Solo/Two Person Exhibitions

2012
The Expanding Mall, cont’d, Karni Dorell and Jennifer Protas, curated by Charlotta Kotik, Skolska 28 Kominikacni Prostor, Praha, Czech Republic
2011
Yesterday’s Shadows, Salena Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn
2010   
(T)HERE - from There to Here - Three American Artists in the Amsterdam Underground, INKIJK Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A State of Flux - three artists new work, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn
2007
The Expanding Mall, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem, the Netherlands
Marks on a plane, Sunny’s Red Hook, Brooklyn
2006   
Tight Space, The Gallery at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
2005   
New work: Karni Dorell / Stuart Nicholson, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn
1999
Mechanical Distance, Scott Pfaffman Gallery, New York
1993   
Testing, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn
Remote Control, Ridge Street Gallery, New York

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Group Exhibitions
2016
FiveMyles 2016 Benefit, FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn
Its all politics, GCCA gallery, Catskill NY
100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn
2015  
Kentler Celebrates 25 Advisory Board Selects, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn
Flight Patterns, Six Photographers, Esquina, New York City
Wish You Were Here 14, A.I.R. Gallery’s annual Postcard show, Brooklyn
Stack/File: Selections from the Kentler Flatfiles; Guest Curator: Ana Torok, Curatorial Assistant The Panza Collection, Guggenheim Museum; Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn
100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn
The Kentler Flatfiles: Red Hook Artists - The 90s, PENINSULA ART SPACE, Brooklyn
2014   
Uncontrolled Substance, Audrey Anastasi, Douglas Campbell, Karni Dorell, Daniel Genova, David Lantow, Wisteria ARTSpace, Brooklyn
2013   
Sign of the Tides, Helmut Dick, Karni Dorell, Jennifer Protas, Roel van Timmeren, FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn
2011   
Contributor to Table of Contents/first activations, Ines Lechleitner, SAPROPHYT, Berlin, Germany
718 Hotel, Corridor project, Brooklyn
2010
Art is not about packaged goods, J LIMA ART STUDIOS, Easton, PA
HARVEST, First Street Gallery, New York City
Degrees of Density / Selections from the Flatfiles, Guest Curator: Marilyn Symmes, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AR and Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
War & Peace / 6 artists from the Kentler Flatfiles, Florence Neal curator, essay by Charlotta Kotik, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn
Trickhouse.org, collaborative poetry/photography exhibit, Shelton Walsmith curator, Brooklyn
LABA’s Guests, 14th street Y, Tzili Charney curator,  New York
2009   
You are standing into danger, Walker Waugh curator, Space 414, Brooklyn
NY ARTS VENICE / Beijing Works on Paper, Venice, Italy and Beijing, China
100 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn
2008   
ArtObama, a benefit for change, Brooklyn
Foto-expo Wonderful life, Winston Hotel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn
Sublime Subprime, ABC No Rio, New York
2007   
Mock, Stock and Barrel: A Tribute to Richard Mock, Galleria Los Smartskier, New York
Photography and Contemporary Tactics, BAC Gallery, Brooklyn
125 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn
2006   
Lost & Found, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
Amendicons, Makor Gallery, New York
125 Works on Paper Benefit, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn
New work: Karni Dorell & Stuart Nicholson, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn
Continuum II, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn
2004   
YW, Viridian Gallery, New York
Nature Trails, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn
Continuum, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn
2003   
Selections: Photography, The Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY
100 Small Works 2003, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn
Philosophical Folk, Diesel Gallery, Brooklyn
2001   
Proximity, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn
2000   
Small Works Show, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn

Grants             
US Council in the Hague
The Netherland-American Foundation Cultural Grant
Change Inc., Foundation Grant

Residencies    
Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY 1994

Commissions  
2015   Book cover design, Sâmbătă seara şi luni dimineaţa by Tudor Stancu, Ed. VREMEA, Romania
2014   Cover for Pe'amim - Rites and Writings, a Quarterly Journal for the Studies in Oriental Jewry, Ben Zvi Institute, 141 – Autumn 2014 Jerusalem, Israel
2009  Backdrop for A View From The Bridge, staged by VPR Opera Company, Brooklyn, NY
2000  Poster design & invite, TIMING, a play by Jacqueline Sutton, New York, NY
1994   Book cover design, Girl Soldier by Denise Duhamel, Garden Street Press, MA

Member          
2002 - present  Kentler International Drawing Space Advisory Board, Brooklyn, NY

Bibliography         
Viola Linder, NRC Handelsblad Cultural Supplement, The Netherlands, Dec. 14, 2007        
Mark Foster, The Lion’s Voice, Exhibition review: Selections: Photography, Oakdale, NY, 2003  
Herbert Reichert, Review Magazine, NY, NY, April 15, 1999  

Education       
MFA, Painting - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 1990
Fine Arts Institute - HaMidrasha, Ramat Hasharon, Israel 1985
BA, Government - Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 1982
Dunie Weizman Conservatory of Music, Haifa, Israel 1969-76
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, CA 1967