Education

  • MFA, Ohio State University, 1977
  • BFA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1975

Professional Experience

  • 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, 2011
  • 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

Workshops Taught

 

  • Workshop & lecture, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, 2019
  • Workshop, Hui No'ea Visual Arts Center, Maui, Hawaii, 2019
  • Workshop, Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO, 2018
  • Workshop, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO, 2018
  • Workshop & Lecture, Mills College, Oakland, CA, 2017
  • Workshop & Gallery Talk, ArtSpace, Oklahoma City, OK, 2017
  • Workshop & Lecture, Asheville Bookworks, NC, 2017
  • Workshop, Honolulu Printmakers, Hawaii, 2016
  • Workshop, Summer Snow, Ephraim, Utah, 2016
  • Workshop, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 2016
  • Art at Cedar Point, Ceder Point Biological Center, Ogallala, NE, 2015
  • Workshop, PaperBookIntensive, Oxbow, Saugatuck, Michigan, 2015
  • Workshop, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS, 2015
  • Anderson Ranch art Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado, 2014
  • Workshop, Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina, 2014
  • Bookmaking Workshop, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE 2014
  • Workshop & Gallery Talk, Stalder Art Gallery and Public Library, Falls City, NE, 2013
  • Workshop, Norfolk Art Center, Norfolk, NE, 2013
  • Workshop and Lecture, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO 2012
  • Workshop and Lecture, Cabrillo SummerArts, Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA 2012
  • Prairie Visions Institute, Kaneko Museum, Omaha, 2012
  • An ItalianSojourn Residency, woodcut workshop, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, 2011
  • National Academy Museum & School, New York, NY, 2011

  • Mentored Workshop with Boston Printmakers, Pyramidal Studio, Guanajuato, Mexico, August, 2010

  • Workshop, Oregon College of Art and Craft, July, 2010

  • Workshop in papermaking, Textile Society of America Conference, site seminar, 2010

  • Workshop in papermaking, Paper, Rock, Scissors, for Haydon Art Center, 2010
  • Workshops & lecture, Anderson Ranch Art Center, June, 2010
  • Workshop & Gallery talk, American University Cairo, 2010
  • Workshop, lecture and residency, Finnish Fine Art Academy, Helsinki, Finland, 2009
  • An Italian Sojourn Residency, woodcut workshop, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, 2009
  • Visiting Faculty, workshops in printmaking & bookmaking, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 2008
  • Workshop, lecture and residency, Holulaloa Foundation for Arts and Culture, Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, HI, 2008
  • Workshop, Printmakers of Cape Cod, Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable, MA, 2008
  • National Academy School of Fine Arts, New York, 2007
  • Gropius Master Artist Workshop, Huntington Art Museum, Huntington, West Virginia, 2007
  • Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, 2007
  • Fine Art Academy, Helsinki, Finland, 2006
  • Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas, 2006
  • PEARS Summer Print Workshops, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 2006
  • Frogman's Summer Printmaking Workshops, University of South Dakota, Vermilion, SD, 2006
  • Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 2006
  • Book Arts Program, Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 2005
  • The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY 2005
  • Mixit Studios, Somerville, Massachusetts, 2002
  • Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan, 2002
  • Holulaloa Foundation for Arts & Culture, Kona Imin Center, Holualoa, Hawaii, 2002
  • Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado, 2002
  • Frogman's Summer Printmaking Workshops, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, 2002
  • Nebraska Art Teachers Association Conference, UNL, 2002
  • Academy of Fine Art, Krakow, Poland, 2002
  • Blandon Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, Iowa, 2002
  • Women's Caucus for Art, Ohio Chapter, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2001
  • Paper/Book Intensive, Tooella, Utah, 2001
  • Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki, Finland, 2000
  • Connecticut GraphicArts Center, Norwalk, Connecticut, 2000
  • Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, June, 1999
  • Center for Book Arts, New York, 1997, 1998
  • Academy of Art, Helsinki, Finland, 1996
  • Joensuu Graphic Workshop, Joensuu, Finland, 1996
  • Art New England Summer Workshops, Bennington College, Vermont, 1996, 1998 and 2000
  • Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy of Fine Art, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1995
  • Oklahoma Arts Institute, Quartz Mountain, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, 1995
  • Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, 1994
  • La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994
  • Honolulu Printmaking Workshop, Academy Art Center, Honolulu, 1993
  • School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1992
  • Center for Book Arts, New York, 1991
  • Artists Book Works, Chicago, 1990
  • Pyramid Atlantic, Washington DC. 1990
  • Pyramid Atlantic, Washington DC, 1989
  • Rimrock Summer Art Workshop, Black Hills, U. South Dakota, 1988
  • Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina, 1988
  • Kala Institute, Berkeley, Ca. 1987
  • Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Ca. 1987
  • Guest Artist, sponsored by the US Information Agency, for tour to Helsinki and Jyvaskyla, Finland, and Warsaw and Krakow, Poland. Lectures and workshops, 1986

Conference Presentations

  • CODEX Book Fair, Richmond, CA, 2019
  • IMPACT 10 International Conference, Santander, Spain, 2018
  • Mid America College Art Association, UNL, Lincoln, NE, 2018
  • 3rd Mokuhanga Conference, University of Hawaii, 2017
  • Print Fair, Lawrence Art Center, Kansas, 2017
  • Semographics Print Marathon, collaboration, SGCI Conferene, Atlanta, GA, 2017
  • CODEX Book Fair, Richmond, CA, 2017
  • Commencement Speaker, Doane University, Crete, NE, 2016
  • Keynote Speaker, California Society of Printmakers, Oakland, CA, 2016
  • Southern Graphics Council International "Sphere", The Entrepreneurial Printmaker "The Constellation Methaphor", University of Tenneessee, Knoxville, 2015
  • Presentation at Opening & Closing Ceremonies, 2nd International Mokuhanga Conference, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
  • Southern Graphics Council International Conference "Navigating Currents", New Orleans, Mentor sessions, March, 2012
  • 1st International Mokuhanga Conference, Kyoto and Awaji City, Japan, presentation "A Western Artist's Reflections on an Eastern Techinique: Becoming Bokashi"
  • Keynote Lecture, Print Summit, Eastern Carolina University,         Greenville, NC, 2010

