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°COLLECTIONS/ Institutions, Galleries, Individuals
Maggie Hayden private collection, Pasadena, CA; Sara Hurley, private collection, Pasadena, CA; Neal Smith, Art and Antiques; Bank of Houston via Carol Lowenstein Gallery Houston, TX; Charles Campbell, Charles Campbell Callery, San Francisco, CA (currently Thiebaud Gallery); Bacardi Inc., Cortijo , Malaga, Spain; City of Riodoso, New Mexico; Boiron Pharmaceutical, 2 pieces; 1 commission Lyon, France; Juan Carlos Blanca, Cosmetic surgeon Malaga, Spain; Archetypos, (Mercurial Path) Quito, Ecuador; C.G. Jung Foundation, Denver; Gretchen Bunn, private collection, Denver, CO °private collections regionally, nationally & Internationally.
Exhibiting
2021 - Exhibit “Wild, Wild” Rhino Art District, Denver, CO
2020 - Participant in “Off the Walls” street art off the walls and available for purchase Artaos Gallery, Denver
2020 - March Three person exhibit with Michael Dowling and Annie DeCamp, Lakewood, Colorado
2020 - RO Gallery, Boulder, Colorado show “Strange Times” exhibit on COVID theme
2020 - July Artists’ Studios building William Thach Studios opened for studio rental, 2820 and 2822 East 17th Avenue
2019 - November solo exhibit “The Edge of Dystopia” Denver, Colorado
2019 - Summer Art Market - Art Students League Denver
2019 - Pink Palace Exhibit, “Green” exhibit, “Portraits “ exhibit, Solo exhibit “ The Ides of Dystopia”
2018 - Next Gallery PinkPalace Exhibit, Solo exhibit “See No Evil”
2017 - Next Gallery Holiday Exhibit, Pink Palace
2012 - Denver Alliance Francais “Alchemy of Art” and introduced guest-artist/author Claudine Jeanrenaud, psychologist and teacher, Quito, Ecuador Invited to show
2012 - Holiday show and sale, Denver Highlands, Casa Quivas
2011 - Art and Alchemy Archetypos Art and Dream Center Invited to show
2011 - Karen Kaiser Artist, Colorado City, Archetypos Art and Dream Study Center Invited to show
Solo EXHIBITS, Pre-Millennial (*press & Magazine)
1995- Summer Exhibit, Leadville, Colorado - Tabor Grand Hotel (*Leadville Herald Democrat)
1988- Two-person show with artist/mentor Robert Harvey, Bacardi Corporation Cortijo Gallery, Malaga, Spain - 15 pieces oils and acrylics (*Mediterranean Magazine) Invited to show
1986- Riodoso, New Mexico invitational (*Art News, Riodoso) Invited to show
1984- "Un Viaje Magico" Project of paintings/illustrations for bi-lingual children's book with KT Tartakoff, first step towards Ms. Tartakoff's formation of "The Children’s Legacy" for children with life threatening illness. Poster and illustration.
1984- Denver Petroleum Club, curated by Sandra Wilson, Sandra Wilson Fine Art 1983 "Kaiser-Nossaman" solo show, Washington street studio, "Flowers, Fantasies,Dreams”.
1983- Studio Galleries "Gardens of the Mind” Jungian theme
1981- Fort Lewis College, invitational show, one woman show "Flowers, Fantasies and Dreams” Invitation-Professor of Fine Art and Philosophy Stanton Engelhart. (*Durango Herald) Invited to show
1979- Frame of Mind Gallery, one woman show various media Invited to show
1978- Charles Campbell Gallery (now Campbell Thiebaud Gallery) San Francisco,
California invitational "Introductions '78" one-person show, commencing with gala honoring invited artists at Oakland Art Museum. (*Artspeak Magazine) Invited to show
1977- Kenn Bunn Studio, Denver, Colorado, first major one-woman show hosted, Ken and Gretchen Bunn (*Rocky Mt. News & Denver Post)Group EXHIBITS
Group EXHIBITS
2019 - Community Gallery, Next Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2018 - Community Gallery, Next Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2017 - Holiday Exhibit, Next Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2016 - Participated in Mask Project to benefit Hospice of Denver Mask created for actor Robert Redford
2014 - Participated in Mask Project to benefit Hospice of Denver
2007 - Chosen, Curated Museum Show California Center for the Arts Invited to show, five artists
1997 - October Art on Colfax Fashion show, designed six pieces including wedding gown for grand finale, Bluebird Theater Denver Invited to show
1996 - May, Art on Colfax group show, Oil paintings, ”Caged" brooches in shadow boxes & jewelry
1988 - Macharaviaya, Malaga, Spain, village show, three artists
1986 - Studio Gallery II, Denver
1986 - Crystal Pavilion Gala, New York City 6 pieces Mussavi Art Center, New York City
1985 - Mussavi Art Center, New York City group exhibit.
