Karen lives and works in London. She creates installations, assemblages and photographic prints, often incorporating text and maps. Themes relating to identity and sense of place frequently occur in her work.
EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS
2018
Pure Has Nothing To Do With Clean, Angus-Hughes Gallery, London
2017
Word Play, Forest Gate Arts, London
2016
ReAct, Red Door Studios, London
SIXTY, Lubomirov-Angus-Hughes Gallery, London
The Multiple Store - The Last Editions, The Koppel Project Hive, London
Big Deal No 7 - Space, Q PARK, London
2015
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Cork Street
The London Art Fair 2015, London
Known to Me, Gallery Below, London
The Multiple Store @ Canary Wharf, One Canada Square, London
MAD #1 Multiple Art Days, Maison Rouge / Foundation Antoine de Galbert, Paris
Editions Open Call, Lubomirov-Easton, London
Chinese Open 2015, Q Park, London
2014
Editions / Artist' Books Fair, NYC
Multiplied Art Fair, Christies, London
The London Art Fair 2014, London
MARVELLOUS MIX-UPSX1, Loud&Western, London
Line and Value, UpDown Gallery, Ramsgate
Multiplicity, Chart Gallery, London
Vinis Vinifera, 107 Shacklewell Lane, London
Chinese Open 2014, Q Park, London
2013
The London Art Fair 2013, London
Multiplied Art Fair, Christie’s, London
Annual Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, London
Early Summer Exhibition, Eagle Gallery, London
The Multiple Store at Orit, Orit, London
2012
Multiplied Art Fair, Christie’s, London
ALTER, Vegas Gallery, London
Get Carta, Karin Janssen Project Space, London
2011
The Other Art Fair, London
Sexy100, Wall to Wall, London
Invasive Alien Species, Venice
Art Car Boot Fair 2011, London
2010
Big Deal 3, The Collective, London
Rhizomatic, Departure Gallery, London
‘Family’, Susak Expo 2010, Susak, Croatia
Art Car Boot Fair, London
Miniscule, Oblong Gallery, London
Parade - Market of Ideas,The Rootstein Hopkins Parade Ground, Chelsea College of Art, London
Liminopia, in conjunction with TangentProjects, London
Co-curator, Travellers Box International, web based project
2009
Something I Don’t Do, Flowers Kingsland Road, London
Big Deal - Botoxed 69, C22 Pop Up Shop, London
Meltdown, Flowers Kingsland Road, London
Art Car Boot Fete at The Big Chill Festival, Eastnor
Trash Vortex, Hackney Wicked Festival, London
Big Deal 2, Discovery Park, London
Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair, The Old Truman Brewery, London
V22 Presents: The Sculpture Show, The Biscuit Factory, London
Particles/Particles, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Co-curator, Travellers Box International, web based project
2008
Top100, PRS for Music, London
Bookmarks VI: Infiltrating the Library System, international, various venues
Art of Occupation, Working Rooms, London
Co-curator, The Sandwich Box Project, web based project
2007
Co-founder, TangentProjects, London
Rich and Strange, Newport, Wales
Flock, DeviateProjects, London
Destination Area 10, Area 10 Project Space, London
Delicate Situations, web based project, London
Co-curator, Travellers Secret Box, web based project, 2005 – 2007
2006
Mostra IX, Museum of Contemporary Art Union Fenosa (MACUF), A Coruña, Spain, 2006
6x4 Loads!, The Lurking Hole, Nottingham, 2006
Post-it, The Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, 2006
Publish and Be Damned Travelling Library Archive, Canal, London, 2006
Publish and Be Damned Independent Publishing Fair, London, 2006
Paperworld, Transition Gallery, London, 2006
Traveling Magazine Table, Iaspis, Stockholm, 2006
The Invisible Reading Room, Containers Village, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, 2006
Eyelevel Re-shelving Initiative:2, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2006
Interlude Magazine Launch Event, Limehouse, London, 2006
‘The Club’ Independent Publishing Event in conjunction with Kiosk, ICA London, 2006
PREVIOUS
