BIOGRAPHY

"I was born in Baltimore, Maryland. I went to school at California College of Arts and Crafts and Maryland Institute in the seventies. I studied painting. About thirteen years ago, I began to sculpt. I had worked in television as a designer for 10 years. I told myself that I had given ten years to work that I hated, I would give myself five years to do work I loved and see where it had taken me. I have not quit yet. I love to sculpt."

Karen Swenholt is presently the Artist in Residence at Washington Shakespeare Company. She is a member of the National Sculpture Society and the Washington Sculptor Group. She is a Member of the Board of the Anacostia Gracious Arts Program, where Anacostia children spend after school hours being taught art and music by professional artist and musicians. Her work can be found in many public and private collections including the home of Bono (U2 fame), The Palace of Scientists, St. Petersburg, Russia, and churches in LaJolla, California and Portland, Maine.