About the Artist
These pictures are a selection of Karen’s work. They reflect her experience of living and working in Trinidad,
Japan, London, Leicester and her travels around the world. Some of the pictures were created for an Amnesty International anti- apartheid exhibition.
Karen’s images use batik techniques or wax resist methods. Most have been created on cotton, using hot wax and dyes. Some
have been created with silk screen methods using hot wax, dyes, inks and acrylic paints.The 3D images depicting Leicester market have been created with textile artist Su Elliot.
Exhibition Venues
1989- Hackney Museum, East
London
1989- The Watershed,
Bristol
1989- Kings Chapel,
Cambridge
1990- Glasgow School of Art,
Glasgow
1990-Glasgow People’s Palace and Winter
Garden, Glasgow
1990- The Commonwealth Institute,
London
1990- Greyfriar’s Chapel,
Canterbury
1991- The Commonwealth Institute,
Bradford
1991 - The Port-of Spain Gallery,
Trinidad
1992- Tuireann Art Centre, Portree, Isle of
Skye
1992- Vale and Down Museum, Wantage,
Oxfordshire
1992- Black Visual Arts Project,
Nottingham
1992- Slough Museum,
Slough 1992-Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno,
Tokyo
1993-Metropolitan Art Space, Ikebukuro,
Tokyo
1993- Steps Gallery Ginza,
Tokyo
1993- Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno,
Tokyo
1994- Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno,
Tokyo
1995- Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno,
Tokyo
1995- Design Festa Vol.2 Tokyo International Trade Centre
1995- The Foreign Correspondence Club,
Tokyo
1996- The American Club,
Tokyo
1998- City Gallery Open Exhibition,
Leicester
2000- Millenium Art Project, Highcross,
Leicester
2012 – Cross Corners Art Centre -
Leicester
Japan, London, Leicester and her travels around the world. Some of the pictures were created for an Amnesty International anti- apartheid exhibition.
Karen’s images use batik techniques or wax resist methods. Most have been created on cotton, using hot wax and dyes. Some
have been created with silk screen methods using hot wax, dyes, inks and acrylic paints.The 3D images depicting Leicester market have been created with textile artist Su Elliot.
Exhibition Venues
1989- Hackney Museum, East
London
1989- The Watershed,
Bristol
1989- Kings Chapel,
Cambridge
1990- Glasgow School of Art,
Glasgow
1990-Glasgow People’s Palace and Winter
Garden, Glasgow
1990- The Commonwealth Institute,
London
1990- Greyfriar’s Chapel,
Canterbury
1991- The Commonwealth Institute,
Bradford
1991 - The Port-of Spain Gallery,
Trinidad
1992- Tuireann Art Centre, Portree, Isle of
Skye
1992- Vale and Down Museum, Wantage,
Oxfordshire
1992- Black Visual Arts Project,
Nottingham
1992- Slough Museum,
Slough 1992-Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno,
Tokyo
1993-Metropolitan Art Space, Ikebukuro,
Tokyo
1993- Steps Gallery Ginza,
Tokyo
1993- Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno,
Tokyo
1994- Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno,
Tokyo
1995- Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno,
Tokyo
1995- Design Festa Vol.2 Tokyo International Trade Centre
1995- The Foreign Correspondence Club,
Tokyo
1996- The American Club,
Tokyo
1998- City Gallery Open Exhibition,
Leicester
2000- Millenium Art Project, Highcross,
Leicester
2012 – Cross Corners Art Centre -
Leicester
George Street Market- batik
Caribbean Market - batik
My image on the front cover of V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr Biswas
Bishop Tutu visits Tobago - batik
All Fours Match - batik
Sweet Pan Music - batik
Last Lap - batik
Carnival is Colour - batik
Extempo War - batik and acrylic
That night there was magic in the air... silk painting
Corn bird - batik
D'jenne Mosque - Batik
Ridley Road Market - batik and silk screen
Selling The Dream - batik and silk screen
Under The Arches - batik and silk screen
Out of the Lime-light - batik
A State of Emergency - batik
Unanswered Cry - batik
Spawning Ground - batik
Footsteps along the corridor - batik
Crossroads - batik
Bitter Crop - batik
Genesis - (triptic) - batik
Exodus-(triptic)- batik
Revelations-(Triptic)- batik
Biting the Hand that Feeds You - batik
Sugamo Market - Silk painting and batik
Dancer - batik method and ink
Dancer - batik and ink
Dancer - batik and acrylic
Taiko drummer I- batik and acrylic
Taiko drummers II- batik and acrylic
Taiko Drummer III - batik and ink
Toyko subway pastiche - Surrealism on the subway
Tokyo Subway pastiche - Near Abstraction on the Odaku Line
Tokyo subway pastiche - Blue Period on the Yamamote Line
Tokyo subway pastiche - Impressionism on the Inokoshira Line
Sumo - batik
Carp -silk painting
Thai retreat - pastels and ink
The Fishmongers - collage and clay
Grocers Stall - collage and clay
The Haberdashers - collage and clay
The Flower Stall - collage and clay
Fern - Acrylic and beads
Belgrave - batik, acrylic, pastel and ink
