Karen Jiang
Lives and works in London
Education
2015/19
Bachelor of Fine Arts Industrial Design, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, USA
Certificate/Educational Experiences
2021
2019
2017
Harvard Division of Continuing Education, East Asian Religions: Traditions and Transformations (with Professor James Robson), Boston, USA
Koho Yamamoto, Sumie Painting and History course, New York, USA
Brown University Selected Course Work: Literature and Medicine; The City: An Introduction to Urban Studies; Introduction and Seminar in Music Composition courses and Independent Study (Composition studies with Eric Nathan, Wang Lu, and Shawn Jaeger), Providence, USA
RISD Foundation Studies, Teacher’s Assistant for Gwen Strahle (Drawing), Providence, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2022
Within a Cosmos, 3331 Arts Chiyoda [AIR 3331], Tokyo, Japan
In Between Stillness and Light, Studio Kura Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
2019
2017
2016
Hazy Horizons, Noho Showrooms, London, UK
RCA Painting Postgraduate Degree Show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
GEISAI #21, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
NES Exhibition, Skagastrond, Iceland
Memory, BEB Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA
Triennial Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA
Grants/Residencies
2022
2019
Mass Cultural Council Grant, Boston, USA
Nohga X AIR3331, Tokyo, Japan
Studio Kura, Fukuoka, Japan
NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
Artist Talks
2023
Artist Talk: Karen Jiang, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, USA
Selected Performances
2018
2017
Eau, for clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano (3’), Premiered by Verdant Vibes, Orwig Music Building, Brown University, Providence, USA
#228, for soprano and piano (2’), Premiered by Fred Jody, organist, and Pauline Lim, soprano. First Unitarian Church, Providence, USA
Dans la vallée, for solo piano (5’), Premiered by Wang Lu, pianist, Grant Recital Hall, Brown University, Providence, USA
Public Collections