Karen Rifas’s artistic practice has evolved through at least five significant shifts, nearly one per decade. Play meets rigor as she recalibrates ways to convey form and space. Curator Patricia Ortega-Miranda writes: “From [Rifas’s] early sculptural works to her most recent geometric paintings and three-dimensional constructions, the line has been a central element in Rifas’s work, weaving metaphors of presence and absence, separation and connectivity, and reimagining space as a system of activities. The line also speaks to the artist’s role in bridging different artistic generations, practices, and communities.”
As Patricia Ortega-Miranda wote: “The most recent work by artist Karen Rifas emerges from a process of reduction and integration of color and shape to distill the essential elements of a landscape, its intrinsic metric and its pulsating internal rhythms. By simplifying her chromatic palette and employing basic geometric shapes, Rifas explores the landscape as a visual topos, that is, a shared space defined by boundaries and shaped by perceptual phenomena and conceptual principles. Geometric abstraction, the artist suggests, remains a multivalent site where the conceptual and the perceptual interact, opening a critical space.”
Karen Rifas (b. 1942, Chicago) has exhibited nationally and internationally since the 1980s. She is the second recipient of the prestigious Michael Richards Award, presented by Oolite Arts. Her 2018 solo exhibition at The Bass Museum of Art was widely celebrated, and in 2020, The Bass commissioned Rifas to create a series of banners for its Art Outside initiative.
Rifas’s work is represented in numerous public and private collections, including the Museo de Arte de Ponce in Puerto Rico, The Bass Museum of Art, Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Oolite Arts, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Trust, and the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM).
Throughout her career, Rifas has had significant solo exhibitions at institutions such as The Bass Museum of Art (2018), Emerson Dorsch (2017, 2020, 2022, 2025), MDC Museum of Art + Design (2015), De La Cruz Collection (2010), Pinnacle Gallery at Savannah College of Art and Design (2007), Polk Museum of Art (2004), Art Center South Florida (now Oolite Arts) (1997), and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Panama City (1993).
Her work has also been included in notable group exhibitions and projects, such as In the Company of Women: At Large, curated by Dainy Tapia at LnS Gallery (2023); At the Edge, curated by Dennis Scholl and Amanda Bradley at Oolite Arts (2022); Notices in Mutable Terrain, curated by Adler Guerrier at Fundación Atchugarry (2019); and Tensions in 3 Dimensions, curated by Ryan Roa at Deering Estate Spring Contemporary (2019).
Rifas has received numerous recent awards and public commissions, including a 2025 Artist-In-Residence at Deering Estate and the Miami Individual Artist Stipend from the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs (2023 & 2024). Her public art commissions include Miami-Dade Civil & Probate Courthouse and Caribbean Village: Welcome to the Village, both part of the Miami-Dade Art in Public Places program.
Karen Rifas taught at the New World School of the Arts for many years, as well as at the Kendall Campus of Miami Dade College and the University of Miami. In 2024, the University of Miami acquired Rifas’s archives for their Special Collections, a branch of the UM Library system dedicated to preserving and providing access to rare and unique scholarly resources.
b. 1942 Chicago, IL
Lives and works in Miami, FL
Education
MFA, University of Miami, Miami, FL 1987
BFA, University of Miami, Miami, FL 1985
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 To Weave A Threshold, Curated by Patricia Ortega-Miranda, Emerson Dorsch, Miami FL
2020 Karen Rifas: 20/20, Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
2019 Defining Space: Selections from the Karen Rifas Papers, Women Artists Archive Miami, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL. Refer also online materials at https://www.wearewaam.org/karen-rifas
2018 Karen Rifas: Deceptive Constructions, The Bass, Miami Beach, FL
2017 Karen Rifas: Per Forms, Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
2016 Karen Rifas, Meetinghouse Gallery, Miami, FL
2015 Macchietta: Small Sketches by Karen Rifas, MDC Museum of Art +Design, Freedom Tower, Miami, FL
2014 Karen Rifas, Arevalo Gallery Project, Miami FL
Karen Rifas: Crosswords, ART@WORK, Miami, FL
Karen Rifas, Walgreens Windows at 23rd, with Oolite Arts and the Bass,
Miami Beach, FL
2013 Karen Rifas: Recent Works, Arevalo Gallery, Miami, FL
Karen Rifas, A Delicate Balance, MIA South Terminal, Miami, FL
2012 Karen Rifas, Interventions, under the bridge, Miami FL
Karen Rifas, Strung Out 2, 2011-2012, Dacra Space, Miami FL
2011 Karen Rifas, Strung Out, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2010 Karen Rifas, The Library, 581.4/R564.r, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, FL
Karen Rifas, Abandoned, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, FL
2009 Karen Rifas: Nature Structure, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2008 Karen Rifas, Morning Coffee, Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus Centre Gallery, Miami, FL
Karen Rifas, Cornered, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. Miami, FL
2007 Karen Rifas, Just Geometry, The Moore Building, First Floor. Miami, FL
Karen Rifas, Volumes of Fragility, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design. Savannah, GA
2006 Karen Rifas, Martha Stewart’s Tree Farm, Art Basel, MOCA at Goldman Warehouse
Karen Rifas: Geocentric Installations, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2004 Karen Rifas, Mayfaire at the Museum, Emily S. Macey Gallery, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Karen Rifas, Edison College, The Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Ft. Myers, FL
Karen Rifas, This Ain’t No Retrospective (I’m too young), Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2002 Karen Rifas, Not a sibling of the solar system but a geometric cousin, Projects Room, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Karen Rifas, nine/eleven, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2001 Karen Rifas, Installation, Cultural Resource Center, Miami, FL
Karen Rifas: Recycled, Projects Room, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
1999 Karen Rifas, Loose Ends, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Karen Rifas, Stetson University, Duncan Gallery, Deland, FL
