Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen
American glass artist
Intro | American glass artist | |
Places | United States of America | |
is | Artist Glass artist | |
Work field | Arts | |
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Birth | 1960, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA | |
Age | 65 years |
Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen (born 1960, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American glass artist and educator. She attended Ohio University. She went on to work as an assistant to the glass artist William Morris. She often collaborates with her husband, Jasen Johnsen.
Willenbrink-Johnsen, along with fellow artists Tom Joyce and Judy Tuwaletstiwa, created the series Trinity/Ashes for the exhibition Living and Dying in the Nuclear Age for the City of Albuquerque.
She has taught at the Corning Museum of Glass, the Pilchuck Glass School, and held a residency at the Museum of Glass.