Karen Balos Exhibition – Inner Landscapes

September 27 – 29, 2024

Karen Balos was born in Brooklyn in 1942, and moved to Berkeley in 1969 and later to Oakland. She spent more than fifty years developing an artistic “vocabulary of shapes, forms, and colors” in every medium she could get her hands on.  Her work has been shown in galleries, museums and private collections in the Bay Area, New York City, Japan, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, Australia, England and Mexico.

“I create art in a spontaneous, fluid way, informed by years of observation and critique. I use fabric because of its sensual and emotional appeal, its feel, texture, color.  My fiber constructions reference the tradition of quiltmaking.  The cultural memories embedded in the material, the history, the intimacy evoke multiple layers of experience and meaning.”

Gallery Hours:
Friday, September 27, 1-7pm, Opening Reception: 4:30-7pm
Saturday, September 28, 11am-5pm
Sunday, September 29, 11am-5pm, Closing Reception: 2-4pm

Event Details

Date: September 28, 2024

Time: 11:00 am–5:00 pm

Kala Gallery
2990 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702
510-841-7000