Open Book
Awakening Trace
River Pass Bay Dawn
Signals Remain
Education
- MFA, Ohio State University, 1977
- BFA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1975
Professional Experience
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Professor of Art, 1998-present
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Associate Professor of Art, 1989-1998
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Assistant Professor of Art, 1985-1989
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, 1983-1985
- Artist-in-Residence, Nagasawa Art Park, Tsuna, Japan, fall, 2001
- Visiting Professor, School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, spring term, 1999
- Guest Professor, Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavik, Iceland, spring term, 1995
- UNL Study Abroad Program, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, summer, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005
- Research Fellow, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan, spring, 1993
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Art & Art History Gallery Director, 1988-1991
- Dayton Hudson Distinguished Visiting Artist/Teacher, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, Fall Term 1989
- University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Assistant Professor, Spring Semester, 1987
- Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio, Instructor in Printmaking, 1978-1983
- Ohio State University, Graduate Teaching Associate, 1976-1977
Workshops Taught
- National Academy School of Fine Arts, New York, 2007
- Gropius Master Artist Workshop, Huntington Art Museum, Huntington, West Virginia, 2007
- Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, 2007
- Fine Art Academy, Helsinki, Finland, 2006
- Brookhaven College, Dallas, Texas, 2006
- PEARS Summer Print Workshops, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, 2006
- Frogman's Summer Printmaking Workshops, University of South Dakota, Vermilion, SD, 2006
- Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 2006
- Book Arts Program, Marriott Library, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 2005
- The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY 2005
- Mixit Studios, Somerville, Massachusetts, 2002
- Siena Heights University, Adrian, Michigan, 2002
- Holulaloa Foundation for Arts & Culture, Kona Imin Center, Holualoa, Hawaii, 2002
- Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado, 2002
- Frogman's Summer Printmaking Workshops, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, 2002
- Nebraska Art Teachers Association Conference, UNL, 2002
- Academy of Fine Art, Krakow, Poland, 2002
- Blandon Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, Iowa, 2002
- Women's Caucus for Art, Ohio Chapter, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2001
- Paper/Book Intensive, Tooella, Utah, 2001
- Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki, Finland, 2000
- Connecticut GraphicArts Center, Norwalk, Connecticut, 2000
- Oregon College of Art & Craft, Portland, June, 1999
- Center for Book Arts, New York, 1997, 1998
- Academy of Art, Helsinki, Finland, 1996
- Joensuu Graphic Workshop, Joensuu, Finland, 1996
- Art New England Summer Workshops, Bennington College, Vermont, 1996, 1998 and 2000
- Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy of Fine Art, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1995
- Oklahoma Arts Institute, Quartz Mountain, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, 1995
- Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, 1994
- La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994
- Honolulu Printmaking Workshop, Academy Art Center, Honolulu, 1993
- School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1992
- Center for Book Arts, New York, 1991
- Artists Book Works, Chicago, 1990
- Pyramid Atlantic, Washington DC. 1990
- Pyramid Atlantic, Washington DC, 1989
- Rimrock Summer Art Workshop, Black Hills, U. South Dakota, 1988
- Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina, 1988
- Kala Institute, Berkeley, Ca. 1987
- Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, Ca. 1987
- Guest Artist, sponsored by the US Information Agency, for tour to Helsinki and Jyvaskyla, Finland, and Warsaw and Krakow, Poland. Lectures and workshops, 1986
Conference Presentations
- Award Presentation and Demonstration, Southern Graphics Council Conference "Points, Plots, Ploys", Kansas City, MO, 2007
- Demonstration Featured Artist, Southern Graphics Council International Conference "Power in Print" 2005, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC, 2005
- Conference Director, Mid-America Print Council Conference "Printmaking Relevance/Resonance", Oct. 2004
- Demonstration/participant in collaboration "Demo-graphics II", Southern Graphics Council Conference "Print Gumbo", New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002