PrintROOM @ HOTEL MARIAKAPEL, Hoorn, Netherlands, 2005
Publish and Be Damned Travelling Library Archive (LOT/Bristol and Display/Prague), 2005
Publish and Be Damned Independent Publishing Fair, London, 2005
Independent Publishing Fair, Transition Gallery, London, 2005
In the Bag, Brixton Art Gallery, London, 2005
Studio Voltaire Artists Group Show, The Oval Theatre, London, 2005
A Fine Line, Euroart Gallery, London
TALKS / PANELS
Visiting tutor, Kent School of Architecture, Canterbury, 2010
TangentProjects talk: ‘Collaborations, collectives and everyone else: Hackney-based art and design groups’ inFlux; Hackney Transient Art Projects, London, 2009
Guest lecturer, ECCA, London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London, 2009
Panel member, Artivistic Conference, Montreal, Canada 2005
WRITING
Runway Magazine, Issue 9, Sydney, Australia; 2007
riffRAG, Issue 2, New York, 2006
Gallery Reviews, Garageland Magazine, Issue 1, Transition Editions, London, 2006
tangent zine, founder and editor, 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Art after Money, Money after Art, Haiven, Max, Pluto Press, UK, 2018
Performance Research Volume 19, Routledge Journals, UK, 2014
[Mostra] IX, Museum of Contemporary Art Union Fenosa (MACUF) exhibition catalogue, Spain, 2006
Alternative Spaces and Practices (Interview with Elaina Arkool) London 2005
The Politics of Art by James Herbert, The San Diego Union Tribune, California, USA, 3 July, 2005
Personal Weblogs, a Research Project (Interview with David Brake, London School of Economics) London 2005
Business Blogs, a Practical Guide, Ives, William and Watlington, Amanda, Boston, USA, 2005
EDUCATION
BA (hons) Fine Art, University of the Arts (Central Saint Martins) 2004
HE Dip - Art and Design, New Art; University of the Arts (Chelsea) 2000
HE Dip - Art and Design, Painting and Drawing; University of the Arts (Chelsea) 1999
COLLECTIONS
Karen’s work is held in private and corporate collections internationally. The work, Terra Infirma is part of The Multiple Store Collection, now housed at the Tate Archive of British Art, Tate Britain.
EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS
2018
Pure Has Nothing To Do With Clean, Angus-Hughes Gallery, London
2017
Word Play, Forest Gate Arts, London
2016
ReAct, Red Door Studios, London
SIXTY, Lubomirov-Angus-Hughes Gallery, London
The Multiple Store - The Last Editions, The Koppel Project Hive, London
Big Deal No 7 - Space, Q PARK, London
2015
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Cork Street
The London Art Fair 2015, London
Known to Me, Gallery Below, London
The Multiple Store @ Canary Wharf, One Canada Square, London
MAD #1 Multiple Art Days, Maison Rouge / Foundation Antoine de Galbert, Paris
Editions Open Call, Lubomirov-Easton, London
Chinese Open 2015, Q Park, London
2014
Editions / Artist' Books Fair, NYC
Multiplied Art Fair, Christies, London
The London Art Fair 2014, London
MARVELLOUS MIX-UPSX1, Loud&Western, London
Line and Value, UpDown Gallery, Ramsgate
Multiplicity, Chart Gallery, London
Vinis Vinifera, 107 Shacklewell Lane, London
Chinese Open 2014, Q Park, London
2013
The London Art Fair 2013, London
Multiplied Art Fair, Christie’s, London
Annual Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, London
Early Summer Exhibition, Eagle Gallery, London
The Multiple Store at Orit, Orit, London
2012
Multiplied Art Fair, Christie’s, London
ALTER, Vegas Gallery, London
Get Carta, Karin Janssen Project Space, London
2011
The Other Art Fair, London
Sexy100, Wall to Wall, London
Invasive Alien Species, Venice
Art Car Boot Fair 2011, London
2010
Big Deal 3, The Collective, London
Rhizomatic, Departure Gallery, London
‘Family’, Susak Expo 2010, Susak, Croatia
Art Car Boot Fair, London
Miniscule, Oblong Gallery, London
Parade - Market of Ideas,The Rootstein Hopkins Parade Ground, Chelsea College of Art, London
Liminopia, in conjunction with TangentProjects, London
Co-curator, Travellers Box International, web based project
2009
Something I Don’t Do, Flowers Kingsland Road, London
Big Deal - Botoxed 69, C22 Pop Up Shop, London
Meltdown, Flowers Kingsland Road, London
Art Car Boot Fete at The Big Chill Festival, Eastnor
Trash Vortex, Hackney Wicked Festival, London
Big Deal 2, Discovery Park, London
Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair, The Old Truman Brewery, London
V22 Presents: The Sculpture Show, The Biscuit Factory, London
Particles/Particles, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Co-curator, Travellers Box International, web based project
2008
Top100, PRS for Music, London
Bookmarks VI: Infiltrating the Library System, international, various venues
Art of Occupation, Working Rooms, London
Co-curator, The Sandwich Box Project, web based project
2007
Co-founder, TangentProjects, London
Rich and Strange, Newport, Wales
Flock, DeviateProjects, London
Destination Area 10, Area 10 Project Space, London
Delicate Situations, web based project, London
Co-curator, Travellers Secret Box, web based project, 2005 – 2007
2006
Mostra IX, Museum of Contemporary Art Union Fenosa (MACUF), A Coruña, Spain, 2006
6x4 Loads!, The Lurking Hole, Nottingham, 2006
Post-it, The Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport, 2006
Publish and Be Damned Travelling Library Archive, Canal, London, 2006
Publish and Be Damned Independent Publishing Fair, London, 2006
Paperworld, Transition Gallery, London, 2006
Traveling Magazine Table, Iaspis, Stockholm, 2006
The Invisible Reading Room, Containers Village, Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, 2006
Eyelevel Re-shelving Initiative:2, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2006
Interlude Magazine Launch Event, Limehouse, London, 2006
‘The Club’ Independent Publishing Event in conjunction with Kiosk, ICA London, 2006
PREVIOUS
PrintROOM @ HOTEL MARIAKAPEL, Hoorn, Netherlands, 2005
Publish and Be Damned Travelling Library Archive (LOT/Bristol and Display/Prague), 2005
Publish and Be Damned Independent Publishing Fair, London, 2005
Independent Publishing Fair, Transition Gallery, London, 2005
In the Bag, Brixton Art Gallery, London, 2005
Studio Voltaire Artists Group Show, The Oval Theatre, London, 2005
A Fine Line, Euroart Gallery, London
TALKS / PANELS
Visiting tutor, Kent School of Architecture, Canterbury, 2010
TangentProjects talk: ‘Collaborations, collectives and everyone else: Hackney-based art and design groups’ inFlux; Hackney Transient Art Projects, London, 2009
Guest lecturer, ECCA, London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London, 2009
Panel member, Artivistic Conference, Montreal, Canada 2005
WRITING
Runway Magazine, Issue 9, Sydney, Australia; 2007
riffRAG, Issue 2, New York, 2006
Gallery Reviews, Garageland Magazine, Issue 1, Transition Editions, London, 2006
tangent zine, founder and editor, 2005
PUBLICATIONS
Art after Money, Money after Art, Haiven, Max, Pluto Press, UK, 2018
Performance Research Volume 19, Routledge Journals, UK, 2014
[Mostra] IX, Museum of Contemporary Art Union Fenosa (MACUF) exhibition catalogue, Spain, 2006
Alternative Spaces and Practices (Interview with Elaina Arkool) London 2005
The Politics of Art by James Herbert, The San Diego Union Tribune, California, USA, 3 July, 2005
Personal Weblogs, a Research Project (Interview with David Brake, London School of Economics) London 2005
Business Blogs, a Practical Guide, Ives, William and Watlington, Amanda, Boston, USA, 2005
EDUCATION
BA (hons) Fine Art, University of the Arts (Central Saint Martins) 2004
HE Dip - Art and Design, New Art; University of the Arts (Chelsea) 2000
HE Dip - Art and Design, Painting and Drawing; University of the Arts (Chelsea) 1999
COLLECTIONS
Karen’s work is held in private and corporate collections internationally. The work, Terra Infirma is part of The Multiple Store Collection, now housed at the Tate Archive of British Art, Tate Britain.