Karen’s main curational focus is on producing exhibitions of photography with Shutter Hub, the organisation she founded to create a supportive community for photographers and to provide a platform for the development of ideas and careers.
Shutter Hub has become known for its impressive and unconventional largescale exhibitions, showcasing hundreds of works from around the world. These exhibitions have featured in publications such as the British Journal of Photography and The Guardian, and have been recognised by others in the industry as democratising photography through their accessibility.
Alongside curating photography, printmaking, sculpture, and fine art installations, Karen has advised on creative and educational programmes for museums and galleries, public art commissioning, and developing exhibition spaces in historic and listed buildings.
Amongst many locations across the UK and Europe, Karen has created exhibitions for Cambridge University, Menier Gallery London, Old Truman Brewery London, Alfred Gallery Tel Aviv, 5&33 Gallery Amsterdam, and the international street art festival Pow! Wow! Rotterdam.
If you’d like to talk to Karen about gallery consultancy, developing exhibition spaces, or curating an exhibition for your gallery or museum, please get in touch.
OPEN 2018 at Old Truman Brewery, London / Shutter Hub
Everything I Ever Learnt at Cambridge University / Shutter Hub
Everything I Ever Learnt at Cambridge University / Shutter Hub
OPEN 2018/19 at 5&33 Gallery, Amsterdam / Shutter Hub
Pow! Wow! Rotterdam / Rotterdam Partners / Shutter Hub
STREET / FORM Shutter Hub exhibition with POW! WOW! Rotterdam © Jayne Lloyd
STREET / FORM Shutter Hub exhibition with POW! WOW! Rotterdam © Jayne Lloyd
STREET / FORM Shutter Hub exhibition with POW! WOW! Rotterdam © Jayne Lloyd
Shutter Hub talk for Rotterdam Partners © Vincent Demmenie
POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN Shutter Hub exhibition at Hotel Lion d’Or, Haarlem © Jayne Lloyd
POSTCARDS FROM GREAT BRITAIN Shutter Hub exhibition at Hotel Lion d’Or, Haarlem © Jayne Lloyd
Interview – Be Kind Magazine
HOME at Gallery at Home, Wales / Shutter Hub
HOME at Gallery at Home, Wales / Shutter Hub
Now, for the Future at Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool / LOOK Photo Biennial / Shutter Hub
OPEN 2018 at Old Truman Brewery, London / Shutter Hub
OPEN 2018 at Old Truman Brewery, London / Shutter Hub
Shutter Hub OPEN 2018 at Old Truman Brewery, London © Jayne Lloyd
Shutter Hub OPEN 2018 at Old Truman Brewery, London © Jayne Lloyd
Shutter Hub OPEN 2018 at Old Truman Brewery, London © Jayne Lloyd
Shutter Hub OPEN 2018 at Old Truman Brewery, London © Jayne Lloyd
Everyday Delight at The Mall, Luton / Shutter Hub © Ioana Marinca
Girl Town at Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv / Shutter Hub
Girl Town at Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv / Shutter Hub