Karen Oremus was born in Montreal Canada. She has worked as an artist, curator and educator internationally in Canada, the United States, Italy, England, Germany, China, Estonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Japan, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Middle East. She received her BFA in Printmaking, with a Minor in Roman Archaeology at Concordia University in Montreal Canada. She studied Painting at the Academia di Belli Arte di Roma, (Academy of Fine Arts in Rome), Italy, and completed her archaeological field school at the University of Warwick in Coventry England. Karen graduated with an MFA in Printmaking from the Tyler School of Art of Temple University, in Philadelphia, USA. Karen is currently in her fourteenth year working as an Associate Professor in the College of Arts and Creative Enterprises at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates, where she is responsible for the establishment and development of the first printmaking studio and printmaking discipline in the nation’s capital on the Abu Dhabi campus.

Karen most recently exhibited her work at the Kyoto Art Museum in conjunction with the Kyoto Art Festival, and she was one of the artists representing North America in the 10th International Festival of Contemporary Art in Slovenija.

Examples of Karen Artworks:

Karen Oremus

A Sacred Geometry I, II, III, 2015

Laser Engraving on Pigment Print

45 x 55 cm (x 3)