Kara Gunter

Kara M Gunter was born in 1976 in Lexington, SC. She earned a BFA in sculpture with an emphasis in small metal works and jewelry in 2000 from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC, and continued her education at the University of South Carolina in Columbia earning a MFA in 3-dimensional studies and ceramics in 2009.

Kara has taught at Lander University, South Carolina State University and currently teaches at the University of South Carolina. She has taught extensively in the community at the Columbia Museum of Art and through residencies at area schools. Kara is also a writer for Jasper, a Columbia, SC arts magazine.

2009 Master of Fine Arts- Sculpture, Minor in Ceramics
University of South Carolina; Columbia, SC


2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts- Sculpture with an emphasis in Jewelry/Small Metal Works
Winthrop University; Rock Hill, SC

2014 Twinning (SOLO)
Blackcreek Arts Council Gallery; Hartsville, SC

2013 An Illustrated Popol Vuh
McNeese State University; Lake Charles, LA

2013 Old Skin
Installation a part of “Install It 3: Above and Below” at Artista Vista; Columbia, SC

2013 Contemporaries Artist of the Year Event
Columbia Museum of Art; Columbia, SC

2012 Ghost Trees
Installation a part of “Install It 2” at Artista Vista; Columbia, SC

2012 Contemporaries Artist of the Year Event
Columbia Museum of Art; Columbia, SC

2012 Oddity (SOLO)
Frame of Mind; Columbia, SC

2011 You Are Here
Installation a part of “Install It 1” at Artista Vista; Columbia, SC

2011 Contemporaries Artist of the Year Event
Columbia Museum of Art; Columbia, SC

2010 Fire Ecology
Street window installation at Tapp’s Art Center Project; Columbia, SC

2010 Trial by Fire (SOLO)
Monsanto Gallery, Lander University; Greenwood, SC

2009 Rote Dysfunction (SOLO)
FAB Gallery, South Carolina ...