about the artist
Karin Bruckner is fascinated by the infinite possibilities of things around her, all matter natural, made or found and the transformational promise it holds. A dialogue develops, a mark is made and a journey ensues.
Printmaking became a focus in Karin Bruckner’s work in 2006. She found the medium a congenial way of creating art given her professional background in architecture. Its unique combination of creative flow and process requires a structured, sequenced way of thinking in layers, shapes and colors not unlike architectural plans. Printmaking has allowed the Artist to gradually make her way from the strictures of architecture to a looser form of creative expression while engaging all of her artistic and design skills.
Over the years, constant experimentation has propelled Bruckner’s unique monotypes from a graphic into a more painterly direction with thoroughly embedded and complexly layered visual landscapes of considerable depth. Bruckner’s work is process driven, responding to the materials and techniques at hand, resulting in a widely varied yet distinctive portfolio. It led Bruckner to a consummate Work on Paper practice that encompasses repurposing and engages paper spatially - from small intimate works to larger-scale explorations. At the core of the dialogue between the artist and the work is an attempt to push media to their limits, straddling the lines between printmaking, drawing, painting, collage, installation and sculpture in a decidedly mixed media approach.
The Prints or print components serve as catalysts for further development. Karin Bruckner shows a true layerist’s sensibility, echoing her architectural past drawing up floorplans, and constructing a three-dimensional experience out of a twodimensional layout. The spring board printmaking presents carries with it the element of surprise and the inevitability of the “happy accident” which Bruckner credits for immensely expanding her growth as an Artist. The work evolves and resides in the space created by Push and Pull.
Karin Bruckner was born in Switzerland and received her education in Switzerland, Germany and the United States. She holds a Master of Architecture degree from the Technical University in Munich and a Master of Science in Architecture and Building Design from Columbia University in New York, where she has lived since 1988 and raised two children. After working as an architect for Richard Meier & Partners and Philip Johnson Architects in NY she returned to her passion for art. Since 2009 she has participated in a variety of exhibitions nationally and internationally and her work has sold into private and public collections worldwide.
Karin is a represented artist at Susan Eley Fine Art Gallery, NYC and Hudson, NY www.susaneleyfineart.com and at Carter Burden Gallery, www.carterburdengallery.org.
Midoma Gallery Online fabcollective.midoma.com features a selection of Bruckner’s work. She can be found on Artsy and 1stdibs. West Elm has featured Bruckner’s work, Chilewich, and Alexa Hampton Interiors, as well as other online venues such as The Woolfer, Art Crasher, Fresh Rag, Refinery 29, the UGallery blog, and the Printsy blog on Etsy. She was the first featured artist on the twitterartexhibit blog.
Karin Bruckner is a member of the New York Artists Circle nyartistscircle.com/artists/karin-Bruckner and Art Lives Here NYC www.artlivesherenyc.org/karin-Bruckner. She is a Teaching Artist for Printmaking at Carter Burden Network in NYC.