karen navarro
Argentine-born multidisciplinary artist based in Houston working on photography, collage, and sculpture.
MessageKaren Navarro is an Argentine-born multidisciplinary artist currently living and working in Houston. Navarro works on a diverse array of mediums that includes photography, collage, and sculpture. Her image-based work centers around the topic of identity. Trained as a fashion designer and photographer, Navarro studied at the University of Buenos Aires and completed the certificate program in photography at Houston Center for Photography. Her constructed portraits are known for the use of color theory, surreal scenes and minimalist details. In 2018, Navarro was the recipient of the Glassell School of Art scholarship from the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and most recently she has received the Artadia fellowship 2019. Navarro's work has been exhibited in the US and abroad. Selected shows include Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH); Lawndale Art Center, Houston, USA; Elisabet Ney Museum, Austin, USA; Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Houston Center for Photography, Houston, USA; and Museo de la Reconquista, Tigre, Argentina.
Statement
Inspired by an insatiable curiosity about understanding the self and the role of social and cultural expectation in the construction of identity, my artistic practice approaches the topic of identity, self-representation and belonging in multiple ways.
My image-based work expresses self-referential questions that aim to connect to ideas of social construction of reality. Through constructive and deconstructive methods I cut and reassemble the images to create pieces that sit at the intersection of photography, collage, and sculpture. I use photography as the basis for the three-dimensional objects as a means to challenge our visual perception. Often implying that identity is, in fact, a social construct.
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