About Karen Karnes




	Garth Clark, noted author on the ceramic arts and the owner of the Garth Clark Gallery in New York, has written: “Karen Karnes is unquestionably one of the most important and seminal figures in American Ceramic Art today. We’ve seen in her work an extraordinary growth, from a maker of functional ware to a maker of symbolic vessels that express more sculptural concerns and play with feelings of sensuality and fecundity. Through her involvement with Black Mountain School and her extensive influence in presenting workshops, she has raised the level of salt glaze wares, not just in the United States but abroad as well, and has earned her place in the Ceramic Hall of Fame.” Read more Karen Karnes, Retrospectively by Garth Clark (Download PDF) Articles by Karen Karnes and Garth Clark (Download PDF) Article by M.C Richards (Download PDF) Selected Awards and Collections of Karen Karnes Karen Karnes, has twice been the recipient of an Artists’ Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (l976, l988). She received the Vermont Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts (l997), the American Craft’s Council Gold Medal of Highest Achievement in Craftsmanship (l998), and the Medal of Excellence from the Society of Arts and Crafts (l990). She was one of seven distinguished lecturers in the Regis Master Series of senior ceramic artists, staged by the Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis, MN in l998. Since 2004 Karen Karnes has been represented by the Ferrin Gallery of Lenox, MA. Her work is included in the following museums: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY; Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NC; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, NY; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angles, CA, Newark, Museum of Art, Newark, NJ; Bemidji State University Collection, Bemidji, MI; Charles A. Racine Art Museum; Racine, WI; Cranbrook Museum of Art; Bloomfield Hills, MI; Delaware Museum of Art, Wilmington, DE; Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI; Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY; Johnson Wax Collection of Contemporary Crafts, Racine, WI; Museum of World Folk Art, La Jolla, CA; Nelson Fine Arts, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; St. Louis Museum of Art, MO; Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI. www.garthclark.com www.blackmountaincollege.org