Karen Kuo (b. 1993) is a Taiwanese-American artist whose multidisciplinary practice bridges craft, image-making, and conceptual inquiry. Her work meditates upon cycles of transformation, drawing inspiration from natural phenomena, mystical realism, and the interplay between structure and impermanence. By merging ancient techniques with futuristic concepts, she creates anachronistic objects that connect the historical with the speculative.
Kuo is based in Los Angeles and works between studios in Diamond Bar and the American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) in Pomona. She graduated with a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2015 and attended the RISD European Honors Program in Rome. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at Ladies’ Room LA (Los Angeles), Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space (New York), Space Ten Gallery (Hawthorne), One Arc Gallery (Istanbul), Artweeks Akaretler (Istanbul), and Contemporary Art Istanbul, among others. Most recently, her work was acquired by the Morgan Stanley Art Collection.