  • Lecture, ColorPrint USA Symposium, Museum of Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX, 2010

  • Lecture, Blocks of Color Symposium, Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 2009
  • Demonstration and Gallery Talk, Limited Edition Symposium, University of Maryland, College Park, 2009
  • Mid America Print Council Conference, "Convergence", panel coordinator and presentation "A Sense of Space", North Dakota State University, Fargo, 2008
  • Award Presentation and Demonstration, Southern Graphics Council Conference "Points, Plots, Ploys", Kansas City, MO, 2007
  • Demonstration Featured Artist, Southern Graphics Council International Conference "Power in Print" 2005, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, 2005
  • Conference Director, Mid-America Print Council Conference "Printmaking Relevance/Resonance", Oct. 2004
  • Demonstration/participant in collaboration "Demo-graphics II", Southern Graphics Council Conference "Print Gumbo", New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002
  • Presentation, "Innovative Color Woodcut Printmaking", IMPACT, International Printmaking Conference, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland, 2001
  • Presentation, panel "Global Kinship: International Opportunities in Printmaking", Southern Graphics Council Conference, University of Texas, Austin, 2001
  • Artist Delegate to International Print Triennial - Krakow 2000, Poland
  • Presentation, "Transformations - My Traveler's Eye", Southern Graphics Council Annual Conference, University of Miami, Florida, 2000
  • Presentation and panel coordinator, "A Printmaking Workshop Continuum", Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery,UNL,2000
  • Presentation, "A Climate for Creative Activity", Inaugural Symposium for the Centennial Celebration of Graduate Education, Research and Creative Activity, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2000
  • Delegate and presentation for the 9th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1999
  • Delegate, IMPACT International Printmaking Conference, University of West of England, Bristol, 1999
  • Presentation on Artist's Books for Printmakers, Southern Graphics Council Annual Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1999
  • Presentation, Mid-America Print Council Conference, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1998
  • Lecture: The Teaching of Printmaking, an American View, Sightlines International Symposium of Printmaking and Image Culture, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1997
  • Featured Artist, 1996 Mid America Print Council Conference, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany
  • Panel coordinator & presentation, Alternative Prints '94, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, 1994
  • Co-chair of panel on "The Contemporary Woodcut" for Southern Graphics Council Conference, Kansas City Art Institute, 1991
  • Panelist for Studio Session, College Art Association Annual Conference, 1988
  • Presentation, 12th European Studies Conference, UNO, 1987
  • Guest Artist, Southern Graphics Council Annual Conference, University of Florida, Gainsville, 1987
  • Visiting Artist, Drake University Printmaking Symposium, Des Moines, Iowa, 1985

Curatorial Activities


  • Juror, Artlink Print Competition, Fort Wayne, IN, 2020
  • Juror, 528.0-mile Juried Exhibition, Arvada Arts Center, Denver, CO
  • Juror, Works on Paper, St. Louis Artist Guild, 2018
  • Juror, 3rd Mokuhanga Juried Exhibition, IMC Conference, University of Hawaii, 2017
  • Juror, Minnesota Center for Booi Arts, 2017 Book Prize, and seminar presentation
  • Delegate for selection of American artists, International Small Print Triennial, Chamalieres, France, 2018
  • Juror, California Society of Printmakers members show, CCA, Oakland, CA 2016
  • Juror for awards, Student International Print Show SIPS, Minia University, Egypt, 2016
  • Juror, Edinboro National Print Competition 2016, Burce Gallery of Art, Edinboro University, PA, 2016
  • Juror, Americas 2016, Paperworks, NOrthwest Art Center, Minot State University, ND, 2015
  • Juror for 5th International Print Show, Shy Rabbit Gallery, Colorado, 2014
  • Co-Curator and organizer, From There to Here (Bridges), international exchange portfolio, 2013- 2014
  • Juror for Individual Artist Awards, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Ohio, 2012
  • Co-Curator, The Mystic Realm of Rokeya Sultana: New Prints, Rotunda Gallery, Nebraska Union, UNL, Lincoln, NE, May, 2012
  • Juror, Sequenced Fibers:  Books on Fabric or Handmade Papers, UNO Art Gallery, for the Textile Society of America’s National Conference, 2010
  • Co-Curator, Continuity/Kontinuita: Prints by Czech/Slovak American & International Artists, Rotunda Gallery, UNL, 2010
  • Juror, Collegiate Book Art Association 1st Members Exhibition, University of Iowa, 2008
  • Co-Curator, New Animations, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE, 2008
  • Co-Curator, Meeting the Other:American & Egyptian Prints, UNL and national tour, 2008-09, concluding in Cairo, February 2010
  • Curator, New Pop Prints,  Lux Art Center, Lincoln, NE, 2008
  • Juror, 39th Annual Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, all-media, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, 2007
  • Co-Curator, Hearts & Hands 2: National Juried Student Book Art Exhibition, UNL-UNO-Omaha Public Library, 2006
  • Delegate for selection of American participants to the 7th Triennale Mondiale L'Estampes et de la Gravure Originale, Chamalieres, France, 2005 – 6, resulting in Honorable Mention for F. Souto
  • Curator's Lecture, Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland, Salo Art Museum, Finland, 2006
  • Juror, The Printed Image, First Biennial Midwestern Graphics Exhibition, Sabatini Art Gallery, Topeka, KS, 2006
  • Printmaking Seminar, American University in Cairo, Egypt, in conjunction with organization and curating of Open Expression: Contemporary American Printmaking Art Exhibition, 2005
  • Lecture “Woodcut as Mirror of Place” for opening of “Mirror of the Wood”, Carleton College, Northfield, MN; Gallery talk for opening of “Mirror”, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA, 2005
  • Curator, Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Eisentrager·Howard Gallery, UNL, 2004; Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, 2005; national tour, 2005
  • Juror, Parkside National Small Print Exhbition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 2004
  • Curatorial Advisor to Inter-Kontakt-Grafik on American linoleum print artists for 2004 Triennial of Graphic Arts Prague, 2004
  • Juror's opening remarks, "Impressions", Blandon Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, Iowa, 2003
  • Delegate for selection of American participants to the 6th Triennale Mondiale D'Estampes Petit Format, Chamalieries, France, 2002-2003
  • Juror, Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 2002-2003
  • Juror, "Impressions 2002-2003", regional all media show, Blandon Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, Iowa
  • Co-Curator of exhibition and presenter on panel for "The Liquid Language of Artists Books", Mid-America Print Council Conference, University of Wyoming, Laramie, 2002
  • Coordinator of and participant in Sensory Experience Exchange Portfolio, 20 national & international artists, for presentation at the Southern Graphics Council Conference "Print Gumbo", 2002
  • Juror of Awards - Graphics, 176th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design Museum, NY, 2001
  • Juror, "No Big Heads: Self-Portrait Exhibition", Student Center Gallery, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1999
  • Juror, 19th Annual Michigan Print Competition, Alma College, Alma Michigan, 1999
  • Juror, for 49th Annual Quad-State All-Media Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Illinois, May 1999
  • Curator for Between Nature and Culture: American Prints for the Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, and presentation at opening reception, Dec., 1998, and Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, Feb. 1999
  • Consulting curator on American artists for Graphica Creativa '99 Print Inside, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, 1998
  • Awards Juror, Graphica Creativa International Triennial of Prints, Alvar Alto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1996
  • Juror, Contemporary Women Artists X, St. Louis Women's Caucus for Art, 1996
  • Juror, The Hand-Pulled Print IV, Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, Texas, 1996
  • Panel member for visual artist individual fellowships, Ohio Arts Council, 1995
  • Juror for 6th Annual Small Works on Paper Exhibition, Arkansas Artists Registry, 1991
  • Panel Member for Visual Arts Fellowship selections, Kansas Arts Commission, 1990
  • Juror for 20th Minot Works on Paper National Competition, Minot, North Dakota, 1989
  • Juror for the Student Exhibition, University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1986

