Karen M. Gutfreund an artist and curator with a focus on “Art as Activism”.
To date Gutfreund has created over forty national exhibitions with self-identified women artists, on feminist and social justice themes.
She has worked in the Painting & Sculpture Department for MoMA, the Andre Emmerick Gallery, The Knoll Group, the John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco and the Pacific Art League, Palo Alto and is an art consultant to both corporations and individuals.
She served as the National Exhibitions Director for the Women’s Caucus for Art, is a member of ArtTable, the Northern California Representative for The Feminist Art Project, and Curator for UniteWomen.org.
She is a co-partner in Gutfreund Cornett Art, a curatorial partnership that creates exhibitions to promote the work of activist artists with the motto “changing the world through art.” As an artist, her artwork reflects timely issues in pursuit of social justice and positive change.
She has lived in all four corners of the United States but has now settled in the Bay Area in California.