1998 Karen Rifas, Octagonal Vortex, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio.
Karen Rifas, I Want, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH
1997 Karen Rifas, Loose Ends, Ground Level, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
1996 Karen Rifas, Defining Space, Old Capital Gallery, State Capitol, Tallahassee, FL
Karen Rifas, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Karen Rifas, Cross References, St. Thomas University Gallery, St. Thomas University, Miami, FL
1993 Karen Rifas, Museo De Arte Contemporaneo, Panama, Republic of Panama
1991 Karen Rifas, Geocentric Images, Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Karen Rifas, Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, FL
1990 Karen Rifas, Metro Dade Cultural Resource Center, Miami, FL
1987 One Person Exhibition, Sculpture Space Gallery, Miami, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Sculpture and Repetition in Painting, VISU Contemporary, Miami Beach, FL
EXPOSED, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
TWISTED STRANDS – VOICES WITH COMMON THREADS, Edge Zones Art Center,
Miami, FL
2022 Concerning the Spiritual, Curated by Liza and Dr. Arturo Mosquera, Belen Jesuit,
In The Company of Women: At Large, Curated by Dainy Tapia of ArtSeen365, LNS Gallery, Miami, FL
Exposed, Art and Culture/Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
This is the Time. And This is the record of the Time PT3, Curated by Carlos Rigau, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL
2022 Book Bound, Curated by Meaghan Kent, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
2022 At the Edge, Curated by Dennis Scholl and Amanda Bradley, Oolite Arts Miami, FL
2022 Flag Project, ENTITLED, Curated by william wordova, Bridge Red, North Miami, FL
2021 Artful Books, Curated by Barbara Young, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach FL, in Association with the Smithsonian Institute
2020 TWENTYSIX FUNERAL HOMES MIAMI FLORIDA, in collaboration with Harold Rifas. Published in conjunction with A.I.M. Biennial, 2020
The Willfulness of Things, The Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
2019 Eyes in the Canopy, Organized by Ground Control MIA, CASACOR/MIAMI
Vida y Obra de Una Idea: Miami’s Art@Work and Farside Gallery in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Organized by Arturo and Liza Mosquera.
concrete jungle: narrative of presence, curated by William Cordova, Bridge Red, FL
Notices in Mutable Terrain, curated by Adler Guerrier, Atchugarry Art Center, Miami, FL
Figuring Self: Portraits from the Bass Collection, The Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
Tensions in 3 Dimensions, Deering Estate Spring Contemporary, curated by Ryan Roa, Miami, FL
Sweat Broadsheet Portfolio from the Permanent Collection of Miami Dade County Library, Miami, FL
2018 Paradise Summit, Emerson Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
Art Basel Miami Beach week at the Warehouse, Girls’ Club Warehouse, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
paradise lost?:alchemy of the everyday, curated William Cordova, Cindy Rucker Gallery, New York, NY
outlaw culture or higher ground curated by William Cordova, Bridge Red, Miami, FL
Plush, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, FL
Habitat, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, FL
Dual Roles, Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, FL
Aesthetics and Values, 2018, FIU, Miami, FL
2017 Sunrise, Sunset, curated by Tyler Emerson-Dorsch, Emerson Dorsch, Miami, FL
The Bass Is Back: New Acquisitions, Miami Beach, FL
Exposed, Hollywood Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
2016 Transphysics: istwa, landscapes, paisajes, curated by William Cordova, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL
Flip Out: Artists’ Sketchbooks, Girls Club, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Sweat Broadsheet Collaboration, The Center for Book Arts, New York, New York
2015 100 + Degrees in the Shade: A Survey of South Florida Art, curated by Jane Hart,
Miami, FL
+ONE, Deering Estate, Outdoor Site-Specific Sculpture Exhibition, Miami FL
inscribing: meditations on time and space, curated by william cordova, Bridge Red, Miami, FL
black. white, curated by Kathryn Mikesell, Fountainhead at 24th, Miami, FL
Locust Projects, Tigertail, Arts for Learning, Hollywood Art and Cultural Center fundraisers
2014 Miami Based Artists, ART@WORK, Miami FL
Abracadabra, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
Paper Hearts, MDC Museum of Art and Design, Miami, FL
A Close Read, Turn-Based Press, Miami FL
MIA-BER, Berlin Arts Club, Berlin
MIA-ATL, Saltworks, Atlanta, GA
2013 Karen Rifas, Kerry Philips, INKarnation, Bridge Red, North Miami, FL
20 Shades of Grey, curated by Bernice Steinbaum, Zadok Gallery, Miami FL
The Frost Art Museum Drawing Project, Artists, Miami, FL
Tigertail Productions and Locust Projects, Miami, and Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood fundraisers
2012 Following the Line: Drawings from the Collection, curated by Dina Mitrani, Girls’ Club, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Sweat Broadsheet Project, contribution in collaboration with poet, Michael Hettich, Centre Gallery, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
Locust Projects fundraiser, Miami, FL
2011 Continued, 6th street container, curated by Lou Anne Colodny, Miami, FL
Greenhouse, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
FL Waterways Dance Project, Jose Marti Park, Miami, FL
Aesthetics & Values, Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
Those Who Do, New World School of the Arts Faculty Exhibition, New World Gallery, Miami, FL
Tigertail, Bold Adventures, Locust Project fundraisers
2010 I Triennial, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Rock and a Soft Place, curated by Fred Snitzer, CasaLin, Miami, FL
