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
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George Street Market- batik
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Caribbean Market - batik
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My image on the front cover of V.S. Naipaul's A House for Mr Biswas
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Bishop Tutu visits Tobago - batik
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All Fours Match - batik
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Sweet Pan Music - batik
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Last Lap - batik
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Carnival is Colour - batik
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Extempo War - batik and acrylic
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That night there was magic in the air... silk painting
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Corn bird - batik
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D'jenne Mosque - Batik
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Ridley Road Market - batik and silk screen
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Selling The Dream - batik and silk screen
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Under The Arches - batik and silk screen
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Out of the Lime-light - batik
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A State of Emergency - batik
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Unanswered Cry - batik
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Spawning Ground - batik
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Footsteps along the corridor - batik
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Crossroads - batik
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Bitter Crop - batik
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Genesis - (triptic) - batik
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Exodus-(triptic)- batik
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Revelations-(Triptic)- batik
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Biting the Hand that Feeds You - batik
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Sugamo Market - Silk painting and batik
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Dancer - batik method and ink
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Dancer - batik and ink
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Dancer - batik and acrylic
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Taiko drummer I- batik and acrylic
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Taiko drummers II- batik and acrylic
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Taiko Drummer III - batik and ink
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Toyko subway pastiche - Surrealism on the subway
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Tokyo Subway pastiche - Near Abstraction on the Odaku Line
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Tokyo subway pastiche - Blue Period on the Yamamote Line
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Tokyo subway pastiche - Impressionism on the Inokoshira Line
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Sumo - batik
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Carp -silk painting
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Thai retreat - pastels and ink
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The Fishmongers - collage and clay
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Grocers Stall - collage and clay
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The Haberdashers - collage and clay
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The Flower Stall - collage and clay
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Fern - Acrylic and beads
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Belgrave - batik, acrylic, pastel and ink