Artist Bio
Karen Wippich grew up moving across the US, spending time alone creating characters and fantasies. Most of her adult life has been spent working as a graphic designer. Her design work has been widely published in the US and internationally. A few years ago her focus changed to something she dreamed about as a child, to have a career as a fine artist.
Karen’s expressionist acrylic paintings show her graphic influence with figures inhabiting and blending into abstract environments, their bodies breaking into geometric shapes, incised by lines. Her paintings have been shown extensively in Oregon and California galleries as well as shows in New York, Los Angeles, Monterey, Telluride, Philadelphia and Washington DC.
Artist Statement
I make art because I can see no other reason to be on this earth. My work explores personal and political narratives through enigmatic imagery that can be at once both playful and satirical. Evidence of my long career in graphic design is apparent by my artful use of typography, grid lines and patterns.