Since Graduating from the University of Manitoba Bachelor of Fine Arts Program Karen Wardle has participated in many group exhibitions across the province including Crafting Contemporary Art curated by Kristen Pauch-Nolin MFA. The exhibit toured for 11 months across Manitoba to rural art galleries including, but not exclusively, Leaf Rapids National Exhibition Centre, Portage La Prairie Arts Centre, and Mentoring Artists For Women’s Art Gallery in Winnipeg. Also included in her list of exhibitions is, Take This You, curator Cliff Eyland at Outworks Gallery, and Why Art?2, Curator Ray Dirks at the Mennonite Heritage Gallery in Winnipeg.

Wardle has also maintained an interest in and been involved in the actuation of alternative galleries and spaces within the exchange district of Winnipeg. Most recently is the inception in 2003 and continued survival of Outworks Gallery. A space developed to provide opportunities for graduating students and emerging artists. She has received a grant from the Manitoba Arts Council and participated in the Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art foundation advisory program 2003-2004. Currently Wardle is an active member and President for Outworks Gallery.

"Currently my work concerns the evolution of space and the closely interwoven relationship between humanity and nature. While drawing meaning from ecological politics, surface and space are the internal forces dictating the dynamics of my images. Paint is the primary medium I respond to. I am always looking to push it to its limits and explore new ways of manipulating the paint, and its relationship to the canvas."