Exhibitions
Selected Shows, Events & Exhibitions
2022
. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC. This Present Moment.
. Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC. Intersections in American Art.
. Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee. Currents: Women Artists from the KMA Collection.
, Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Murano, Italy. Glasstress: State of Mind.
. Millesgården Museum, Stockhom, Sweden. Glasstress Millesgården.
2021
. Hermitage State Museum, Saint Petersburg (RU). Glasstress Window to the Future.
. Barry Art Museum, Norfolk, VA. Théâtre de la Mode.
. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA. Clear as Crystal.
. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky. Collecting — A Love Story.
. Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI. Playful/Pensive: Contemporary Artists and Contemporary Issues.
2020
. MOCA Jacksonville, Florida. Romancing the Mirror.
. Art District, Pietrasanta, Italy. Reality Bites. Art Produces Reality
. Fondazione Berengo, Murano, Italy. UNBREAKABLE.
. Brunnier Art Museum, Ames, IA. Contemplate Japan.
2019
. Glasstress at the 58th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy.
. Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida. Floating World
. Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ. Divergent Materiality: Contemporary Glass Art.
2018
. Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN. Embodied Beauty. Solo exhibition.
. Kampa Museum, Prague, CZ. Clothed in Light. Solo exhibition.
2017
. Palazzo Franchetti Fondazione Berengo at the 57th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy. Glasstress.
. Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI. Floating World. Solo exhibition.
. Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw, MI. Floating World. Solo exhibition.
. Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ. Dress Matters: Clothing as Metaphor.
. Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC. Fired Up: Women in Glass
2016
. Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery, Washington DC. Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery.
. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. Glass for the New Millennium, Masterworks from the Kaplan-Ostergaard Collection.
. Alexander Tutsek Foundation for Arts + Science, Munich, Germany. Life is a Beach: Contemporary Art by International Artists.
. North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina. Semi-Reclining Dress Impression with Drapery.
2015
. Inaugural Exhibition. Toyama Glass Art Museum (富山市ガラス美術館), Toyama, Japan.
. Floating World. Museum of West Bohemia (Západočeské muzeum v Plzni), Pilsen, Czech Republic. Solo exhibition.
2014
. Ukiyo, Chicago - Presented by Austin Art Projects; Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
. Dayton Celebrates Glass; Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio
. Glass Today: 21st Century Innovations; New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, Connecticut
. Facets of Modern and Contemporary Glass; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
2013
. Ukiyo: Sorrowful World - Presented by Austin Art Projects; Elliot Bay Bookstore on Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington
. Ukiyo: Sorrowful World Solo; Austin Art Projects, Palm Desert, California
. TRANSPARENCIES: Contemporary Art and A History of Glass; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, Iowa
2012
. Fusion [A New Century of Glass]; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
. Spark and Flame: 50 Years of Art Glass and the University of Wisconsin–Madison; Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
2011
. Art Encounters Preservation; Wentworth-Coolidge State Historic Site, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
. Kimono: Karen LaMonte and Prints of the Floating World; New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
. Floating World; Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, California
2010
. Réflexions Féminines; Musée-Atelier départemental du Verre, Sars-Poteries, France
. Drapery Abstractions; Heller Gallery, New York City, New York
. ARTrageous; Smithsonian American Art Museum's Annual Gala honoree and artist talk, Washington, D,C.
