Karen Hibbard    Bio

Karen Hibbard obtained her Masters in Print media at the University of Concordia (2000) and is teaching art at the University of Manitoba. She was an artist member member at Martha Street Studio (Winnipeg). In addition, she was on the Board of Directors at Studio XX (Québec), a feminist cooperative of media artists from 2004-2006.

She completed an artist residency in Iceland (December 2007) and made large-scale drawings/paintings for “The Bold and the Baffling”. It is a look at emotional addiction- it’s cyclic and insatiable nature.

This series continues an engagement with psychological states using absurdity to ight the underlying mechanics.

Karen Hibbard’s work comments upon and reinterprets society’s views. She has an interest in issues of aging, gender roles and community. Looking for discrepancies within the work is a key to understanding its meaning.

She often combines printmaking,painting and drawing with media arts to create installations.

Karen Hibbard
ghostie boo
Woodcut/Drypoint
56 x 76 cm

Karen Hibbard
liver spots
Woodcut/Drypoint
22" x 30" inches

Karen Hibbard
laughing rabbit
Woodcut/Drypoint
56 x 76 cm

Karen Hibbard
varicose veins
Woodcut/Drypoint
22" x 30" inches