Art Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Locust Projects, Smash and Grab, Miami, FL
Faculty Exhibit 8/26, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
9 at 12th and Sixth, Curated by Adalberto Delgado, Miami, FL
Doctors Without Borders Haitian Relief Effort, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 CasaLin, Urban Garden, Miami, FL
Smash and Grab, Locust Projects Fundraiser, Miami, FL
Pivot Points, Part 3, MOCA, North Miami, FL
Showings, NWSA Faculty Exhibition, New World Gallery, Miami, FL
Nine Lives: Dog Days of Summer, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Dog Tales: Words and Images, Fact and Fiction, Miami-Dade Public Library Systems, Main Library, Miami, FL
Spring into Art, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
The Art of Fashion and The Fashion of Art, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery Miami, FL
Abracadabra, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
2008 Disappearances, Shadows, and Illusions, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
Scavenger Con-Structs, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Explorations, Faculty Show at New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
2007 Medium, Faculty Show at New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
Palm Beach 3 Contemporary, Palm Beach, FL
What’s Next? The FL Craftsmen, St. Petersburg, FL
2006 A Timely Response, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Translations, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
CIRCA Puerto Rico 06, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Women Faculty, Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Palm Beach 3 Contemporary, West Palm Beach, FL
2005 Sweet Basel, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
The Yard at Casa Lin, 2005, Miami, FL
Visions, New World School of the Arts Gallery, Miami, FL
Art Faculty at Kendall Campus, Kendall Campus Art Gallery, Miami, FL
New Art South Florida: 2005 Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists, Museum of Art, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Cool Connections, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
5 FL Sculptors, New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Distinctive Paths, New World School of the Arts Gallery, Miami, FL
Palm Beach 3 Contemporary, Palm Beach, FL
005 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for the Visual and Media Artists
Locust Projects, and Legal Art Benefits
2004 sites-miami, 2004, Lummus Park, Miami, FL
Nepotism: The Art of Friendship, curated by Edouard Duval Carrie, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Karen Rifas and Marie Mennes, Common Threads, MIA Gallery, Miami, FL
It’s for The Birds, Group Invitational Traveling Exhibition, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
South Florida Fiber Artists and Friends, Futernick Gallery, J.C.C., Miami, FL
Florida Visual Arts Fellowship, Installation, Boggy Cove, Okaloosa-Walton College Art Center Galleries, Niceville, FL
The Last Show, The House, Miami, FL
Locust Projects, FL International University, Legal Art and Polk Museum Benefits
2003 Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, FL
Locust Projects Benefit, Miami, FL
Robot (curated by Fred Snitzer), The Arts Center Galleries at Okaloosa-Walton Community College, Niceville, FL
Visual Arts Fellowship Show, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL Okaloosa-Walton and the Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
2002 Art Basel, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
string resonance, Miami-Dade Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL
Mirror, Mirror. Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
A is for art. Main Library, Miami-Dade Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Flora: art and ecology in Florida, The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Tallahassee, FL
Exploratory Paths. faculty exhibition, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
globe>miami<island, DC Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington DC
space, structure and vision, curated by Joie Lassiter, Bank of America Plaza,
Charlotte, NC
Art Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
No Show and No Home Show for SAVE DADE, Miami, FL
Benefit shows for Locust Projects and Tigertail, Miami, FL
Small Packages, Cultural Resource Center, Miami, FL
Expanded Paths, faculty exhibition, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
2001 globe> miami< island, curated by Robert Chambers, Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
A Painting for Over the Sofa (that’s not necessarily a painting), Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
The Sears Building, (curated by Robert Chambers), The House, Miami, FL
Lifting the Veil: Liberating the Virgin Mary, (curated by Carol Damian, Ph.D.),
Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
50th Annual All FL Invitational, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Me, My Friends and I, 6g, Miami, FL
Paths, Faculty Exhibition, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
Freedom Rocks, curated by Fred Snitzer, People for the American Way Foundation, Miami, FL
2000 Levity and Gravity, curated by Amy Cappellazzo and Tiffany Huot, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
Cultivated Under the Sun, Artworks Selected from the Permanent Collection of the Miami-Dade Public Library System, Main Library, Miami-Dade County Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Home Invasion, curated by Eugenia Vargas, Miami, FL
Judge, Melbourne Art Festival, Melbourne, FL
Departing Perspectives: Site-Specific Installations by Miami Artists, 1395 Brickell, Miami, FL
Paths 2000, Faculty Exhibition, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
Faculty Exhibition, Kendall Campus Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL
