Timeline

1975
BFA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
1977
MFA, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1987
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California-Berkeley, spring
1985–1989
Assistant Professor in Printmaking, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1989
Dayton Hudson Distinguished Visiting Artist/Teacher, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
1988–1991
Art & Art History Gallery Director, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1993
Research Fellow, Kyoto, Japan, Spring
1995
Guest Professor, Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavik, Iceland
1989–1998
UNL Study Abroad Program, Santa Reperata Graphic Art Centre, Florence, Italy, summer 1994,1997, 1999, 2001, 2003
1999
Visiting Professor, School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2000
Nebraska 2000 Governor's Arts Award, Artist of the Year
2000
Purchase Award, Sixty Square Inches, National Print Exhibition, Purdue University
2001
Fabriano Award of Distinction, Third Minnesota Print Biennial
2001
Purchase and Juror's Merit Award, 28th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition
2001
Artist-in-Residence, Nagasawa Art Park, Tsuna, Japan, fall
2002
UNL Humanities Center Annual Research and Creative Achievement Award
1998–2003
Professor of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2003
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, NY
2003
Juror's Award, Boston Printmakers 2003 North American Print Exhibition
2004
Prize of the Director of the State Museum, VII International Art Triennale Majdanek, Lublin, Poland
2005
Honor Award for Mirror of the Wood catalogue, Nebraska Book Awards
2006
Omaha Entertainment Awards, Visual Arts
2007
Printmaker Emeritus Award 2007, Southern Graphics Council, Kansas City, MO
2009
Purchase Prize, 2nd Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Thailand
2009
Fulbright Specialist Grant, for teaching and exhibition, Finnish Academy of Fine Art
2009
Visiting Artist, Oregon State University
2010
Honorable Mention Award, The Assignment: National Juried Artist Book Exhibition, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
2010
Senior Artist in Resident, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2010
Hixson-Lied Senior Faculty Research/Creativity Award, UNL College of Fine and Performing Arts
2009–2013
Fulbright Specialists Roster, 5 year term
2003–2014
Willa Cather Professor and Professor of Art, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Exhibitions

2015
Karen Kunc Exhibitions in 2015:
Constellation Studios, Lincoln Nebraska
“Fertile Ground: Midwest Printmaking Traditions,” Swope Art Museum, Terra Haute, Indiana
“Women in the Atrium,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“Wintry Mix,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“3-Person Show,” Gallery Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas
2014
Karen Kunc Exhibitions in 2014:
“Mokuhan Zomeki/What Happened in Japan?” Curated International Exhibition, University of the Arts Museum, Tokyo, Japan
“Summer Rotation,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
“An Exhibition of Excellence: Four Great Artists: Kunc (USA), Denysenko (Ukraine), Bongibault (France), Ciuha (Slovenie),” L’Estampille Gallery, 9th Triennale, Chamalieres, France
2013
Karen Kunc Exhibitions in 2013:
Gallery 101, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia (solo)
“8th Biennale Internationale de’estampe,” Contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
2012
Layers and Lines, Keichel Fine Art, Lincoln, NE
2012
RED, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012
AAF-Los Angeles, Atrium Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Mokuhanga Innovative, Art Forum Jarfo, Kyoto, Japan (solo)
2011
An Eden, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
2011
Abstraction & Color, Blackburn 20/20, New York, NY
2011
SILVER, 25th Anniversary Show, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2011
Abstraction and Color: the Prints of Margo Humphrey and Karen Kunc, Blackburn 20/20, New York, NY
2011
Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Biennale for Miniature Graphics, Egypt
2011
Guanajuato 2010, Boston Printmakers Collaborative Workshop in Mexico, Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA
2010
Printedness, Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA (solo)
2010
Sense of Place, Art Zone Gallery, Cairo, Egypt (solo)
2010
Karen Kunc/Blue Heron Press Artist Books and the BHP Collection, Clare M. Eagle Fine Arts Gallery, Murray State University, Doyle Fine Arts Building, Murray, KY (solo)
2010
Prints, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2010
Under the Influence, Kiechel Fine Art, Lincoln, NE
2010
ColorPrint USA 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2010
