Karen Schoenitz (Steinhagen)
Education
2006, M.S. Arts Administration, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
1998, BFA. 2-D Fine Arts (Painting and Drawing) Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
Upcoming Exhibitions
Wax Currents: Fusing Tradition and Innovation, presented by International Encaustic Artists, Woodstock School of Art, NY, October 10 - December 12
Opening: Saturday, October 10, 2 - 4 pm
Dangerous Women III, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, October 23 - January 10
Opening: Friday, October 24, 3-7 pm
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Intuitive Nature, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
Two-Person Exhibitions
2023 Aloha Crossroads, DC Gallery & Studio, Millville, NJ
2022 Color Play Times Two, Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center organized by West Windsor Arts, Plainsboro, NJ
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Ellarslie Open 43, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, Trenton, NJ
Works on Paper, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA, online exhibition
Collage!, Roosevelt Arts Project, Roosevelt, NJ
2025
Inspire. Transform. Connect. Artists Invitational Show, Montgomery Guide of Professional Artists, King of Prussia, PA
161st Small Oils Show, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
Member Show & Princeton Sketchbook Club, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
Member Show: Your Visual Story & Gr8 Art Show, West Windsor Arts, West Windsor
2024
Juried Alumni Biennial, The Galleries at Moore, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
Mercer County Artists, The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
Drawings & Found Objects, Roosevelt Arts Project, Roosevelt, NJ
10 x 10 and Member Show, Artworks, Trenton, NJ
2023
Small Works Show, Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, NJ
Mercer County Artists, The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
2nd Annual Juried Show, Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, NJ
Artists Melt, Suburban Frontier, Ewing, NJ
2022
Member Show & Princeton Sketchbook Club, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
Member Show: Horizon, West Windsor Arts, West Windsor, NJ
2021
Hobart: Art in the Native Landscape, Frenchtown, NJ
Mercer County Artists, The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ -- Purchase Award
10 x 10 & Art All Night, Artworks, Trenton, NJ
Member Show: Harmony, West Windsor Arts, West Windsor, NJ
Member Show, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ
2020
Ellarslie-Not-Quite-Open, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, NJ, online exhibition
Member Show, Healing, West Windsor Arts, West Windsor, NJ
2010 - 2019
2019 Off the Wall, West Windsor Arts, West Windsor, NJ
2018 Member Show, Abstraction, West Windsor Arts, West Windsor, NJ
2017 & 2014 10 x 10 & Art All Night, Artworks, Trenton, NJ
2012 The Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library
2011 Tete-a-tete Alumnae Small Works, Moore College of Art 7 Design, Philadelphia, PA
2011 10 x 10 & Art All Night, Artworks, Trenton, NJ
2011 Off the Wall, West Windsor Arts, West Windsor, NJ
2010 Words in Art, Roosevelt Asfia Space, Roosevelt, NJ
1997-1998
Senior Thesis & Junior Fellowship Exhibitions, Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA
Arts Leadership Service
2009-2017
West Windsor Arts, West Windsor, NJ
Volunteer (2009-2011); Board Member (2011-2017)
Roles held: Vice President, Exhibitions, Strategic Planning (co-chair), Board Governance (Chair) Committees
Awards
2021 Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission Purchase Award
Collections
Mercer County Cultural & Heritage Commission
Arts Council of Princeton Sketchbook Library
Several Private Collections
Professional Development
R&F Brown Pink Studio- Independent Studio Intensive, 2026, Kingston, NY
Peter's Valley School of Craft- Encaustic Pattern & Line, 2019; Cyanotype & Encaustic Fusion, 2025, Sandyston Twp, NJ
Oil & Cold Wax Painting Workshop-2021, Virtual
Professional Background
Nonprofit Fund Development