- Presentation, "Innovative Color Woodcut Printmaking", IMPACT, International Printmaking Conference, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland, 2001
- Presentation, panel "Global Kinship: International Opportunities in Printmaking", Southern Graphics Council Conference, University of Texas, Austin, 2001
- Artist Delegate to International Print Triennial - Krakow 2000, Poland
- Presentation, "Transformations - My Traveler's Eye", Southern Graphics Council Annual Conference, University of Miami, Florida, 2000
- Presentation and panel coordinator, "A Printmaking Workshop Continuum", Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery,UNL,2000
- Presentation, "A Climate for Creative Activity", Inaugural Symposium for the Centennial Celebration of Graduate Education, Research and Creative Activity, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2000
- Delegate and presentation for the 9th Asian Art Biennale, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1999
- Delegate, IMPACT International Printmaking Conference, University of West of England, Bristol, 1999
- Presentation on Artist's Books for Printmakers, Southern Graphics Council Annual Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, 1999
- Presentation, Mid-America Print Council Conference, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1998
- Lecture: The Teaching of Printmaking, an American View, Sightlines International Symposium of Printmaking and Image Culture, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1997
- Featured Artist, 1996 Mid America Print Council Conference, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany
- Panel coordinator & presentation, Alternative Prints '94, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, 1994
- Co-chair of panel on "The Contemporary Woodcut" for Southern Graphics Council Conference, Kansas City Art Institute, 1991
- Panelist for Studio Session, College Art Association Annual Conference, 1988
- Presentation, 12th European Studies Conference, UNO, 1987
- Guest Artist, Southern Graphics Council Annual Conference, University of Florida, Gainsville, 1987
- Visiting Artist, Drake University Printmaking Symposium, Des Moines, Iowa, 1985
Curatorial Activities
- Co-Curator, Meeting the Other:American & Egyptian Prints, UNL and national tour, concluding in Cairo, 2008-09
- Juror, 39th Annual Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, all-media, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, 2007
- Co-Curator, Hearts & Hands 2: National Juried Student Book Art Exhibition, UNL-UNO-Omaha Public Library, 2006
- Delegate for selection of American participants to the 7th Triennale Mondiale L'Estampes et de la Gravure Originale, Chamalieres, France, 2005 – 6, resulting in Honorable Mention for F. Souto
- Curator's Lecture, Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland, Salo Art Museum, Finland, 2006
- Juror, The Printed Image, First Biennial Midwestern Graphics Exhibition, Sabatini Art Gallery, Topeka, KS, 2006
- Printmaking Seminar, American University in Cairo, Egypt, in conjunction with organization and curating of Open Expression: Contemporary American Printmaking Art Exhibition, 2005
- Lecture “Woodcut as Mirror of Place” for opening of “Mirror of the Wood”, Carleton College, Northfield, MN; Gallery talk for opening of “Mirror”, Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA, 2005
- Curator, Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Eisentrager·Howard Gallery, UNL, 2004; Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, 2005; national tour, 2005
- Juror, Parkside National Small Print Exhbition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 2004
- Curatorial Advisor to Inter-Kontakt-Grafik on American linoleum print artists for 2004 Triennial of Graphic Arts Prague, 2004
- Juror's opening remarks, "Impressions", Blandon Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, Iowa, 2003
- Delegate for selection of American participants to the 6th Triennale Mondiale D'Estampes Petit Format, Chamalieries, France, 2002-2003
- Juror, Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 2002-2003
- Juror, "Impressions 2002-2003", regional all media show, Blandon Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, Iowa
- Co-Curator of exhibition and presenter on panel for "The Liquid Language of Artists Books", Mid-America Print Council Conference, University of Wyoming, Laramie, 2002
- Coordinator of and participant in Sensory Experience Exchange Portfolio, 20 national & international artists, for presentation at the Southern Graphics Council Conference "Print Gumbo", 2002
- Juror of Awards - Graphics, 176th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design Museum, NY, 2001
- Juror, "No Big Heads: Self-Portrait Exhibition", Student Center Gallery, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1999
