Education:
Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Bachelor of Art, Magna Cum Laude
Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Courses in Continuing Studies Program
Schuler School of Art, Baltimore, MD
Instructor: Drawing and Painting Classes for Adults

Juried Art Shows and Exhibitions:
February 2004 Solo Show Notre Dame Preparatory, Baltimore, MD
August 2004 Yorkfest Juried Show, York, PA
February, 2005 Solo Show Boston Properties, Baltimore, MD
August 2005 Amalie Rothchild Gallery at Creative Alliance
Baltimore, MD Solo Show: “The Waiting Room”
February, 2008 Baltimore County Community College, MD
Solo Show: “Impressions of China”
August 2009 Towson Art Collective Baltimore, MD
Two Artists: Karen Trimble and Matt Kloss
September 2009 Parkside Art Café Baltimore, MD, Solo Show: “The Figure in Landscape”
April 2011 Studio Thursday Painters Group Show Towson, MD
October 2011 Hamilton Gallery Baltimore, MD Featured Artist" Skyscapes"
February 2012 Chadds Ford Gallery "Nocturne" Chadds Ford, PA
September 2014 Rehoboth Art League, Rehobith DE Solo Show: Skies and Storms
December 2014- 2021 Chadds Ford Gallery, Chadds Ford, PA Annual Christmas in Miniature

Art Festivals in the Northeast including:
Old Town Alexandria Fine Art Show, Spring and Fall
Rehoboth Art League Annual Show, Rehoboth, DE

Awards:
First Place in Painting: Art in the Middle, Urbanna , VA 2021
Regional BG&E Award, First Place: Art Gallery of Fells Point, 1997
Artist’s Award: Westminster Art in the Park, 2004
Fourth Place: Lititz Fine Arts Show , 2004
Artistic Merit: Members Show, Carroll County Arts Council 2004
Third Place: Brandywine Festival of Art, 2007
Second Place: Lititz Fine Arts Show, 2009
First Place: Lititz Fine Arts Show, 2012

Memberships:
Creative Alliance
Towson Art Collective
Oil Painters of America