Karen Kazmer

Bio

work

  • 2012

    The art for this pedestrian trail plaza refers to the ways urban animals adapt to their environment. The beavers living adjacent to the site can be perceived as the designers and builders of this site-specific work. The intent of the work is to portray the convergence between nature, local housing and industry. The outer edges of the structure closely resemble the rooflines of the nearby ranchers in the Nordel neighborhood.

    Location:  1152 Welsh Street, Spirit Trail, North...

  • 2010

    Given a hotel room, abstracted as a resting place, and tempered by ideas of art history, appropriation, authenticity and value, interactions and objects that create the installation Two Versions of Inquietude: After Sonia Delanauy. The research started with Sonia Delanauy’s room layouts and fashion designs that utilized her graphic sensibility in public and private spaces. Opposite walls are covered with painted non- repeating harlequin patterns. Each wall has a...

  • 2010