Karis King recently graduated from the Fine Arts Center and Wade Hampton High School in Greenville, SC. Her studies throughout her art career have included design, photography, ceramics, metals, drawing and painting, digital art, and the completion of a 3D AP portfolio during her junior year in high school. While honing her skills in various mediums, she discovered that metals and sculpture are her passion. She currently studies at Brevard College with plans to earn a double major with a BA in Studio Art with concentrations in both sculpture and digital art and a BA in Communications.
Her most notable exhibition to date was being a Featured Artist and giving a Portfolio Presentation at the Rising Stars Piccolo Spoleto Series in June of 2023. She also received 1st Place in Visual Arts in the SC PTA Reflections Program School and District Level exhibition for her piece titled Remember Those Days. This piece moved on to state awards in the Spring of 2023. She was additionally a Featured Artist for her work An Anxious Bouquet at the Artfields Jr. Competition in Lake City, SC as of May 2023.
Several of King’s works have been published, from her Celebrating Art Publication of Head in the Clouds Ring sponsored by Blick Art Materials in their Spring 2022 edition to a Featured Artist Publication of several art works in the Chiaroscuro Literary Art Journal at Brevard College in May of 2024. One of her works in Chiaroscuro, titled Gregory, also received honors in the publication, winning 3rd place in the visual arts category.
King continues to hone her love of both art and communications into professional outlets while attending school. She has completed two internships: one in 2023 under the jeweler Caro Designs, and one in 2024 with United Ministries. While with Caro Designs, King focused on how to professionally market visual art to the public. On the other hand, King discovered how to combine marketing with visual arts in her internship with United Ministres. She also has been hired for various marketing jobs across the 2021-2024 time period by a chemical company called Toll Solutions.
Honors and Accolades
Featured Artist Publication, Chiaroscuro Literary Art Journal, Brevard College, May 2024
Awarded Outstanding Artist in Foundational Courses, Brevard College, May 2024
3rd Place, “Gregory,” Chiaroscuro Juried Exhibition, Brevard College, October 2023
Featured Artist and Portfolio Presentaiton, Rising Stars Piccolo Spoleto Series, June 2023
Featured Artist, “An Anxious Bouquet,” Artfields Jr. Competition, Lake City, SC. May 2023 Read More
1st Place Visual Arts, “Remember Those Days”, PTA Reflections Program School and District Level. Piece moves on to state awards, Winter 2023
Silver Key Winner, “Open the Mind”, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Winter 2023
“Open the Mind”, Chosen for inclusion in the Emerging Artists Invitational, High Point University Darrell E. Sechrest Art Gallery, Fall 2022
1st Place, “Pair of Corsages”, Small Works Juried Art Show, Brevard College, Spring 2022
Celebrating Art Publication, “Head in the Clouds” Ring, CelebratingArt.com Blick Art Materials, Spring 2022 Publication
Honorable Mention, “Pair of Corsages”, Scholastics Art and Writing Awards, Winter 2021
2nd Place, “Phantasm”, Fine Arts Center Fall Juried Art Show, Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC. Fall 2020
Karis H. King. Studio Artist 