In her art, Karen Jule Klöpfer deals with the transition between printmaking and painting and deliberately experiments with media breaks. The work “Kejetia” shows the famous Kejetia market in Kumasi, Ghana, where the artist spent a semester abroad. The largest market in West Africa with over 10,000 stalls is hidden under the colorful umbrellas. The partially painted transfer print, which is based on a photo collage, evokes associations with a billboard that is peeling off in many places.
Exhibitions
2023:
– Uniarts, Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
– Polish Bank, Warsaw, Poland
– Aterraterra, Palermo, Italy
2020-2023:
– Annual exhibition, ABK Karlsruhe, Germany
2022:
– Dear Mom and Dad, Kumasi, Ghana
2021:
– Szene Bühl, Volksbank Bühl, Germany
– Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe Ettlingen, Karlsruhe, Germany
Awards and scholarships
2024:
– Deutschlandstipendium, ABK Karlsruhe, Germany
2023:
– Deutschlandstipendium, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
2022:
– Academy Prize, ABK Karlsruhe, 2018 Alfred Maul Memorial Medal, Germany
Karen Jule Klöpfer has been studying sports and art to become a teacher at the Karlsruhe Art Academy and KIT since 2019. Since 2022 she has also been involved in the Fine Arts Department at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, Ghana and since 2023 in the Printmaking Department of the Uniarts Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts, Finland.
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