Karen Santry

Education

BS, Skidmore College
MFA, University of Pennsylvania

Biography

Karen Santry is an illustrator and fine artist. 

Clients

W-­-Hotels Fashion Week, Westinghouse, United Technologies, Wagner Swimming Pools, The Metropolitan Opera, Bantom Books, The Smithsonian, The Ballet Etudes, Morgan Sign Co., Atlas Scenic Studios, The Westport Playhouse, Wedding Magazine, The Fashion Art Bank, Avon, Harper Collins, Penguin, St Martin’s Press, Random House, The Electric Currents Dance Co., CBS, Pfizer, Darla Olson Historic Preservation, Government of Dominica, Sony Records, Sterling Publishing Company, Psychology Today, American Illustration, Mt Vernon Hospital, Mercedes-­-Benz, The New York Ballet, Aberdeen Bay, Berkley Prime Crime, Five Star publishers. Grove Atlantic publishers, Hyperion Books, Kensington Books, St. Martin’s Press, Tyrus Books, Nokia, Conran stores/Habitat, Cardstore.com, Prime Finish, Stampouri, Art Publishing Group, Hollander Home Fashions, Interart/Sunrise greeting cards, Image Source International Posters, Akar, Papyrus, Target, Caspari Cards, Fabrice de Villeneuve

Fashion Illustration

Valentino, Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, Patricia Fields, Yamamoto, Christian Lacroix New York, Andre Van Pier, Chanel

Exhibitions

The Flinn Gallery
Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts
Louis Meisel
Rotunda of the White House
Solomon Guggenheim
The Whitney Museum Store Gallery
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Smithsonian Institute
Aldrich Museum
DeCordova Museum
Society of Illustrators

Awards

  • NEA Design Grant
  • Connecticut Commission on the Arts Grant

Films

Speaking as Self
Painters Painting Murals
Speaking of Art
Survival of a Small City
Remarkable Women of America
In the Center of the Sea
Artists speak on 9/11
Westbeth Home of the Arts
13 Artists

Curation

Sculpture Gallery Westbeth Artist Housing
The Kenneth Paul Block Exhibition, Society of Illustrators
The W-­Hotel, Times Square
Drawing Inspiration, FIT Faculty exhibition
The Big Book of Fashion Illustration Cover by Martin Dawber (authored forward)

Websites

Karen Santry Website