Visiting Artist

  • Visiting Artist, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design, Denver, CO, 2020
  • Visiting Artist, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2019
  • Visiting Artist, College of Charleston, SC, 2019
  • Patron Artist, Under Pressure Print Club, UNL, 2018
  • Visiting Artist, University of Seville, Spain, 2017
  • Lecture, Book Club of California, San Francisco, 2017
  • Visiting Artist, Ohio University, Athens OH, 2017
  • Visiting Artist, Kansas City Art Institute, MO, 2017
  • Visiting Artist, demo, Doane College, Crete, NE 2017
  • Visiting Artist, University of Tampa, FL, 2016
  • Visiting Artist, Edinboro University, PA, 2016
  • Visiting Artist,SUNY New Paltz, NY, 2015
  • Visiting Artist, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2013
  • Visiting Artist, University of Georgia, Athens, 2013
  • Visiting Artist, University of Hawaii Hilo, 2012
  • Visiting Artist, Rochester Print Club and Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, 2012
  • Visiting Artist, University of Massachusets Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, 2012
  • Visiting Artist, University of Tulsa, OK,  2012
  • Visiting Artist, University of Tennessee, Knoxville  2012
  • Visiting Artist, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO 2012
  • Visiting Artist, Savannah College of Art and Design, GA, 2011
  • Visiting Artist, Cornell University, Ithaca College, the Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY, 2011
  • Visiting Artist, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 2010
  • Visiting Artist, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, 2010
  • Demonstration, Zea Mays Print Studio, MA, 2010
  • Workshop, lecture and residency, Finnish Fine Art Academy, Helsinki, Finland, 2009
  • Lecture, “The Space Within”, Book Arts Guild, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2009
  • Demonstration & Gallery Talk, Seattle Print Arts, Shev Shoon Art Center, Seattle, WA, 2009
  • Lecture, “Book Art: An Artists Journey”, Lincoln Public Libraries, “One Book One Lincoln” program, 2009
  • Visiting Artist, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 2009
  • Visiting Artist, International Workshop, Minia University, El Minia, Egypt, 2008
  • Visiting Artist, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 2008
  • Visiting Artist, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 2008
  • Visiting Artist, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, 2008
  • Visiting Artist, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2008
  • Visiting Artist, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2008
  • Visiting Artist, University of Akron, Ohio, 2008
  • Visiting Artist, Utah State University, Logan, 2008
  • Visiting Art for print publication, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado, 2007
  • Visiting Artist, Crafts Colloquium, The Banfff Center, Banff, Canada, 2007
  • Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 2006
  • University of North Texas, Denton, 2006
  • Augusta State University, Augusta, GA, 2006
  • Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, 2006
  • Evergreen State University, Olympia, WA, 2005
  • Seattle Print Artists, Sev Shoon Studios, Seattle, WA , 2005
  • Tuminello Visiting Artist, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, 2005
  • Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, 2005
  • Carleton College, Northfield, MN
  • Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA, 2005
  • University of Central Florida, Orlando, 2005
  • Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists, Edmonton, Canada, 2004
  • Cleveland Institute for Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, 2004
  • University Place Art Center, Lincoln, 2004
  • Bradley University, Peoria, IL, Nov. 2003
  • Sheldon Collector's Forum, 2003
  • Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2003
  • University of Texas, Austin, 2003
  • Chase County Arts Council, Imperial, Nebraska, 2003
  • Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, 2002
  • The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2002
  • Honolulu Printmakers Workshop, Hawaii, 2002
  • Kansas City Art Institute, 2002
  • Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, 2002
  • Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE 2002
  • Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, 2001
  • Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000
  • University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1999
  • University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1999
  • University of Wyoming, Laramie, 1999
  • Friends of the Book, University of Washington, Seattle, June, 1999
  • College of Art & Design, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, 1999
  • Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, and Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1999
  • Friends of the Library, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1999
  • 19th Yuma Symposium, Yuma, Arizona, 1998
  • Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1998
  • Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1997
  • California State University, Sacramento, CA, 1997
  • University of Texas-San Antonio, 1996
  • Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1996
  • Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska 1995
  • Icelandic Printmakers Association, Reykjavík, Iceland, 1995
  • Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1995
  • Pennsylvania State University, 1995
  • University of Arizona, 1995
  • Madison Print Club, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 1994
  • University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1994
  • Metropolitan State University, Denver, Colorado, 1994
  • Colorprint USA Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 1994
  • Great Plains Art Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1994
  • Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan, 1993
  • Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1993
  • Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 1993
  • Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, 1993
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1992
  • Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Connecticut, 1992
  • Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1992
  • Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Human Responses to the Land: from a Landscape Artist's Perspective
  • University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1991
  • Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1991
  • State University of New York, Buffalo and Buffalo State College, 1991
  • Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 1990
  • University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1990
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990
  • Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, 1990
  • Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, 1990
  • Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 1990
  • Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, 1989
  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1989
  • University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 1989
  • Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1989
  • Northwest Print Council Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 1988
  • Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, 1988
  • Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska, 1988
  • University of Dallas, 1988
  • University of South Dakota, Vermillion, 1988
  • Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1988
  • Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1987
  • University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1987
  • University of California, Berkeley, 1987
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986
  • Guest Artist, sponsored by the US Information Agency, for tour to Helsinki
  • and Jyvaskyla, Finland, and Warsaw and Krakow, Poland. Lectures and workshops, 1986
  • University of Houston, Clear Lake, 1985
  • University of South Dakota, Vermillion, 1985
  • Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1984
  • Columbus Museum of Art, 1983