- Juror, 19th Annual Michigan Print Competition, Alma College, Alma Michigan, 1999
- Juror, for 49th Annual Quad-State All-Media Exhibition, Quincy Art Center, Illinois, May 1999
- Curator for Between Nature and Culture: American Prints for the Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, and presentation at opening reception, Dec., 1998, and Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, Feb. 1999
- Consulting curator on American artists for Graphica Creativa '99 Print Inside, Jyväskylä Art Museum, Finland, 1998
- Awards Juror, Graphica Creativa International Triennial of Prints, Alvar Alto Museum, Jyväskylä, Finland, 1996
- Juror, Contemporary Women Artists X, St. Louis Women's Caucus for Art, 1996
- Juror, The Hand-Pulled Print IV, Stonemetal Press, San Antonio, Texas, 1996
- Panel member for visual artist individual fellowships, Ohio Arts Council, 1995
- Juror for 6th Annual Small Works on Paper Exhibition, Arkansas Artists Registry, 1991
- Panel Member for Visual Arts Fellowship selections, Kansas Arts Commission, 1990
- Juror for 20th Minot Works on Paper National Competition, Minot, North Dakota, 1989
- Juror for the Student Exhibition, University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1986
Visiting Artist
- Visiting Artist, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2008
- Visiting Artist, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2008
- Visiting Artist, University of Akron, Ohio, 2008
- Visiting Artist, Utah State University, Logan, 2008
- Visiting Art for print publication, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, Colorado, 2007
- Visiting Artist, Crafts Colloquium, The Banfff Center, Banff, Canada, 2007
- Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 2006
- University of North Texas, Denton, 2006
- Augusta State University, Augusta, GA, 2006
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN, 2006
- Evergreen State University, Olympia, WA, 2005
- Seattle Print Artists, Sev Shoon Studios, Seattle, WA , 2005
- Tuminello Visiting Artist, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, 2005
- Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, 2005
- Carleton College, Northfield, MN
- Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA, 2005
- University of Central Florida, Orlando, 2005
- Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists, Edmonton, Canada, 2004
- Cleveland Institute for Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, 2004
- University Place Art Center, Lincoln, 2004
- Bradley University, Peoria, IL, Nov. 2003
- Sheldon Collector's Forum, 2003
- Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2003
- University of Texas, Austin, 2003
- Chase County Arts Council, Imperial, Nebraska, 2003
- Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, 2002
- The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2002
- Honolulu Printmakers Workshop, Hawaii, 2002
- Kansas City Art Institute, 2002
- Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, 2002
- Haydon Gallery, Lincoln, NE 2002
- Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, 2001
- Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 2000
- University of Alaska, Anchorage, 1999
- University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, 1999
- University of Wyoming, Laramie, 1999
- Friends of the Book, University of Washington, Seattle, June, 1999
- College of Art & Design, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan, 1999
- Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, and Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1999
- Friends of the Library, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1999
- 19th Yuma Symposium, Yuma, Arizona, 1998
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1998
- Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1997
- California State University, Sacramento, CA, 1997
- University of Texas-San Antonio, 1996
- Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1996
- Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska 1995
- Icelandic Printmakers Association, Reykjavík, Iceland, 1995
- Institute of Fine Arts, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1995
- Pennsylvania State University, 1995
- University of Arizona, 1995
- Madison Print Club, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 1994
- University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 1994
- Metropolitan State University, Denver, Colorado, 1994
- Colorprint USA Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 1994
- Great Plains Art Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1994
- Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan, 1993
- Honolulu Printmakers, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1993
- Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 1993
- Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, 1993
- Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1992
- Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, Connecticut, 1992
- Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1992
- Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Human Responses to the Land: from a Landscape Artist's Perspective
- University of Arkansas, Little Rock, 1991
- Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1991
- State University of New York, Buffalo and Buffalo State College, 1991
- Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 1990
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1990
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990
- Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, 1990
- Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Illinois, 1990
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 1990
- Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, 1989
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1989
- University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, 1989
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1989
- Northwest Print Council Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 1988
- Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, 1988
- Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska, 1988
- University of Dallas, 1988
- University of South Dakota, Vermillion, 1988
- Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota, 1988
- Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 1987
- University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1987
- University of California, Berkeley, 1987
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986
- Guest Artist, sponsored by the US Information Agency, for tour to Helsinki
- and Jyvaskyla, Finland, and Warsaw and Krakow, Poland. Lectures and workshops, 1986
- University of Houston, Clear Lake, 1985
- University of South Dakota, Vermillion, 1985
- Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1984
- Columbus Museum of Art, 1983
Residencies
- Visiting Artist Residency, Malaspina Printmakers, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June, 2008
- Studio Award, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, Nov, 2007
- Artist-in-Residence, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, fall, 2007
- An Italian Sojourn, Santa Reparata International School of Art, Florence, Italy, 2007
- Collaborative Printmaking Residency for UNL students and faculty, Fine Art Academy, Helsinki, Finland, 2007
- Artist in Residence, Workshop and l'Espace Triennale, Chamalieres, France, 2006
- Artist in Residence and Lecture, Flying Horse Press, University of Central Florida, Orlando, 2005
- Artist in Residence for print publication "Flowering Apparatus", Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass Village, CO, 2003
- Cradle Oak Press Visiting Artist for print publication & lecture, Bradley Un., Peoria, IL, Nov. 2003
- Visiting Artist, GAPP (Guest Artist in Printmaking Program), University of Texas, Austin, 2003
- Von Hess Visiting Artist, Browsky Center for Publication Arts, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, 2002
- Artist in Residence, Littleton Studios, Spruce Pine, North Carolina, 2000
- Etching Workshop Participant, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA, 1998
- Artist in Residence, Jyvaskyla Graphic Workshop, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1996
- Visiting Artist, Tandem Press, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1995
- Visiting Artist, Echo Press, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1994
- Artist in Residence, The Honolulu Printmaking Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994
- Participant, Paper and Book Intensive, John Knox Ranch, Texas, 1993
- Visiting Artist, Tandem Press, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1992
- Visiting Artist, Printmaker's Workshop, New York, New York, 1992
- Guest Artist for Vitreograph Printing, Littleton Studio, Spruce Pine, North Carolina, 1992
- Visiting Artist, Echo Press, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1991
- Travel to Greece and Italy as a participant in Art History Seminar "Discovery to Rediscovery: Ancient Art and the Renaissance", May, 1990
- Collaborative Print Project, Contract Print Shop, Washington University, St. Louis, 1990
- Visiting Artist, Echo Press, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1989
- Co-Published woodcut print at Magnolia Editions, Oakland, Ca., 1987
- Studied with Harry Duncan, University of Nebraska-Omaha Fine Art Press, 1984
Commissions
- Milwaukee Art Museum, Print Forum commission of print Luminous Wonders, 2006
- Lincoln Arts Council, commission of an edition of prints for the Mayor's Arts Awards, 2003
- Minnesota Center for Book Arts 1998 Winter Book , participating artist (of 10) for editioned page
- Library Fellows commission for an artists book, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, 1995-96
