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Date of this Version
12-1-2025
Document Type
Article
Citation
Transcript of interview, December 1, 2025.
Abstract
Emeritus Prof. Karen Kunc the Outstanding Research and Creative Activities Award in 1998. She was born in Ralston, Nebraska, in the Omaha Metro Area. Something in her youth must have sparked an interest in art because she earned her bachelor of fine arts degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1975. Next, she ventured 800 miles east to Ohio State University in Columbus, where she earned a master of fine arts. For the next six years, she enhanced her teaching credentials as a printmaking instructor at the Columbus College of Art & Design. From there, she joined the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1983 as a visiting, but soon an assistant, professor of art. She’s had a remarkable career as she rose through the ranks. For instance, her work has shown in at least 1000 exhibitions and in over 120 one-person shows, and her work is in dozens of corporate and private collections and in over 180 public collections. Karen retired in 2020 and is now running her Constellation Studios on O Street in Lincoln.
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Copyright 2025, Mark Griep. Used by permission.