Karima Klasen lives and works in Stuttgart and Ludwigsburg, Germany

EDUCATION

2008
Boston University, Boston, MA_Master of Fine Arts in Painting

2006
University of Applied Sciences, Schwaebisch Hall, Germany_Bachelor of Arts in Culture Design

SOLO EXHIBITIONS & TWO PERSONS SHOWS

2012
PAPER ROOM, Collaboration with Michael Koch, Galerie 12-14, Vienna, Austria

2011
GEOMETRIC CONSTELLATIONS, Artary Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany

2010
MOMENTUM, Artary Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany

2009
EAT MY HEART, happening, Artary Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany

2008
ENCHANTMENT, site-specific installation, College of Santa Fe, NM
MATERIAL WORLD, Boston University, Boston, MA

2006
IDENTITY NOW, Bachelor Thesis Presentation, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany

2004
PLASTIKPLAU, installation, University of Applied Sciences, Schwaebisch Hall, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Finalists BOESNER ART AWARD, Maerkisches Museum Witten, Germany
BETWEEN TWO WATERS, Open studios at NAC, Nida, Litauen
ZEIGEN – EINE AUDIOTOUR, on invitation by Karin Sander, Kunsthalle Karlruhe, Orangerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE, Visual Aids exhibition, Cheim and Read Gallery, New York

2011
SOLIDARITY AUCTION, auction and exhibition of invited Artists, Kuenstlerhaus Stuttgart
PREVIEW BERLIN, Artists of the Artary Galerie in collaboration, Flughafen Tempelhof Berlin
WIE GEHTS STUTTGART?, open studios and exhibition, Kuenstlerhaus Stuttgart
UTOPIA PARKWAY, residency, exhibition and collaborative project, Stuttgart, Germany

2010
WARTEN, exhibition and collaborative Project, Bahnhof Fuerth, Germany

2009
PINK TANK, site specific installation, Matthaes Verlag Stuttgart, Germany
THE WINDOW UNTITLED, site specific installation, Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

2008
BOSTON YOUNG CONTEMPORARIES, New England MFA Competition, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
OFF THE WALL, Competition, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS, presented by the Ghandi Group, Robert Morris University, Media Arts Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA

2007
BOSTON YOUNG CONTEMPORARIES, New England MFA Competition, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA

2006
STUTTGARTER KUNSTNACHT, Stuttgart, Germany

2005
ARCHIVE – UNCUT, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany

2004
MIXED MEDIA, student exhibition, University of Applied Sciences, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

2003
ZEICHNUNG UND MALEREI, City Hall, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

STIPENDS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES

2012
Golden Foundation Residency, New Berlin, New York
Shortlist (25 of 1800) for the boesner art award
Residency (1 month) at the Nida Art Colony (NAC)/Vilnius Academy of Arts, Nida, Lithuania

2011-212
Studio Fellowship Kuenstlerhaus Stuttgart

2008-2009
Joan Mitchell Grant for SFAI Residency, Joan Mitchell Foundation New York
Residency (3 month) at the Santa Fe Art Institute (SFAI) in Santa Fe NM

2006-2009
Fulbright Fellowship Grant of the Fulbright Commission Berlin, Germany

2008
Prize Winner at the Boston Young Contemporary New England wide Competition, Boston, MA

2007-2008
Visual Arts Scholarship, Boston University, Boston, MA

2006-2008
Constantin Alajalov Scholarship, Boston University, Boston, MA
Stipend from the Robert-Bosch-Foundation and Markelstiftung Stuttgart, Germany

2007
Award of Excellence, Max Kade Foundation, New York

2005
Fellowship at the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany

2002
Scholarship of InWENT and the German Ministry of Education and Science for studying in London, UK