Artist Statement

A lifelong artist, Ms.Repka began private art lessons as a child and pursued art into adulthood as she earned a Masters degree in The Arts and Education from Wm.Paterson University. Her art was put on hold while raising a family and teaching elementary education, but upon retirement she has been able to focus on her early passion. Classes in photography, printmaking and watercolor, mostly from Princeton Arts Council, have led to juried selection at Ellarslie, Grounds for Sculpture, W. Windsor Arts Council, Phillips Mill Juried Show, Trenton Artworks, and Garden State Watercolor Society where she is a signature member. Karen loves to combine her love of photography and art by creating works based on her photographic compositions. During the summer of 2023 Ms. Repka was featured in a solo show at The Watershed Institute ’s gallery in Pennington NJ.

Karen Kangas Repka (b. 1947, USA)
repka.karen@gmail.com, 908-500-5732

William Paterson University, M.Ed, Elementary Ed and the Arts, 1979
Muhlenberg College, B.A. English and Elementary Education

Awards

Mercer County Juried Show at Mercer County Community College - 2025

County Purchase Award

Mercer County Senior Show at Mercer County Community College, First Place Professional Watercolor - 2025

Grounds for Sculpture Member Musings 2021 - chosen for the publicity postcard

Art Exhibits

Ellarslie — Juried Printmaking Show - Fall 2015
Ellarslie Juried Show Open 35 - Spring 2018
Ellarslie Juried Show Open 37/38 -Summer 2021
Ellarslie Juried Show Open 39 - Summer 2022
Ellarslie Juried Show Open 40 - Summer 2023
Mercer County Photography Show Juried Show -Ellarslie—Fall 2022

West Windsor Arts Council - Members’ Juried Show- Summer 2016
Spring 2020 (virtual)
Members’ Juried Show -Spring 2023

Grounds for Sculpture Member Musings - Fall 2016, Fall 2021

Trenton Artworks 5th Annual Print Exhibition - Spring 2018

Phillips Mill - 88th Juried Art Show - Fall 2017
89th Juried Art Show , Fall 2019
92nd Juried Show-Fall 2021
93rd Juried Show-Fall 2022
94th Juried Show-Fall 2023

96th Juried Show-Fall 2025

97th Juried Show-Fall 2026

Phillips Mill Member Show

Spring 2025 and 2026

D&R Greenway Land Trust Juried Art Exhibit - “Lovely as a Tree” - Winter 2019

Garden State Watercolor Society Juried Show
“ Recovery of the Delaware” - D&R Greenway Trust 2021
Farmstead Arts Center, Yardley, PA- Fall 2022
“ Extinction” D&R Greenway Trust. Princeton NJ -Summer 2023

GSWS 2023 Member Exhibition, Virtual - November 11-January 2024 

GSWS 2024 54th Open Middletown Arts Center Exhibition Dates: April 8- May 11, 2024 

GSWS Members Juried Show 2025 and 2026

GSWS Small but Mighty, Farmstead Arts, Basking Ridge, NJ 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Hightstown Plein Air Show, Old Hights Brewery - 2024

Mercer County Senior Show, Mercer County Community College - 2025 and 2026

Mercer County Juried Show, Mercer County Community College - 2025

Virtual International Shows:
FUSION Art’s 6th Waterscapes 2021
BIAFARIN “Extinction” 2021

Solo Art Shows

“Nature Art” Comprised of 33 works -Summer The Watershed Institute, Pennington NJ - 2023 

"Serenity" 47 works at the Gourgaud Gallery, Cranbury, NJ - 2025

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