Karen KUo

Karen Kuo is an artist living in Los Angeles, California. Her projects explore the ephemera of light and color in architectural and imagined space to replicate moments of heightened emotion.

Karen Kuo, Stained Glass (Aries), Acrylic on canvas, 23 x 64 x 1.5 inches

Karen Kuo, Stained Glass (Aries), Acrylic on canvas, 23 x 64 x 1.5 inches

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Kuo’s daily observations of natural phenomena map the passage of time materially in the form of drawings, paintings, and sculptures. Using a range of visual vocabulary from hyperrealist to perceptual to fully abstract, her work is best understood when viewed altogether, whereby a unifying language describing physical and spiritual life emerges.

She earned her BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015.

 
Karen Kuo, Phantom Orchids, Oil on wood panel 16 x 20 x 1.75 inches

Karen Kuo, Phantom Orchids, Oil on wood panel 16 x 20 x 1.75 inches

 
Karen Kuo, As the Storm Clears, Oil on canvas, 22 x 22 x 2 inches

Karen Kuo, As the Storm Clears, Oil on canvas, 22 x 22 x 2 inches

Karen Kuo, Dewy on Good Day, Oil on panel, 22 x 22 x 2 inches

Karen Kuo, Dewy on Good Day, Oil on panel, 22 x 22 x 2 inches

Karen Kuo, Set Ablaze, Oil on canvas, 67 x 67 x 1.5 inches

Karen Kuo, Set Ablaze, Oil on canvas, 67 x 67 x 1.5 inches

Karen Kuo, Stage for the Tower, Oil on canvas, 67 x 67 x 1.75 inches

Karen Kuo, Stage for the Tower, Oil on canvas, 67 x 67 x 1.75 inches

Karen Kuo, The Blue Room, Oil on canvas, 76 x 63 x 1.75 inches

Karen Kuo, The Blue Room, Oil on canvas, 76 x 63 x 1.75 inches

Karen Kuo, To Leave What You Own, Oil on canvas, 76 x 64 x 1.75 inches

Karen Kuo, To Leave What You Own, Oil on canvas, 76 x 64 x 1.75 inches

Karen Kuo, Views from the Reichstag, 2020, Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 x 0.75 inches

Karen Kuo, Berlin Offices, 2020, Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 x 0.75 inches

Karen Kuo, View from the Royal Library no. 1, 2020, Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 x 0.75 inches

Karen Kuo, Books And Blindness, Oil on Canvas, 12 x 16 x 0.75 inches

Karen Kuo, Books And Blindness, Oil on Canvas, 12 x 16 x 0.75 inches

Karen Kuo, Room in Paris, 2020, Oil on canvas,  12 x 16 x 0.75 inches

Karen Kuo, Suburbia (Los Angeles), 2020, Oil on canvas, 12 x 12 x 1.38 inches

Karen Kuo, Suburbia (Los Angeles) study, 2020, Oil on canvas, 10 x 12 x 0.75 inches

Karen Kuo, Kaleidescope, watercolor on paper, 14 x 14 inches

Karen Kuo, Kaleidescope, watercolor on paper, 14 x 14 inches

Karen Kuo, Mazzochio, watercolor on canvas, 22 x 22 inches

Karen Kuo, Mazzochio, watercolor on canvas, 22 x 22 inches

Karen Kuo, Satellite, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches

Karen Kuo, Satellite, Oil on Canvas, 24 x 24 x 1.5 inches

Karen Kuo, High Praise, 2020, Oil on canvas, 44 x 41 x 1.5 inches

Karen Kuo, Alien Kiss, Oil On Canvas, 24 x 18 x 0.75 inches

Karen Kuo, Alien Kiss, Oil On Canvas, 24 x 18 x 0.75 inches

Karen Kuo, The Comfort of Home, 2020, Oil on canvas, 60 x 64 x 1.5 inches


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