Residencies

  • Artist in Residence, Hui No'eau Visual Art Center, Maui, HI, 2019
  • Paper/Book/Intensive, Oxbow, Saugatuck, MI, 2015
  • Artist in Residence, Venice Printmaking Studio, Italy, April - May, 2011
  • Artist in Residence, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY, February 2011
  • Senior Artist-in-Residence, Oregon College of Art and Craft, July, 2010

  • Visiting Artist Residency, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June, 2008

  • Studio Award, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, Nov, 2007

  • Artist-in-Residence, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, fall, 2007
  • An Italian Sojourn, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, 2007
  • Collaborative Printmaking Residency for UNL students and faculty, Fine Art Academy, Helsinki, Finland, 2007
  • Artist in Residence, Workshop and l'Espace Triennale, Chamalieres, France, 2006
  • Artist in Residence and Lecture, Flying Horse Press, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 2005
  • Artist in Residence for print publication "Flowering Apparatus", Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 2003
  • Cradle Oak Press Visiting Artist for print publication & lecture, Bradley Un., Peoria, IL, Nov. 2003
  • Visiting Artist, GAPP (Guest Artist in Printmaking Program), University of Texas, Austin, 2003
  • Von Hess Visiting Artist, Browsky Center for Publication Arts, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2002
  • Artist in Residence, Littleton Studios, Spruce Pine, North Carolina, 2000
  • Etching Workshop Participant, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA, 1998
  • Artist in Residence, Jyvaskyla Graphic Workshop, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1996
  • Visiting Artist, Tandem Press, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1995
  • Visiting Artist, Echo Press, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1994
  • Artist in Residence, The Honolulu Printmaking Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994
  • Participant, Paper and Book Intensive, John Knox Ranch, Texas, 1993
  • Visiting Artist, Tandem Press, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1992
  • Visiting Artist, Printmaker's Workshop, New York, New York, 1992
  • Guest Artist for Vitreograph Printing, Littleton Studio, Spruce Pine, North Carolina, 1992
  • Visiting Artist, Echo Press, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1991
  • Travel to Greece and Italy as a participant in Art History Seminar "Discovery to Rediscovery: Ancient Art and the Renaissance", May, 1990
  • Collaborative Print Project, Contract Print Shop, Washington University, St. Louis, 1990
  • Visiting Artist, Echo Press, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1989
  • Co-Published woodcut print at Magnolia Editions, Oakland, Ca., 1987
  • Studied with Harry Duncan, University of Nebraska-Omaha Fine Art Press, 1984

Commissions

  • Patron Artist, Under Pressure Print Club, UNL, 2018
  • Lincoln Arts Council, Community Supported Art project, 2015
  • Anderson Center for Interdiciplinary Studies, edition of a broadside for Heartland Portfolio, MN, 2015
  • GibraltarPress, Omaha, edition of a broadside for Time Portfoli, 2015
  • Rochester Print Club, Presentation Print Commission, Rochester, NY, 2012
  • SNAP 30th Anniversary Portfolio, Edmonton, Canada, 2012
  • Meadowlark Music Festival, Lincoln, NE, commission of print, 2010
  • Longwood University, Book Artists and Poets collaboration for new works, project and exhibition, 2008-09
  • Milwaukee Art Museum, Print Forum commission of print Luminous Wonders, 2006
  • Lincoln Arts Council, commission of an edition of prints for the Mayor's Arts Awards, 2003
  • Minnesota Center for Book Arts 1998 Winter Book , participating artist (of 10) for editioned page
  • Library Fellows commission for an artists book, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, 1995-96
  • The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios commission of a suite of prints, with publisher Kathy Caraccio, New York, 1995
  • Benziger Winery Imagery Series, label image for limited release special wine, Glen Ellen, CA, 1996
  • Commission, woodcut blocks for the Kirchzarterner Psalter, Galerie im Hollental, Buchenbach, Germany, 1994
  • Commission artist for the Madison Print Club, Madison, Wisconsin, 1993
  • Book illustration for Abattoir Edition's publication of Nebraska by Ron Hansen, UNO, 1991
  • Commission for Governor's Arts Award, Nebraska Arts Council, 1986

