Artist Professional Development Workshop Series
Free. Registration is required.
Join artist, and former RMG artist-in-residence, Karen Kar Yen Law for an evening of reflection and discussion as Karen shares her experiences as an emerging artist. From graduating during a pandemic to applying to open calls to creating new artwork, Karen will speak on the ways she has navigated the early and ambiguous stages of the profession.
Is there anything we can do to support your participation? Please reach out to Hannah at [email protected].
About the Artist:
Karen Kar Yen Law (b. 1997) is a second-generation Cantonese-Chinese artist based in Markham, Ontario. With an interest in food and domestic culinary practices, Law utilizes printmaking and painting to explore cultural practice and diasporic identity. She received her Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) and Bachelor of Education from Queen’s University. Law was the 2021-2022 Emerging Printmaker Scholarship Residency holder at Open Studio Contemporary Printmaking Centre where she now practices as an artist member. She was the winner of the 2023 Untapped People’s Choice Award at Toronto’s independent artists fair, Artist Project. Law’s artwork has been exhibited throughout Ontario including Modern Fuel, United Contemporary, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Union Gallery, the Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts, Gallery 1313, Myseum Toronto, and Open Studio.
The Artist Professional Development Workshop series is generously sponsored by the RBC Foundation.
