Karen Goetzinger
Karen Goetzinger is an award winning artist born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who currently lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fashion Design with an emphasis in Fine Arts. Since 2004 she has taught at the Ottawa School of Art and is a mentor/instructor in the Fine Craft Mentoring Program.
Karen is known for her finely detailed mixed media textile constructions that are influenced by her roots in quilt making, couture construction, and her life-long passion for the urban landscape. Mike Taylor, curator of the Trinity Art Gallery at the Shenkman Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, was quoted as saying, “It’s the multidimensional approach that makes Karen’s work pop. She is meticulous in her composition; she has a terrific understanding of tone.”
Recently her installation piece “A State of Transparency” was shown at the world’s largest art prize competition, ArtPrize 2011. Her works have also been exhibited by museums, public and private galleries throughout North America,, hang in private collections internationally and are featured in “500 Art Quilts” (Lark Books a division of Sterling Publishing Co.
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