November 4 - December 17, 2011
Working Order, an exhibition of Karen's videos, will be on view in the ProjEX Room at Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture in Edmonton, Alberta. Karen will present a live performance in conjunction with the exhibition on
November 26th at 2 p.m.
October 1, 2011
The video Stereo Efficiency Cheer will be shown at two outdoor locations in this year's Scotiabank Nuit Blanche in Toronto. The videos can be viewed on Yonge Street at 1 Richmond Street West and 1 Adelaide Street East, both in Zone C curated by Nicholas Brown.
September 23 - 25, 2011
The video Self Geste will be shown as a wall-sized projection in the group exhibition And No One Was Around, co-presented by Art POP and the Société des arts technologiques in Montréal.
August 14 - 21, 2011
Three videos from the WORK WORK WORK series - Exercises in Napery, Stereo Efficiency Cheer and Self Geste - will be exhibited as a looped sequence during The Art Marathon Festival hosted by Eastern Edge Gallery in St. John's, Newfoundland.
August 2011
Karen will be completing the video work for her latest project, Revisions, while on an artist residency at Espace Marie Chouinard, hosted by Compagnie Marie Chouinard in Montréal.
June 2011
Karen's image Horizon has received an honourable mention in BlackFlash Magazine's 2011 Optic Nerve Image Contest. The judges included Richard Hines (Manitoba), Jesse McKee (BC) and Kelly Wood (Ontario). The image will be published in the upcoming summer issue.
January - August 2011
Karen is working on a new project, Revisions, a multiple-channel video installation featuring the dancer, Kelly Keenan, as well as a commissioned score composed by Mirko Sablich.

Revisions is a thematic progression of Karen's previous research regarding the motif of the working body, gestured labour as choreography, and the body as tool. With Dmitri Shostakovich’s ballet The Bolt [1931] as a point of departure, the work aims to musically, choreographically and visually conceive of the body navigating between states of control and abandon.

Images from the work in progress will be posted on Karen's blog.
April 20, 2011
A proof of Karen's image from the Pierre/Paysage series is available for purchase at the Montréal Loves You Japan fundraiser, a one-night art auction and sale held at Ctrllab. Initiated and curated by Cheryl Sim, Matt Evans and Shinobu Akimoto, the event will feature original works by prominent contemporary artists. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross through the Japanese Consulate in Montréal.
April 1, 2011
Karen will be contributing the audio piece Long Let Me Ask at TAMUKE, a seven-hour artistic vigil at Montréal's Society for Arts and Technology, held in solidarity with the people of Japan, and with their families and friends worldwide.
March 2, 2011
Galerie Simon Blais launched an exquisite catalogue celebrating the last twenty years of art exhibition, promotion and collection. A few images from Karen's exhibition WORK WORK WORK, plus an excerpt from Ève Dorais' essay are included in the publication. View images here.
February 28 - March 27, 2011
Exercises in Napery is presented in Fables (é)mouvantes at Cinémathèque Québécoise, programmed alongside video works by Bas Jan Ader, Romeo Gongora, Manon Labrecque, Nicolas Renaud and David Tomas. The exhibition is one of the many stops of the Exposition Portative (Portable Exhibition) organized by Dazibao, centre de photographies actuelles in Montréal.
February 26, 2011
Karen's video Self Geste is presented during Nuit Blanche à Montréal as part of Art Souterrain. The work is located at Place Bonaventure, 800 de la Gauchetière, from 18h00-03h00.
February 4, 2011
Karen has relaunched Karen Zalamea Makes Work, a blog recording works in progress, as well as new and archived ideas.
January 2011
Karen will be collaborating with Gent-based artist, Emi Kodama, on an art book project tentatively titled Please Make Sure to Gather All of Your Belongings. Organized by curator Brenda Bikoko, the publication is set to be printed and launched in Belgium by September 2012.
January 2011
This year Exercises in Napery will continue to be a part of the Exposition Portative (Portable Exhibition) video programme organized by Dazibao, centre de photographies actuelles in Montréal.