- The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers Archives for Printmaking Studios commission of a suite of prints, with publisher Kathy Caraccio, New York, 1995
- Benziger Winery Imagery Series, label image for limited release special wine, Glen Ellen, CA, 1996
- Commission, woodcut blocks for the Kirchzarterner Psalter, Galerie im Hollental, Buchenbach, Germany, 1994
- Commission artist for the Madison Print Club, Madison, Wisconsin, 1993
- Book illustration for Abattoir Edition's publication of Nebraska by Ron Hansen, UNO, 1991
- Commission for Governor's Arts Award, Nebraska Arts Council, 1986
Awards and Honors
- Southern Graphics Council 'Printmaker Emeritus Award', 2007
- Nebraska Masterpieces Project, Nebraska Arts Council, poster and study guide, 2006-07
- Omaha Entertainment Awards, Visual Arts, 2006
Honor Award for Mirror of the Wood catalogue, Nebraska Book Awards, 2005
- Sally R. Bishop Master Faculty Fellowship, The Center for Book Arts, 2005
- Prize of the Director of the State Museum, VII International Art Triennale Majdanek, Lublin, Poland, 2004
- Willa Cather Professorship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2003-present
- 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, 2003
- Juror's Award, Boston Printmakers 2003 North American Print Exhibition, 2003
- Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, Alpha Phi Chapter, UNL, 2002
- UNL Humanities Center Annual Research and Creative Achievement Award, 2002
- Honorary Chair, 2002 Nebraska Youth Art Month Celebration, Nebraska State Capitol, 2002
- Juror's Special Mention, Pressed and Pulled X, Georgia College and State University, 2002
- Purchase and Juror's Merit Award, 28th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, 2001
- Fabriano Award of Distinction, Third Minnesota National Print Biennial, 2001
- Nebraska 2000 Governor's Arts Award, Artist of the Year, 2000
- Sponsor's Prize, 5th Sapporo International Print Biennale, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japan, 2000
- Purchase Award, Sixty Square Inches, National Print Exhibition, Purdue University, 2000
- Best of Show, Impressions, Blandon Memorial Art Museum, Ft. Dodge, Iowa, 2000
- University of Nebraska Alumni Achievement Award, 2000
- Nebraska Art Teachers Association Higher Education Award, 1999-2000
- Honorable Mention, 55th Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Art Center, Iowa, 1999
- Purchase Award, Pressed & Pulled VIII National Juried Print Exhibition, Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, 1999
- University of Nebraska Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award, 1998
- Fulbright Scholar Award, for research travel to Finland, spring, 1996
- Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1996
- Purchase Award, 69th International Competition of Prints, the Print Club, Philadelphia, 1994
- Purchase Award, the Cimmaron National Works on Paper, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1995
- Juror's Award, Off the Shelf: Books By Artists, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona, 1994
- Best of Show, Prairie Light Arts Showcase, Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska, 1994
- Prize of the Machida Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Intern'l Print Exhibition, Machida-Tokyo, 1993
- Rembrant Graphic Arts Award, 44th North American Print Exhibition, Boston Printmakers, 1993
- Lincoln Arts Council Mayor's Arts Award Recipient, 1993
- Nebraska Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship Master Award, 1992
- Fellowship Award, Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 1992
- Juror's Award, 13th Annual Jurored Art Show, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas, 1992
- Honorable Mention, Prairie Light Art Showcase, Museum of Nebraska Art, 1992
- Purchase Award, Boston Printmakers 43rd Annual Exhibition, 1991
- Middle Slovak National Committee Award, 11th International Biennale Exhibition of Woodcut in Banska Bystrica, Czechoslovakia, 1990
- Juror's Selection, Rising Paper Company Award, 42nd Boston Printmakers Exhibition, 1990
- Juror's Merit Award, 22nd Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, 1989
- Purchase Award, California Prints 1988, Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, California, 1988
- Purchase Award, University of Delaware Biennial Exhibition, 1988
- Purchase Award, International Prints II Exhibition, Silvermine Guild Art Galleries, 1988
- Strathmore Paper Co. Award, Boston Printmakers Exhibition, 1988
- First Prize Award, Graphica Atlantica, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1987
- Purchase Award, 62nd Annual Exhibition, The Print Club, Philadelphia, 1986
- Featured Artist, Nebraska Arts Council Publicity Campaign Poster, 1986
- Merit Award, Joslyn Biennial, Omaha, Nebraska, 1986
- Purchase Award, 61st Annual Exhibition, The Print Club, Philadelphia, 1985
