RESUME
Grants and Awards
2023 Excellence in Printmaking, Made in the U.S.A., TAG Gallery
2020 Protection of Voting Rights Award, The Reece Museum and Fl3tch3r Exhibit, Eastern Tennessee State University, TN
2019 Not Real Art Grant, Los Angeles, CA
Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, NJ
2018 Beautification and Public Art Grant, Flagstaff City Council, Flagstaff, AZ
2016-17 Pollination Project Impact Grant, Berkeley, CA
2015 Pollination Project Grant, Berkeley, CA
LUSH Charity Pot Grant, Los Angeles, CA
A Well Fed World Grant, Washington, DC
2005 Puffin Foundation Grant, Teaneck, NJ
2004 Change, Inc. Grant, Captiva, FL (Founder: Robert Rauschenberg)
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Morgan Fischer, “New anti-Trump billboard goes up on Grand Avenue”, July 4, 2025: https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts-culture/downtown-phoenix-gets-new-swamp-king-trump-billboard-on-grand-avenue-22056888/
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025. Reclaiming Narratives: Herstory and Sacred Beings, The Artists Gallery (TAG), Los Angeles
2024 Sign Language, The Artists Gallery (TAG), Los Angeles, CA
2023 Wabi-Sabi: Embracing Imperfection, The Artists Gallery (TAG), Los Angeles, CA
2022 Karen Fiorito: Political Animal, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Sacred Beings, SOS Gallery, Venice, CA
2010 Buddha Cat, Urban Sanctuary, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Karen Fiorito: Recent Work, Cafe Novel, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Lil’ Fury: The Art of Propaganda, Studio Lodo, Phoenix, AZ
Lil’ Fury: Agitprop and Culture Jams, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2001 Amassed Media, The Photography Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999 [Dis] Figure, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995 The Phoenix, 1521 Cafe Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Self/Not Selfie, Golden West College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
At The Threshold, Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC), Venice CA
Metamorphosis: Mending the Wound, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA
13th Biennial, Ontario Open Art Exhibition, Ontario Museum of Arts and Culture, Ontario, CA
Expanding the Field: New Ideas In and Beyond Print, Triton Museum Art, Santa Clara, CA
111th Annual Membership Exhibition: California Society of Printmakers, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA
2024 A Woman’s Voice in a Pivotal Time, The Los Angeles Makery, Los Angeles, CA (juried by Kim Abeles)
Made in the U.S.A., TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (juried by Edward Goldman)
At The Threshold (in an election year), University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Monovariations, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Material Recovery, Angels’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Nature’s Way: Biomimicry in Art and Design, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
Indivisible 2024, The Artists’ Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
Impressions, The Los Angeles Makery, Los Angeles, CA
LA to LB: Selections from the Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Munzon Gallery, Long Beach, CA
110th Annual Membership Exhibition: California Society of Printmakers, Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
Presidential Rogues: Satirical Posters from the 1950’s to the Present, Mercado la Paloma, Los Angeles, CA
2023 The 109th California Society of Printmakers Annual Membership Exhibition, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont, CA
Absurdity: In Dada We Trust, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Between Us and the Trees, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
We the People: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Ontario Museum of Art, Ontario, CA
Blue on Blue, The ARTery, Costa Mesa, CA
New Work Showcase, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Human Form, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Masked Persona, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Our Fragile Planet, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Imaginary Dwellings, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
Taking it to the Next Degree, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA
All Media, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Paper Boats 2022, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, Italy
PowHer, Sugar Press Art, Los Angeles, CA
Wild Life, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild 2022 Spring Exhibition, San Diego, CA
Disruption, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Weird Science, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pretty In Pink, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Labyrinth, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Absent Referent, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Curator and Artist)
2021 Graphic Liberation! Perspectives on Image Making and Political Movements, Clifford Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Small Works, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles
Small Works Members Exhibition, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Annual Members’ Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
The 2021 FL3TCH3R Exhibit Dedicated to Protection of Voting Rights, Reece Museum, Eastern Tennessee State University, TN
The Fifth Trust, Compassion Arts Festival 2021, Online
San Diego Museum of Art Artists Guild Summer Exhibition, San Diego, CA
All About Women, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA
World on Fire, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
Deadlocked and Loaded: Disarming America, ArtRage; Point of Contact Gallery; Community Folk Art Center, Syracuse, NY
Exquisite Corpse, International Printing Museum, Carson, CA
Raining Cats and Dogs Benefit Show, Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA
2021 Women in Art, Las Laguna Art Gallery Laguna Beach, CA