Into the Wood, Contemporary American Woodcut Prints from the Art Bank Collection, Art Bank Gallery, Harry S Truman Building, US Department of State, Washington DC
2010
Reunion Portfolio Images 2010, Crane Arts Building, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Philadelphia, PA
2010
Contemporary Artworks from the MONA Collection, Columbus Art Gallery, Columbus, NE
2010
Faculty Exhibition, Eisentrager•Howard Gallery, Department of Art and Art History, UNL, Lincoln, NE
2009
Artist Fellows Exhibition, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE
2009
The Book as Art: Artists’ Books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, MA
2009
Visiting Artists Invitational, On the Edge Gallery, New Orleans Center for Creative Art, Los Angeles CA
2009
Boundless Transformations: The Book as Art, Art Students League, Denver, CO
2009
The Assignment: A Juried Book Arts Exhibition, 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
2009
Border Crossings: Group Exhibition of Visiting Faculty, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy
2009
The Print Fantastic, Theatre Art Gallery, High Point, North Carolina
2009
Perspectives: Art, Craft, Design and the Studio Quilt, International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Lincoln, NE
2009
Field Report, Boston Printmakers, Moss-Thorns Gallery of Art, Fort Hayes Sate University, KS
2009
Academia Invitational, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
2009
Cover to Cover: Artist Books, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
2009
2nd Bangkok Triennale International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Thailand
2009
International Print Triennial-Krakow, Contemporary Art Gallery “Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
2009
Unlimited Impressions: Kunc, Pfaff, Shure, Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2009
Sugar, Sugar, InterDisciplinary Experimental Arts Gallery, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
2009
Wood, Graphics Galleries, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
2009
Blocks of Color: A Century of American Woodcuts, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2009
Printmaking Methods/Relief, Worcester Art Museum, MA
2009
Art by Women, from the Wachovia A G Edwards Corporate collection, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
2009
Somewhere Far from Habit: A Collaborative Exhibit of Poetry and Artists’ Books, Pierre Menard
2009
Gallery, Cambridge, MA; Longwood University, Virginia, & tour
2009
Kaiku Gallery, Finnish Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki (solo)
2009
Order, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA (solo)
2009
volumina, Tugboat Gallery, Lincoln, NE (solo)
2009
Printedness, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (solo)
2009
Small, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2009
The Boston Printmakers 2009 North American Print Biennial, Boston University 808 Gallery, Boston, MA; Juror, Roberta Waddell, Curator Emerita, New York Public Library
2008
Choose One, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2008
Small Works, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2008
Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH (solo)
2008
Minia University, El Minia, Egypt (solo)
2008
Print Invitational, 30th Anniversary of the Graphic Workshop, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
2008
The Art of the Book ’08, Craft Gallery, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, Canada and International tour
2008
IMPRINT 2008, Clashes Between Civilizations. Kulisiewicz International Graphic Arts Triennial, Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland
2007
New Prints 2007/Winter, International Print Center, New York, NY
2007
The 182nd Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, member, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2007
New Traditions: 5 Years of Collaboration at Flying Horse Press, Orange Co. Government Office, Orlando, FL
2007
Red Herring Portfolio, Center for Book Arts, NY; Lewis Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS; SGC Conference, Kansas City; Southwest School of Art and Craft, San Antonio, TX
2007
Journey, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
2007
Walter Gropius Mast Artist Series, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV (solo)
2007
Lyrical Legacy: The Prints of Karen Kunc, Leed-Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO (solo)
2007
Karen Kunc: Sensory Source, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE (solo)
2006
10 for 20, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006
Paper, Paper, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006
Piano Nobile Gallery, Rynek Glowny, Krakow, Poland (solo)
2006
Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland (solo)
2006
Bound Visions: Artists’ Books, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
2006
Paper, Paper, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006
Selections, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006
4 Printmakers/ 2 Curators, The Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington D.C.
2006
Second International Biennial for the Artist's Book, Bibliotheca Alexandria, Egypt
2006
Book Blast: Artist's Books, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland
2006
5th Egyptian International Print Triennale, Cario, Egypt
2006
Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists' Books, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
2006
Crossing Gene (Hybrids), American and Korean Collaborations, Sun Contemporary Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2006
Selected Prints of Tandem Press, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2006
American Prints in Troubled Times, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE
2006
International Print Triennial Krakow, Poland
2006
Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Art by Academicians, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2006
5th Minnesota National Print Biennial Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Tweed
2005
Open Expression: Contemporary American Prints, American University in Cairo, Egypt
2005
Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Biennale Internationale d'Estampes Contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada
2005
Busan International Print Art Festival, Busan, Korea
2005
New Prints 2005/Summer, International Print Center, New York, NY
2005
Resonance and Response: Artists' Books from Special Collections, Wellesley College Library
2005
Visionary Evidence, Contemporary Print and Drawing Center, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA (solo)
2005
Featured Artist Project, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY (solo)
2005
Recent Prints,” Kathy Carraccio Print Studio, New York, NY (solo)
2005
Holiday Group Show, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2005
With Spirit, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2004
Mentors: Inspiration, Influence, Expertise, St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO
2004
Chesterfield Arts Gallery Exhibit, Chesterfield, MO
2004
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana (solo)
2004
SNAP Gallery, Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (solo)
2004
VII International Art Triennale Majdanek 2004, State Museum, Lublin, Poland
2004
Time Remembered/Time Past, juried Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition,Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
2004
National Print Portfolio Exchange from Catfish Press, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
2004
Sublime Present: International Aspects of Contemporary Print, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Art in Isolation, Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center, Capser, Wyoming
2004
VII International Art Triennale Majdanek 2004, State Museum, Lublin, Poland
2004
Time Remembered/Time Past, juried Boston Printmakers Members Exhibition,Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
2004
National Print Portfolio Exchange from Catfish Press, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
2004
Sublime Present: International Aspects of Contemporary Print, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Art in Isolation, Nicolaysen Art Museum & Discovery Center, Capser, Wyoming
2003
Crosscurrents: American Prints, II Quatro di Omega Gallery, Rome, Italy
2003
6th Triennale Mondiale D'Estampes Petit Format, Chamalieres, France
2003
International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
2003
Intergraphia, World Award Winners Exhibition, Museum of Neipolomice, Royal Castle, Poland
2003
International Print and Drawing Exhibition on the Occasion of 60th Anniversary Celebration of Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2003
The Boston Printmakers 2003 North American Print Exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
2003
Contemporary Art Festival Invitational Exhibition, Modern Art Museum, Japan
2003
178th Annual Exhibition, for Academicians, the National Academy of Design Museum, New York
2003
2003 Artist Members Juried Exhibition, The Center for Book Arts, New York
2003
Out from Japan: Watercolor Woodblocks in the Japanese Style, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Portfolio Exhibition, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
2003
4th Egyptian International Print Triennial, Sector of the Fine Arts, Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt
2003
Grabado sin Fronteras/Printmaking Without Borders, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA, and Centro Metropolitan, Estamperi a Quitena, Quito, Ecuador
2003
Women in Print, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, OK
2003
Cuts: The Contemporary Woodcut, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2003
Radical Printmaking 2003, Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, CA
2003
Another View: A Selection of Contemporary American Prints, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, LA
2003
The Print, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2003
Portfolio Exhibition, Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
2003
4th Egyptian International Print Triennial, Sector of the Fine Arts, Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt
2003
Grabado sin Fronteras/Printmaking Without Borders, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, CA, and Centro Metropolitan, Estamperi a Quitena, Quito, Ecuador
2003
Women in Print, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, OK
2003
Cuts: The Contemporary Woodcut, Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2003
Radical Printmaking 2003, Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, CA
2003
Another View: A Selection of Contemporary American Prints, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier College, LA
2003
The Print, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2003
Gallery APA, Nagoya, Japan (solo)
2003
Hartmann Center Art Gallery, Bradley University (solo)
2003
Atrium Gallery at HOK, St. Louis, MO
2003
Atrium at the Plaza, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2002
Blanden Memorial Art Museum, Fort Dodge, IA (solo)
2002
Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE (solo)
2002
Printmaking Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
2002
Scale It, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2002
True North SNAP International Print Biennial, Society of Northern Alberta Print-artists, Edmonton, Canada
2002
Biennial 2002, Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago
2002
The Liquid Language of Artist's Books, University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie
2002
Prints from Nagasawa Art Park Artists-in-Residence, Skydoor Art Space in Aoyoma, Tokyo, Japan
2002
5th American Print Biennial, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond Museums, Virginia
2002
Global Matrix, International Print Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana and Wright
2002
State University Art Galleries, Dayton, Ohio 2003
2002
Karen Kunc, Thomas H. Majeski, & Susan Puelz, Anderson O’Brien Fine Art Gallery, Omaha, NE
2002
Karen Kunc and Kenny Walton, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2002
Built by Hand: The Book as Art, Pyramid Atlantic International Book Exhibition, 1111 Sculpture Space, Washington D.C.
