Karlie Efinger


Portraitist

Portfolio



Rychosis
Oil and paper on canvas
24 x 36 in
Naomi
Oil on canvas
18 x 24 in
Paris, France


Margie
Oil, acrylic and paper on wood panel
30 x 24 in
Headless Paris
35mm film photo series
Inside Dew
Digital photo series
Cusqueña Marihuana
Oil and spray paint on canvas
60 x 90 cm
Exit Orbit
Digital photo series
Sonido Cavernoso
Oil and spray paint on canvas
24 x 36 in
Paris Fashion Week
35mm film
Oscuras Intenciones
Oil and spray paint on canvas
24 x 36 in


About



Karlie Efinger is an American oil painter with a focus on portraiture. Her background includes fine art, fashion photography, and documentary filmmaking, practices that have taken her from New York and Montana to Paris and Peru. She is currently a second-time artist-in-residence at Arquetopia Foundation, where she is developing an oil portrait series inspired by the Latin American underground music scene.


Past



Arquetopia Foundation
Artist Residency
Cusco, Peru
2023

Arquetopia Foundation
Artist Residency
Mexico City
2025-2027

Omerta Arts
Artist Residency
Helena, MT
Summer 2023

Bastille Design Center
Film Screening
Paris, France
Spring 2022


La Vitrine
Photography Exhibition
Paris, France
Fall 2021

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Digital Media Internship
New York, NY
2015 - 2016

The Dana Gallery
Painting Exhibition
Missoula, MT
Spring 2015

The Roxy Theater

Best Experimental Film
Missoula, MT
Spring 2015

Gallery of Visual Arts, UM
Painting Exhibition
Missoula, MT
Spring 2015

Education


BFA Digital Filmmaking
University of Montana
Missoula, MT

MA Fashion Film & Photography
Paris College of Art
Paris, France




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