Karin Birch :: Embroidery

Contemporary hand embroidery and painting. A record of exhibitions, new work, available work and works in public/ private collections.

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Work In Permanent Collections

Art Bank, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC
Boston Museum of Fine Art
United Staes Embassy in Tashkent
Renwick Gallery, Washington DC

About the Artist

Karin Birch: works in a hybrid medium combining hand embroidery and hand stitched beadwork with acrylic paint as a medium for making art. The act of hand stitching thread and beads is a slow and repetitive process that affords the space for uninterrupted thought. The act of painting is spontaneous, in the moment, physical movement. Combining these two opposite states gives form to endless exploration into the mystery of being. I work intuitively, mining personal experiences, energy, movement, nature and the occasional external interruptions of politics. I use this medium of minutiae as a practice for connecting with the vastness.

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Reviews of Karin Birch's work

"Seeds: Energy Born of Opposites", Washington Post Review (Dec. 05)
" Art that Works" Washington Post Review (Jan. 05)

links to more work

Maryland State Arts Council

Solo Exhibitions

2023

Surface Tension, NOMA Gallery, Frederick, MD

2021
A Way Home, Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Speaking to the Sky, NOMA Gallery, Frederick MD.

2019
Stillness, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Inova Schar Cancer Institute, Fairfax, VA.
2018
Embroidered Truths, NOMA Gallery Frederick MD
2017
Abstract Embroideries, Volt Restaurant , Frederick, MD.
2016
Weather, NOMA Gallery, Frederick, MD.
2014
Recent Works, Artique Underground, Frederick MD
2011
Meaning in Abeyance, Hillyer Art Space, Washington DC
2007
Advance & Retreat, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. Review, News Journal of Delaware, July 3.
2005
Transition, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA. Review. Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11.
2002
Delicious Garden, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore MD. Review Baltimore City
Paper, June 26.
2000
Arranging Space, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel MD. Review Surface Design Journal, Winter 2001 issue.
1998
Winter Cycle, Rockville Arts Place, Rockville MD. Review The Gaithersburg.
Gazette, January 28
1994
XXO, Carroll County Arts Council, Westminster MD. Review Carroll County
Times, November 5.
1993
Threads and Beads, Mary Condon Hodgson Art Gallery, Frederick Community
College, Frederick MD. Review The New Paper, April 21.

Recent Group & Two Person Exhibitions

2025

Where Energy Meets Matter, Exploring the Frontiers of Science, Frederick Arts Council, Frederick, MD

DC Art Now 2025, curated by Michelle May-Curry, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC

Idle Hands, curated by Jodi Hoover and Carlotta Cerrato, Gallery XOXO, Baltimore MD

Women of the DMV, curated by Lenny Campello, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA

2024
Remembered, invitational, NOMA Gallery, Frederick MD
Small Bites, invitational, Gravers Lane Gallery, Chestnut Hill, PA
Maryland Muse: A Tapestry of Inspiration, curated by MSAC and Art in Treasured Spaces, Maryland Treasury, Annapolis, MD
National Juried Exhibition, Curated by Laila Abdul-Hadi Jadallah, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD.
Ephemeral//Enduring, Frederick Arts Council, Frederick, MD
2023
Warp & Weft, Horowitz Visual and Performing Arts Center, Columbia, MD
2023 MSAC Triennial, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2022
No Limits, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD.
Sisterhood: Fine Craft, The Art Barn, Gaithersburg, MD.
Remembering: Karin Birch and Linda Popp, Stevenson University, Owings Mills, MD.
Handcrafted, Blackrock Center for the Arts, Gaithersburg MD.
2021
Micro Gallery: Karin Birch and Lisa Sheirer, Y Arts Center, Frederick MD.
Maryland Regional Virtual Exhibition Series #1 Capital Maryland, Maryland State Arts Council.
Bloom, Curated by Rula Jones, Gallery 115, Frederick, MD.
2020
Material Women, curated by Shanti Norris, The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington D.C.
2019
Strictly Painting 12, curated by Adah Rose Bitterbaum, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA. Honorable Mention.
Artists' Invitational 2019, NOMA Gallery, Frederick, MD
2018
Textures & Textiles, Art Barn, Gaithersburg, MD 2017
Birch, Mickey, Sheirer : Thread, Clay, Pixel, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD.
Slant Light, Poets & Artists, 505 North Gallery & Studio, Frederick, MD.
2015
Bead, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston VA
2014
Transformations: from one thing to another McLean Project For The Arts, McLean VA
What A Stitch, Garvers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013
Artomatic@Frederick, Frederick MD
Threads: Contemporary Embroidery, Dowd Gallery, SUNY Cortland, NY
2012
Hillyer Art Space, Auction Gala & Alumni Retrospective
Washington, DC. Catalog
7th Annual Bead Invitational, Pismo Fine Art Glass Gallery
Denver,CO
8th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery
Philadelphia, PA. Part of FiberPhiladelphia2012
2010
Art in Embassies Program, United States Embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

SOFA Chicago, Snyderman Works Gallery

The Art of the Stitch, Invitational, Visions Art Museum

San Diego, CA

SOFA New York, Synderman- Works Gallery

7th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA

2009

SOFA New York, Snyderman -Works Gallery

2008

Philadelphia Meets Baltimore: Concepts and Preceptions, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University.

SOFA Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery

SOFA New York, Snyderman-Works Gallery

6th International Fiber Biennial, Snyderman-Works Gallery, Philadelphia PA.

2007

Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Arts & Design, NY, NY.
SOFA Chicago, Snyderman-Works Gallery, www.sofaexpo.com
Landscape & Nature: A View from Maryland, Maryland- Kanagawa Anniversary Exhibition Maryland Sister States Program.
Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. Department of State, American Embassy in bujumbura, Burundi

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