Karen Brasier is a Houston based multidisciplinary artist. She holds a masters degree in architecture from the University of Cincinnati and did graduate work in sculpture at the San Francisco Art Institute. Karen’s work shows an interest in material and spatial exploration and spans a variety of mediums.

solo shows
2018
• Slow Leak, Forum 6 Contemporary, Houston
2014
• Anti-Cube, post-studio projects, Houston
2012
• Water, Water Everywhere, Site-specific installation at The Kenmore at SKYDIVE Artspace, Houston
2011
• Fragment/Ornament, Galveston Arts Center, Sculptural interventions in 1878 First National Bank Building
• Architectural Jewelry Scavenger Hunt, Sculptural interventions at Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati
• Rooms for Rent, Houston Community College, Southeast Campus, Artist in Residence
2010
• Three Wreaths, Clifton Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati

group shows
2018
• Somewhere Nowhere, Forum 6 Contemporary, Houston
2017
• Colliding Dust, Forum 6 Contemporary, Houston
• Onset, Forum 6 Contemporary, Houston
• Emerging Consciousness, Spring Street Studios, Houston
2016
• Sawyer Yards Revealed, The Silos at Sawyer Yards, Houston
2015
• Art by Architects, Architecture Center Houston
• The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston
2014
• Color Up/Color Down, Russ Pittman Park, Houston
2013
• The Trojan Box, Art League Houston
2012
• Shipped: Work by Box 13 Artists Outside the Box, 4411 Montrose Project Gallery, Houston
• Oh, Snap!, College of the Mainland Art Gallery, Texas City
• Right to Assemble, Texas State University Galleries, San Marcos
2011
• Sustainable Sculpture, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco
2010
• Celebrate! SF, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco
• Symbolic Flow, SUB-Mission Gallery, San Francisco
• DAAPworks, University of Cincinnati
2009
• Visual Fringe, featured artist, Art Academy of Cincinnati

residencies
• Box 13 ArtSpace Resident Artist 2011-14; President 2013-14.
• Houston Community College, Southeast Campus, Artist in Residence, Fall 2011.
• Many Mini Residency, SKYDIVE Artspace, Houston, TX, July 2011.

bibliography
• Suaer, Rebecca. “COM alum constructs art around unique spaces” The Galveston Daily
News, September 2014.
• Liscum, Dean. “Brasier Young Works in Water Balloons.” The Great God Pan Is Dead. 24
May 2012.
• Rosen, Steven. “Going with the Gut: New Direction, New Venue, Mural Project Breathe Life into Visual Fringe.” CityBeat, 21 May 2008.