Synecdoche: Multiple Image Artworks, curated by Genevieve Linnehan, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL
Art Miami, Installation, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
1999 The Present Absent: eight artists from Miami, Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
All God’s Children Got Shoes, Main Library, Miami-Dade County Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Requiem: Living Artists Eulogize a Dying Century, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Physical FL, Mount Dora Center for the Arts, Mount Dora, FL
Florida Fellowship Exhibit: University of West FL, Pensacola; Selby Gallery, Ringling
School Art and Design, Sarasota; Museum of Art, Tallahassee and Deland Museum of Art, Deland, FL
NWSA Faculty Exhibition: Renewed Paths, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
Present Absent: Eight artists from Miami, Miami Airport, Miami, FL
Benefits: FFS Cancer Research, FLA BRA, Tigertail Productions and Miami-Dade County Public Library, Miami, FL
1998 Transposing: An Interactive Installation, Rifas, Andree, Jacquelin, ArtCenter-South FL, Miami Beach, FL
Spring Into Art, University of Miami and Lowe Museum Benefit, Coral Gables, FL
The Artful Book, Main Library, Miami-Dade County Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Shaping Space . . . six sculptors draw and paint, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Art Against Aids VII Benefit, Miami, FL
FL Fellowship Exhibition, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
Southeastern College Art Conference Juried Exhibition, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
1997 Made in Miami, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL
Crossings and Departures: Making Art in Miami, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
Lincoln Road: past, present and future. Art 800, Miami Beach, FL
The FL Landscape, Arts on Douglas, New Smyrna Beach, FL
1996 Quest, New World Gallery, Miami, FL
1995 Nature Pro or Con, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL Piece retained for collection
Four Views: Rifas, Brown, Federighi, Thomas; Ritter Gallery, FL Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Dealer’s Choice from South FL Galleries, New World Gallery, Miami, FL
Becalmed in Miami, Main Library, Metro-Dade Cultural Center, Miami, FL Piece retained for collection.
Clean Sweep, Karen Rifas and Gary Moore, Gutierrez Fine Arts, Miami Beach, FL
Trees, South FL Art Center Ground Level, Miami Beach, FL
Art in Suburbia, Kendall, Miami, FL
Faculty, ’95, The New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Natural Histories, Rifas, Nash, Coe, Bell, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
Sculpture in the Landscape, an exhibition of South FL Artists in Conjunction with Sofa 1995, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1994 Miami dAda, Bianca Lanza Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, Rifas, Brown, La Rosa, Thiele, Winters, University Gallery, University of FL, Gainesville, FL
Art Against Aids IV (and V-VII, 1995-1998) and Art Factory, “Momento Mori: The Empty Chairs,” Benefit Auctions, Miami, FL
Libraries . . . 3×5, South FL Art Center, Miami Beach, FL
NCJW Exhibition, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL
H x W x L, The Brevard Art Center and Museum, Melbourne, FL
43rd, 42nd, 41st (award), 40th, 39th (award) and 37th Annual All FL Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
36th, 35th, 34th (H.M.), 30th, 29th & 28th Annual Hort Memorial, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1993 Harvest the Wind, Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, FL Piece retained for permanent collection, Honorarium
Informatory, Rifas, Agusto, Oquet, Dawes, Moore, Verrili, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
In The Eyes of the Beholder: Self-Portraits by South Florida Artists, Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Metro-Dade Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Rethinking Sculpture, North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Karen Rifas, Steve Goldberg, Frieda Tschumy, New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
“South FL Artist Invitational,” Margulies Taplin Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
University of Miami Faculty Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
Harvest the Wind, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL
Book, Box, Word: Volume II, University Gallery, University of FL, Gainesville, FL
Justice and the Human Spirit, St. Thomas University, Miami, FL
New Paths, Faculty Exhibition, New World School of the Arts Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Eight from Miami, Bianca Lanza Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
1992 Divergent Paths, Faculty Exhibition, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
Organic Forms and Urban Culture (Karen Rifas, Helene Berkowitz and Nancy Richter) Miami-Dade Community College, North Campus, Miami, FL
The Gloria Luria Gallery Years: FL Focus, Wolfson Gallery, Miami-Dade Community College, Wolfson Campus, Miami, FL
Still Life: A Visual Feast, Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Metro-Dade Cultural Center, Miami, FL
Installation, Gallery Josh Kligerman, San Miguel de Allende, Gto., Mexico
University of Miami Faculty Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
18th (award) and 16th (award) Annual Small Works, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL
Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL, purchase
In Celebration of Art Miami, Group Exhibition, Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Sculpture for Sculptors, University of Miami, New Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Small Works, Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Group Exhibition, Instituto Chileno Norte Americano de Cultura, Santiago, Chile.
