KEN KARLIC
b. Chicago IL
Works and lives in Bel Air MD
EDUCATION
1986 BFA / University of Illinois / Urbana-Champaign IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Ken Karlic / Church Street Gallery / West Chester PA
2024 Crary Art Gallery and Museum / Warren PA
2022 Ken Karlic / Transformations / Church Street Gallery / West Chester PA
2019 F.A.N. Gallery / Philadelphia PA
2018 Sophisticated Chaos / Merion Gallery / Saint Joseph’s University / Philadelphia PA
2017 Watercolors Expressions / McBride Gallery / Annapolis MD
2017 Representational Ambiguity / Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts / Annapolis MD
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 All Things Great and Small / McBride Galllery / Annapolis MD
2021 Ken Karlic, Patrick Lee / Y:ART Gallery / Baltimore MD
2019 National Watercolor Society / Juror Kelly Kane / Oceanside Museum of Art / Oceanside CA
2019 Spring Juried Exhibition / Juror Stuart Shils / Wayne Art Center / Wayne PA
2019 Ken Karlic, Edmond Praybe and Christopher Koch / Y:ART Gallery / Baltimore MD
2018 The Edge / Ken Karlic and Charles Newman / Duke Gallery / Wallingford Art Center / Wallingford PA
2018 En Plein Air Invitational / South Street Art Gallery / Easton MD
2018 Disruption / InLiquid / Philadelphia PA
2018 Summer Show / F.A.N. Gallery / Philadelphia PA
2018 Summer Show / Red Raven Art Company / Lancaster PA
2017 Urban + Rural / Gallery 222 / Malvern PA
2017 Grit / Red Raven Art Company / Lancaster PA
2017 117th International Works on Paper / Philadelphia Watercolor Society / Wallingford PA
2017 Eclectic Mingle / Y:ART Gallery / Baltimore MD
2017 Watercolors: Making Waves / McBride Gallery / Annapolis MD
2017 En Plein Air Invitational / South Street Art Gallery / Easton MD
2017 The Landscape Show / Y:ART Gallery / Baltimore MD
2016 Cityscape / The Peale Museum / Baltimore MD
2016 Ninth Annual Best of the Chesapeake / McBride Gallery / Annapolis MD
2016 Mid-Atlantic Exhibition / Baltimore Watercolor Society / BlackRock Center for the Arts / Germantown MD
2016 Rich Timmons Fine Art Gallery / Doylestown PA
2016 Seventh Annual Juried Art Show / New Hope Art League / New Hope PA
2016 Best of 2015 / Crystal Moll Gallery / Baltimore MD
2015 Cityscape / Crystal Moll Gallery / Baltimore MD
2015 Cityscape 2015 / Peale Center / Baltimore MD
2015 Philadelphia Cityscape / Wayne Art Center / Wayne PA
2015 Third Annual Summer Plein Air Show / Crystal Moll Gallery / Baltimore MD
2015 Mid-Atlantic Exhibition / Baltimore Watercolor Society / BlackRock Center for the Arts / Germantown MD
SELECTED JURIED PLEIN AIR EVENTS
Plein Air Easton / Avalon Foundation / Easton MD / 2021, 2018
Cape Ann Plein Air Festival / Rockport MA / 2023, 2018, 2017
Paint Annapolis / Maryland Federation for the Arts / Annapolis MD / 2023, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2010
Door County Invitational Plein Air Festival / Penninsula School for the Arts / Door County WI / 2017
Solomon’s Island Plein Air Festival / Carmen’s Gallery / Solomon’s Island MD / 2016, 2012
Buck’s County Plein Air Festival / Newtown PA / 2016
Richmond Plein Air Festival / Brazier Gallery / Richmond VA / 2016
Wayne Plein Air Festival / Wayne Art Center / Wayne PA / 2022, 2015, 2013, 2012
SELECTED AWARDS
2022 Gallerist Award / Paint Annapolis Plein Air Festival / Annapolis MD
2018 Third Place / Paint Annapolis Plein Air Festival / Annapolis MD
2018 First Place / Best of Chesapeake / Paint Annapolis Plein Air Festival / Annapolis MD
2017 Best Representational Landscape / 117th International Works on Paper / Philadelphia Watercolor Society
2017 Best in Category / Naval Academy Painting / Paint Annapolis / Annapolis MD
2017 Third Place / Best of Chesapeake Bay / Paint Annapolis / Annapolis MD
2017 Third Place / Dueling Brushes / Paint Annapolis / Annapolis MD
2016 Best Watercolor / Cityscape 2016 / Baltimore MD
2016 Best in Show / Seventh Annual Juried Art Show / New Hope Art League / New Hope PA
2016 Best in Category / Naval Academy / Paint Annapolis / Annapolis MD
2016 Honorable Mention / Buck’s County Plein Air / Buck’s County PA
2016 Salis Award / Baltimore Watercolor Society / 131st Annual Mid-Atlantic Exhibition
2015 Salis Award / Baltimore Watercolor Society / 130th Annual Mid-Atlantic Exhibition
2012 Second Place / Quick Draw / Paint the Town Plein Air Festival / Cranford NJ
2011 Honorable Mention / Plein Air Painters / Norfolk VA
2011 Second Place / Paint the Town Plein Air Festival / Cranford NJ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Karlic, Ken / Sophisticated Chaos / PleinAir Magazine / December/January 2022
2021 Kane, Kelly / More Than One Way to Watercolor / Six Artists Showcase the Diversity of Styles and Techniques Possible En Plein Air / PleinAir Magazine / July 2021
2019 MPT Artworks / Pop-Up Exhibit / Episode 723 / Airdate March 15 2019
2018 Kane, Kelly / “7 Painting Imbued with Mystery” / Outdoor Painter / December 26 2018
2018 “Meet Ken Karlic” / Voyage Chicago / June 26 2018
2018 Haas, Cherie Dawn / “Familiar Images That Dissolve into Abstraction” / Fine Art Today / March 26 2018
2017 Webster, Andrew / “Step-by-Step with Ken Karlic’s Sophisticated Chaos” / Plein Air Today / December 6 2017
2017 Webster, Andrew / “Featured Artwork: Ken Karlic” / Plein Air Today / December 1 2017
2017 Karlic, Ken / “Sophisticated Chaos with DANIEL SMITH Watercolors, Step by Step Painting Large Scale” / Daniel Smith Watercolors / November 8 2017
2017 Doherty, M. Stephen / “A Sense of Urgency” / PleinAir Magazine / October/November 2017
2017 Blain, Elodie / “Revelations Section on Noteworthy Artists” / The Art of Watercolour / September 2017
2017 “Featured Artist,” / Daniel Smith Watercolors
2015 Webster, Andrew / “Careful, Then Controlled Chaos” / PleinAir Today / July 15 2015
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Blue Heron Gallery / Wellfleet MA
Folly Cove Art Gallery / Rockport MA
McBride Gallery / Annapolis MD
Trippe Gallery / Easton MD
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023 Instructor / Penn Studio School of Art / Philadelphia PA
2022. Instructor / Winslow Art Center / Bainbridge Island WA
2010–22 Partner / Splice Design Group / Baltimore MD
2018–19 Professor / St. Joseph’s University / Philadelphia PA
2016–18 Instructor / Chesapeake Fine Art Studio / Stevensville MD