---
title: KARIN BLUMER
description: Contemporary figurative exploration of historical women in the art scene
url: "https://www.artsume.com/a/karin-blumer"
type: artist
createdAt: 2026-04-14
updatedAt: 2026-04-14
disciplines:
  - Painting
  - Printmaking
  - Drawing
  - Collage
location: "Kommetjie, WC, South Africa"
---

# KARIN BLUMER

*Contemporary figurative exploration of historical women in the art scene | Painting, Printmaking, Drawing, Collage | Based in Kommetjie, WC, South Africa*

## Curriculum Vitae

### Education

- **1992** - Art studies, in Painting, Printmaking, Evanston Art School, affilliate of the Chicago Art Institute, Chicago
- **1984** - Training, in Painting, Sculpture, Printmaking, Volks Hochschule, Bonn
- **1971** - Training, in Drawing, Painting, Frank Joubert art Centre, Cape Town

### Solo Exhibitions

- **1985** - "Aquarellen Kunst," Private Exhibition Bonn (Curated by Karin Blumer)

### Group Exhibitions

- **2025** - "Blue," Noordhoek Artpoint Cape Town (Curated by Aimee Kruger)
- **2025** - "Shop -the - Pop Artist Expo," Pam Golding House Cape Town

### Gallery Representation

- Noordhoek Artpoint, Cape Town, (Current)

### Curatorial Projects

- **2008** - "Pollsmoor Prison Arts Programme Exhibition," Artscape Cape Town

## Portfolio

### Jade Explosion and Spread of Green (2025)

*Monotype collage*

*A2*

Discarded monotypes transformed as collages

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### Hiding my Shame (2025)

*Pastel on canvas*

*A3*

A long neck woman in pastel on the back of a very old canvas

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### Dark Forest Series (2024)

*Monotype*

*A2*

Basic black monotype rubbing

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### Frozen Tulips (2024)

*Monotype and acrylics*

*A3*

Monotype embellished with white acrylic paint

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### Lily Series (2024)

*Monotype*

*A3*

Monotype prints embellished with charcoal and pastels

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### Blue Nude I (2024)

*Monotype*

*A3*

The original blue monotype of the nude series 2023

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### Woman Child (2024)

*Monotype*

*A4*

A monotype embellished with charcoal

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### Searching for Venus I (2023)

*Monotype*

*A3*

The first of the long-necked women monotype series

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### Blue Nude ghost (2023)

*Monotype*

*A3*

The gost print of the monotype Blue Nude I

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### The Abused (2023)

*Monotype*

*A4*

This monotype was meant to show another view of Modigliani's wife, but the medium had its own intentions, and a severly abused woman showed up!

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### Modi's Wife I (2023)

*Monotype*

*A3*

This monotype is my interpretation of Amedeo Modiglianis wife, Jeanne Hebuterne.