Photo by Elinore Noyes
Tara Karaim was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended the University of Kansas where she earned her BFA in Art History in 2013. In 2016, she graduated with her MA in Art History from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Since then, Karaim has taught Art History at various Higher Ed Institutions across the Kansas City Metro, she has shown works regularly at multiple galleries, volunteered in an arts capacity at nonprofits and at the board level, and currently works as the Senior Grants Manager at ArtsKC, the metropolitan regional arts council. Her first solo show, “Pandemic Pets,” took place at Vulpes Bastille Gallery in January of 2024. This year she was also one of the artists chosen to participate in Parade of Hearts, a public art experience that celebrates diversity, unites communities and supports nonprofits by placing beautifully designed hearts by local artists throughout the Kansas City region.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Vulpes Bastille January 2024
“Pandemic Pets”
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
InterUrban ArtHouse September 2024
“It’s the Little Things”
80 Santa Fe Art Gallery July 2024
“Ordinary Things”
Buttonwood Art Space April-June 2024
“Kansas City 2024”
Heartland Art Club August-October 2023
“RepreSENSATIONAL 2023: A Heartland Club National Juried Exhibition”
Buttonwood Art Space July-September 2023
“Serenity”
Buttonwood Art Space April-June 2023
“From the Earth”
80 Santa Fe Art Gallery April-May 2023
“Emergence”
The Rice Gallery of Fine Art February 2023
“Small Works National Juried Show: Little Gems”
Buttonwood Art Space January-March 2023
“The Art of Discovery”
Kansas City Artist Coalition November 2022
“Art for All”
InterUrban Art House November 2022
“12 x 12 Member Show”
Buttonwood Art Space April-June 2022
“Kansas City 2022”
Buttonwood Art Space January-March 2022
“Abstract: heART for All”
InterUrban ArtHouse January-February 2022
“Art Heals”
Kansas City Artists Coalition. November 2021
“Art for All”
Buttonwood Art Space July-September 2021
“Home: An Art Benefit for Amethyst Place”
Buttonwood Art Space April-June 2021
“Art for the Animals”
Interurban Arthouse March 2021
“Her Art/Their Art: Intersections and Identity”
Buttonwood Art Space January-March 2021
“Nature’s Bounty”
Kansas City Artists Coalition November 2020
“Art for All”
Buttonwood Art Space July-September 2020
“Connections: An Art Benefit for Jewish Family Services”
Buttonwood Art Space June 2020
“Kansas City: An Art Benefit for Kansas City Parks and Recreation”
The Gallery Event Space March 2019
“Congregation Biav Gala”
Buttonwood Art Space December 2017
“Kansas City Artists Coalition Members Exhibition”
Kansas City Kansas Community College August 2017
“KCKCC Faculty Show”
Kansas City Artists Coalition July 2017
“River Market Regional Exhibition: Truth Trust Transcend”
Todd Weiner Gallery December 2016
“Holiday Show”
Kansas City Artists Coalition November 2016
“One Night Stand”
Westport Yoga October 2016
“Annual Glow Show”
H2B Architects Inc. August 2016
“New Moon”