Karen Kunc, NA Karen Kunc was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1952. She received her BFA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1975, and her MFA from Ohio State University in 1977. She is a Cather Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she has taught since 1983. Her works have been exhibited recently in solo exhibitions at: the Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia; the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha; Piano Nobile Gallery, Krakow, Poland; Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Chamalières France; Davidson Galleries, Seattle; Kathy Caraccio Print Studio, New York. Her prints have been shown in numerous national and international group exhibitions: International Print Triennial Krakow, Poland; International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; 5th Egyptian International Print Triennale, Cairo, Egypt; Artist's Books, Lönnström Art Museum, Rauma, Finland; Busan International Print Art Festival, Busan, Korea; New Prints 2007/Winter, International Print Center New York; Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists' Books, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; 5th Minnesota National Print Biennial Exhibition, Minneapolis. She has taught numerous workshops around the world and served as a visiting artist to over 100 institutions. Her work has been published by: Anderson Ranch Art Center; Cradle Oak Press at Bradley University; Flying Horse Press at Central Florida University; Guest Artist in Printmaking Program (GAPP) at the University of Texas; Tandem Press at University of Wisconsin-Madison; Echo Press at Indiana University. Kunc's works are represented in many public and private collections, including: the Museum of Modern Art (NY); the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian American Art Museum; the National Museum of Women in the Arts; Walker Art Center Library; the New York Public Library; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; Honolulu Academy of Art; Hyndai Art Center Gallery, Ulsan, Korea; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan; University of Richmond Museums, Virginia; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts; Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; Milwaukee Art Museum. Kunc has won over 65 awards for her work beginning with her first award as a graduate student in 1976 and recently the Prize of the Director of the State Museum, VII International Art Triennale Majdanek, Lublin, Poland. Her other recognitions include: a Fulbright Scholar Award; Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in 1996 & 1984; Nebraska Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Master Award, 1992; Individual Artists Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council, 1982 She has curated and organized the exhibition Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland which toured the U.S. in 2005, and concluded at the Salo Art Museum in 2006. She organized the 2004 Mid-America Print Council conference Printmaking Relevance/Resonance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Karen Kunc received the 2007 Printmaker Emeritus Award from the Southern Graphics Council, which is the largest printmaking membership organization in the country. She was honored at the SGC 36th annual conference in Kansas City, Missouri March 21 - 25, 2007, with a presentation and a retrospective exhibition at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center.