Karen was born in San Salvador, El Salvador. She spent part of her childhood in California. After graduating from high school in El Salvador she pursued her art education in New Jersey and later finished her schooling in Utah where she now resides.

University of Utah
--Bachelor of Fine Arts, emphasis in printmaking, 1997

Raritan Valley Community College
--Art Associate, 1994

• 2000 Atrium Gallery, Main Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
Images in Collage


• 1999 Day-Riverside Library, Salt Lake City, Utah
Recent Work


• 1999 Loge Gallery, Pioneer Theatre, Salt Lake City, Utah
Family Portraits


• 1998 Union Gallery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Prints and Paintings


• 1997 Exhibit at Office of vice-President, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
  
  
• 1997 Chicano Week, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

• 2006 Kimball Art Center, Park City, Utah
Arte Latino: A Celebration of Latino Art In Utah


• 2004 Bountiful/Davis Art Center, Bountiful, Utah
Annual Holiday Show


• 2003 Bountiful/Davis Art Center, Bountiful, Utah
Annual Holiday Show


• 2002 Museum of Contemporary Art, Fort Collins, Colorado
Rocky Mountain Biennial


• 2002 Bountiful/Davis Art Center, Bountiful, Utah
Homo Sapiens


• 2002 Festival Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
2002 Winter Olympics


• 2000 Eccles Community Art Center, Ogden, Utah
25th Annual Statewide Competition


• 2000 Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah
76th Spring Salon 2000


• 1999 Union Pacific Depot, Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah 1999 Painting and Sculpture


• 1999 Bosquejo Gallery, Kamas, Utah
  
  
• 1998 Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah
President's Invitation Show


• 1997 Exposici—n de Arte Salvadore–o, El Salvador Consulate, Los Angeles, California

University of Utah Department of Art
West Valley City, Utah permanent collection