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Education
2021 -- State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo NY
Morrison Scholar - MFA
2017 -- University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha OK
Cum Laude - BFA​
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Teaching Experience
2026 -- Present University of Central Oklahoma, Adjunct Professor of Art - Edmond, OK
2023 -- Present Firehouse Art Center, Teaching Faculty - Norman, OK
2019 -- 2021 State University of New York at Buffalo, Instructor of Record - Buffalo, NY​
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Affiliations
2024-Current -- Freedom Oklahoma, Board Member - OK
2023-Current -- Firehouse Art Center, Faculty Educator - Norman, OK
2021-Current -- Sunny Dayz Mural Festival, Marketing Lead - OK
2021-Current -- Paseo Arts Association, Exhibit Committee Member - Oklahoma City, OK
2021-2023 -- Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, 12x12 Committee Member, MOMENTUM Committee Member
2021-2023 -- Norman Arts Council, Public Arts Committee Member - Norman, OK
2021-2022 -- Art Group OKC, Member - Oklahoma City, OK
2020-2022 -- Factory Obscura, Volunteer Artist - Oklahoma City, OK
2019-2021 -- State University of New York at Buffalo, Instructor of Record - Buffalo, NY
2019-2021 -- UB Arts Collaboratory, Artist Collaborator - Buffalo, NY
2019-2021 -- Squeaky Wheel Arts and Media Center, Member - Buffalo, NY
2015 -- MULTIPLICTY Exhibition, Co-Founder - Chickasha, OK ​
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Awards and Honors
2022 -- Golden Donut Award, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
2022 -- Curator's Choice, MOMENTUM: Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
2020 -- Live Your Art (At Home) Grant Recipient, UB Arts Collaboratory
2018 -- Best in Show, HER: 1219 Creative
2017 -- Judge’s Choice Award, CHROMA: University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
2015 -- People’s Choice Award, Spring Show: University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
2014 -- People’s Choice Award, Fall Show: University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
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Film Screenings
2020 -- Squeaky Wheel Animation Fest - Buffalo, NY
2020 -- Binghamton Experimental Film Festival - Binghamton NY
2020 -- DMS Live Stream Student Show, Buffalo - NY​
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Exhibitions
2026 -- MOMENTUM, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition - Oklahoma City, OK
2026 -- In Love with Love, Factory Obscura - Oklahoma City, OK
2025 -- OVAC Members Show, Oklahoma Hall of Fame | Gaylord-Pickens Museum - Oklahoma City, OK
2025 -- 4Fresh, Plaza Walls Gallery - Oklahoma City, OK
2025 -- MOMENTUM, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition - Oklahoma City, OK
2024 -- 12x12, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition - Oklahoma City, OK
2024 -- You Belong Here, Plaza Walls Gallery - Oklahoma City, OK
2024 -- Deck Show, DNA Galleries - Oklahoma City, OK
2024 -- OVAC Members Show, Oklahoma Hall of Fame-Gaylord | Pickens Museum - Oklahoma City, OK
2024 -- Plaza Walls Mural Expo, Muralist - Oklahoma City, OK
2024 -- Plaza Walls Mural Expo Exhibition, Plaza Walls Gallery - Oklahoma City, OK
2023 -- 12x12, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition - Oklahoma City, OK
2022 -- THE MEDIUM Gallery Launch, CACHE Create - Fayetteville, AR
2022 -- Midnight Library, Bookish - Oklahoma City, OK
2022 -- Plaza Walls Mural Expo, Muralist - Oklahoma City, OK
2022 -- 12x12, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition - Oklahoma City, OK
2022 -- Plaza Walls Mural Expo Exhibition, Plaza Walls Gallery - Oklahoma City, OK
2022 -- LIGHT: A DNA Group Show, DNA Galleries - Oklahoma City, OK
2022 -- Art Group Juried Show, Art Hall OKC - Oklahoma City, OK
2022 -- MOMENTUM, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition - Oklahoma City, OKC
2022 -- Small Works, Paseo Arts and Creativity Center - Oklahoma City, OK
2021 -- SUNY PRIDE: Pride in Bloom Online Exhibition - NY
2021 -- Chaotic Good lll, UB Galleries - Buffalo, NY
2021 -- not an exit or an entrance, Box Gallery - Buffalo, NY
2020 -- SUNY PRIDE Online Exhibition - NY
2020 -- Chaotic Good, UB Galleries - Buffalo, NY
2017 -- MOREcolor, Dennis R. Neill Equality Center - Tulsa, OK
2017 -- Chroma, Nesbitt Gallery - Chickasha, OK
2017 -- INSPIRE Women’s Group Show, 1219 Creative - Oklahoma City, OK
2017 -- Spring Show, Third Floor Gallery - Chickasha, OK
2017 -- MULTIPLICITY, Ballroom - Chickasha,OK
2016 -- Holiday Show, Third Floor Gallery - Chickasha, OK
2016 -- MULTIPLICITY, Station 82 Gallery, Chickasha - OK
Publications
2026 -- A&E: Karis Chambers uses art as emotional language - Norman Transcript
2021 -- Not Quite the Apocalypse - University at Buffalo 2021 MFA Catalogue
2020 -- The Chaotic and Good Two Thousand and Twenty: an Essay by Felipe Shibuya - Cornelia Magazine
2020 -- Chaotic Good: Department of Art MFA Winter Exhibition - Cornelia Magazine
2018 -- Hallucinogens and the Evolution of Humankind - Drover Review Vol. 1
2016 -- Untitled One & Untitled Two - The Accent Artistic Journal
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