Pop Culture & Trashy, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
Works of Heart 2021, Gallery 300, Santa Rosa, CA
At Home in Nature, The Art of Compassion Project, Online
Nourishing with Heart, The Art of Compassion Project, Online
2020 The Election 2020, The Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ
What Are You Voting For?, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Indivisible 2020, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Curator and Artist)
Works of Heart 2020, Gallery 300, Santa Rosa, CA
The Elephant in the Room, Indiana University, Kokomo, IN
HABITAT CALIFORNIA: Flora and Fauna, Palos Verdes Art Center, Los Angeles
ImMigration, Self Help Graphics, Los Angeles, CA
2019 From the Head and the Heart, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norfolk, CT
ImMigration, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venezia, Venice, Italy
2019 FL3TCH3R Exhibit, Reece Museum, Eastern Tennessee State University, TN
Sweet Earth/Bitter Earth, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Armistice Day, 2018, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck, NJ
Celebrating Women, Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA
Air, Water, Earth, The Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2017 Beasts of Burden, TUF Gallery, New York, NY
In Defense of Life, Blackburn 20/20 Studio, New York, NY
PRESS ON! Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
2016 Crazy Cat Ladies, The Animal Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Animal Justice: The Exhibition, VGallery, Walsall, UK
California's Future?, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
The 7th KIWA Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum, Kyoto, Japan
2015 Politicon, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
Edges and Curves, Brick and Mortar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bunnymania, Chung King Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Makes Change, Earth We, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2013 Los Angeles Printmaking Society’s 21st National Exhibition, CSUN/California State University, The Art Galleries, Northridge, CA
Print: Democracy in Art and Life, Palos Verdes Art Center, CA
2012 Animal Portraits, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Australia
Narcolandia, Sub/Mission Arts Space, San Francisco, CA
2011 Neoteric. Umbrella Studio Contemporary Art, Townsville, Australia
Evolution Revolution: The Interconnectedness of All Beings. Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Curator and Artist)
2010 Marxist Glue. Hold Up Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Art Against Empire, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, CA
2009 The Pandemic Show, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fly with the Cage, Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
Paper Politics, Ghostprint Gallery, Richmond, VA
Feminine, Phantom Galleries, Santa Monica, CA (Co-Curator and Artist)
MasterPeaces: High Art for Higher Purpose, Da Vinci Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 My Father’s Party is Busted! BC Space, Laguna Beach, CA
Reclaiming the “F” Word: Posters on International Feminisms, CSUN Art Galleries, Northridge, CA
2007 Living Room: Conscious Art and Design, Metro Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
From L.A. with Love, Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Propaganda III, START SOMA, San Francisco, CA
Painting with Fire, Central CT University, New Britain, CT
2006 Art for Change: A Peace Campaign, Winnebago Studios, Madison, WI
American Democracy Project: Raise Your Voice! Central Missouri State University, MO
Contemporary American Radical Political Poster Art, MoMo Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Prison Nation. Watts Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Pressing Issues. Hemicycle Gallery, The Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
Paper Politics (West), Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
2004 Post Gen’s Stop the War Tour, Black Market, Long Beach, CA
Peace Signs, Chisholm Gallery, New York, NY
SelEctions, Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery, Art Center of Design, Pasadena, CA
2003 Say Something: The Art of Politics, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Stitches of War, Anthropology Museum, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Nathan Cummings Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe
2002 ABBA Members Show, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Screen Stars, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
ABBA: A Bunch of Book Artists, Phoenix Public Library. Phoenix, AZ
2001 Printed Matter, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Sun Works: Contemporary Alternative Photography, The Art Institute of Boston
2000 Now in Real Time, Nexus Gallery and Foundation for the Arts. Philadelphia, PA
1999 Gritty City, The Irvin and Laurie Borowsky Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Volunteer Layers for the Arts 20th Anniversary Silent Auction and Gala, The Packard Building, Philadelphia, PA
1998 New Member’s Show, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Artist Craft, Chester Springs Center for the Visual Arts, Chester Springs, PA
Identity, The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
Non-Silver: Printing with Light, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Paper Prayers, Nexus Gallery and Foundation for the Arts, Philadelphia PA
1995 Works on Paper, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
1994 In Black and White, Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
64th Juried Competition, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Pentimenti Annual Student Competition, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993 Dimensional Sculpture, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Education
2004 M.F.A., Printmaking, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
1993 B.F.A., Printmaking, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA