Talk:Karen Kunc

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Solo exhibitions (selected)

• Sanctuaries of Invention: New Relief Prints by Karen Kunc, Soeffker Gallery, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN, 2021
• Karen Kunc Prints, Galerija Art 55, Nis, Serbia, 2019
• Weather: Prints & Books by Karen Kunc, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN 2019
• Invisible Cities, Artists Books & Prints, Palazzo Ca' Zenobio, Amor del Libro, Venice, Italy, 2018
• Karen Kunc: Artists Books, Charno Gallery, Kansas City Artist Coalition, Kansas City, MO 2018
• Volumina Project, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE 2018
• Picturing This: Prints & Booksby Karen Kunc, Asheville Bookworks, Asheville, NY 2017
• Transforming Worlds: The Woodcut Prints of Karen Kunc, Rall Gallery, Doane University, Crete, NE 2017
• Karen Kunc: From the Sketch to the Block, Salon Cultural San Miguel, Arcos de la Frontera, Spain, 2017
• Waves of Riches, ArtSpace, Oklahoma City, OK 2017
• Into the Deep, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO 2016-17
• Drawing into Print, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE 2017
• Open Studio Treasures, Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE 2015 - 16
• Of Process: Drawings, Blocks, Prints, Constellation Studios, Lincoln,NE 2014
• Elusive matter:  The Prints & Artist Books of Karen Kunc, Stalder Art Gallery, Falls City, NE 2013
• Karen Kunc, Prints & Book Arts, Gallery 101, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, 2013
• The Immeasurable, Anderson Obrien Gallery, Old Market, Omaha, 2012
• The Nature of Abstraction, Alexandre Hogue Art Gallery, University of Tulsa, OK 2011
• The Immeasurable: Recent Prints of Karen Kunc, Art Gallery, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, 2012
• An Eden, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2011
• Karen Kunc/Blue Heron Press Artist Books and the BHP Collection, Eagle Fine Arts Gallery, Murray State University, Kentucky, 2010
• Cola Pasta Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 2010
• Printed-ness, 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
• Printed-ness, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 2009
• Minia University, Faculty of Fine Art, El Minia, Egypt, 2008
• Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, Ohio, 2008
• The Indeterminate Edge: Karen Kunc (with Annu Vertanen), Ruffin Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2008
• Visualizing the Urban/Rural Divide, Malaspina Printmakers Society Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2008
• Emily B. Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Ohio, 2008
• 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
• Lyrical Legacy: The Prints of Karen Kunc, Leedy Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO, 2007
• Piano Nobile Gallery, Rynek Glowny, Krakow, Poland, 2006
• Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Chamalieres, France, 2006
• Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland, 2006
• Recent Prints, Kathy Carraccio Print Studio, New York, NY, 2005
• Featured Artist Project, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, 2005
• 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

• Artists Book Works, Chicago, Illinois, 1990
• Frontispiece, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, 1989
• The Ohio Series, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio 1983

Awards and honors

• UNL Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, Art Alumni Achievement Award, 2019
• Second Prize, Printmaking Section, 2nd Novosibirsk Triennial, Russia, 2018
• Honorable Mention Award, Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition X, BIMPE, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2018
• Honorable Mention Award, First International Print Biennale, Yerevan, Armenia, 2017
• Sponsor's Prize, Hida-Takayama International Contemporary Woodblock Prints Triennial, Takayama, Japan, 2017
• Second Prize, Book as Art 5.0, Illuminated, Decatur Art Alliance, Decatur, GA, 2017
• UNL Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts award for Outstanding Outreach, Engagement, Service, 2017
• Boston Printmaker's Member Emeritus Award, 2017
• Mayor's Arts Award, Visual Artist Achievement, Lincoln, NE 2016
• Honorary Degree, Doane College, Crete, NE, 2016
• Juror's Award, Beyond the Norn, Illinois State University, 2016
• Honorable Mention, Abstract National, Mark Art Center, Wichita, KS, 2016
• Prix de Print, essay and feature in Art in Print Journal, juried by David Story, July-Aug, 2015
• UNL Hixson Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, Distinguished Teaching award, 2015
• Fulbright Specialist Award, for teaching at Faculty of Fine Art, Dhaka University, Bangladesh, 2013
• Preservation Award for Constellation Studios, Preservation Association of Lincoln, 2013
• Best of Show Award, Art of the Book 2013, Endeavor Art Gallery, Calgary, Canada & tour
• Juror's Award, Un-Speak-able, Book Art Exhibition, The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR, 2011
• Hixson-Lied Senior Faculty Research/Creativity Award, UNL College of Fine and Performing Arts, 2010
• Honorable Mention Award, The Assignment: National Juried Artist Book Exhibition, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, 2010
• Fulbright Specialists Roster, 5 year term, 2009 – 2013
• Fulbright Specialist Grant, for teaching and exhibition, Finnish Academy of Fine Art, 2009
• Purchase Prize, 2nd Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Thailand, 2009
• Leavin/Maynard Prize, 184th Annual Exhibition, National Academy Museum, NY, 2009
• Boston Printmaker’s 60th Anniversary Prize, for acquisition to the Worcester Art Museum, 2009
• Southern Graphics Council 'Printmaker Emeritus Award', 2007
• Nebraska Masterpieces Project, Nebraska Arts Council, poster and study guide, 2006-07
• Omaha Entertainment Awards, Visual Arts, 2006
• Honor Award for Mirror of the Wood catalog, Nebraska Book Awards, 2005
• Sally R. Bishop Master Faculty Fellowship, The Center for Book Arts, 2005
• Prize of the Director of the State Museum, VII International Art Triennale Majdanek, Lublin, Poland, 2004
• Willa Cather Professorship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2003-present
• 2nd Place Award, 6th Triennale Mondiale D'Estampes Petit Format, Chamalières, France, 2003
• Lance Prize, 178th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design Museum, New York, 2003
• Juror's Award, Boston Printmakers 2003 North American Print Exhibition, 2003
• Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, Alpha Phi Chapter, UNL, 2002
• UNL Humanities Center Annual Research and Creative Achievement Award, 2002
• Honorary Chair, 2002 Nebraska Youth Art Month Celebration, Nebraska State Capitol, 2002
• Juror's Special Mention, Pressed and Pulled X, Georgia College and State University, 2002
• Purchase and Juror's Merit Award, 28th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, 2001
• Fabriano Award of Distinction, Third Minnesota National Print Biennial, 2001
• Nebraska 2000 Governor's Arts Award, Artist of the Year, 2000
• Sponsor's Prize, 5th Sapporo International Print Biennale, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan, 2000
• Purchase Award, Sixty Square Inches, National Print Exhibition, Purdue University, 2000
• Best of Show, Impressions, Blandon Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, Iowa, 2000
• University of Nebraska Alumni Achievement Award, 2000
• Nebraska Art Teachers Association Higher Education Award, 1999-2000
• Honorable Mention, 55th Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Iowa, 1999
• Purchase Award, Pressed & Pulled VIII National Juried Print Exhibition, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, 1999
• University of Nebraska Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award, 1998
• Fulbright Scholar Award, for research travel to Finland, spring, 1996
• Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1996
• Purchase Award, 69th International Competition of Prints, the Print Club, Philadelphia, 1994
• Purchase Award, the Cimmaron National Works on Paper, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1995
• Juror's Award, Off the Shelf: Books By Artists, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona, 1994
• Best of Show, Prairie Light Arts Showcase, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska, 1994
• Prize of the Machida Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Intern'l Print Exhibition, Machida-Tokyo, 1993
• Rembrandt Graphic Arts Award, 44th North American Print Exhibition, Boston Printmakers, 1993
• Lincoln Arts Council Mayor's Arts Award Recipient, 1993
• Nebraska Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Master Award, 1992
• Fellowship Award, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 1992
• Juror's Award, 13th Annual Juried Art Show, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, 1992
• Honorable Mention, Prairie Light Art Showcase, Museum of Nebraska Art, 1992
• Purchase Award, Boston Printmakers 43rd Annual Exhibition, 1991
• Middle Slovak National Committee Award, 11th International Biennale Exhibition of Woodcut in Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia, 1990
• Juror's Selection, Rising Paper Company Award, 42nd Boston Printmakers Exhibition, 1990
• Juror's Merit Award, 22nd Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, 1989
• Purchase Award, California Prints 1988, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California, 1988
• Purchase Award, University of Delaware Biennial Exhibition, 1988
• Purchase Award, International Prints II Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Art Galleries, 1988
• Strathmore Paper Co. Award, Boston Printmakers Exhibition, 1988
• First Prize Award, Graphica Atlantica, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1987
• Purchase Award, 62nd Annual Exhibition, The Print Club, Philadelphia, 1986
• Featured Artist, Nebraska Arts Council Publicity Campaign Poster, 1986
• Merit Award, Joslyn Biennial, Omaha, Nebraska, 1986
• Purchase Award, 61st Annual Exhibition, The Print Club, Philadelphia, 1985
• Purchase Award, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1985
• Honorable Mention, 20th Bradley National, 1985
• Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, 1984
• Award, Joslyn Biennial, Omaha, Nebraska, 1984
• Award, Summer Art XI, Vermillion, S. Dakota, 1984
• Purchase Award, Wayne State College, 1984
• Honorable Mention, Kearney State College, 1984
• Purchase Award, Sioux City Art Center, 1983
• Purchase Award, 8th University of Dallas Invitational, 1983
• Purchase Award, Minot State College, 1983
• Purchase Award, University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1982
• Individual Artists Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council, 1982
• Award, Columbus Art League, 1980
• Purchase Award, Columbus Art League, 1979
• Award, Womensart, Artreach Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 1978
• Award, 19th National Greater Fall River Art Association, 1978
• Purchase Award, 20th North Dakota National, Grand Forks, 1977
• Purchase Award, Columbus Art League May Show, 1976

References