Lea Suzuki.
  • Swanson, Charlie. "Art in Bloom." Bohemian, March 28-April 3, 2018, p.22.
​2017
  • Ernst, Anne Ward. "Artist uses ash in new paintings." The Weekly Calistogan, November 30, 2017, p. A1-A2.
  • Ernst, Anne Ward. "Sarafornia: The Arts of Calistoga." The Weekly Calistogan, April 6, 2017, p. A1-A5.
  • Ernst, Anne Ward. "Hearts Across the Valley." The Weekly Calistogan, April 5, 2017, online.
  • Ernst, Anne Ward. "'Flower Bombs' and mud sculptures, perfect fit to Arts in April in Calistoga." The Weekly Calistogan, March 31, 2017, p. A1-A5.
  • Duarte, Jesse. "Love on display: St. Helena Elementary School kids celebrate love through art and music." The St. Helena Star, March 23, 2017, p. A1-A2.
  • Warshawski, Evy. "Calistoga artist strives for art full of heart." The Napa Valley Register, Feb. 1, 2017, p. C1; also published as "Art Full of Hearts" in The Weekly Calistogan, Feb. 2, 2017, p. A1.
  • Beltran, Kim. "Ingalls using art to spread love across the valley and beyond." The Calistoga Tribune, April 6, 2017, p.1-11.
2013   
  • Ernst, Anne Ward. "Local artist's work selected for historic Napa inn." The Weekly Calistogan, June 6, 2013, p. B4.
2008   
  • Harrity, Chick. "The Women of Open Studios" (photograph), Calistoga Tribune, September 2008.
2007  
  • Snoopy’s “Joe Cool” Summer: Santa Rosa’s Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, City of Santa Rosa and The Charles M. Schulz Museum, July 2007. 
2006   
  • Summer of Woodstock: Santa Rosa’s Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, City of Santa Rosa and The Charles M. Schulz Museum, July 2006, p. 51, p. 53.          
  • Harrity, Chick. (photograph) Calistoga Tribune, August 2006.
2005  
  • Napa Valley Artists’ Open Studios Map and Artist Directory for 2005, Arts Council Napa Valley, 2005, cover painting.
  • It’s Your Town, Charlie Brown: Santa Rosa’s Tribute to Charles M. Schulz, City of Santa Rosa and The Charles M. Schulz Museum, July 2005.
2004   
  • Lynch, Mike. “When landscapes come to life: The story of a now thriving artist,” The Weekly Calistogan, January 8, 2004, pp. A1–A3.
2001 
  • Wirt, Linda. “An Interview with Karen Lynn Ingalls,” AOL Creative Arts Newsletter, February, March, April, 2001. 
2000   
  • Sappington, Lynda. “Endangered Landscapes: Exhibit Calls Attention to Land Threatened by Development,” Art Voices, www.artfaces.com, November/December 2000.
  • Givens, Sarah. “North County’s Colors,” Monterey County Coast Weekly, September 21–27, 200, p. 48.
  • Nichols, Kathryn McKenzie. “Endangered Landscapes,” Monterey County Herald, September 8, 2000, pp. D1–D4.
  • Nordstrand, Dave. “A slough of scenes,” Salinas Californian, September 2, 2000, pp. 1E–2E.
1999   
  • Givens, Sarah. “Artists unite to preserve slough,” San Jose Mercury News, December 20, 1999, pp. 1B–2B.
  • Givens, Sarah. “Painting in protest: Elkhorn Slough artists hope their canvases can help stem development,”Monterey County Coast Weekly, October 14–20, 1999, pp. 38–39.
  • Peterson, Diane. “Amateur winemakers’ labels reflect their humorous, humble origins,” Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
Other
2018
  • Received grant from Arts Council Napa Valley for The Grateful Hearts Project, a community-based art project to honor and thank those who helped Calistoga during and after the October 2017 wildfires.
  • Television interview about artists' responses to 2017 wildfires: Macy Jenkins, "Art Rises From Ashes of Sonoma Fires," CBS Sacramento, Channel 13, July 12, 2018. Story was replayed on other television news programs across California after that.​
2017
  • Created one-of-a-kind Heart Art thanking First Responders and distributed them to local businesses in Calistoga to display, after Calistogans returned home from evacuation for wildfires.
  • Television interviews about Northern California's Tubbs wildfire and my experience as an evacuee for the PBS NewsHour, Fox News, and San Francisco's KRON4:
    • Mina Kim, "California wildfire death toll rises as search teams return to the ruins," PBS NewsHour, October 12, 2017. Interview begins at 1:13.
    • Adam Housley, "Wildfires wreak havoc through California's wine country," Fox News, October 12, 2017. Interview begins at 1:10.
    • Haaziq Madyun, "Calistoga fire evacuee touched by generosity of community," KRON4, October 12, 2017.
    • Haaziq Madyun, "Calistoga evacuees return home," KRON4, October 16, 2017.
  • Image of my Tree Heart Art in Tubbs wildfire news story on San Francisco's KPIX5. "Calistoga Resident Rushes Back From High School Reunion to Pack For Evacuation." Image at 2:06.
  • Presented my Hearts Across the Valley public art project to the Calistoga City Council, the Mayor of Calistoga, the Rotary Club, and the principal of St. Helena Elementary School, to get their approval of the project, both as a whole and of its individual parts.
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Image from Haaziq Madyun's story, "Calistoga evacuees return home," for KRON4, October 16, 2017.
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Image of Karen Lynn Ingalls's Tree Heart Art, from her Hearts Across the Valley art project, in KPIX5's story, "Calistoga Resident Rushes Back From High School Reunion To Pack For Evacuation," October 11, 2017.
2013 –2015
  • Napa County Fair Demonstrating Artist, Calistoga, California
2014
  • Was filmed painting en plein air by Calistoga Chamber of Commerce for potential video marketing. My image was subsequently used by Arts Council Napa Valley's Arts in April and Calistoga Chamber to advertise Napa Valley arts and Calistoga.​
2011–2013
  • Member, Napa Valley Open Studios steering committee. Directed jurying and applications, marketing and social media. Also on steering committee in 2006 and 2007.
2008–2010   
  • Radio interviews on Kellie in the Morning, on KVYN 99.3 FM and KVON 1440 AM. Interviewed by Kellie Fuller.   
  • Artist-in-residence at Graeser Winery, Calistoga, California.​
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Image of Karen Lynn Ingalls painting en plein air at Jericho Canyon Vineyards in Calistoga, used in advertising for Arts in April by the Calistoga Chamber of Commerce and Arts Council Napa Valley.
2008  
  • Painting chosen by State Senator Pat Wiggins for her annual holiday card.
2001– present   
  • Taught classes and workshops in acrylic painting, landscape painting, abstract landscape painting, drawing and sketching, block printing, collage painting, mixed media, portrait painting, relief printing, and other art forms.​
2000–present 
  • Gave art demonstrations, including demonstrations of landscape painting, block printing, and mixed media, in Carmel, Santa Rosa, Calistoga, Napa, and Sebastopol, California, to groups including Watercolor Artists of Sonoma County, Art Association Napa Valley, Artists of the Round Table (Sonoma County), St. Apollinaris School, and events including the Napa Valley Mustard Festival.​
2000   
  • Visiting Artist, Elkhorn Slough, CTB/McGraw-Hill’s Art in the Schools program, North Monterey County High School, Castroville, California.
  • Radio interview on Art After Lunch, on KAZU 90.3 FM, Pacific Grove, California. Interviewed by John McNally, November 20, 2000.

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