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, Illuninated, Decatur Art Alliance, Decatur, GA, 2017
  • UNL Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts award for Outstanding Outreach, Engagment, 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 catalogue, 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, Chamalieres, 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
  • Rembrant 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 Jurored 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
  • Purchase Award, Young American Printmakers, Pratt Graphics Center, 1976

Grants 

  • UNL HLCFPA Faculty Presentaion for Nis University, Serbia, 2019 (postponed)
  • UNL HLCFPA Faculty Presentation for IMPACT Conference, Santander, Spain, 2018
  • UNL Rural Futures Institute Teaching and Engagement Award for "Art at Cedar Point" , 2016-18
  • UNL HLCFPA, Travel Grant, for 2nd International Mokuhanga Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
  • UNL HLCFPA, Faculty Presentation of Creative Activity Grant, Show in Chamalieres, France, 2014
  • UNL HLCFPA, Faculty Presentation of Creative Activity Grant, SGCI Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, 2014
  • UNL Woods Travel Grant, College Book Art Association, biennial conference, University of Utah, 2014
  • UNL WoodsTravel Grant, College BookArt Assocation, biennial meeting, Yale University, 2013
  • UNL HLCFPA, Faculty Development Travel Grant, to attend SGCI Conference New Orleans, 2012
  • UNL Department of Art & Art History, Travel Grant, to New York, 2012
  • UNL Arts and Humaniteis Enhancement Grant, Acqua Alta Print Series, 2011-2012

  • UNL HLCFPA, Faculty Research Travel Grant, Venice, Italy, April-May, 2011

  • UNL HLCFPA, Faculty Presentation of Creativity Grant, New York, February, 2011

  • UNL UCARE Grant, student interns for Large Scale Hand Papermaking Project, spring 2010
  • UNL Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, Faculty Reseach Travel Grant, Egypt, November, 2008
  • UNL Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, Faculty Research Travel Grant, Vancouver, June, 2008
  • UNL Layman Award, "Visualizing the Urban/Rural Divide as Political/Poetical Prints", $10,000, fall, 2007
  • FRAME, Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, grant for "Mirror of the Wood" exhibition, $3400, 2003-2004
  • MEDICI, Friends of the UNL Dept. of Art, grant for "Mirror of the Wood", exhibition catalogue, $5000, 2004
  • Cooper Foundation, grant for conference "Printmaking Relevance/Resonance", $5000, 2004
  • Amity Art Foundation, grant for conference "Printmaking Relevance/Resonance", $5000, 2004
  • Lincoln Arts Council, project grant for "Printmaking Relevance/Resonance", $1000, 2004
  • American-Scandinavian Foundation, grant for "Mirror of the Wood" exhibition, $1000, 2004
  • Finlandia Foundation National, grant for "Mirror of the Wood" exhibition, $3000, 2004
  • Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Grant, (solo exhibition preparation), $3500, 2004-2005
  • Nebraska Arts Council, Project Grant for "Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland, catalogue production, $4800, 2003-2004
  • UNL Research Council Humanities Enhancement Fund Grant, "Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland", exhibition preparation, $9780, 2002-03
  • Artists' Book Production Grant, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York, 1998-99
  • UNL Research Council Grant-in-Aid for "Truly Bone", artist book project, 1998
  • UNL Research Council Grant-in-Aid for "Traditional and Contemporary Japanese Woodcuts: Research and Travel", Japan, spring, 1993
  • Arts Midwest, Exhibition Assistance Grant for "Anxious Nature: Five Painters", 1991
  • Nebraska Arts Council Project Grant, "On Site: Gallery Installation Works", 1989-90
  • UNL Research Initiation Fund, for Handmade Paper Research, 1989
  • UNL Research Council Grant-in-Aid, Polish Prints Exhibition, 1988-89
  • Nebraska Committee for Humanities, production of catalogue for Polish Prints Exhibition, 1988-89
  • UNL Research Council Grant-in-Aid, for Production of an Artist Book, 1986

Publications


  • Karen Kunc, "The Here and Now of Paper", Hand Papermaking Journal, editor Georgia Deal, winter, 2020
  • Karen Kunc, "Probelling a Series: Project Volumina", California Society of Printmakers Journal, winter, 2020
  • Karen Kunc, A Survey, "The State of Printmaking Now", response, Grapheion 22 Journal (online), International Review of Contemporary Prints, Book and Paper Art, Prague, Czech Republic, 2019-20
  • Karen Kunc, "On Simon Brejcha", Retrospective book, Cermak Eisenkraft Publishers, Prague, Czech Republic, 2016
  • Karen Kunc, "Constellation Studios", Newsletter California Society of Printmakers, Spring, 2015
  • Karen Kunc, "Welcome" articles, IMC2014 conference & Satellite Program, proceedings books, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
  • Karen Kunc, "Forward",  2013 Annual Report MI_LAB, residency program, Tokyo, Japan, 2014
  • Karen Kunc, A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking, catalogue, edited by Matthew Egan, Michael Ehlbeck, Heather Muise.   Essay "Keynote Address: The Swan and the Snake", 2012.  Eastern Carolina University
  • Karen Kunc, Journal of the Mid America Print Council, "A Living Art: review of the 1st Mokuhanga International Conference, Japan", fall 2011, Vol 19, No 3-4
  • Karen Kunc,  Grapheion, International review of modern prints, book and paper art, Czech Republic, article and drawing contribution to "Memory of the Future”,  editor Richard Noyce, Simeona Hoskova, Yearbook, 2009, issue 21 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, Grapheion, International review of modern prints, book and paper art, Czech Republic, "Survey Questions", page 97 - 101, Yearbook, 2005,18th issue PDF
  • Karen Kunc, Open Expression: Contemporary American Printmaking Art, catalogue, American University in Cairo, Egypt, 2005 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland, catalogue, "Inside the Mirror", Blue Heron Press, Nebraska, 2004 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, The Journal of the Mid-America Print Council, “Carol Summers: Touchstone for Printmakers”, fall/winter, 2004 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, Twenty-Ninth Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, catalogue, "Juror's Statement", Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 2003 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, The Liquid Language of Artist's Books, Blue Heron Press, Avoca, Nebraska, "Braided Streams", 2002 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, The California Printmaker, Journal of the California Society of Printmakers, "Artists' Books and the Burning Question", 2002
  • Karen Kunc, Graphic Impressions, Journal of the Southern Graphics Council, “Workshop Report from the Heartland”,  Fall 2002 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, Centennial Celebration, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, "A Climate for Creative Activity", 2001 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, The Journal of the Mid-America Print Council, "A Printmaking Workshop Continuum", Vol. 9, No. 1, spring/summer 2001 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, Graphic Impressions, The Southern Graphics Council Newsletter, "Letter to the Editor: A Response to Mark Pascale's Commentary on Juried Shows 'Why Bother?' ", summer 2001 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, Contemporary Impressions, Journal of the American Print Alliance, "Away Again", spring 2000 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, Between Nature and Culture: American Prints for the Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, 1999 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, Grapheion, European review of modern prints, book and paper art, Czech Republic, "Artist's Books and the Burning Question", November, 1999,10th issue
  • Karen Kunc, The California Printmaker, Journal of the California Society of Printmakers, "Teaching Printmaking: American Drive and Directions" May, 1998
  • Karen Kunc, Sightlines: Printmaking and Image Culture, editor Walter Jule, University of Alberta Press, "Teaching Printmaking: An American View", 1997 PDF
  • Karen Kunc, Contemporary Impressions, the Journal of the American Print Alliance, "Woodcut and the Contemporary Artist", Spring, 1993