1982 - Maxim's of Greeley Invited to show
1980 - Erotica at Mammoth Gardens (*Walking Distance News) Invited to show
1978 - Gilmore Art Center group Christmas show
1978 - Jim Robischon, Blue Door Too, group humor show
Commissions & Projects
2020/22 - Project with family to create artist studios and gallery. 2820/2822 East 17th Avenue/City Park South
2017 - Denver, summer 2017 completed two commissions, painting & shadow-box, fish theme
2014 - Book design, composition The Silenced Needle
2013 - Completed commissioned painting 6 x 7 acrylic and oil, mixed media theme “urban” Los Angeles, CA
2012 - Cover and inside art/illustration Goddess Speak, Art in the Underworld vol. 1
1994 - "Iris" botanical painting commission for Boiron Laboratories, Lyon, France
1990 - Completion of design work on physical building for C.G. Jung Foundation 1989 - Commissioned 9 x 12 foot mural of symbolic figures/C.G. Jung Foundation, including various murals in art therapy and dream work studio
1988 - Painting chosen, Bacardi Corporate Collection, Malaga, Spain
1987 - Casa Cultural, Macharaviaya, Malaga, Spain three person show (*Mediterranean Magazine)
1987 - 88 Paintings decorated new restaurant/bar Malaga, Spain Arriba, Baja
1984 - "Mystery Flights" Carol Lowenstern Gallery, Houston, Texas, one-woman show
1984 - Iris watercolor purchase Texas Commerce Bank collection Houston, Texas*
1983 - "Kaiser-Nossaman" solo show, Washington street studio, "Flowers, Fantasies, Dreams”.
1979 - Frame of Mind Gallery, one woman show, various media
1978 - Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies, five-woman show "Five Women”
1977 - Carson & Levin Gallery five-women show, "Five Women”
1977 - "Art on the Grasslands" invitational, Wright Ingraham Institute benefit
Media Recognition
1998 - July, Contributing writer for Walking Distance Newspaper "Interpreting Dreams"
1997 - December, The Creative Life, Messages from the Unconscious"
1997 - October, "Dream as Pathfinder."
1991 - 1993 - Various articles on Jungian art therapy projects, JATT newsletter
1986 - National Center for Homeopathy meeting posters
1985 - Illustrated Children's book A Magical Journey and did accompanying poster
1985 - American Homeopathy Magazine - cover
1984 - Houston Symphony Orchestra Magazine - cover
1979 - BRAVO - Denver Symphony Magazine cover
1995 - February, Leadville Herald Democrat "Leadville Native Artist"
1985 - Spree "Stuff of Dreams" Art section review San Francisco
1987- Mediterranean Magazine "Two Artists"
1985 - ArtSpeak, New York review
1982 - Denver Post "Working at Home"
1981- Durango Herald "Now" section "Kaiser-Nossaman's paintings are really windows into her unconscious self"
1979 - American Artist Magazine - Review "Patterns in the Life Cycle: The Art of Karen (Kaiser) Nossaman"
1978 - Promoting and Selling your Art, by Carole Katchen. Chapter on "Having an Exhibition”.
1978 - Artweek, review by Peter Patton "Of Emotion and Identity”
1977 - Denver Post, March by James Mills "Nossaman Uses Amaryllis to Record Drama of Birth, Life, Death”
1977 - Rocky Mt. News by Marjorie Barrett (Arts Now) "Artist's First One-Woman Show Stimulating”
1977 - Denver Post, November, James Mills Review “Must-see Exhibit”
Education & Independent study
2003 - Graduated from Union Institute and University, BA Psycho-Spiritual Studies and Fine Arts.
2002 - Conference: Creativity and Madness, Sante Fe, New Mexico.
1997/98-Completed one-year independent studies Regis University Without Walls program emphasis on art, homeopathy and Jungian studies
1994 - Certificate from C.G. Jung Foundation of Colorado in Jungian Art Therapy
1994 - Mentored Japanese exchange student, Himi Minagawa 3 months
1992 - Certificate from Jung Association of Therapists and Teachers as certified Jungian Therapist specializing in Jungian dream work.
1991 - Completion of two-year course of study in Fundamentals of Jungian Psychology, covering Jung's Collected Works and various contemporary Jungian scholars.