1991 Fiber, Selected FL Artists, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
Round and Round Again (Ron Fondaw, Karen Rifas, Patrick Dougherty), North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Group Show, Grand Central Gallery, Tampa, FL
South FL Invitational, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Karen Rifas, Geocentric Images, Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Five Sculptors, Stetson University, DeLand, FL
Alumnae Show, University of Miami, New Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
Karen Rifas, Broward Community College, Pembroke Pines, FL
Paths, Faculty Exhibition, New World School of the Arts, Miami, FL
United Cerebral Palsy and Art Against Aids Auctions, Miami, FL
1990 1st Annual FL State of the Art Exhibition, Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
Books by FL Artists, Main Library, Miami-Dade Public Library System, Metro-Dade Cultural Center, Miami, FL
The Expanding Figurative Imagination, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, New York.
Art in Corporate Collections, North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
1990 Annual Juried Exhibition, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
Group Exhibition, Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL, purchase.
Sculpture: Inside-Outside, De Graaf Fine Arts, Inc., Chicago, IL
1989 Nada 14, North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Art Against Aids II Benefit, Wolfson Art Gallery, Miami-Dade College, Miami, FL
Way of the Woman Artist: Interviews with Strong Creators, Dade County Cable Television Access Project (Educational Channel One), Miami, FL
Sculptors and Drawings, New Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Known/Unknown IV (Karen Rifas, William Latham), Wolfson Gallery, Miami- Dade Community College, Miami, FL
U.S.A. Invitational No. 1, De Graaf Fine Arts, Inc., Chicago, IL
Belief, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
South Florida in the 80’s: Selections from the Artbank at Metro-Dade Center, North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
1988 Objects of Presence, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Matter Or Not: Installations, FL Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL
Second One Person Exhibition, Art in Private Places, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc., Miami, FL
Art Is Politics, InterAmerican Art Gallery, Miami-Dade College
Exit, M.F.A. Show, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
Installation – Ancient Ritual of a Lost Civilization, Cox Science Building, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
1987 3D/9, North Miami Museum and Art Center, North Miami, FL
Mas Nada at Hyperspace, Hyperspace Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
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Tschida, A. “Outside the lines,” The Miami Herald, May 26, 2013, p3M. (or online version, www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/24/v-print/3412557/outside-the-lines)
Tschida, A. “The threads that bind,” Knight Arts Blog, (May 14,2013). www.knightarts.org/community/miami/the-threads-that-bind
Tschida, A. “Inkarnation Weaves Two Artists Together At Bridge Red Studios,” WLRN blog, May 13,2013, wlrn.org/post/incarnation-weaves (same as threads – that-bind)
Torres, JMR. “Inkarnation: Karen Rifas and Kerry Phillips at Bridge Red Studios,” Whats Up Miami blog, May 31, 2013, whatsupmiami.blogspot.fr/2013/05/inkarnation
Catalog, Following the Line, Drawings from the Collection of Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz, Curated by Carol Jazzar, Girls’ Club, 2013, ISBN978-0-9886536-0-3
Catalog, 20 Shades of Grey, curated by Bernice Steinbaum, text by Helen Kohen and Denise Gerson, Library of Congress Control Number:2013905865, 2013
Online project at FIU Frost Art Museum, http//drawing project.frostartmuseum.org/project-space
Rojas Torres, J. “Inkarnation: Karen Rifas and Kerry Phillips at Bridge Red Studios,” Whats Up Miami blog, May, 31,2013, whatsupmiami.blogspot.fr/2013/05/incarnation-
Art is About Blog, http//artisabout.com/2013/04/23/incarnation-karen-rifas
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Staff (February,2012). Year in Review: de la Cruz Collection asks 10 Miami Artists…
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Staff. (October 2011). Artsy Things To Do. Culturally Miami-Floridian View, p.3 (photo).
Suarez de Jesus, C. (September 29, 2011). Karen Rifas and Aurora Molina Wow at Bernice
Steinbaum Gallery. Miami New Times, (blogs.miaminewtimes.com), p. 1-2. (photo).
Fresco, J. (September 28, 2011). 10 Questions for Bernice Steinbaum. Artout Miami, p.2.
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www.beachedmiami.com,pp3-4. photo
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Austin, T. (November 2010). Yard Work. Ocean Drive, pp. 152.
Shabaka, O. (October 6, 2010). Kidsart and Karen Rifas Leaf Laboratory.
MiamiArtExchange.com.
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Diaz, A. (August 19, 2010). Creating Ways to Make It Rain. The Miami Herald, Neighbors.
Staff. (August 18, 2010). The Wall in Abandoned…Kidsartblog.blogspot.com (photo of exhibit and children’s workshop).
Staff. (August 12-18, 2010). Art and Design Night. Miami New Times, pp 21 (photo).
Also, blogs.miaminewtimes.com.
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What’s Up Miami (whatsupmiami.blogspot.com/examiner.com), pp.1-6 (photos)
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of Contemporary Art, pp. 2.
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Klein, P. (2008, September 5). Chicago’s Fall Art Season Starts now, Online p1-2. http://www.huffington post.com/paul-klein/chicagos-fall-art- season_b_124100.html
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Porter, M. (September 2008) Glass Curtain Gallery. Scavenger Constructs, catalogue.
