Karen Margolis
Karen Margolis
Credits: Karen Margolis
Karen Margolis is a New York City-based visual artist. Her work is inspired by maps as well as the Enso, a sacred circle symbol in Zen Buddhism embodying infinity and perfection. After receiving her BS in Psychology from Colorado State University, Margolis continued her research in Neural Psychology while studying portraiture at the Art Student’s League in New York City. She furthered her studies in art at Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts. During a Microscopy course at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, through the New York Microscopical Society, Margolis was inspired to diverge from her investigations of figurative art in order to create work exploring universality of macro/micro patterns.Her work has been exhibited internationally from Los Angeles to the Netherlands, and she recently completed a public art commission of mosaic panels for MTA Arts in Transit, installed at a Brooklyn stop of the New York City subway. She has been the recipient of many grants and residencies over her career including the prestigious Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant.