Hoisington Galleries
Karen Hoisington stands by her painting, furniture design, carpet and sculptural light exhibited titled "The Dwelling Place" at the Black Box at Fort Canning, Singapore in 1991. 2020 marked the return of a new collection of abstract expressionistic paintings in acrylics.
Karen Hoisington as the guest speaker at the National Gallery Singapore's "Nothing is Forever: Reimagining Sculpture in Singapore" sculpture exhibition in 2022 on the topic of Vincent Hoisington (1924-1972): Artist, Entrepreneur
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Karen Hoisington
About the Artist
Karen’s trajectory as an artist is complex, with dramatic shifts about every decade. Her voracious exploration and fearlessness define her career as a painter. There are a few constant themes and ideas throughout all of Karen's variations in her art. She is a colourist. She loves colour, and it is her primary expressive tool. She understands emotion and movement and manipulates the painted space with a reverent approach allowing the painting always to be the winner. Preferring preliminary mark-making before transferring the concepts to larger formats when the occasion calls for it, she expresses strength and bravado. Her paintings always point toward symbolic meditations, as Charles Baudelaire described as “extracting the eternal from the ephemeral.”
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Exhibitions:
2025: "Urban Drift" - Solo exhibition (virtual). Singapore Art Week 2025
2024: "Earth.Interrupted" - Solo exhibition (virtual). Singapore Art Week 2024
2022: "Nothing is Forever" – Sculpture exhibition, guest speaker on V.M. Hoisington
1991: “The Dwelling Place” - Solo exhibition. The Black Box, Fort Canning
1988: “Karen Hoisington” - Solo exhibition. Tangs Studio
1987: 100th Anniversary of the National Art Museum, participant
1986: “Into the Light” - Solo exhibition. Arbour Fine Art Gallery
1986: “Provocations - Solo exhibition. Saxophone at Cuppage Terrace
1984: “Graphic Collages 2”- Solo exhibition. Papermoon Art Gallery
1984: “Asparagus”: Solo exhibition. Scotts Centre
1983: “Graphic Collages”- Solo exhibition. Papermoon Art Gallery
1979: Second 2-man exhibition. Della Butcher Galleries. Hilton Hotel Singapore
1979: First 2-man exhibition. Della Butcher Galleries. Hilton Hotel Singapore
1979: 8-man exhibition. Dubai, Kuwait, Bahrain. Represented by Della Butcher Galleries
Corporate Commissions:
Anglo-Chinese School
National Kidney Foundation
Nederkoorn Shipping
Polaroid Singapore
Straits Times
TheatreWorks
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​Corporate Collections:
ABN-AMRO Bank
Apollo Computers
Bank of America
Development Bank of Singapore (DBS)
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Private Commissions
2024 Vivien Goh (Cultural Medallion Recipient, Singapore)​
Open Calls & Art Festivals
2025 - Singapore Art Week 2025 (Participant)
2024 - Singapore Art Week 2024 (Participant)
2021 - UOB Painting of the Year (Shortlisted)
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Gallery Representation
2022 – Hoisington Galleries
1986 – 1986: Lim Jen Howe, Arbour Fine Art Gallery Singapore
1979-– 1982: The late Ms Della Butcher, Della Butcher Art Gallery
1979 – 1980: Artist and manager of Hoisington Galleries
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Education
M.A. Education, AGST Singapore –Malaysia
B.A. (Hons), Kingston University, London, UK
Art Foundation Studies: Epsom School of Arts (University of Creative Arts today), Surrey, UK
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