- Purchase Award, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1985
- Honorable Mention, 20th Bradley National, 1985
- Mid-America Arts Alliance/National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship, 1984
- Award, Joslyn Biennial, Omaha, Nebraska, 1984
- Award, Summer Art XI, Vermillion, S. Dakota, 1984
- Purchase Award, Wayne State College, 1984
- Honorable Mention, Kearney State College, 1984
- Purchase Award, Sioux City Art Center, 1983
- Purchase Award, 8th University of Dallas Invitational, 1983
- Purchase Award, Minot State College, 1983
- Purchase Award, University of Nebraska-Omaha, 1982
- Individual Artists Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council, 1982
- Award, Columbus Art League, 1980
- Purchase Award, Columbus Art League, 1979
- Award, Womensart, Artreach Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 1978
- Award, 19th National Greater Fall River Art Association, 1978
- Purchase Award, 20th North Dakota National, Grand Forks, 1977
- Purchase Award, Columbus Art League May Show, 1976
- Purchase Award, Young American Printmakers, Pratt Graphics Center, 1976
Grants and Commission Awards
- UNL Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, Faculty Research Travel Grant, Vancouver, June, 2008
- UNL Layman Award, "Visualizing the Urban/Rural Divide as Political/Poetical Prints", $10,000, fall, 2007
- FRAME, Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, grant for "Mirror of the Wood" exhibition, $3400, 2003-2004
- MEDICI, Friends of the UNL Dept. of Art, grant for "Mirror of the Wood", exhibition catalogue, $5000, 2004
- Cooper Foundation, grant for conference "Printmaking Relevance/Resonance", $5000, 2004
- Amity Art Foundation, grant for conference "Printmaking Relevance/Resonance", $5000, 2004
- Lincoln Arts Council, project grant for "Printmaking Relevance/Resonance", $1000, 2004
- American-Scandinavian Foundation, grant for "Mirror of the Wood" exhibition, $1000, 2004
- Finlandia Foundation National, grant for "Mirror of the Wood" exhibition, $3000, 2004
- Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts Grant, (solo exhibition preparation), $3500, 2004-2005
- Nebraska Arts Council, Project Grant for "Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland, catalogue production, $4800, 2003-2004
- UNL Research Council Humanities Enhancement Fund Grant, "Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland", exhibition preparation, $9780, 2002-03
- Artists' Book Production Grant, Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, New York, 1998-99
- UNL Research Council Grant-in-Aid for "Truly Bone", artist book project, 1998
- UNL Research Council Grant-in-Aid for "Traditional and Contemporary Japanese Woodcuts: Research and Travel", Japan, spring, 1993
- Arts Midwest, Exhibition Assistance Grant for "Anxious Nature: Five Painters", 1991
- Nebraska Arts Council Project Grant, "On Site: Gallery Installation Works", 1989-90
- UNL Research Initiation Fund, for Handmade Paper Research, 1989
- UNL Research Council Grant-in-Aid, Polish Prints Exhibition, 1988-89
- Nebraska Committee for Humanities, production of catalogue for Polish Prints Exhibition, 1988-89
- UNL Research Council Grant-in-Aid, for Production of an Artist Book, 1986
Publications
- Karen Kunc, Grapheion, International review of modern prints, book and paper art, Czech Republic, "Survey Questions", page 97 - 101, Yearbook, 2005,18th issue
- Karen Kunc, Open Expression: Contemporary American Printmaking Art, catalogue, American University in Cairo, Egypt, 2005
- Karen Kunc, Mirror of the Wood: A Century of the Woodcut Print in Finland, catalogue, "Inside the Mirror", Blue Heron Press, Nebraska, 2004
- Karen Kunc, Twenty-Ninth Bradley National Print & Drawing Exhibition, catalogue, "Juror's Statement", Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 2003
- Karen Kunc, The Liquid Language of Artist's Books, Blue Heron Press, Avoca, Nebraska, "Braided Streams", 2002
- Karen Kunc, The California Printmaker, Journal of the California Society of Printmakers, "Artists' Books and the Burning Question", 2002
- Karen Kunc, Centennial Celebration, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, "A Climate for Creative Activity", 2001
- Karen Kunc, The Journal of the Mid-America Print Council, "A Printmaking Workshop Continuum", Vol. 9, No. 1, spring/summer 2001
- Karen Kunc, Graphic Impressions, The Southern Graphics Council Newsletter, "Letter to the Editor: A Response to Mark Pascale's Commentary on Juried Shows 'Why Bother?' ", summer 2001
- Karen Kunc, Contemporary Impressions, Journal of the American Print Alliance, "Away Again", spring 2000
- Karen Kunc, Grapheion, European review of modern prints, book and paper art, Czech Republic, "Artist's Books and the Burning Question", November, 1999,10th issue