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Staff, (2008 August). Columbia College News. Human/Nature Programming Launches. Online at www.cms.colum.edu/newsandnotes/archives/007866.php
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Herrera, Adriana. (2008 May 31) Karen Rifas: Geometria que… El Nuevo Herald. Espacios, p 6.
Staff, (2008 May) Karen Rifas: Cornered…Wynwood Magazine. Vol. 1 No. 9. Pg 54.
Russell, Candace. (2008 May 7) Dancing and Weaving…Sun Sentinel. Art Briefs, p 3E.
Ferre, Luis. (2007) Museo de Arte de Ponce: Annual Report 2006. Cover and pp.19 Schuker, L. (2007 July 21-22) Local fundraisers… The Wall Street Journal Pursuits, pp. 1,4.
Herrera, A. (2007 July 17) Solo Gemetria; Una Installation para Experimentar… El Nuevo Herald, Galeria El Nuevo Herald, pp. 2D.
Weinberg, M. (2007 June 2) Conditional Love, Moore Space… The Sun Post, Out and About, pp. 1-3.
Staff (2007 June 13) What’s up this Saturday… Socialmiami.com.
Turner, E. (2007 May 25) Art Pick… The Miami Herald, Weekend pp. 34.
Hughes, A. (2007 May 10) Rifas’ work speaks volumes… The Chronicle, The Arts, pp. 1-3.
Bennett, L. (2007 February 8) What’s Next? … St Petersburg Times, weekend, pp. 34W.
Triff, A. Miami Arts Explosion 2006. pp. 8, 61, 67, 109
Breukel, C. Native Seeds (show catalogue). 2006
Staff, (2006, May-June) Coleccionista…ArtPremium pp.60-63 (photo).
Mattingly, K. (2005, September 29) Capsule… Reviews, New Times
Marymont, M. (2005, October 11) There’s More Than one way to Design a Cage for Birds… The News-Press.com.
Stetson, M. (2005, October 1) Exhibit Looks at Some One-of-a-Kind Real Estate… Naples Daily News.
Turner, E. (2005, September 21) Good Fellows… The Herald, Arts and Entertainment, p. 3.
Russel, C. (2005, July 17) More (New Art 2005)… Sun-Sentinel.Com.
Pritchett, K. (2005, July 14) Museum… Eastsider, pp. 9,16.
Davis, J. (2005, February) Winter Leaf Tour… Tampa Bay Illustrated, p.40
Staff, (2004, December 24) South FL, Cultural Consortium Awards Fellowship… The Herald, p.3B.
Staff, (2004, December 16) Shadows, light and grace Polk museum… Orlando Sentinel.
Triff, A. (2004, December 2-8) Art Basel: …,Miami New Times, p. 34.
Russell, C. (2004, September 23) The Artist’s Eye…South FL Sun-Sentinel, p.8E.
Staff, (Volume 7, No. 2,Winter, 2004-5) Polk Museum of Art, An Installation by Karen Rifas…ART-i-facts, p.14.
Jackson, E. (2004, October) Gallery Guru…FL International Magazine, p. 82-89.
Turner, E. (2004, August 6) Critic’s Pick…The Herald, p. 33.
Russell, C. (2004, July 18) The Flap About Birds…South FL Sun-Sentinel, p. 14.
Griffith, M. (2004, July 7) ‘Falling’ leaves centerpiece of art exhibit…The Beacon, p. A10.
Russell, C. (2004,June 2) Karen Rifas…City Link, p.45.
Turner, E. (2004, May 17) Sculptors give new shapes to old materials…The Herald p.4
Triff, A. (2004 May 13-19, 20-26)…This Ain’t No Retrospective (I’m Too Young)… Miami New Times, p.99.
Turner, E. (2004, April 30) Critics Pick…The Herald, p.38.
Lourie, R. (2004, March 7) Celebration: Miami… The New York Times Magazine, p.66.
Turner, E. (2003, September 2) Snack on a pop art feast served up at the Miami library…The Herald, pp. 1,3C.
Triff, A. (2003 August 7-13) Now That It’s Summertime, Go Local… New Times, p.49.
Turner, E. (2003, July 24) Summer Sculpture… The Herald, p. 2E.
Jackson, A. (2003, July 19) Not ‘Necessarily’ what you would expect… The Campus Chronicle (Savannah College of Art and Design), vol.2, No.31.
Bennett, L. (2003, April 6) Still life with sofas… St. Petersburg Times, online 1 of 4.
Castro, J. (2003, March) Miami Beach “globe> miami < island” … Sculpture pp.76-77.
Vargas, E. (2003 Winter/Spring) Inspiration…Circular, p.1 (p.1 photos).
Turner, E. (2002, December 1) Trio of Dealers… The Herald, p. 4AB.
De Gale, A. (2002, November 6) Bras for a Cause:… The Herald, p.3B.
Turner, E. (2002, November 3) off the wall… The Herald, pp. 3M, 10M (photo, 10M).
Triff, A. (2002 September 19-25). Don’t miss… New Times, p.49.
Einspruch, F. (2002, September 16) The Attack…the Sunburn, www.the sunburn.com/pp.2002-09-16.html.
Turner, E. (2002, August 11) Regional Reflections…The Herald, pp. 3M, 6M.
