Art events, galleries museums, and artist profiles for New York
the #1 contemporary art network
Artslant-blue
ArtSlant Profiles: the contemporary art network
ArtSlant maintains a catalogue of artists and art professionals in each ArtSlant city. A rich resource for the artist, the collector, the curator and the art lover.
Search for a profile: 

Wh1 Wh2 Wh3
ArtSlant Profile
Shopper
Artist
Karen Reitzel
Chaparral,Karen ReitzelKaren Reitzel, Chaparral,
2008, kinetic mixed media, 40"x24"x24"
© karen reitzel 2008
Chaparral,Karen ReitzelKaren Reitzel, Chaparral,
2008, kinetic mixed media, 40"x24"x24"
© kreitzel 2008
The Garden,Karen ReitzelKaren Reitzel, The Garden,
2004, acrylic on mixed media, 60"x174"x54"
© kreitzel 2004
The Garden   detail,Karen ReitzelKaren Reitzel, The Garden detail,
2004, acrylic on mixed media, 60"x174"x54"
© kreitzel 2004
Specimen,Karen ReitzelKaren Reitzel, Specimen,
2006, mixed media, 40"x66"x45"
© kreitzel 2006
Mountain Fern,Karen ReitzelKaren Reitzel, Mountain Fern,
2008, acrylic and mixed media on wood, 48"x24"
© kreitzel 2008
Spineflower,Karen ReitzelKaren Reitzel, Spineflower,
2007, acrylic and mixed media on wood, 48"x24"
© kreitzel 2008
Glory,Karen ReitzelKaren Reitzel, Glory,
2005, digital print, 13"x17"
© kreitzel 2002
Fern,Karen ReitzelKaren Reitzel, Fern,
2005, digital print, 13"x17"
© kreitzel 2005
Flying Falling,Karen ReitzelKaren Reitzel, Flying Falling,
2003, "pleated" digital prints, diptych 12"x26"x1/2" each
© kreitzel 2005
Dump,Karen ReitzelKaren Reitzel, Dump,
2003, "pleated" digital print, 12"x24"x1/2"
© kreitzel 2005
< || >
> QUICK FACTS
LIVES IN:  
Los Angeles
WORKS IN:  
Los Angeles
SCHOOLS:  
University of California Irvine, 1992, MFA
University of Nevada Reno, 1989, BA
TAGS:  
environmental, Kinetic
> STATEMENT

 

Working in paint and mixed media, Karen Reitzel explores human negotiation of nature and the places where natural and urban environments intermingle.  She is interested in human emotional responses when encountering the unfamiliar as well as observation of nuance and common details.  Her goal is to enrich an audience's sense of self and place and to inspire contemplation of nearby human-made elements, native plants and animals, or even the nature of the air and light at any particular moment.   By playfully engaging viewers with the dynamism of art that shifts with point of view as in her "pleated" or kinetic work, she strives to make art that is accessible to a wide array of people on a multiplicity of levels.  Reitzel has most recently shown in non profit spaces associated with NewTown Pasadena, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Armory Center for the Arts as well as Pharmaka LA and the Turtle Bay Museum in Redding, CA.

Reitzel was Chair of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Art Resources and has curated several art exhibitions including co-operating Lemoyne Kennels Gallery and the While U Wait series at the Hollywood DMV.  As in her own work, she interested in expanding the art and audience relationship into unexpected public spaces.

> BLOG
blog
 
> EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
Past Exhibitions and Events
Feb, 2008 The Hugely Tiny Festival
Pasadena
 
Dec, 2006 "Small Wonders II"
Pharmaka Gallery
 
> COMMENTS    [add a new comment]




Copyright © 2006-2008 by ArtSlant, inc. All images and content remain the © of their rightful owners.