- Karen Kunc, The California Printmaker, Journal of the California Society of Printmakers, "Teaching Printmaking: American Drive and Directions" May, 1998
- Karen Kunc, Sightlines: Printmaking and Image Culture, editor Walter Jule, University of Alberta Press, "Teaching Printmaking: An American View", 1997
- Karen Kunc, Contemporary Impressions, the Journal of the American Print Alliance, "Woodcut and the Contemporary Artist", Spring, 1993
Selected Bibliography
- Prentice Hall, Printmaking: Theory and Practice, Beth Grabowski & Bill Fick, (forthcoming), 2008
- Lark Books, 500 Handmade Books, (forthcoming), 2008
- David Acton, 60 Years of North American Prints 1947 – 2007, The Boston Printmakers, 2008
- Dorothy Shinn, Printing layers of beauty, Akron Beacon Journal, February 10, 2008
- Margaret Suchland, editor, PaperWorks, Journal of the Sonoran Collective of Book and Paper Arts, Tucson, AZ, 2008
- Andrew Stevens, Paper’s Weight, exhibition catalogue, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, 2007
- Janet Farber, Karen Kunc: Sensory Source, Review magazine, Kansas City, May, 2007
- Janet Farber, Pressing Matters, review, Omaha City Weekly, March, 2007
- Dane Stickney, At Her Peak, Omaha World-Herald, March 11, 2007
- Lark Books, 500 Handmade Books, forthcoming, 2008
- Krystyna Wasserman, The Book as Art, published by National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2006
- Anne Pagel, The Real Deal, L Magazine, Volume 4, October, 2006
- Katherine Blood, Jan Pamula, Karen Kunc/Prints, exhibition catalogue, Piano Nobile, Krakow, Poland, 2006
- Hilda Raz, Visionary Evidence, interview for exhibition catalogue, Davidson Galleries, October, 2005
- Vicki Rankin, Picturing Life in Lincoln, LCC-TV channel 13, March, 2006
- Bob Nugent, Imagery: Art for Wine, Imagery Estate Winery Art Collection, 2005
- Mendelowitz, Faber, Wakeham, A Guide to Drawing, Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2005
- Catherine Clader, Karen Kunc: Prints, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Dumont 18, Geneva, 2000
- Catherine Clader, Grapheion, International Journal of Printmaking, Czech Republic, "Personality of Today: Karen Kunc", January, 1999
- Barbara Gibbs, Poets Like Oysters, Cummington Press, wood engravings by Karen Kunc, 1996
- Janet Farber, 20/21 Karen Kunc, exhibition catalogue, Joslyn Art Museum, 1995
- E.C.Cunningham, Printmaking, A Primary Form of Expression, University Press of Colorado, 1992
- Akira Kurosaki, Woodcut Printmaking, Arts Know-How Series, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha Publishing Co., Japan, 1992
- Joel Geyer, Is It Art?, Nebraska Educational Television Production, 1992
- Presswork, the Art of Women Printmakers, exhibition catalogue, Lang Communications
University of Nebraska Service
- Scholarship and Awards Committee, 1994-2003; committee chair, 1997-2003
- Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award Selection Committee, 1998-2001
- 1% for Art for Richards Hall Committee, 2001-02
- College Academic Awards and Distinctions Committee, 1993-1996
- Woods Committee, 1993-1995
- Gallery Director, 1988-1991
- Executive Committee, 1985-1988; 1990-1992; 2001-2004
- Graduate Committee, 1990-1993, 1997-2001
- Curriculum Committee, 1987-1990
- Visiting Artist Committee, 1984-1986
- Exhibitions Committee, 2000-present
- University Graduate Council Committee, 2001-2004
- Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women, 2003-2007
- University Professorships Committee, 2005 -
- Graduate Faculty Member, 1983-present
- Graduate Faculty Fellow, 1990-present
- Humanities Center Fellow, 2001-2002
Search Committees
- Dept. Chair, Dept. of Art and Art History, committee chair, 2003-04
- Printmaker, Dept. of Art and Art History, 2003-04
- Director, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 2000
- Curator, Great Plains Art Collection, 2001
- Sculptor, Dept. of Art and Art History, committee chair, 1994
Membership
- National Academy, NY
- The Print Club
- College Art Association
- College Book Arts Association
- Nebraska Art Association
- California Society of Printmakers
- Center for Book Arts, NY
- Boston Printmakers
- Mid-America Print Council
- Southern Graphics Council
- Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild
- UNL Alumni Association Cather Circle
- President, Nebraska Women's Caucus for Art, 1995
- Program Committee, Nebraska Women's Caucus for Art, 2001
- Exhibition Committee, Nebraska Women's Caucus for Art, 1996-97
- Secretary, Mid-America Print Council, 1995-96
- Board of Directors, Mid-America Print Council, 1997 -1998
- Conference Director, Mid-America Print Council Conference "Printmaking Relevance/Resonance", Oct. 2004
- Founder & Board of Directors, Under Pressure Print Club, Lincoln, 1999-present
- Advisory Board Friends of Haydon, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, 2002-present (Curator for Exhibitions, 2004-present; Coordinator for Artists Committee)