About Karen
My training as an architect has informed a watercolor painting practice that seeks to observe and translate the rich cultural and natural history of the Bay Area.
2006-2022 | Campus Architect and Director of Facilities, Mills College, Oakland CA
2000 - 2005 | Founder and sole proprietor of Karen Fiene Architects, Berkeley, CA
1987 – 1999 | Esherick Homsey Dodge & Davis, Senior Associate, President 1996-1999, San Francisco, CA
1982-1987 | Tanner & Van Dine Architects, San Francisco
1982 San Francisco Architecture & Urban Design Studio, SF Art Institute
1982 Bachelor of Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Gallery Shows and Awards
2016-2019 Sunday Afternoon Watercolor Society annual show- California College of the Arts, San Franciso, CA
2022-2024 Frank Bette Center for the Arts Gallery, Alameda Plein Air Paint Out juried participant; Recipient of the En Plein Air Pro Award for Masonic Hall, Alameda
2023 LyndonDesign Gallery, Sea Ranch Wanderings, guest artist
2023-2024 Mendocino Art Center Gallery, Open Air Paint Out
2023 Juried into the 54th National Exhibition, California Watercolor Society, for Blake Garden, Kensington
2024 Fort Ross State Park, solo show
2024 Center for Architecture + Design, San Francisco AIA, Urban Perspectives | The City and Beyond, solo show