Jackson, A. (2002, July 19) Not Necessarily…Campus Chronicle, Savannah College, v. 2, no. 31.
Harper, P. (2002, June). Bass Forward… Art in America, pp. 70-73, (p.70 photo).
Rinkel, M. (2002) Your Backyard: Art and Ecology in FL…WFSU 6 Documentary,TRT:28:30.
Ocana, D. (2002, January 4-10). A tall order…Street, p.45.
Triff, A. (2002, January 3-9). Take a Bow… New Times, p.41.
Turner, E. (2001 December 23). GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES… The Herald, pp. 3M, 9M.
Ocana, D. (2001, December 21-27). Overdosing on art and air kisses… Street, p.59.
Morgan, A. (2001, December). Miami Supports Miami… Sculpture, pp. 5, 47-50.
Ocana, D. (2001, August 3-9). There’s something about the Virgin Mary. . .Street, p. 4.Mills, M. (2001, August 2). Where’s the Rest of FL?. . . New Times Broward- Palm Beach Online, pp. 1-4.
Turner, E. (2001, June 13). Familiar objects become art. . . The Herald, p. 5E.
Staff, (2001, May 18-24). Recycled (photo). . . Street, p. 43.
Triff, A. (2001, February 1-7). All is Fair in the Art Market. . . New Times, p. 57.
Marger, M. (2000, September 21). The whole is greater than its parts. . . St. Petersburg Times, p. 31W.
Einspruch, F. (2000, August 2-8). Bernice Steinbaum Gallery: ‘Levity and Gravity’ 1st. . Coral Gables Gazette, pp. B1, B3.
Triff, A. (2000, July 27-August 2). Off the Ground. . .New Times, pp. 66-67.
Turner, E. (2000, July 29). Interactive ‘Levity’ rises to occasion. . .The Herald, pp. 1E, 3E.
Turner, E. (2000, July 23). Exhibit at Main Library paints moving picture of Miami. . .The Herald, pp. 5M, 11M.
Facundo, M. (2000, June 11). Con la violencia en la casa. . .el Nuevo Herald, p. 2E.
Harper, P. (2000, May). Banking on Art,…Art in America, pp. 78-79.
Triff, A. (2000, February 3-9). Something New, Something Wow … New Times, p. 59.
Turner, E. (2000, January 30). Artists bond in doomed building … The Herald, pp. 3M, 6M.
Robinson, W. (2000, January 29). Out in Miami … artnet.com, Magazine People, p.1.
Robinson, W. (2000, January 29). Miami Art Diary … artnet.com Magazine Review, p.5.
Cohen, H. (2000, January 21). Doomed building is artists’ canvas … The Herald, p. 4B. Stewart, L. (1999, September 19). Artist spins web that hangs by a thread … The News- Journal, pp. 1-2G.
Falk, D. (1999, September 17). New art exhibit `installed’ at Stetson’s Duncan Gallery … The News-Journal, p. W1.
Staff. (1999, September 5). Art at Stetson … The Orlando Sentinel, p. F2.
Meadows, G. (1999, August 18). Whaddaya bid to walk in Dave Barry’s shoes? … The Herald, p. 4E.
Turner, E. (1999, August 15). Gallery at Miami Airport: A Nascent Flight of Fancy … The Herald, pp. 5m, 7m.
Turner, E. (1999, August 1). Silly/sad photos disarming—but shoes have sass … The Herald, p.7m.
Staff. (1999, July 4-5). Esculturas, gravuras … Artes Visuais, (Rio de Janeiro), p. ?
Meadows, G. (1999, May 31). People in the Arts … The Herald, p. 2E.
Byrd, C. (1999, March 27). Nexus Presents … The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Creative Loafing, pp. 38,42.
Freckmann, D. (1999, February 26-March 4). Contemporary art drops in on university gallery . Pensacola News Journal, p. 5.
Kline, C. (1999, January 22-28). Taboo’s Requiem … Atlanta Press, p. ?
Copelon, D. (1999, January 15). Physical FL … The Daily Commercial, Weekender, p. 1.
Cole, C. (1999, January 15). Mixed-media exhibit takes nature to art .. The Lake Sentinel, p. 3.
Staff. (1999, January 14). Physical FL opens at the Mount Dora Center for the Arts … Mount Dora Topic, p. 10.
Njaim, J. (1998, November 23). Stitched-together leaves bring natural outdoor fabric inside … Toledo Blade, pp. 13-14.
Milani, J. (1998, September 13). Area art museums offering mixture of texture, technology … The Tampa Tribune Times, p. 10.
Marger, M. (1998, September 4). Not by sculpture alone … St. Petersburg Times, p. 25.
Turner, E. (1998, April 19). Forget the rules: Exhibit invites personal touch … The Herald, p. 6I.
Vitale, J. (1998, April 12). You’re supposed to touch this art work … The Herald, M.B, p. 23.
Staff. (1998, April 5). Touched by An Artist … The Herald, p. 20.
Meadows, G. (1998, March 29). People In the Arts … The Herald, p. 2I.
Staff. (1998, March 28). The Ticket … The Herald, p. 3G.
Staff. (1997, August 28). State Awards … Miami Today, p. 1.
