United States

Karen GUNDERMAN（1951）

2007, 45×45×30 cm（each）

White stoneware, coiling, oxidation fired to 1186℃, electric kiln

Karen GUNDERMAN（b. 1951，United States）

I am interested in notations scientists throughout history have made observing the inner workings of living things. I feel connected with these visual recordings as I attempt to resolve questions about the cycles of life, death and my relationship with the physical world. Of particular interest are the anatomical and botanical images rendered on the cusp of modern western history. My work seeks a quality of speculation about the unseen. My work correlates botanical and anatomical forms to reference commonalities between the life cycles of flora and the human body. The pieces convey both vulnerability and strength and exist, as we do in life, through a careful balancing of forces.

2007 Faculty Research Award, Center For International Education (b. CIE)

2007 Selected Exhibition, CHINA CUTS, Pickled Art Center, Beijing, China

2007 Wisconsin Triennial 2007, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin

2002 Merit Award, 14th Annual San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas, USA

1975 MFA, University of Michigan; Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Address 11618 N. Country Lane, Mequon, Wisconsin 53092, U.S.A.

Email kmg@uwm.edu