Selected Bibliography

  • Catherine Kernan, Ashley Rooney, editors .   Singular & Series: Contemporary Monotype and Monoprint. Schiffer Publishing, 2019
  • Bill Ganzel, Laurie Richards, Teacher Resource Project, Museum of Nebraska Art, UNK, video interview, 2015
  • David Story, Prix de Print essay, Art in Print Journal, July - Aug 2015
  • Sylvia Covey, NY, Modern Printmaking: A Guide to Traditional and Digital Techniques, random HOuse/Penguin, 2015, cover feature

     

  • April Vollmer, Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop, Watson-Guptill, 2015.

  • Mary Brodbeck, video film Becoming Made, on Japanese Mokuhanga Woodcut. Kalamazoo, MI. 2014, forthcoming

  • Book Review, California Society of Printmakers,100 Years, Art in Print Journal, Vol 4, No 1. 2014. Image citation

  • Lee Nelson, interview, Lincoln Business Journal, June 15, 2014

  • Ariana Brocious, radio interview, Role of Women Artists in Nebraska, NET Radio, April 17, 2014, http://bit.ly/1hY23tF

  • Lance Swartz, Lance’s Journal, video interview, Channel 10/11 KOLNTV, March, 2014

    http://www.1011now.com/lancesjournal

  • L. Kent Wolgamott, Printmaker Karen Kunc to unveil Constellation Studios Saturday, Lincoln Journal Star, Jan 18, 2014

  • L. Kent Wolgamott, Karen Kunc in ‘Of Process’, review, Lincoln Journal Star, Jan 19, 2014

  • Kitty Maryatt, Artist Profile: An Interview with Karen Kunc, College Book Art Association Newsletter, Winter, 2014

  • Amjad Akash, Karen Kunc Interview, (in Bengali) Shilpoprobha Art Journal, October, 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh

     

  • Under the Wings of Artemis: Scholars, Artists and the Places Between, Lauren Dudley, Santra Kroupa.  University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, WA .  print on demand publication, fall 2013

  • Chris Pig, “Beyond the Lagoon”, Printmaking Today Journal, London, Volume 22, No 1, Issue 85, Spring, 2013

  • Lark Crafts, 500 Handmade Books Volume 2, selected by Julie Chen, 2013

  • Susan Goldman, Producer & Director, Midwest Matrix, video documentary, Lily Press, Rockville, MD, 2012

  • Steven Perkins, exhibition catalogue, How to Read a Book: An Artist' Book Reading Room, interview with Max Yela, citing Air, Water, Oil.  University of Wisconsin Green Bay, October, 2012
  • April Vollmer, "Mokuhanga International", Art in Print, volume 2, Number 2, cover image, 2012   http://artinprint.org/index.php/journal/issue/volume_2_number_2
  • Birba Luna, PatternPrintsJournal, Milan, Italy, online blog, featured artist, 4/26/2012 http://www.patternprintsjournal.com/
  • Rockport Publishers/Quarry Books, 1000 Artist's Books, Peter & Donna Thomas, Sandra Salamony, (forthcoming June 2012)
  • Betty Bright, Fine & Dirty: Contemporary Letterpress, The Center for Book Arts, NY, 2012
  • Robyn Wisch, KVNO News, review, January 25, 2012

