Biography

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Kathy J. Karlson, Ph.D., Artist in Residence at Greenbelt Community Center in Maryland.

Paintings in more than 50 private collections. Exhibited in juried shows, Montpelier, Wilson Gallery, Torpedo Factory, and many other places. Former member of A Salon Studio in Takoma Park, Maryland. Karlson's paintings reflect layered sources of inspiration, from her interest in abstract expressionism and her upbringing near the prairie, to her years in the Peace Corps in West Africa.

In 1998, Kathy Karlson was awarded an NEA grant for fiction writing, which allowed her to devote more time to both writing and painting. Her stories have been published in The Barcelona Review, Carve, Chiron Review, Madison Review, Worldview, Calyx, Stories With Grace, The MacGuffin, SNReview, 13th Warrior, and several other journals.