Karen Kunc
"There is an admirable consistency of technique and appearance throughout Kunc’s oeuvre of colour woodcuts. For over 25 years she has remained dedicated to her process, through scores of editions, the circumspect evolution of imagery and capricious print world fashion. She has cleverly avoided inertia and repetition, and has developed a technical fluency to match her imagination. Now she begins to approach true mastery of her medium. It is exciting to see."
David Acton, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, Worcester Art Museum, MA. (essay from Jane Haslem Gallery)
Photograph by David Dale
Current Exhibitions & Presentations:
Art of the Book 2013 Exhibition
Calgary, Canada
July 5 - August 22, 2013
national tour for 3 years
Best of Show Award for 'Fractured Terrain'!
Fulbright Specialist Project Award
Dhaka University Faculty of Fine Arts
Contemporary Woodcut Workshop
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hosted by Athena Gallery of Fine Arts
May 9 - 23, 2013
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
selections at the International Print Center New York
June 13 - September 21, 2013
also at the Center for Book Arts NY
8th Biennale Internationale de'Estampe Contemporaine de Trois-Rivieres (BIECTR)
Trois-Rivières , Canada
June 16 - September 8, 2013
AMoA Biennial 600: Printmaking
Amarillo Museum of Art, Texas
May 17 - August 11, 2013
Upcoming Exhibitions:
Global Print 2013
Lamego Museum, Lamego, Portugal
Douro Museum, Peso de Regua, Portugal
August 10 - September 30, 2013
Upcoming Presentations:
Featured Artist for 'water' themed Prairie Schooner FUSION
online journal
http://www.prairieschooner.unl.edu/?q=fusion/feast
launch August 1, 2013
Visiting Artist for lectures and workshop
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
November 4 - 8, 2013
Announcements:
• Follow developments for Constellation Studios at:
http://www.constellation-studios.net
• Listen to Karen in a podcast, with host Ben Moreau at:
http://workingproof.libsyn.com
• Watch Karen's demo at Shev Shoon, Seattle, 2009, edited by Mirka Hokkanen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff-sv3FXO4Q
• Order: What Follows......video interview with Karen from
University of Colorado Visual Resources Center
contact Valerie Albicker, albicker@colorado.edu, Director of the Visiting Artist Program.
• Now on view: Nebraska Arts Council/Nebraska MasterpiecesArts Education Seriesvideo interview with Karen, educator resourceshttp://www.nebraskaartscouncil.org/local/Nebraska_Masterpieces/