Karen Kunc’s prints and artists books stem from her contemplation of the forces of the natural world and ephemeral encounters. Her unique color-reduction-woodcut printing records destruction and creation in an evolutionary process.
Kunc’s award-winning work is in prominent collections and museums,including: Museum of Modern Art; Library of Congress; New York Public Library;Stanford University; Milwaukee Art Museum; Haas Arts Library, Yale University; Smithsonian American Art Museum; Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University; Cleveland Museum of Art; Joslyn Art Museum; Walker Art Center Library Collection; Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland.
Her prints and book-works have been exhibited widely, including at the National Academy of Design; Bainbridge Island Museum of Art; Graphica Creativa, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland; Wichita Museum of Art; Norra Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.
She has taught workshops internationally including in Egypt,Italy, Finland, Poland, Japan, France, Mexico, Iceland, Bangladesh, and Spain.
Karen is the Willa Cather Professor Emerita at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she taught printmaking, book arts, and papermaking. She is the owner/director of Constellation Studios, a creative work-site for print, paper, and book arts, inviting artists for residencies, workshops, print publishing and project collaborations, and features exhibitions and community activities to further creativity and culture.
http://www.karen-kunc.com
www.constellation-studios.net
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