1984 - Art trip to Athens, Greece. attended nineteen day intensive on Classical Homeopathy by George Vithoulkas in Alonissos, Greece.
1982-86 150 hours homeopathic studies, emphasis on homeopathic remedy "types" and "typology"
1981 - 1992-Completed more than the minimum two-year’s work with Dream Analysis for Jungian work and further study programs. Dr. Gary Toub, Dr. Claudine Jeanrenaud and Dr. Jeff Raff, all directly in line with Mary Louise Von Franz and C. G. Jung (6° of Separation)
1980 - “Achievement in Art” Award Consciousness - Transcendental Meditation Center
1973 - 1983 Private study, apprenticeships, assistant positions Including”
° Judy Chicago, Portland, OR; Jon Zahourek, Len Chmiel, Buffalo Kaplinski, Charles Reid, Denver, CO; Stanton Englehart, Durango, CO; Robert Harvey, Malaga, Spain; Claudine Jeanrenaud and various group workshops
° Attended classes at: Otero Jr. College, (Marjorie Bevlin); University of Denver, (Vance Kirkland); Loretto Heights, University of Colorado, Denver, and two non-consecutive years at, Colorado Institute of Art. Graduated Union Institute and University.
Passion for…
Study of Alchemy as it relates to art, psychology and symbols
Life Myth" mapping and personal study and project/home-studio environment which includes writing, building, artwork and self-study - ongoing
Rummaging in flea markets, thrift store, and junk yards
Collecting books of all subjects, mostly non-fiction and vintage including metaphysics and noetic science.
Cooking
Wildlife observation, earth stewardship and conservation
Ongoing interest in the field of Noetic Sciences and Metaphysics
Designing and building furniture, environments, home remodel and decorating including murals
Various commissioned pieces including home and environment creative projects
Sewing, fabric construction and design
addendum
“Nossaman” is a former married name that will be present throughout Kaiser is my maiden name
PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES During Sabbaticals
2022 - Co-Designed and added new bath Leadville, Colorado
2015 - California project to remodel guest house “Casita” and build separate art studio
2014 - Started “Cosmic Egg” projects, assemblage, Jewelry, started taking down Denver City Park art studio because of building sale.
2014 - Wrote and designed 75 page book The Silenced Needle with Quilt Exhibit for friend and mother of my step-children Cynthia Cornell who passed away from ALS
2014 - Produced Quilt Exhibit - Denver Cynthia Cornell Wildfong, Fiber Artist
2014 - Completed commissioned painting 6’ x 7’ acrylic and oil, theme “urban” (Los Angeles)
2014 - Various creative projects in multi-media
2012 -13 Book design project 2 years with Dr. Jeanrenaud Goddess Speak, Art in the Underworld, Edition I (QuarkXpress) There is now a second edition and one in Spanish, produced in Ecuador based on original design.
2007/10- 2 year Personal exploration, art and dream studies, began California studio and home, interior design, restoration work on Leadville home.
2006 - Sabbatical to explore new ideas and art forms in San Diego/North County California. Beginning of assemblage and collage work
2003 - Completed studies and BA in arts and psycho-spiritual studies, Union Institute and University. Final senior project The “Artist Archetype”
2000 - With partner purchased second home, Escondido, California. Began University Studies for BA/ winter home in Southern California on old avocado farm and began with the birth of first grandson the life of a charmed grandmother. Cared for ailing Mother until her death in 2011.
1997 - Co-Designed and built dream kitchen for client/friends, including “curiosity art cabinet” Portola Valley, California (San Francisco area)
1997 - Co-Designed and added bath Leadville, Colorado
1997 - Designed floral/decor for wedding, Pavilion at city park Denver
1996 - Did all florals for wedding, including Mother of the Bride and Bride’s dress
1995 -1st WeddingPavilion City Park Denver after remodel I designed and made over 30 pieces of wedding apparel, including wedding gown, flower girl, 12 groomsmen vests & ties, and brides’-maids dress mother of the bride dress ,…six months
1995 - Did all florals/decor for wedding at Pavilion City Park Denver
1993-2011 - With sister, Vera, purchased new family home and began sharing taking care of Mother after Father’s death.
Student-WORK/PROJECTS/Art Therapy
1994 - Three years facilitated in the development of the CG Jung Foundation for the Study of Depth Psychology. Worked as group discussion leader and art therapist, taught beginning students, Jungian studies. Independent work with women with creative/family and life issues
1989 - 1990 Light box studio work with groups of Jungian students
1989 - Summer workshop with "troubled" teen group from special school; light box painting, journaling and dream work.
1986 - 1989 Jungian dream-work with female clients with creative issues.