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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
Karen Kunc, Grapheion, International review of modern prints, book and paper art, Czech Republic, "Survey Questions", page 97 - 101, Yearbook, 2005,18th issue
Karen Kunc, Open Expression: Contemporary American Printmaking Art, catalogue, American University in Cairo, Egypt, 2005
Karen Kunc, Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland, catalogue, "Inside the Mirror", Blue Heron Press, Nebraska, 2004
Karen Kunc, The Journal of the Mid-America Print Council, “Carol Summers: Touchstone for Printmakers”, fall/winter, 2004
Karen Kunc, Twenty-Ninth Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, catalogue, "Juror's Statement", Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 2003
Karen Kunc, The Liquid Language of Artist's Books, Blue Heron Press, Avoca, Nebraska, "Braided Streams", 2002
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
Karen Kunc, Centennial Celebration, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, "A Climate for Creative Activity", 2001
Karen Kunc, The Journal of the Mid-America Print Council, "A Printmaking Workshop Continuum", Vol. 9, No. 1, spring/summer 2001
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
Karen Kunc, Contemporary Impressions, Journal of the American Print Alliance, "Away Again", spring 2000
Karen Kunc, Between Nature and Culture: American Prints for the Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, 1999
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
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
Douglas Max Utter, "Worlds in Transition", Cleveland Free Times Arts, June 18, 2008
Margaret Suchland, editor, PaperWorks, Journal of the Sonoran Collective of Book and Paper Arts, Tucson, AZ, 2008
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
Andrew Stevens, "Paper’s Weight", exhibition catalogue, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, 2007
Janet Farber, "Karen Kunc: Sensory Source", review, Review magazine, Kansas City, May, 2007
Janet Farber, "Pressing Matters", review, Omaha City Weekly, March, 2007
Dane Stickney, "At Her Peak", Omaha World-Herald, March 11, 2007
Sarah Baker, "Stick in a Box", The Omaha Reader, March 15 – 21, 2007
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
Katherine Blood, Jan Pamula, "Karen Kunc/Prints", exhibition catalogue, Piano Nobile, Krakow, Poland, 2006
Hilda Raz, "Visionary Evidence", interview for exhibition catalogue, Davidson Galleries, October, 2005
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
Gilbert Bouchard, "Bringing Woodcuts into the 21st Century", review, Edmonton Journal, May 28, 2004
Tessa Jeffers, "An Art Department Gem", article, Daily Nebraskan, November 17, 2003
Diane Mullins, "Artists at Home", article, L Magazine, Lincoln Journal Star, November 2002, vol 1
L. Kent Wolgemott, "Prints and Glass", review, Lincoln Journal Star, January 13, 2002
Lenore Metrick, "Woodworking: Process as Content", exhibition catalogue, Blandon Memorial Art Museum, 2001
Kelly Bartling, "Color Her Creative", article, Nebraska Alumni Magazine, Summer 2000
Catherine Clader, "Landmarks: the Art of Karen Kunc", exhibition catalogue, Galerie Dumont 18, Geneva, 2000
Catherine Clader, "Personality of Today: Karen Kunc", Grapheion, International Journal of Printmaking, Czech Republic, 3rd & 4th issue, 1998
David Acton, "For Karen", article, Grapheion, International Journal of Printmaking, Czech Republic, 3rd-4th issue, 1998
Hugh Merrill, "For Karen", article, Grapheion, International Journal of Printmaking, Czech Republic, 3rd-4th issue, 1998
Sigrid Valtingojer, "Cosmic Egg", exhibition brochure, Hafnarborg Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland, 1996
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
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
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

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