Iris Karuna

The installation view of my work at Gallery 1313 in April!
If you haven’t yet, make sure to order a copy of my book Aries Pisces Cusp Baby, available here!
And if you’re interested in reading more of my poetry, or getting a sense of what Aries Pisces Cusp Baby may contain before purchasing, check out my writing tumblr: petulanceparty.tumblr.com

12th Jun 2013✧17:28

The very beginnings of a collage I’ve been working on lately - this small section has since been integrated into a larger piece! If you eat chocolate with gold wrappers, feel free to donate them to me… you can help me avoid rapid weight gain! Haha.

12th Jun 2013✧17:21

chocolate collage Iris Karuna art artist

Just in case you missed it, I wrote a book! Oh mannn. It’s available here!

17th Apr 2013✧02:20

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Hi everyone!I meant to give you more notice, but I’ve been caught up in other things… I hung my final thesis show today! If you’re in Toronto, you should come out to the opening on Thursday - it’s at Gallery 1313 (1313 Queen St. W, at Brock)! If you can’t make the opening, try to check it out before April 25th, it’s worth a look :)Come out and see some fantastic art, drink economically, and check out my book! Pretty please?

Aries Pisces Cusp Baby

Hi everyone!

As some of you may know, as well as being a visual artist, I have a tendency toward writing!

I have published a book of poetry and drawings through lulu.com, and it is now available for purchase! You can check it out here:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/iris-karuna/aries-pisces-cusp-baby-softcover/paperback/product-20945859.html

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30th Mar 2013✧18:0911 notes

I forgot to mention that I was in The Grid in December! The (brief) article was about the OCAD U Book Arts Fair (rather than about me or Ryan Reid Millard) but it was pretty cool to get the publicity - it seemed like everyone in Toronto saw my face in the paper before I did! (That’s Miles Ingrassia’s work in the background of the shot, if you’re wondering.)

15th Jan 2013✧00:254 notes

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Well, it’s little (lot) late, but here’s a picture of me working on the big stone in the fall term!Hopefully I’ll be putting some pictures of other work/projects up soon - before MY LAST TERM OF SCHOOL EVER gets too busy!

10th Jan 2013✧22:133 notes

Iris Karuna art artist lithography

Here’s the final version of my print (Give), (Take), (Muster), (Stand). While I didn’t get the registration quite right on the 2nd layer, I’m much more satisfied with it as a whole now. And it definitely has a much stronger presence in the mid-year show than the last version did!

art artist Iris Karuna lithography neon sign printmaking

7th Dec 2012✧13:481 note

BIG NEWS: HOT OFF THE PRESS!

Today was a long day, but it was also a triumphant one. After 5 brief hours of sleep, I headed [dragged myself] to school to hang our mid-year thesis show! We’re just about halfway through the year!

(Julia Van Bommel helping Franny Rutchinski put up her work)

Install went fairly smoothly. Everyone got their work up, minus a few details which we thankfully have time to fix before next Wednesday’s final critique. I have one more layer to add onto my largest lithograph, but *fingers crossed* I think it will be done in time!

(installation view of my section)

If you’re interested, you should come check out the show!

It’s up in the Great Hall at OCAD U, and conveniently, it’s up during the 28th Annual Book Arts Fair on Saturday December 1st! I’m hoping to set up in front of my own work if I can, so come by and visit me! I’ll be there from 10am-5pm with friend and fellow artist Sabine Spare - among other things we’ll be selling copies of our collaborative artist book (first mentioned here and here.)

(Poster by Krystina Plante)

Hope to see you on Saturday! And hopefully I’ll be a little more well-rested by then too!

(Topknots were invented to help squeeze the last few thoughts out of a tired brain.
And combat dark circles.)