Karinna Gomez
karinnaruth@gmail.com
Education
M.F.A. Candidate in Printmaking and Drawing, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, 2014.
B.A. Art Theory & Practice, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2009.
Collegium Hieronymi Pragensis, Prague, Czech Republic, 2007.
Grants, Awards, Honors
2012—2013, William and Dorothy Jane Wood Talent Grant.
2009—2010, J. William Fulbright fellowship, Iceland.
2009, J. G. Nolan Scholarship recipient, awarded for academic achievement.
2008, Weinberg College Undergraduate Summer Research Grant, Northwestern University.
2007, Joseph Lippman Colin Scholarship recipient, awarded for academic achievement.
2005, International Baccalaureate Diploma.
2005, State finalist, California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) Emerging Young Artist Award (EYAA).
Exhibition Record
2013, 34th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center, Prairie Center of the Arts, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, and Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL.
2013, The Idea of North, Wayne & Geraldine Kuhn Gallery at Ohio State University at Marion.
2013, Perspectives from Afar, Bear Gallery, Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK.
2012, The Idea of North, International Exhibition and Portfolio Exchange (Nicole Pietrantoni, Curator), Grafíksafn Íslands/Gallery of the Icelandic Printmakers’ Association, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2011, 64th Parallel Juried Exhibit, Bear Gallery, Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts, Fairbanks, AK.
2011, MFA Show, University Art Gallery, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK.
2010, Bee Souls: Mezzotints, lithographs and drawings , Grafíksafn Íslands/Gallery of the Icelandic Printmakers’ Association (solo exhibition), Reykjavik, Iceland.
2009, Herhúsið Artist Residency Exhibition, Siglufjörður, Iceland.
2009, Progression (Graduating Seniors Exhibition), Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
2009, Handmade Prints, One Horse Press, Noyes Gallery and the Noyes Cultural Arts Center (Julian Cox, curator), Evanston, IL.
2008, 19th Annual International Small Print Show, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL.
2008, Night Vision: Printing Darkness, Brown Wrapper's 2nd National Juried Portfolio Competition for Undergraduate Students, Colonel Eugene E. Myers Gallery, University of North Dakota (Kim William Fink, curator), Grand Forks, ND.
2005, 2006, 2007, Dean's Exhibition, Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL.
Professional History
Spring 2013, Instructor of Record, Beginning and Intermediate Printmaking, University of Alaska.
Fall 2012, Instructor of Record, Beginning Drawing, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Summer 2012, Instructor, Youth Summer Arts Academy, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
Spring 2012, Instructor of Record, Beginning and Intermediate Printmaking, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
2012, Teacher's Assistant, Unity in the Arts, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
2011, Teacher's Assistant, Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Printmaking, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
2010—2011, Visitor Services Associate, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.
2010, Volunteer Internship, Collections Department; Teacher's Assistant, Children’s Summer Art Camp, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA.
2010, Volunteer Internship, Collections and Exhibitions Departments, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland.
2005—2009, Curatorial and Print Room Conservation Assistant, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Evanston, IL.
2007, Research Aide, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
2004, Teacher's Assistant, Haggin Art Museum, Children’s Summer Art Camp, Stockton, CA.
2003, Teacher's Assistant, Triton Museum of Art, Children’s Summer Art Camp, Santa Clara, CA.
Collections
Southern Graphics Council International Print Archive, Oxford, Mississippi, USA
Department of Art Theory and Practice, Northwestern University
Collection of the Icelandic Printmakers’ Association, Reykjavik, Iceland
Art in Embassies Program, Collection of the US Embassy, Reykjavik, Iceland
The Leifur Eiríksson Foundation, Richmond, Virginia, USA