(b. 1955)
American
Born: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Karen J.S. Tashjian is a Western New York artist and architect. She received a BS in Design, Fine Arts, and Architecture, and a B.Arch. in Architecture, both from Cornell University. She is currently licensed in New York State. She has practiced architecture, and taught Architectural Design Studio at the University of Buffalo for 18 years. She has been painting seriously for over 20 years. She currently has a studio at home, and a painting studio at the Niagara Frontier Food Terminal in Buffalo, NY. She lives in a passive solar residence which she designed. She is a wife and mother of four, now grown, children.