MARY JO KARIMNIA CURRICULUM VITAE
b 1963, Detroit, Mi
Lives and works in Memphis, TN
EXHIBITIONS
2023
CHAOS 9, RO2, Dallas, TX
Studiohouse Openhouse, Studiohouse on Malvern, Memphis, TN
2022
Wide Open, Studiohouse on Malvern, Memphis, TN
CHAOS 8, RO2, Gallery, Dallas, TX
Choice, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
2020
Memphis Art + Design show – 3rdSpace – billboard – Memphis, TN
2019
CHAOS 7, RO2, Gallery, Dallas, TX
Negative Space, curated by Aubree Penney, Memphis, TN
Crush (solo) bartop exhibition at Art Bar, Memphis, TN
Stitched, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2018
Female Form Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN
CHAOS RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
Studio Exchange: Memphis Opening, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
The Women of RO2, RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
Art/Race/Violence: a Collaborative Response (group) Curated by Earnestine Jenkins and Richard Lou, collaboration with Jamin Carter pieces titled American Heritage Lotto, Postcard Perfect and Like Sally
2017
Cups are Emotion (solo) RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX with workshop and talk Potluck, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
Nasty Show, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
2016
A Bad Question a collaborative exhibition by the tART collective and the Smokey Mountain School of Art on-line and in Atlanta, GA
Fold (solo museum show) Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
CHAOS 2016, RO2, Gallery, Dallas, TX
Six Points, wiith Mary K VanGieson, Kerri Dugan, Paula Kovarik, Jennifer Sargent and Carrol McTyre
Planet Nine: Displacement, curated by Eric C, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
Assembled, curated by Lester Merriweather, ArtsMemphis in Memphis, TN
2015
CHAOS 2015 (group) RO2 Gallery in Dallas, TX
Mary Jo Karimnia (solo) Blanco, La Paz, Bolivia
Untitled, Blanco Gallery, La Paz, Bolivia
Free Alterations (solo) Memphis, TN
Curating/Organizing
2023 Echoes of Home: Memory and Belonging, Yangbin Park at Porch Gallery Window, Memphis, TN
2016 Belongings II: Repurposed at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2016 Hereabouts with Linda Pelts at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2015 Belongings at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2015 you + me at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2014 Unchained II at Rozelle Warehouse, Memphis, TN
2013 Unchained: a Memphis Chain Letter Exhibition at Rozelle Warehouse, Memphis, TN
Lives and works in Memphis, TN
EXHIBITIONS
2023
CHAOS 9, RO2, Dallas, TX
Studiohouse Openhouse, Studiohouse on Malvern, Memphis, TN
2022
Wide Open, Studiohouse on Malvern, Memphis, TN
CHAOS 8, RO2, Gallery, Dallas, TX
Choice, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
2020
Memphis Art + Design show – 3rdSpace – billboard – Memphis, TN
2019
CHAOS 7, RO2, Gallery, Dallas, TX
Negative Space, curated by Aubree Penney, Memphis, TN
Crush (solo) bartop exhibition at Art Bar, Memphis, TN
Stitched, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2018
Female Form Jay Etkin Gallery, Memphis, TN
CHAOS RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
Studio Exchange: Memphis Opening, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
The Women of RO2, RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX
Art/Race/Violence: a Collaborative Response (group) Curated by Earnestine Jenkins and Richard Lou, collaboration with Jamin Carter pieces titled American Heritage Lotto, Postcard Perfect and Like Sally
2017
Cups are Emotion (solo) RO2 Gallery, Dallas, TX with workshop and talk Potluck, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
Nasty Show, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
2016
A Bad Question a collaborative exhibition by the tART collective and the Smokey Mountain School of Art on-line and in Atlanta, GA
Fold (solo museum show) Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
CHAOS 2016, RO2, Gallery, Dallas, TX
Six Points, wiith Mary K VanGieson, Kerri Dugan, Paula Kovarik, Jennifer Sargent and Carrol McTyre
Planet Nine: Displacement, curated by Eric C, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
Assembled, curated by Lester Merriweather, ArtsMemphis in Memphis, TN
2015
CHAOS 2015 (group) RO2 Gallery in Dallas, TX
Mary Jo Karimnia (solo) Blanco, La Paz, Bolivia
Untitled, Blanco Gallery, La Paz, Bolivia
Free Alterations (solo) Memphis, TN
Curating/Organizing
2023 Echoes of Home: Memory and Belonging, Yangbin Park at Porch Gallery Window, Memphis, TN
2016 Belongings II: Repurposed at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2016 Hereabouts with Linda Pelts at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2015 Belongings at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2015 you + me at Crosstown Arts, Memphis, TN
2014 Unchained II at Rozelle Warehouse, Memphis, TN
2013 Unchained: a Memphis Chain Letter Exhibition at Rozelle Warehouse, Memphis, TN
