EDUCATION

1994

• BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006

•  Karen Benson: Interview and Select Works, http://inthemoodforarte.wordpress.com, Paris, France

2004

• Karen Benson: New Works in Wax, Pez Gordo Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

1998

• Offerings, Max's Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007

• Encaustic Works 2007, Watermark/Cargo Gallery, Kingston, NY, traveling to Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (Juried by Joan Snyder)
• Gallery Artists Holiday Show, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• Winter Works, Pez Gordo Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

2006

• Gallery Artists 2006, Pez Gordo Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

2005

• Art for the New Year, Pez Gordo Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

2003

• Gallery Artists Holiday Show, Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
• Whole Ball of Wax, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
• New Work ~ Karen Benson and Jim Williams, Pez Gordo Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
• On the Surface, Square Blue Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
• Peter Frank Selects, Don O'Melveney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2002

• Pez Gordo Artists, Pez Gordo Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

2001

• Pez Gordo Artists, Pez Gordo Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

2000

• Pez Gordo Artists, Pez Gordo Gallery, San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
• Select Artists, Hollywood Digital, Los Angeles, CA

1999

• Select Artists, Hollywood Digital West, Santa Monica, CA

1998

• 1998 Open, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
• Hot Jazz & Cold Fusion, Simon Schade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• GenArt Summer Exhibition, California Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
• All City Open, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• Del Mano, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
• Brushstrokes, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA

1997

• GenArt Winter Exhibition, Christie's Auction House, Beverly Hills, CA
• Art & Soul, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
• Eyesite, Site Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• The Brain and the Self, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