Karen E. Griffin (KE)

Karen E. Griffin  is a creative, proactive, transformative textile and performing artist possessing the innovative capability to formulate fabrics and seams into stories. Her visionary process evokes and informs viewers by exploring tangible and verbal artforms. Her art quilts, abstracts, and panels are constructed of paper, adinkra symbols, African or cotton fabric on canvas or wood panels. 

She enjoys researching and studying the African American heritage, patterns, and symbols. This practice plays an important role in designing and displaying her collection.  She enjoys teaching and donating her time to inspire others with exploring her art forms. She creates breathtaking and colorful collections of art quilts and panels through art and storytelling.

Her textiles were featured in the following group exhibitions: Soul & Spirit: Celebrating Black Joy, Art Reach, Ms. behaving,  Red, Black and Green on Canvas, Change is God-Take Root Among the Stars: Black Abstract in the Midwest, Her Art/ Their Art, Johnson County Library art exhibit, Run, Run Quiet, Missouri Artists Council, Rhythm & Reveal, Abstract: HE’ART for All, “Essences of A Black Woman” Winter Exhibition in Baltimore, MD,  Kansas City Flatfile & Digitalfile, and ART WORK.