KAREN MCDIARMID PHOTOGRAPHY, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

in mid-june, 2023, i enjoyed being part of a group show by the Thursday afternoon art collective at the old schoolhouse gallery on Cortes island, “between heaven and earth.” the painting, “cortes spring, log from the salish sea,” was exhibited along with other paintings in the “cortes in a time of plague” series

looking forward to being part of a group show at the whyte museum of the canadian rockies, “it’s about blooming time,” opening april 22, 2022

“night swim with rose comets” from the series, “cortes in a time of plague,” is the cover image for “the new quarterly” literary journal, Winter 2022

december 2021. paintings included in “windows,” volume 1, an arts journal published by the “dark island arts collective” on cortes island, b.c.

pop-up show of selected images at joe bembridge's "gallery merrick" in nanaimo on may 12th & 13th, 2018. wonderful opening, well-attended and a lot of fun and stimulating conversations!

November 2017.  Pleased to have two photographs included in the anthology, "The pilgrimage chronicles: embrace the quest," published by sacred world explorations 

“The Grammar of Emptiness" was on display at the Banff Centre as part of the Banff Mountain Film & Book Festival 2016, in the Max Bell Foyer gallery from september 1 until January 31, 2017