Exhibitions & Auctions.

AFTERGLOW

Afterglow explores the way places remain with us long after we have left them.

Rather than depicting recognisable landscapes, Karen Lee draws on the fragments that memory chooses to keep — a colour, a horizon, a quality of light, a fleeting sense of place. Details disappear, colours shift and certain moments become heightened while others soften with time.

Through layers of colour, texture and gestural marks, the works occupy the space between remembering and forgetting. Flashes of neon emerge through quieter, muted tones like moments of recollection breaking through. While rooted in Karen’s own memories, the landscapes are deliberately ambiguous, inviting the viewer to find something of their own within them — somewhere once known, half remembered, but still glowing.

Runs from 2nd December 2026 until 20th February 2027 at the Mill Theatre, Dundrum.

TWIXT LAND & LONGING

My latest collection ‘Twixt Land & Longing’ expands my exploration of Irish architecture and emotional geography through my signature impasto technique. New works featuring Hook Lighthouse, Shandon Bells Tower,Sean’s Bar, and Harland and Wolff reflect my ongoing interest in how iconic structures hold personal and collective memory. These bright textured paintings transform familiar landmarks into layered vessels of nostalgia, identity, and place.

Ran from June to July 2025 at the London Irish Centre, Camden, London.

Reject. Connect.

'Reject. Connect.' was a collaborative exhibition between myself, award winning creative photographer, Tim Bingham and composer, Ken Tuohy. It ran in the Banquet Hall of Smock Alley Theatre from 9th to 25th February, 2023.

'Blight/Beauty'

'Blight/Beauty' was my first solo exhibition which ran from 15th to 20th February in the Banquet Hall of Smock Alley Theatre.

'Outside the Box'

'Outside the Box' was an auction held in the RHA Gallery on 28th March 2023 to raise vital funds for the SCOOP Foundation. Over 120 artists were involved in the auction.