2001
28th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2001
Triennial 100 Cities 2001-2003, City Culture Center, Dzierzoniowo, Poland and tour
2001
III Printmaking Festival 2001, Teoartis, Evora, Portugal
2001
Saint’s & Sinners Print Portfolio, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington D.C.
2001
2001 North American Print Exhibition, Boston Printmakers, 808 Gallery, Boston University, MA
2001
Artist’s Books by the Boston Printmakers, The Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2001
On/Off/Over the Edge, America Print Alliance juried exhibition, traveling exhibition, University of Nebraska
2001
Kearney, University of Florida, Miami University, Oxford, OH
2001
Relative Unfoldings, Juried Print Exhibition, Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
2001
2001 Artists Members Juried Show, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2001
The 3rd Minnesota National Print Biennial, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2001
Woodcut Prints, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
2001
Evoking Time, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
2001
Deluce Gallery, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO (solo)
2000
Galerie Dumont 18, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
2000
Walker Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE (solo)
2000
Unbound: Reshaping Artist's Books, Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center New York, NY
2000
Recycled Paper III, Atrium Gallery St. Louis, MO
2000
Relatives, 4th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London, England, and tour
2000
5th Sapporo International Print Biennial, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan
2000
International Artist’s Books, Galerie Dumont 18, Geneva, Switzerland
2000
International Print Triennial - Krakow 2000, Poland and other international venues
2000
Art and the Printing Press, 2nd International Small Engraving Exhibition, Cremona, Italy
2000
Midlands Invitational 2000: Works on Paper, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
2000
Who Knows Where or When: Artists Interpret Geography and Time, Wustum Museum, Racine, WI
2000
Squish, What is a Print Exhibition, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK
2000
Visions of the Prairie: The Great Plains at the Dawn of the Millennium, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2000
Unbound: Reshaping Artist’s Books, Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
1999
Wind and Water on the Land, Great Plains Art Collection, University Of Nebraska-Lincoln.
1999
Recycled Paper II,” Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1999
Personal Iconography, Mythologies & Fairy Tales, University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art, Cedar Falls Iowa
1999
Kunc & Youngblood: Printmakers, University Art Gallery, Baylor University, Waco, TX
1999
Between Nature and Culture: American Prints, Felix Jenewein Gallery, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
1999
The Sense of Touch: Women Printmakers, Art Gallery, Western Wyoming College,Rock Springs
1999
Forty-Eight Contemporary American Printmakers, Art Museum of the Central Fine Arts Institute, China
1999
The 174th Annual Exhibition, National Academy Museum New York
1999
Working Riddles, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
1998
Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY (solo)
1998
The 4th Sapporo International Print Bienniale, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art Sapporo, Japan
1998
Between Nature and Culture: American Prints, Jyvaskyla Art Museum Jyvaskyla, Finland
1998
Forty-Eight Contemporary American Printmakers, Art Museum of the Central Fine Arts Institute China
1998
Between Nature and Culture: American Prints, Jyvaskyla Art Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland
1998
Art of the Book 98, The Gallery, Canada Trust Gallery, Toronto Reference Library, Canada
1998
World Print Festival 1998, Lujbljana, Slovenia
1998
American Graphic Art, 5th Biennial of Slovene Graphic Art, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
1998
