AUTHORS: Karen McCoy
Karen McCoy’s primary work for the last two decades has been large-scale, sited environmental sculpture. She focuses on the relationship between nature and culture, creating work based on extensive research into the geological, cultural, and social histories of each site. She also works in video, photography, installation and makes drawings and prints. McCoy’s work is included in several books, including World of Art, Henry Sayre (6th Ed. 2010 and 7th Ed 2012); Gardens without Boundaries, Paul Cooper (2003); Krakamarken, Jørn Rønneau (2001); Earthworks and Beyond, John Beardsley (3rd Ed. 1998); and Landscape Narratives, Matthew Potteiger and Jamie Purinton (1998). Significant articles about her work have appeared in Lake (2008), in Land Forum Magazine (1999), in the Land Report (1996) and in Art and Design; Art and the Natural Environment (1994). Her work is in the Oppenheimer Collection at the Nerman Contemporary Museum of Art, Overland Park, KS and featured in the catalogue of that collection. kmccoy[at]kcai.edu karen-mccoy.com |
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