Karmin Schafer Hansen

Karmin Schafer Hansen

Manlius, NY, United States

About Karmin Schafer Hansen

I am a professional artist who still lives in my hometown village of Manlius, New York, United States. I have an amazingly supportive husband from Denmark who I call my "art assistant" and two beautiful teenage daughters who are my art show groupies. I usually work in series, where many pieces of the same subject matter get more abstract as I go. Someone once asked me why I work in series. It's because I have so many images racing through my head of one concept that I can't stop until I have them all out. They just come to me; my mind tells me how to do it differently each time so I just have to...So during that time I'm usually in a manic state where all I can do is create and get those ideas out. So I create, create, and create some more; it's an obsessive desire running my life at the time. Here is how my new series of sculptures "LOST and FOUND" got started. It's funny how inspiration can hit you at the oddest times and when you least expect it. 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, I saw these long beautiful wood spiral shavings fall from the bowl to the floor; and so; the “Lost and Found” series began and my mind started racing again and hasn't stopped yet! Creating these sculptures is very time consuming. I use dyed wooden reeds which are first straight. Then I soak them in water. ONE BY ONE BY HAND I twist, curl, spiral, turn, and curve each reed that you see within the sculpture. Once they are dry, they stay in the shape I made them into. The final part is putting all these curls, spirals, shapes, and colors together ONE BY ONE BY HAND to develop a sculpture that is bursting with color and movement. In each sculpture I incorporate Lucas' own natural wood shavings that have fallen to the floor and have been “LOST” or discarded. I “FOUND” them and gave them the purpose of creating something beautiful. From being “LOST” to being “FOUND”. 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.

Education:

Syracuse University - Art Education – MA 2000

Syracuse University - Painting - BFA 1995

Events:

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

Exhibitions:

Professional Shows:

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