2nd International Triennial of Graphic Art, Old City Hall, Inter-Kontakt-Grafik, Prague, Czech Republic
1998
Group Print Show, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago
1998
Recycled Paper, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1997
Kunc and Sorman, Art Gallery, Columbus College, Columbus, GA
1997
Beyond Boundaries, National Juried Print Exhibition, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
1997
International Print Exhibition, Portland Art Museum, Oregon
1997
New Dialogues: Women Printmakers Invitational, Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley College, MA
1997
Women’s Caucus for Art 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Artemsia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997
Raw Vision, Raw Word: Book Art as Process and Power, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
1997
Intangibles, Atrium Gallery St. Louis, MO (solo)
1996
Felix Jenewein Gallery, Municipal Museum of Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (solo)
1996
Galleri Unbra, Rekjavik, Iceland (solo)
1996
Galleria Hormonia Jyvvaskyla, Finland (solo)
1996
Abstraction: Monoprint/Monotype, University Museum, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, PA
1996
Carved Block Prints in the Americas, Graphicstudio Gallery, Tampa, FL
1996
Ibizagraphic ‘96, International Biennial, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Ibiza, Spain
1996
4th Biennial of Graphic Art Beograd ‘96, Cvijeta Susoric Art Pavilion, Beograd, Yugoslavia
1996
Print Exhibition, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996
International Artists Books Exhibition, Vigado Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
1996
Mid America Print Council Members Juried Exhibition, Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, NY
1996
Prints: Last Half of the 20th Century, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington DC
1996
Edges of Interfaces, American Print Alliance, SCG National Conference, Morgantown, WV
1996
The Modern Print, Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE
1996
Visual Poetry: Words & Images by the Nebraska Women’s Caucus for Art, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
1995
Recent Acquisitions of Paper, National Museum of American Art, Washington DC
1995
The First Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial ‘95, Tama Art University Museum, Japan
1995
Printmaking Workshop Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka , Bangladesh
1995
Print Invitational, La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine, Paris, France
1995
3rd International Triennial of Woodcut & Wood-engraving, State Gallery, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
1995
15th Mini Print International Cadaques, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain
1995
ARC National Artist-made Books Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995
Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhibition, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
1995
The Boston Printmakers 45th North American Print Exhibition, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Mass.
1995
Dressing the Text: the Fine Press Artists’ Book, the Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, CA
1995
Recent Acquisitions of Paper, National Museum of American Art, Washington DC
1995
The First Tokyo International Mini-Print Triennial ‘95, Tama Art University Museum, Japan
1995
Printmaking Workshop Exhibition, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Dhaka , Bangladesh
1995
Print Invitational, La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine, Paris, France
1995
3rd International Triennial of Woodcut & Wood-engraving, State Gallery, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
1995
15th Mini Print International Cadaques, Taller Galeria Fort, Cadaques, Spain
1995
ARC National Artist-made Books Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995
Cimarron National Works on Paper Exhibition, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
1995
The Boston Printmakers 45th North American Print Exhibition, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, Mass.
