Michael Kareken

Image of Michael Kareken at work on a drawing.

Michael Kareken is a Minneapolis-based artist and Professor of Fine Arts at the Minneapolis College of Art & Design.  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 Walker Art Center, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, 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 Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis.

Artist News
ALL IN: A Highpoint Editions Exhibition
ALL IN: A Highpoint Editions Exhibition
Michael Kareken at Davidson Galleries
Michael Kareken at Davidson Galleries
Michael Kareken Sabbatical Exhibition @ MCAD
Michael Kareken Sabbatical Exhibition @ MCAD
Michael Kareken: New Monotypes
Michael Kareken: New Monotypes
Highpoint goes to New York's E/AB Fair
Highpoint goes to New York's E/AB Fair
Michael Kareken in "Sky, Land, Water" at Groveland Gallery
Michael Kareken in "Sky, Land, Water" at Groveland Gallery

Available Prints

Featured

Tree Near Second Beach by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40 | $3,400 framed

Lopez Islands Woods by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40 | $3,400 framed

Lopez Islands Woods by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40 | $3,400 framed

Humphrey Head by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40 | $2,800 unframed

Humphrey Head by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40 | $2,800 unframed

Tree Near Iceberg Point II by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40 | $2,800 unframed

Tree Near Iceberg Point II by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40 | $2,800 unframed

Second Beach by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 23.75 x 32 | 28 1/4 x 36 | $2,700 unframed

Second Beach by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 23.75 x 32 | 28 1/4 x 36 | $2,700 unframed

Humphrey Head II by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40 | $3,400 framed

Humphrey Head II by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40 | $3,400 framed

Humphrey Head III by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 31.75 | 28.5 x 36 | $2,700 unframed

Humphrey Head III by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 31.75 | 28.5 x 36 | $2,700 unframed

Surf at Kalaloch by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 13 x 28 | 18 x 32 | $2,000

Surf at Kalaloch by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 13 x 28 | 18 x 32 | $2,000

Lake Quinalt Forest by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 25 x 41.5 | 31.5 x 47.5 | $3,800

Lake Quinalt Forest by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 25 x 41.5 | 31.5 x 47.5 | $3,800

Humphrey Head V by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 31.75 | 28.5 x 36 | $2,700 unframed

Humphrey Head V by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 31.75 | 28.5 x 36 | $2,700 unframed

Lopez Island Trees II by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 32 | 28.5 x 36 | $2,700 unframed

Lopez Island Trees II by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 32 | 28.5 x 36 | $2,700 unframed

Iceberg Point by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 19.5 x 26 | 24.5 x 30 | $2,400 unframed

Iceberg Point by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 19.5 x 26 | 24.5 x 30 | $2,400 unframed

Archive - Not Available for Purchase

Featured
Trees Near Shark Reef III by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Trees Near Shark Reef III by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Tree Near Second Beach IV by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Tree Near Second Beach IV by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Trees Near Second Beach: Olympic Peninsula by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Trees Near Second Beach: Olympic Peninsula by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Roots and Trunks Near Second Beach by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 18.75 x 30 | 24 x 30

Roots and Trunks Near Second Beach by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 18.75 x 30 | 24 x 30

Near Upright Channel by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Near Upright Channel by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Lopez Islands Woods II by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Lopez Islands Woods II by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Tree Near Second Beach II by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Tree Near Second Beach II by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Near Upright Channel II by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Near Upright Channel II by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Tree Near Second Beach III by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Tree Near Second Beach III by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Tree Near Iceberg Point by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 28 x 24 | 32.5 x 28

Tree Near Iceberg Point by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 28 x 24 | 32.5 x 28

Tree Near Iceberg Point III by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Tree Near Iceberg Point III by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Lake Quinalt Deadfall by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 19 x 26 | 23.5 x 30

Tree Near Second Beach V by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Tree Near Second Beach V by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Humphrey Head IV by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 23.75 x 32 | 28.5 x 36

Humphrey Head IV by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 23.75 x 32 | 28.5 x 36

Lake Quinalt Deadfall II by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Lake Quinalt Deadfall II by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Lopez Island Trees by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Near Upright Channel III by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 25 x 50 | 29 x 54

Near Upright Channel III by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 25 x 50 | 29 x 54

Trees Near Shark Reef by Michael Kareken 2018 Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

Trees Near Shark Reef by Michael Kareken 2018

Unique | Watercolor Monotype | 24 x 36 | 28.5 x 40

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