I
dye, paint and stitch silk and wool to create boldly colored biomorphic
wallhangings inspired by microscopic/cellular imagery - a kind
of visual invented biology with textiles.
I
find this imagery metaphorically rich since all change fundamentally
happens on this infinitesimal
level.
Recent Exhibit
"Matters of Concerns"
La Verriere Gallery
Brussels, Belgium
April 27-July 9, 2019
"Karen Kamenetzky’s art dazzles the eye, the skin, the mind. Lush color, sensuous textures, and dynamic compositions combine to form organic abstractions of subatomic life. She fuses intense, unexpected color combinations with forms that are deployed in sometimes rhythmic and other times syncopated patterns. Stitching becomes the top note of her jazzy riffs on the microscopic structures of our world."
–Mara Williams, Curator
Brattleboro Museum and Art Center
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"The fiber art of Karen Kamenetzky
is a physical manifestation of the deep relationship between color
and life.
Kamenetzky dyes and paints silks and cottons, then cuts and collages them into
brilliant landscapes inspired by biological processes, as captured through
electron microscopy. If you have seen reproductions of the pieces, their thick,
pendulous presence as they hang in the gallery will come as a surprise.
An entirely pleasant surprise. For it
is their thickly stitched layers, and thus their resemblance to intricately
layered networks of animal or plant tissue, that ultimately complete
the metaphor and reveal how color becomes life."
-Paula Melton
Artscope
Magazine
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