1995
Dressing the Text: the Fine Press Artists’ Book, the Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, CA
1995
Multiples Only: A Book Art Invitational, Special Collections Gallery, McDermott Library University of Texas, Dallas, TX
1995
Off the Press/National Print Exhibition, DePaul University, Greencastle, Indiana
1995
Prints, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, NE
1995
USA Within Limits, Documenta, Galeria de Arte Sao Paolo, Brazil
1995
Recent Acquisitions of Paper, National Museum of American Art Washington DC
1995
20/21: Karen Kunc, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (solo)
1995
Gallery APA Nagoya, Japan (solo)

Public Collections

Heileman Brewing Company, Chicago, IL
Putnam, Hayes, & Bartlet, San Francisco, CA
Johnson and Johnson Corporation
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York
The College Board, New York
Kelly Lavoie Inc., Toronto
Marshall Erdman and Associates, Madison, WI
Putnam, Hayes and Barlet, San Francisco
J P Morgan Guaranty Bank, NY
Bank of New York -Delaware
Hallmark Cards, Inc. Kansas City, MO
Allsteel Inc. Aurora, IL
Peed Corporation, Lincoln, NE
Sequel Development Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Lang Communications Corporation, NY
A T Financial, Chicago, IL
Union Pacific, Omaha, NE
Midwest Otologic Group, St. Louis, MO
Consultants in Women’s Healthcare, St. Louis, MO
United States State Department
Land Communications Corporation, New York, NY
Krey Distributing Company, St. Peters, MO
Champion International, Inc., St. Louis, MO
IBM Corporation, NY
3M Corporation
A.G. Edwards, St. Louis, MO
USAA, Long Beach, CA
Parkcrest Surgical Association, St. Louis, MO
Armstrong, Teasdale, St. Louis, MO
Pratt Graphics Center, New York, NY
Bryan Cave, St. Louis, MO
The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
Capital Hilton, Washington DC
Ashland Oil Company
University of Wisconsin - Oskosh
U.S. Ambassador to Finland, Rockwell Schnabel
U.S. Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
IMRT (a division of XRT), Fairview Heights, IL
Sprint Corporation, Kansas City, KS
Mercantile Trust, St. Louis, MO
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Business Administration
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, College of Engineering & Technology
University of New Mexico, Zimmerman Library
University of Richmond Museums, Virginia
University of Texas El Paso Library
University of the Arts, Philadelphia
University of Utah, Marriott Library
University of Vermont
University of Washington, Allen Library, Seattle
University of Akron
University of Alberta, Canada
University of Arkansas
University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Library
University of Arkansas
University of California, Berkeley, Environmental Design Library
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Georgia, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library
University of Michigan, Special Collections Library
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
Silpakom University, Bangkok, Thailand
Sioux City Art Center
State of Ohio, State Office Building, Cleveland
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Swarthmore College
Stredoslovenska Glaeria Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
University Hospitals Cleveland
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Omaha Steaks
Phoenix Public Library, Arizona
Perdue University, IN
Rhode Island School of Design, Fleet Library, Provincetown
Saint Mark's School, Southborough, MA
Scripps College
Ringling School of Art, Kimborough Library, FL
Seattle Arts Commission
Idaho State University Library
Inter-Kontakt Grafik Foundation, Prague
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Minia University, Egypt
Nebraska State Art Council
Northestern University, Library
North Dakota State University
Oberlin College
Oklahoma Arts Institute
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
Florida State University, Library
Georgia College and State University
Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Hafnarborg Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland
Hyndai Art Center Gallery, Ulsan, Korea
Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia
Anheuser- Busch Companies, Inc., St. Louis, MO
Carleton College, Special Collections
Cleveland Institute of Art
Columbus Chamber of Commerce, OH
Colorado College
County/City Building, Lincoln, NE
Doane College, Crete, NE
Denver Public Library, CO
Felix Jenewein Galerie, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
Panstwowe Muzeum Na Majkanku, Majdanek, Poland
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland
Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland
Walker Art Center Library Collection, Minneapolis, MN
Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, TX
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, KS
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
Institute of Fine Art, Dhaka University, Bangladesh
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Library, Los Angeles, CA
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL
Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Butler Museum of American Art, Youngstown, OH
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Daum Contemporary Art Museum, Sedalia, MO
Elvehjem Art Library, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Hatcher Library, Special Collections, University of Michigan
Achenbach Foundation for Graphics, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco, CA
Allen Library, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Alvar Alto Museum, Jyvaskyla, Finland
American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Art Museum of Reykjavik, Reykjavik, Iceland
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, Australia
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Literature

2010
Lark Books, Masters: Book Arts, Eileen Wallace & Terry Taylor, (forthcoming)
2009
Prentice Hall, Printmaking: Theory and Practice, Beth Grabowski & Bill Fick
2008
Margaret Suchland, editor, PaperWorks, Journal of the Sonoran Collective of Book and Paper Arts, Tucson, AZ
2008
Douglas Max Utter, Worlds in Transition, Cleveland Free Times Arts, June 18
2008
David Acton, 60 Years of North American Prints 1947 – 2007, The Boston Printmakers
2008
Lark Books, 500 Handmade Books
2008
Dorothy Shinn, Printing layers of beauty, Akron Beacon Journal