About Me
I am an artist based in New York City. I'm a printmaker driven by process and materials and I use a variety of techniques including monotypes, lithographs, etchings, linoleum cuts, collagraphs and papermaking. My KAREN J REVIS Studio portfolio comprises abstract works, vibrant with color and texture. In 2017, I started REVISionary Prints to explore my experience growing up in an all black community in the 60’s and being black and existing in today's political climate.
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I've been very fortunate to be able to live my passion. I was selected by Colossal Media to collaborate on two murals as the first in their Represent: Black Arts project, with murals in NYC and LA. In 2018 I was accepted into the Robert Blackburn Workshop SIP Fellowship Program and there I gained a wider knowledge and love of printmaking. I learned all that I know about paper though a residency at The Morgan Paper Conservatory, Cleveland, OH; Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD; The Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY; and various workshops at Dieu Donne Paper in Brooklyn, NY. And I've also had the pleasure of working with and learning from some incredible masters of their craft: master printmakers Sheila Marbain and Kathy Caraccio; and Jonathan Wise of Mid-Mark Studio.
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An important part of being an artist is having the time to spent alone with your work and I got that opportunity while attending residencies at BACAS, Teggiano, Italy; and Henry Street Settlement, NY, NY. My work is featured in The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium by Joanne Mattera (Watson-Guptill Publications). I hold a BFA from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. I serve on the board of the Women’s Studio Workshop and I spend most days in my happy place, my studio in Harlem.
