Karen Viola works and resides on the ancestral lands of the Munsee Lenape in White Plains, New York. She earned her BFA at Parsons School of Design, has a wide range of professional experience in the children’s book publishing industry, and now runs her own freelance art and design business and micro-publishing shop, Climbing Tree Press. Her work often finds expression in unique, sculptural book forms using a combination of digital and traditional techniques, paper, hand-dyed textiles, and fused plastic packaging. She strives to offer visceral, hands-on experiences in an effort to nurture curiosity and critical thinking in these challenging times. 

Disciplines

• Artist Books
• Bookbinding
• Editions & Multiples
• Papermaking
• Printmaking
• Publishing
• Sculptural Books
• Zine making
• Design
• Digital Arts
• Drawing
• Fibers
• Interdisciplinary/Hybrid,
• Literary/Writing
• Painting
• Photography
• Illustration