Sanctuaries of
Invention:
New Relief Prints by
Karen Kunc
Artist’s talk with Karen Kunc
We hosted a Zoom Artist’s Talk with Karen Kunc on October 13th.
If you missed us, you can watch the recording below!
Karen Kunc
Gallery Hours: 10am-4pm Monday through Friday
Open: September 30th - November 12th
Karen Kunc’s prints and artists books stem from her contemplation of the forces of the natural world, ephemeral encounters and the immeasurability of time and distance. Her unique style of printing records the process of destruction and creation inherent in reduction woodcut, and as an artist she takes on an omniscient role as evolutionary choices move toward the resolution of her images.
Karen Kunc was born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She received her BFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1975, and her MFA from Ohio State University in 1977. She is Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln where she has taught from 1983-2020. Her works have been shown in exhibitions nationally and internationally: The National Academy Museum, NY; Sheldon Museum of Art; Davidson Galleries, Seattle; Krakow Print Triennial, Poland; Excellence, Chamalieries, France; Invisible Cities, Ca’ Zenobio, Venice, Italy; Galerija Art 55, Nis, Serbia; Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis; ARTag Gallery, Helsinki, Finland. Her prints and artists books are in numerous public collections: Museum of Modern Art, NY; the Library of Congress; New York Public Library; Stanford University; Milwaukee Art Museum; Haas Arts Library Yale University; Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland; Huntington Museum, WV; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC; Zimmerlie Art Museum Rutgers University; Cleveland Museum of Art; Honolulu Museum of Art; Joslyn Art Museum. She has taught workshops around the world, in Egypt, Italy, Finland, Poland, Japan, France, Mexico, Iceland, Bangladesh, Spain; and she has lectured as a visiting artist to over 200 institutions, including: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, University of Tennessee, University of Georgia, Cornell University, American University Cairo, Academy of Art Helsinki Finland, University of Virginia, Kyoto Seika University Japan. She has served as juror of selection for national competitions, and has organized and curated exhibitions of prints that have traveled to France, Egypt, Czech Republic, Finland, Italy and Bangladesh.
She is the director/owner of Constellation Studios, Lincoln, Nebraska, a creative work-site for print, paper, and book, inviting artists for residencies, workshops, exhibitions, print publishing and project collaborations.
The Wanting Pool Woodcut 2007 ed. 6/16
Fury & Flow Woodcut 2019 ed. 7/12
Words into Water Woodcut 2020 ed. 4/5
Length & Measure Woodcut 2020 ed. 7/8
Presenting Woodcut 2021 ed. 5/7
Acanthus Woodcut 2021 ed. 6/7 (Top), Watered Silk Woodcut 2021 ed. 4/6 (Bottom)
Coral Sanctuary Woodcut 2019 ed. 5/5
Essence of Abydos Woodcut 2017 ed. 5/19
Cloud Brocade Woodcut 2021 ed. 6/6 (Top), Incandescence Woodcut 2021 ed. 6/6 (Middle), Blue Cascade Woodcut 2020 ed. 6/6 (Bottom)
Garden of Disasters Woodcut 2010 ed. 6/10
Monument Stones Woodcut, etching, pochoir, watercolor 2018 ed. 3/5
Weight of Air Woodcut, etching, pochoir, watercolor 2018 ed. 4/5 (Top), Distillation Woodcut, etching, pochoir, watercolor 2018 ed. 5/5 (Bottom)
Bell’ Acqua Woodcut on Okawara paper 2011 ed. 1/5
Array of Raressence Woodcut 2018 ed. 2/5
The Immeasurable Woodcut on Okawara paper 2011 ed. 2/5
LandEscape Woodcut, letterpress, handmade watermarked paper of cotton/abaca 2016 AP 6/40
LandEscape Woodcut, letterpress, handmade watermarked paper of cotton/abaca 2016 AP 6/40
LandEscape Woodcut, letterpress, handmade watermarked paper of cotton/abaca 2016 AP 6/40
Release Etching, woodcut and letterpress, covered folio box 2020-2021 ed. 12/25
Release Etching, woodcut and letterpress, covered folio box 2020-2021 ed. 12/25
Release Etching, woodcut and letterpress, covered folio box 2020-2021 ed. 12/25
Release Etching, woodcut and letterpress, covered folio box 2020-2021 ed. 12/25
Treatyse Etching, polymer relief, pochoir on handmade paper; letterpress handset type on Japanese paper 2017 ed. 3/30
Treatyse Etching, polymer relief, pochoir on handmade paper; letterpress handset type on Japanese paper 2017 ed. 3/30
Treatyse Etching, polymer relief, pochoir on handmade paper; letterpress handset type on Japanese paper 2017 ed. 3/30
Incessant White Noise Woodcut, letterpress, digital 2013 ed. 18/30
Incessant White Noise Woodcut, letterpress, digital 2013 ed. 18/30
Incessant White Noise Woodcut, letterpress, digital 2013 ed. 18/30