Staff. (1997-1998 Annual). 1996 in Review…Public Art. Art In America, p. 37.
Staff. (1997, Volume L, Number 1). Crossings and Departures: Making Art in
Miami… Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin, pp. 2, 3, 5, 18, 27, 29.
Marseglia, P. (1997, January 31). Exhibit at Douglas… Daily Journal, p. 2.
Cantor, J. (1997, January 23). Events… New Times, p. 23.
Sindelir, R. (1997, January 22). `100% natural’… Coral Gables Gazette, p. 8, 11.
Turner, E. (1997, January 10). Artist Ties Up Loose Ends… The Herald, p. 27G.
Staff. (1997, January 2). At Loose Ends… The Herald, Community Happenings, p. 18.
Washburn, A. (1996, December 16). Karen Rifas Shows at SFAC..Pinecrest Tribune, p. 24b.
Staff. (1996, October 4-10). Works by Karen Rifas… Entertainment News and Views, p. 10.
Meadows, G. (1996, September 11). Fund loss… The Herald, p. 1B, 4B.
Turner, E. (1996, May 29). Museum of Art… The Herald, p. 4D.
Staff. (1996, April). Defining space… Q. Magazine, p. 4.
Staff. (1996, April 5). Karen Rifas’… Tallahassee Democrat, p. 16D.
Turner, E. (1996, February 18). Cutting-Edge… The Herald, p. 1, 5I.
Staff. (1995, August 11). Best Bet… The Herald, Community Happenings, p. 28.
Staff. (1995, June 22-28). Best… New Times, p. 179.
Golub, A. (1995, November). Natural Histories… Art Papers, pp. 40-41.
Morgan, A. (1995, July-August). FL Sculpture in the Landscape…Sculpture, p. 42.
Turner, E. (1995, June 2). Under the Rug…The Miami Herald, p. 14G.
Kohen, H. (1995, March 23). Landscape Show…The Miami Herald, p. 3G.
Staff. (1995, March 17). Natural Histories…Tampa Tribune, Friday Extra, p. 22.
Staff. (1994, January 5-9). COCA Today and Tomorrow…Art Miami Catalogue, p. 28.
Kohen, H. (1994, September 11). Hortt…The Miami Herald, p. 7I.
Harbaugh, P. (1994, September 11). Spirited Exhibit…FL Today, pp. 5-6F.Valdés, K. (1993, November-December). Karen A. Rifas: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo…. Art Papers, p. 36.
Staff. (1993, July 25). Exposiciones Recientes: Karen Rifas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Talingo, La Prensa, p. 12.
Kohen, H. (1992, February 22). At North Miami’s COCA, Less Is More. The Miami Herald, p. 5E.
Turner, E. (1991, Summer). Sticks and Stones. Art News, p. 21.
Heller-Greenman, B. (1991, Jul-Aug). Round and Round Again: Patrick Dougherty, Ron Fondaw, Karen Rifas. Art Papers. pp. 62-63.
Blank, G. (1990, November). Bombs and Oranges: Discovering Miami’s Explosive Art Scene. Arts Magazine, pp. 75-79.
Rosendorf, D. (1988, November-December). Objects of Presence. Art Papers, pp. 62-63.
Gaggi, S. (1988, November-December). Matter or Not: Installations, Art Papers, pp. 61- 62.
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS & COLLECTIONS
The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL, Art Outside, 2020
Oolite Arts, Miami Beach, FL
Art in Public Places
Caribbean Village Tile Installation, Miami Dade Art in Public Places, Miami, FL
The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
MIA airport, Concourse J, Miami, FL
Oasis of the Seas, Royal Caribbean
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL
Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL
Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
NSU Art Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Four Seasons Hotel, Miami, FL
1428 Brickell, Miami, FL
Art in States commission, Florida Department of Transportation, Miami Construction Office Lobby, Miami, FL
Miami-Dade Art in Public Places Art Bank, Miami, FL
Miami-Dade College, Homestead Campus Outdoor Installation, Homestead, FL
Miami-Dade Public Library, Main Branch, Miami, FL
Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Miami, FL
Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL
Barry University, Miami, FL
St. Thomas University, Miami, FL
Okaloosa-Walton College, Niceville, FL
MDC Museum of Art and Design, Miami, FL
Installation at Cox Science Building, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
AWARDS
2024 Artist-In-Residence (2025), Deering Estate
2024 Miami Individual Artist Stipend, Miami Dade-County Department of Cultural Affairs
2023 Miami Individual Artist Stipend, Miami Dade-County Department of Cultural Affairs
2019 Oolite Arts, Michael Richards, Lifetime Achievement Award
2010 Residency, de la Cruz Collection
2005 South FL Cultural Consortium Fellowship for the Visual and Media Artists
2002-03 and 1997-98 Florida Visual Arts fellowship
1999 Interdisciplinary Teaching Grant, Tampa, FL
1998-1999 Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council and Tigertail Productions
1996-97 Metropolitan Dade-County Cultural Affairs Council, New Forms Miami-International Individual Artist Grant
Due to COVID-19, we are open by appointment. The gallery will follow social distancing protocol and allow only a certain number of visitors per appointment.
