Print Exhibition - Karolina Larusdottir
Saturday 5th July - End of Oct 2008
The Craft Centre and Design Gallery is thrilled to present a beautiful collection of new prints by renowned printmaker Karolina Larusdottir. This will be Karolina's second solo exhibition with us here at The Craft Centre and Design Gallery highlighting her enormous appeal to our visitors and collectors alike. Several new prints will be showcased along with some of Karolina's favourites from her vast archive of inspirational etchings.
Karolina Larusdottir
Karolina Larusdottir
Karolina Larusdottir was born in Iceland in 1944 and studied art at the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford. She became a fully elected member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers in 1986 and the Royal Watercolour Society in 1996. Karolina has lived and worked in Britain since leaving Iceland in the mid sixties and now has a studio in Cambridge. Her unique vision of both her homeland and England have won her a deservedly high reputation in the fields of painting in oils and watercolours and also as a highly skilled printmaker using etching and aquatint as her preferred medium.
Karolina has had solo shows in Italy, France, Spain and Denmark, as well as in her homeland of Iceland and England and has her work in many collections including the Vatican Collection in Rome, the Nelson Atkin Museum in Kansas, USA and the Collection of HRH Queen Elizabeth II to name just a few.
Karolina's subject matter is rooted in her upbringing in Iceland. Her grandfather was the owner of the first grand hotel in Reykjavik. Many of the images are derived from glimpses of this busy environment; scenes of chambermaids, chefs and waitresses in the kitchens, the observations of guests and other candid sights. In some of her works Karolina creates a world of her own, with imaginary people in strange situations. Some are floating, carrying rainbows, or being visited by angels. Her work contains a wry humour that enhances the surreal and timeless qualities she creates when dealing with her favourite topic of people.
