Karen Kunc | |
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Born | 1952 Omaha, Nebraska |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Book artist, printmaker |
Website | karen-kunc |
Karen Kunc (b. 1952 Omaha, Nebraska)[1] is an American book artist and printmaker known for her woodblock prints.[2][3] She attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Ohio State University.[4] She taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln beginning in 1983 until her retirement in 2020.[5] She is the 2007 recipient of the Southern Graphics Council's Printmaker Emeritus Award.[6] In 2023 the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art held a solo exhibition of her work.[7] Kunc established Constellation Studies, a live/work project in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, in 2013.[8]
Kunc's work is in the Art Institute of Chicago,[9] the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art,[10] the National Museum of Women in the Arts[11] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] and the Walker Art Center.[12]