2009
. Art of Glass 2: Contemporary Glass Among the Classics; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
2008
. Hot Color, Cool Glass; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
. US Art in Embassies - Contemporary Art by American Women; US Embassy, Belgrade, Serbia
. Karen LaMonte Sculptures Solo Exhibition; Glasmuseum Hentrich, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
. Flux: Reflections on Contemporary Glass; New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007
. Shattering Glass: New Perspectives; Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York
. Solo Exhibtion; Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2006
. The Face of Lost and Found Again; Alexander Tutsek Foundation, Munich, Germany
. US Art in Embassies - 21st Century Woman; US Embassy to NATO, Brussels, Belgium
2005
. Absence Adorned Solo Exhibition; Museum of Glass, International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, Washington
. The Dress Makes the Woman; Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware
. X Years of Mold Melted Glass; Moravian Gallery, Museum of Applied Arts, Brno, Czech Republic
2004
. Vanitas Solo Exhibition, Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague, Czech Republic
. Solo Exhibtion; Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, California
2003
. Corporal Identity-Body Language; Museum of Art and Design, New York City, New York and Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
. Stanze di Vetro; Camerino Municipal Salon, Camerino, Italy
. 20/20 Vision; Museum of American Glass, Millville, New Jersey
. Material in the Service of Form; Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
. Solo Exhibtion; Heller Gallery, New York City, New York
. Fashion Statement: Clothing with Content; Rye Arts Center, Westchester, New York
. Material Vision; Burlington City Arts Firehouse Center for Contemporary Art, Burlington, Vermont
. Crystal Clear, Friesen Gallery, Seattle, WA, and Sun Valley, Idaho
. View 5; Glass Society of Ireland, Waterford, Ireland
2002
. Glass Rooms; The Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation, Venice, Italy
. Human Form; The University Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
. International exhibit of Sculptural Objects & Functional Art (SOFA); Chicago, Illinois
. National Print Exhibition; SUMEI Multidisciplinary Arts Center, Newark, New Jersey
. Palm Beach Fine Art Fair; Heller Gallery, New York City, New York
. UrbanGlass at 25; Steuben Gallery, New York City, New York
2001
. Reality Check: Representational Images in Unlikely Media; Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio
. Threads of Vision: Toward a New Feminine Politics; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, Ohio
. Absent Impressions Solo Exhibition; Heller Gallery, New York City, New York
. Masters of Cast Glass; International exhibit of Sculptural Objects & Functional Art, New York City, New York
. Made in the Czech Republic; Heller Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
. Visionary Women: an Exhibition of Glass Sculpture; Bausch & Lomb Gallery, Rochester, New York City, New York
2000
. Light on Glass, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
. Who Knows Where or When: Artists Interpret Geography & Time; Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin
. Glass in Context; GlasMuseum, Fruenau, Germany
. Glass: A Celebration; Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York City, New York
. International exhibit of Sculptural Objects & Functional Art (SOFA); New York City, New York and Chicago, Illinois
. Cast Shadows; Portia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
. Icons, Idols and Archetypes; Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
. Obrazy Obrazy; Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
1999
. ¡Cálido! Contemporary Warm Glass; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
. The Magic of Venice; Qualita Fine Art, Las Vegas, Nevada
. A Gathering of Glass; Sable V Fine Art Gallery, Wimberley, Texas
1998
. VIII International Hungarian Glass Art Symposium Show; Vysegrad Fortress, Hungary
. ¡Cálido! Contemporary Warm Glass; Whatcom Museum of History & Art, Bellingham, Washington
. Dress Up! Artists Address Clothing and Self Adornment; Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin
1997
. ¡Cálido! Contemporary Warm Glass; Tucson Museum of Art, Mississippi Museum of Art, and Houston Museum of Art
. Glass Toys: Ponies, Puppets, & Sailboats Solo Exhibit; The Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
. 1997 Pilchuck Glass School Art Exhibition; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington
. UrbanGlass Faculty Show; Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1996
. Glass Art Now: Made in Brooklyn; Islip Art Museum, New York City, New York
. Toy Theater Solo Exhibit; Portia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
. International exhibit of Sculptural Objects & Functional Art (SOFA); Chicago, Illinois
1995
. Glass America: A national selection of contemporary art; Heller Gallery, New York City, New York
. Opposing Visions: AIDS Under Glass Benefit Exhibition; Belvetro Gallery, Miami, Florida
. Summer Session; Heller Gallery, New York City, New York
. Hard Water; The Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York City, New York
. East Coast Glass; University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina
. Emergents: Contemporary Glass; Hall Barnett Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana
1994
. A Night of 1,000 Drawings; Artist Space, New York City, New York
. The Newest Biennial: Ideas in Glass; Robert Lehman Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
. A New Look At Glass; Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, Connecticut
1993
. The Year of American Craft; The Sellena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York
1992
. The Pilchuck Gallery Faculty Exhibition; The Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington
. Art Designed for Living; Archetype Gallery, New York City, New York
1990
. New Glass in New Orleans; New Orleans School of Glass Works, New Orleans, Louisiana
. Cowboy Artists: Art They Couldn't Show Anywhere Else; Tastes Just Like Chicken Studios, Providence, Rhode Island
1985
. Politically Oriented Art; PS 122, New York City, New York