Karen Fishof

By pushing the boundaries of conventional black and white photography, I produce large scale, life size, one-of-a-kind photograms, using a variety of techniques, creating imagery as no one has done before.

Photograms provide the medium I need to tell my stories. Through them, I can express ideas about society and mass media. I love the creative process of these works, from the exposure to the development. The magic of seeing the image appear when the photo paper is placed in the chemistry, knowing it was a moment captured with no negative. I relish the anticipation in the darkroom of seeing how various objects live in the light and how light wraps around them and capturing that living dance on 2D, still, photo paper.

I am influenced by all artistic mediums including interior design, film, music, fashion and social media. I've worked in all these areas professionally, and draw from their current trends. The photogram process, the way I'm doing it, allows me to collage these areas together into one cohesive image statement.

Photograms are a kind of camera-less photography. I consider it drawing with light. It gives me the strong imagery and narrative, with hidden subtleties. Unlike conventional photography, each piece is a o...

Born in the Bronx, NY, Karen was heavily influenced by the NY art scene, hanging out in clubs with Andy Warhol and Keith Haring in the 80’s. She apprenticed under artist, Marylyn Dintenfass and was greatly influenced by her thematic color schemes and work practice. Karen attended Syracuse University as a painting major, where she received a BFA in painting including a year abroad at St. Martins School of Art, London, UK, where she first started creating photograms under the same professors that worked with Gilbert and George and showing her paintings in New York.

Karen has been working as a painter, photographer, window dresser and graphic designer creating window designs for Macy’s, Lord & Taylor, Dress Barn Stores and major music labels as well as design for licensed products for Kraft Foods, Simon Malls, Crayola, Nickelodeon, Imax, Cartoon Network and Gameboy after receiving a second degree in Graphic Design.

“I am influenced by all artistic mediums including interior design, film, music, fashion and social media. I've worked in all these areas professionally, and draw from their current trends. My artistic process, allows me to collage these areas together into one cohesive statement and image.”

Currently, Karen has b...

EXHIBITIONS

2018

"Snap To Grid", Group Show
LACDA, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA

"Fabric Expo", Art Fair
The Reef, Los Angeles, CA

"Brand 46, National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper", Group Show
Brand Library and Art Center, Burbank, CA

"Art in LA Affair", Art Fair
AC Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2017

"You Are Punk", Group Show
The Vast Lab, Los Angeles, CA

"Art From The Other Side", Group Show
Angel City Brewery, Los Angeles, CA

"The Grow Show", Group Show
ArtHouse. NYC, New York, NY

"Los Angeles Based Film and Chemistry Photo Artists", Group Show
Downtown Photo Collective, Los Angeles, CA DTLA

"That Blitz Mentality", Group Show
Wallspace, Los Angeles, CA

2016

"Perimeter II", Group Show
Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA DTLA

2003

"Digital Festival", group show
Jewish Enrichment Center, New York, NY

2000

"Acrylic on Wood", Group Show
Westchester Art Workshop Gallery, Peekskill, NY

1999

"Interactive Animations", Group Show
Westchester Art Workshop Gallery, Peekskill, NY

1998

"Digital Video Productions", Group Show
Westchester Art Workshop Gallery, Peekskill, NY

1997

"Digital Illustrations", Group Show
Westchester Art W...