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Karen Goetzinger is an award winning artist, teacher, and lecturer currently living in Ottawa, Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fashion Design. Since 2005 she has taught at the Ottawa School of Art and is currently a mentor/instructor in the Fine and Contemporary Craft Mentoring Program.
In a world increasingly enthralled with high speed technology and quantity over quality production goals, Karen finds artistic inspiration in time honored traditions. She uses techniques that compel her to savor the process of creating; from the exhilaration of selecting colours and textures to the rhythmic lullaby of stitching by hand. Karen is known and sought after for her finely detailed mixed media textile works that often employ a kimono shaped “canvas” and are influenced by her roots in traditional quilt making, couture construction, and her life-long passion for vintage Japanese textiles and design. Her works have been exhibited by public and private galleries in Canada and the United States, in museums, at regional fiber art exhibitions throughout North America and hang in private collections internationally. They have been described as 'breathtaking and inspirational, a beautiful blend of traditional and contemporary fiber art.'
