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KARI PEARSON

Pronouns • she/her

Pronunciation • Kari: CAR-ee (the Scandinavian way), Pearson: PEER-son (the American way)

Born • Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1983

Lives and works • Minneapolis, on Dakota land

EDUCATION

2008 • BFA in Painting from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN

PERFORMANCES + INSTALLATIONS

Year-present (ongoing) • Slow-Mo

Year • Loft anniversary thing (with Stephanie Watson, Peter Pearson, and Sarah Warren)

Year • Our Owls (with Stephanie Watson)

Year • You’re Doing A Great Job (with Stephanie Watson)

Year • moss sidewalk thing

Year • fingerprint thing

2015 • New York Public Library (with Peter Pearson and Gabi Swiatkowska)

EXHIBITIONS

2008 • Artery24

2008 • mcad senior show

2007 • The Dead of Night - Garfield gallery

2005 • Solo exhibition (sludge)

GUEST LECTURES

Year • Living Spirit Church 

Year • Hamline Alumni weekend

Year • Loft Literary center ? (Picture book thing with Phyllis)

Year • SCBWI Iowa

MN department of health (peer support lecture) 

My creative practice is an open investigation and a love letter to the universe. Like any good investigation, I have lots of files. These include piles of sketchbooks, mountains of journals, a wolf claw replica, and other weird things that rarely see the light of day. Like any love letter worth its salt, this is all undertaken with a burning passion that’s totally unreasonable.