Artist Biography:
Karen Kunc
BORN: Omaha, Nebraska, 1952
EDUCATION:
MFA, Ohio State University, 1977
BFA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1975
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Willa Cather Professor and Professor of Art, 2003 - present
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Professor of Art, 1998 – present
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Associate Professor of Art, 1989 - 1998
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Assistant Professor of Art, 1985-1989
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, 1983-1985
Artist-in-Residence, Nagasawa Art Park, Tsuna, Japan, fall, 2001
Visiting Professor, School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, spring term, 1999
Guest Professor, Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavik, Iceland, spring term, 1995
UNL Study Abroad Program, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy,
summer, 1994,1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009
Research Fellow, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan, spring, 1993
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Art & Art History Gallery Director, 1988- 1991
Dayton Hudson Distinguished Visiting Artist/Teacher, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Fall Term 1989
University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring Semester, 1987
Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio, Instructor in Printmaking, 1978-1983
Ohio State University, Graduate Teaching Associate, 1976-1977
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
Printedness, Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, 2010
Sense of Place, Art Zone Gallery, Cairo, Egypt, 2010
Kaiku Gallery, Finnish Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki, 2009
Order, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA, 2009
Volumina, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE, 2009
Printedness, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2009
Minia University, Faculty of Fine Art, El Minia, Egypt, 2008
The Indeterminate Edge: Karen Kunc (& Annu Vertanen), Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2008
Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, Ohio, 2008
Visualizing the Urban/Rural Divide, Malaspina Printmakers Society Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2008
Emily B. Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Ohio, 2008
Lyrical Legacy: The Prints of Karen Kunc, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, Missouri, 2007
Sensory Source, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska, 2007
Journey, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 2007
Walter Gropius Master Artist Series, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia, 2007
Piano Nobile Gallery, Rynek Glówny, Krakow, Poland, 2006
Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Chamalières, France, 2006
Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland, 2006
The Downtown Gallery, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 2006
Fine Arts Center Gallery, Augusta State University, Georgia, 2006
Northern Kentucky University, Fine Arts Center, Highland Heights, Kentucky, 2006
Visionary Evidence, Contemporary Print and Drawing Center, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA, 2005
Abercrombie Art Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, 2005
Prints, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, 2005
Recent Prints, Kathy Caraccio Print Studio, New York, NY, 2005
Featured Artist Project, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, 2005
SNAP Gallery, Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2004
Ball State University Atrium Gallery, Muncie, Indiana, 2004
Gallery APA, Nagoya, Japan, 2003
Hartmann Center Art Gallery, Bradley University, 2003
Printmaking Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2002
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2002
Project Room, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2001
Blandon Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, Iowa, 2001-02
DeLuce Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, 2001
Evoking Time, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001
Galerie Dumont 18, Geneva, Switzerland, 2000
Walker Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Kearney, 2000
Working Riddles, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1999
Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington DC and online, 1999
The Front Gallery, Student Art League, University of Wyoming, Laramie, 1999
Folio Gallery, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 1999
Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York, 1998
Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan, 1998
Robert Else Gallery, California State University, Sacramento, 1997
Intangibles, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1997
Felix Jenewein Gallery, Municipal Museum of Kutna Hora, Czech Republic, 1996
Hafnarborg Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, 1996
Galleri Umbra, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1996
Galleria Harmonia, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1996
Seigfred Gallery, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1996
Primary Object Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, 1996
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1995
Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska. 1995
Gallery APA, Nagoya, Japan, 1995
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington, 1995
Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1994
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1994
Porter Butts Gallery, Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1994
Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1993
Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1993
Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington D.C., 1993
Babcock Fine Arts Center Gallery, Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 1993
Norman R. Eppink Art Gallery, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, 1993
Califia Books, San Francisco, California, 1993
Albion College, Dickinson Print Gallery, Albion, Michigan, 1992
Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1991
Norra Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, 1990
Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, California, 1990
Merwin Gallery, School of Art, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, 1990
Hartnett Hall Gallery, Minot State University, 1990
Artists Book Works, Chicago, Illinois, 1990
Carleton College Art Gallery, Northfield, Minnesota, 1989
Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1989
Spiva Art Center, Joplin, Missouri, 1989
Jane Haslem Salon, Washington, DC, 1989
Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1989
Frontispiece, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, 1989
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine Wisconsin, 1988
Haggerty Art Center Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas, 1988
Cyrus M. Running Gallery, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1988
Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska, 1988
Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri 1987
Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1987
Kansas City Artist's Coalition, Center for Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 1987
Invitational Gallery, WARM Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1987
Governor's Mansion, Nebraska Arts Council, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1986
U.S. Consulate, Krakow, Poland, 1986
U.S. Embassy, Warsaw, Poland, 1986
Sioux City Art Center, Graphics Gallery, Sioux City, Iowa, 1986
Tarkio College, Tarkio, Missouri, 1985
University of Houston-Clear Lake, Texas, 1985
Quincy College, Quincy, Illinois, 1985
Millikin University, Lower Gallery, Decatur, Illinois, 1985
Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1984
Renner Art Gallery, Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois, 1984
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1984
Miriam Perlman, Inc. Chicago, Illinois, 1984
The Ohio Series, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio 1983
GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
Atrium Gallery, St. Louis
Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha
Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington DC
Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Washington
Anderson O'brien Gallery, Omaha
Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, Ohio