Karmin Schafer Hansen

Karmin Schafer Hansen has been a professional artist since 1995. She lives in New York, USA. She was educated as a painter but recently her direction has changed into creating beautiful, energetic, wood sculptures bursting with color. They are called the “LOST and FOUND” series.

This series of wood sculptures was inspired by the internationally known Master Wood Carver Glenn Lucas from Ireland. While watching him on TV carve a bowl on his lathe, she saw these long beautiful wood spiral shavings fall from the bowl to the floor; and so; the “Lost and Found” series began. Karmin hand curls each spiral one by one that you see in her sculptures and hand builds her sculptures one spiral at a time.

Karmin’s desire is to continue creating her LOST and FOUND sculptures on a bigger scale and one day she hopes to create a huge outdoor LOST and FOUND sculpture made of metal. She has an amazingly supportive husband from Denmark who she calls her "art assistant" and two beautiful teenage daughters who are known as her “art show groupies”.

I am a passionate artist who loves to create; it is in every fiber of my being. I feel it's my gift from God and I intend on using it to the fullest.

Syracuse University - Art Education – MA 2000

Syracuse University - Painting - BFA 1995

Publications and exposure:

Currently represented by Sweet Art Gallery,
Naples Florida- February 2020-present

Featured artist on local news- November 2019

Manlius Hills Living Magazine, featured artist
November - 2018

Skaneateles Life Magazine, featured artist
November - 2018

Manlius Hills Living Magazine, featured artist
April - 2018

Women of Upstate NY Magazine, featured artist
October - 2017

Featured artist in the Syracuse "New Times" paper- Sci-fi art show 2016

Featured artist on Saatchi, New This Week Collection 09-28-2020

Professional Shows:

December 2020- Solo Show, Boutique Joyce, New York

March 2020- Featured artist at Dazzle- Manlius, NY

May 2019- Featured artist at Paola Kay- Fayetteville, NY

April 2019- Art Show- Gear Factory, Syracuse NY

February 2019- Hat Show- Tech Garden, Syracuse NY

November 2018 - Featured Artist at Imagine,
Skaneateles, NY

September 2018- Retro Nightmare 1980's Throwback Art Show, Wild Flower, Armory Square, Syracuse, NY

May 2018 - Solo Art Show - Dowling Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY

April 2018- The "Happy Little Treehouse Show"
Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital

April 2018 - eRevolution Art Show - Gear Factory - Syracuse, NY

March 2018 - Star Wars vs. Star Trek Art Show - Tech Garden, Syracuse, NY

October 2017 - Art Show - Gear Factory - Syracuse, NY

August - September 2017 - Solo Show, Dolce Vita - Syracuse, NY

September 2017 - Wonder Women Show, One of thirteen women chosen, Tech Garden, Syracuse, NY

April 2017 - “#InfinitePop” - Armory Square, Syracuse, NY

February 2017 - “Snow Show” - Delavan Center - Syracuse, NY

January 2017 - “Fun in Space”-Tech Garden,Syracuse,NY

December 2016 - Solo Show- Grover's Table
Fayetteville, NY

January 2014 - Ignite the Spirit, One of 20 women chosen, Syracuse, NY

July - September 2013 - “12 Directions” - One of only 12 women artist chosen- BC, Armory Square, Syracuse, NY