KAREN KUNC b. 1952 Omaha, Nebraska; resides in Nebraska

Known for her large-scale wood cuts, Karen Kunc took to the intaglio vitreographic process immediately during her first visit to Littleton Studios in Spruce Pine, North Carolina in 1992. She returned in 2000 to create four more prints that combine vitreography with woodcut and digital transfer.

Kunc received a Master of Fine Arts from Ohio State University in 1977 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1975 from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Kunc joined the faculty of the latter institution in 1985 where today she is the Cather Professor of Art. 

The artist's woodblock and other prints have been in over one hundred exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. Overseas Kunc's work has been featured in solo exhibitions in Iceland, Finland and the Czech Republic. In the past decade her work has appeared in group shows in London, Japan, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland and Spain.

Institutions that have collected Karen Kunc's work include the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum; Library of Congress, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Brooklyn Museum of Art and New Orleans Museum of Art. Internationally her work is in the collections of the Salo Art Museum, Finland; Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan; Milwaukee Art Museum and Hyundai Art Center Gallery, Korea.

Old Garden, 1992    

Intaglio vitreograph on Arches, Edition of 26

image size 23 x 28 inches,  paper size  29 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches                    $700*

In an article titled "The Vitreographer" by Shawn Waggoner (Glass Art, March/April 1998) Karen Kunc is quoted on the vitreographic process. She said, "...Old Garden was the first vitreograph I made, and I wanted to bring to it a richness...by using multiple layers and a build up of ink...The required the use of four plates, printed in sequence with overlapping color."

"For many people the question is 'Why glass, when metal plates have been around for centuries, and work great?' The ability to create clean color in an intaglio process appealed to me...It was a great opportunity for me to learn about the medium and see if it could meet my own challenges."

Lost History, 1992    

Vitreograph, intaglio print on Arches, Edition of 26

image size: 24 x 36 inches; paper size:  30 x 42 inches                              $850*

Echo Sight, 1992  

Vitreograph, intaglio print on Arches, Edition of 26

image size: 16 x 12 inches; paper size: 30 x 22 ½ inches                         $450*

Blossom, 2000    

Vitreograph on Kitakata, Edition of 26

image size: 20 ½ x 16 ¾ inches, paper size: 20 ½  x 16 ¾ inches                $700*

Frond, 2000    

 Vitreograph on Kitakata, Edition of 26

 image size: 20 ½ x 16 ¾ inches, paper size  20 ½  x 16 ¾ inches               $700*

Branch, 2000    

Vitreograph on Kitakata,  Edition of 40                                                        $700*

image size: 20 ½ x 16 ¼ inches, paper size  20 ½  x 16 ¾ inches 

 Wing, 2000  

 Vitreograph on Kitakata,  Edition of 56

 image size: 20 ½ x 16 ¾ inches, paper size  20 ½  x 16 ¾ inches                 $700*

Please note: the Branch, Wing, Frond, Blossom folio of four prints is $2,500.

*Prices are subject to change without notice.

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