PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010-Present   
Atlanta Technical College, Atlanta, GA                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Professor of Photography

2012-Present   
Savannah College of Art & Design,Atlanta, GA                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Photography Instructor

2010-Present   
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Photography Instructor    
                             
Shorter College, Atlanta, GA                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
Interim Photography Professor

2009                                   
Savannah College of Art & Design, Atlanta, GA                                                                                                                                                                                   
Graduate Teaching Assistant

Turner Broadcasting, Atlanta, GA                                                                                                                                    
Photographer Assistant

Threshing Floor Gallery & Academy, Atlanta, GA                                                                                       
Photographer and Gallery assistant

2006                                   
Picture This! Photography Workshop, Atlanta, GA
Founding Facilitator

2005- 2008                 
CNN, Atlanta, GA
Marketing Coordinator

2005                                   
CARE International, Atlanta, GA
Photography Intern

2003 – 2004                 
Peace Corps, Bolivia, South America
Integrated Health Education volunteer

REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS

2011
Williams and England. Form 2011: Artistic Independence
printed catalog of establishd and emerging artists in Atlanta

Ethics Arts Cafe, speaker
in collaboration with Emory University and Wonderroot

2010   
Southern Photography, “Karen Shacham Shows Couples in Atlanta”   
http://southphotography.blogspot.com/2010/08/karen-shacham-shows-couples-in-atlanta.html
August 26, 2010, article by John N. Wall.
   
Oxford American, “Love, American Style”   
http://www.oxfordamerican.org/blogs/post/2010/aug/18/love-american-style/
August 18, 2010, article by Carol Ann Fitzgerald, the managing editor of The Oxford American.

Atlanta Celebrates Photography, “Couples”   
http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/index/year:2010/artist:1023
August 1, 2010, 'Couples' show printed in ACP booklet.

Art Relish, “Karen Shacham Couples at Dewberry”   
http://artrelish.com/wpmu/blog/2010/08/16/karen-schacham-couples-at-dewberry/
August 16, 2010, video interview by Jason Parker

Atlanta Celebrates Photography, “Karen Shacham Couples at Dewberry”   
http://www.acpinfo.org/blog/2010/08/17/karen-schacham-couples-at-dewberry-gallery-video/
                     
Art Relish, “Pine Portfolio Series at Picaflor Studio”
http://artrelish.com/wpmu/blog/2010/02/15/pine-portfolio-series-at-picaflor-studio/
February 15, 2010, article by Marcia Vaitsman and Serene Al-Kawas
                                 
Pine Magazine, “Audio Interview with Karen Shacham”
http://pinepresents.com/karen-shacam/
January 20, 2010, interview by Holly Lang                 

GRANTS & AWARDS 
                
2012                                  
Idea Capital Grant                 
Recipient of Artist Grant

2008                                   
Savannah College of Art and Design                 
Recipient of MFA Fellowship

COLLECTIONS  
               
2011                                   
The Lesbian Herstory Archives                  
Brooklyn, NY

COURSES TAUGHT   
              
Black and White Darkroom Photography, SCAD - Spring 2012
Documentary Photography- Fall 2011, Spring 2012
Product & Studio Photography- Fall 2011, Spring 2012
Raster Imaging- Fall 2011, Spring 2012
Photography- Fall 2010, Winter 201, Spring 2011, Summer 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012
Digital Photo Editing - Winter 2010, Spring 2011, Summer 2011
The Art of Digital Photography- Fall, Spring and Summer of 2010 & 2011, 2012
Presentation Design- Winter 2010 (Video production & Editing)
Computer Arts- Spring 2010
Photographic Arts- Spring 2010