Michael Kareken is a Minneapolis-based painter, draftsman and printmaker. Born in Washington, DC and raised in Tacoma, WA, Kareken received his BA and MFA on the east coast, moving from NYC to Minneapolis in 1993. He has received grants from The Bush Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Minnesota State Arts Board, Arts Midwest, The New York Foundation for the Arts, and The Vogelstein Foundation. He was a recipient of The Louise Nevelson Award for Art from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, and was awarded a residency fellowship from the Millay Colony for the Arts. Kareken's work is in the collections of The Walker Art Center, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, The Minnesota Museum of American Art, and The Minnesota Historical Society, among others. He has exhibited his work regionally and nationally, including in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle and Santa Fe, and is represented by Lowry Hill Gallery in Minneapolis. He is Professor Emeritus at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. Image credit: Eric Mueller