    http://www.kvnonews.com/2012/01/arts-anderson-obrien-enjoys-new-fine-art-space/

  • Sally Deskins, "Watermarks", review, The Omaha Reader, January 16, 2012 

    http://www.thereader.com/index.php/site/comments/watermarks/

  • Sally Deskins, Les Femmes Folles: Celebrating Women in Art, interview, January, 2012  http://femmesfollesnebraska.tumblr.com/
  • DMQ Review, disquieting muses quarterly, online poetry journal, featured artist, editor Sally Ashton, Fall issue, 2011   www.dmqreview.com
  • Lark Books, Masters: Book Arts, Eileen Wallace & Terry Taylor,  2011
  • Women's Studio Workshop, Hand, Voice, Vision: Artists’ Books from the Women’s Studio Workshop, exhibition catalogue, featured in design, 2010
  • Prentice Hall, Printmaking: Theory and Practice, Beth Grabowski & Bill Fick, 2008-09
  • Lark Books, 500 Handmade Books, 2008
  • David Acton, 60 Years of North American Prints 1947 – 2007, The Boston Printmakers, 2008
  • Dorothy Shinn, "Printing layers of beauty", Akron Beacon Journal, February 10, 2008 PDF
  • Douglas Max Utter, "Worlds in Transition", Cleveland Free Times Arts, June 18, 2008 PDF
  • Margaret Suchland, editor, PaperWorks, Journal of the Sonoran Collective of Book and Paper Arts, Tucson, AZ, 2008 PDF
  • Marshall Price, The Abstract Impulse: Fifty Years of Abstraction at the National Academy, 1956 – 2006, Hudson Hills Press, 2007
  • Andrew Stevens, "Compose"r, catalogue essay, Grapheion, 5th International Triennial of Graphic Art, Prague, 2007 PDF
  • Andrew Stevens, "Paper’s Weight", exhibition catalogue, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, 2007 PDF
  • Janet Farber, "Karen Kunc: Sensory Source", review, Review magazine, Kansas City, May, 2007 PDF
  • Janet Farber, "Pressing Matters", review, Omaha City Weekly, March, 2007 PDF
  • Dane Stickney, "At Her Peak", Omaha World-Herald, March 11, 2007 PDF
  • Sarah Baker, "Stick in a Box", The Omaha Reader, March 15 – 21, 2007 PDF
  • Krystyna Wasserman, The Book as Art, published by National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2006
  • Anne Pagel, "The Real Deal", L Magazine, Lincoln Journal Star, Volume 4, October, 2006 PDF
  • Katherine Blood, Jan Pamula, "Karen Kunc/Prints", exhibition catalogue, Piano Nobile, Krakow, Poland, 2006 PDF
  • Hilda Raz, "Visionary Evidence", interview for exhibition catalogue, Davidson Galleries, October, 2005 PDF
  • Vicki Rankin, Picturing Life in Lincoln, LCC-TV channel 13, March, 2006
  • Bob Nugent, Imagery: Art for Wine, Imagery Estate Winery Art Collection, 2005
  • Mendelowitz, Faber, Wakeham, A Guide to Drawing, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2005
  • Agnieszka Metejko, "My Science Project", review, VueWeekly, Edmonton, June 10, 2004 PDF
  • Gilbert Bouchard, "Bringing Woodcuts into the 21st Century", review, Edmonton Journal, May 28, 2004 PDF
  • Tessa Jeffers, "An Art Department Gem", article, Daily Nebraskan, November 17, 2003 PDF
  • Diane Mullins, "Artists at Home", article, L Magazine,  Lincoln Journal Star, November 2002, vol 1 PDF
  • L. Kent Wolgemott, "Prints and Glass", review, Lincoln Journal Star, January 13, 2002 PDF
  • Lenore Metrick, "Woodworking: Process as Content", exhibition catalogue, Blandon Memorial Art Museum, 2001 PDF
  • Kelly Bartling, "Color Her Creative", article, Nebraska Alumni Magazine, Summer 2000 PDF
  • Catherine Clader, "Landmarks: the Art of Karen Kunc", exhibition catalogue, Galerie Dumont 18, Geneva, 2000 PDF
  • Catherine Clader, "Personality of Today: Karen Kunc",  Grapheion, International Journal of Printmaking, Czech Republic, 3rd & 4th issue, 1998 PDF
  • David Acton, "For Karen", article, Grapheion, International Journal of Printmaking, Czech Republic, 3rd-4th issue, 1998 PDF
  • Hugh Merrill, "For Karen", article, Grapheion, International Journal of Printmaking, Czech Republic, 3rd-4th issue, 1998 PDF
  • Sigrid Valtingojer, "Cosmic Egg", exhibition brochure, Hafnarborg Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland, 1996 PDF
  • Barbara Gibbs, Poets Like Oysters, Cummington Press, wood engravings by Karen Kunc, 1996
  • Janet Farber, 20/21 Karen Kunc, exhibition catalogue, Joslyn Art Museum, 1995 PDF
  • E.C.Cunningham, Printmaking, A Primary Form of Expression, University Press of Colorado, 1992
  • Akira Kurosaki, Woodcut Printmaking, Arts Know-How Series, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha Publishing Co., Japan, 1992
  • Joel Geyer, Is It Art?, Nebraska Educational Television Production, 1992
  • Christin Mamiya, "Energy and Exuberance", exhibition catalogue, University of Arkansas, 1991 PDF
  • Presswork, the Art of Women Printmakers, exhibition catalogue, Lang Communications

Collections


Achenbach Foundation for Graphics, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco Fine Arts Museum
Albion College, Albion, Michigan
Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, Minnesota
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Atlanta College of Art
Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne
Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS

Blandon Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, Iowa
Boston Public Library
Bradley University, Peoria, Ill.
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Brown University
Bryan Elementary School, Lexington, Nebraska
Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Carleton College Library, Northfield, Minnesota
Cerritos Library, California
Cleveland Museum of Art
Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Ohio
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
Cremona City Museum, Cremona, Italy
Daum Contemporary Art Museum, Sedalia, MO
Dennison University, Special Collections Library, Ohio
DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana
Denver Public Library
Dhaka University, Institute of Fine Art, Bangladesh
Doane College, Crete, Nebraska
Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Massachusetts
Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Embragel, Cabo Frio, Brazil
Florida Atlantic University, Jaffe Center of Book Arts, Boca Raton
Florida State University, Library
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Georgia College and State University
George Mason University, Navigation Press, Fairfax, VA
J. Paul Getty Museum at The Getty Center, Library, Los Angeles
Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Guanlan International Print Biennial Committee, China
Hafnarborg Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan
Honolulu Academy of Art
Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
Hyndai Art Center Gallery, Ulsan, Korea
Michigan State University Library
Indiana University Art Museum
Instituto per La Cultura e L'arte, Catania, Italy
Inter-Kontakt Grafik Foundation, Prague
Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
Felix Jenewein Galerie, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University

Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, Illinois
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Lincoln County/City Building, Lincoln, Nebraska
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, Texas
Michigan State University Library
Milwaukee Art Museum
Minot State College, Minot, ND
Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas
Museum of Modern Art, NY
National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Nagasawa Art Park, Artist Residency Program, Tsuna, Awaji Island, Japan
Nebraska State Art Collection
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana
New York Public Library
North Dakota State University, Fargo
Oakland Art Museum, CA
Oberlin College
Ohio State Office Building, Cleveland
Oklahoma Arts Institute
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Panstwowe Muzeum Na Majkanku, Majdanek, Poland
Phoenix Public Library, Arizona
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
Pratt Graphics Center, NY
The Print Center, Philadelphia
Purdue University
Ralston Public Library, Nebraska
Reed College
Reykjavik Art Museum and Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
Rhode Island School of Design, Library, Provincetown, RI
Saint Mark’s School, Southborough, MA
Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland

Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
Scripps College, Denison Library, Special Collections, Claremont, CA
Seattle Arts Commission
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln
Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Silvermine Guild Art Galleries, New Canaan, Connecticut
Sioux City Art Center
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, Missouri
Stanford University Library

Stredoslovenska Galeria Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
Swarthmore College
Sweet Briar College, Virginia
Temple University
University of Alabama
University of Alberta, Canada
University of Akron
University of Arkansas
University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Library
University of California, Davis
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, San Diego

University of Connecticut Library, Special Collections

University of Dallas
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Georgia, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
University of Houston, Clear Lake
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Hatcher Library, Special Collections
University of Michigan, Flint
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Business Administration
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Engineering & Technology
University of Nebraska-Omaha
University of New Mexico, Zimmerman Library
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
University of Richmond Museums, Virginia
University of Texas, Austin
University of Texas El Paso Library
University of Texas Tyler
University of Tulsa
University of the Arts, Philadelphia
University of Utah
University of Vermont
University of Washington, Allen Library, Seattle
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kohler Art Library

University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, Golda Meir Library Special Collections

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
US Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
United States State Department
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Special Collections
Walker Art Center Library Collection, Minneapolis, MN

Wesleyan University, Library

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Texas
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
corporate collections:
Allsteel Inc. Aurora, Illinois
Ashland Chemical Company
A T Financial, Chicago
Bank of New York-Delaware
Bryan Memorial Hospital, Lincoln
Champion Paper Company, St. Louis
The College Board, New York
Duncan Aviation, Lincoln
First Federal Lincoln
Hallmark Cards, Inc. Kansas City, Missouri
Capitol Hilton, Washington, DC
Heileman Brewing Co. Chicago
Huntington National Bank, Columbus
IBM Corporation, NY
Johnson & Johnson Corporation
Kaiser Permanente
Kelly Lavoie, Inc. Toronto
Lang Communications Corporation, NY
Mark Twain Bank, St. Louis, Missouri
Marshall Erdman & Associates, Madison, Wisconsin
J P Morgan Guaranty Bank, NY
Nationwide Development Company, Columbus
Peed Corporation, Lincoln
Putman, Hayes & Bartlet, San Francisco
Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP
Sprint Corporation, Kansas City, Kansas
3M Corporation
Texas Instruments Enron Corporation, Houston
Taco Bell Corporation, Irvine, California
Union Pacific , Omaha
USAA, Long Beach, California
Warner Amex Cable, NY
and other corporate and private collections

 

University of Nebraska Service

  • Scholarship and Awards Committee, 1994-2003; committee chair, 1997-2003
  • Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award Selection Committee, 1998-2001
  • 1% for Art for Richards Hall Committee, 2001-02
  • College Academic Awards and Distinctions Committee, 1993-1996
  • Woods Committee, 1993-1995
  • Gallery Director, 1988-1991
  • Executive Committee, 1985-1988; 1990-1992; 2001-2004; 2009 -
  • Graduate Committee, 1990-1993, 1997-2001
  • Curriculum Committee, 1987-1990
  • Visiting Artist Committee, 1984-1986
  • Exhibitions Committee, 2000-2004
  • University Graduate Council Committee, 2001-2004
  • Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women, 2003-2007
  • University Professorships Committee, 2005 - 2007
  • Graduate Faculty Member, 1983-present
  • Graduate Faculty Fellow, 1990-present
  • Humanities Center Fellow, 2001-2002

    Search Committees

  • Dept. Chair, Dept. of Art and Art History, committee chair, 2003-04
  • Printmaker, Dept. of Art and Art History, 2003-04
  • Director, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 2000
  • Curator, Great Plains Art Collection, 2001
  • Sculptor, Dept. of Art and Art History, committee chair, 1994

Membership

  • National Academy, NY
  • College Art Association
  • College Book Arts Association
  • California Society of Printmakers
  • Center for Book Arts, NY
  • Boston Printmakers
  • Mid-America Print Council
  • Southern Graphics International
  • Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
  • UNL Alumni Association Cather Circle
  • President, Nebraska Women's Caucus for Art, 1995
  • Program Committee, Nebraska Women's Caucus for Art, 2001
  • Exhibition Committee, Nebraska Women's Caucus for Art, 1996-97
  • Secretary, Mid-America Print Council, 1995-96
  • Board of Directors, Mid-America Print Council, 1997 -1998
  • Conference Director, Mid-America Print Council Conference "Printmaking Relevance/Resonance", Oct. 2004
  • Founder & Board of Directors, Under Pressure Print Club, Lincoln, 1999-present
  • Advisory Board Friends of Haydon, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, 2002-2011 (Curator for Exhibitions, 2004-2010; Coordinator for Artists Committee)
  • International Board, 1st International Mokuhanga Conference, Japan, 2010 - 2011
  • International Board, Chair of Board, 2014 International Mokuhanga Conference, Tokyo, 2012 - 
  • College Art Association, jury member for Distinguished Teaching of Art Award, 2012 - 16