Karen Safer – Rio Tram

About the Artist

Artist Statement

“I am a ‘romantic soul’ with intellectual cravings now living in a Digital World.” kjs
I’ve always been an artist. I embrace the natural world and man-made as well. I am influenced by
everything from the ancients to Cindy Sherman and while I embrace color, I revere black and white. I am a student of the universe, history, art, architecture, music, literature and all the arts.
I got a camera and some crayons as a kid,journeyed along a path in life – far from what I’d expected,moved from youth to middle age,did some work, had some fun, got high, got low,
and just continue doing it – never tiring of the next visual surprise.
Life is still a mystery, after all. – kjs
Motos: “A photographer has the whole world big or small to capture.” kj safer
And wherever I am in the world, is my favorite place!! kj safe

Artist Biography

Karen Safer is an international exhibition, award-winning photographic artist and poet with a musical bent.An LA native, born to creative, scholarly-minded parents who encouraged world travel (230+countries/territories visited), was greatly influenced by movies, music, books, plays, and as student of art and history, inspired from ancients to moderns – Assyria to Cindy Sherman. She has a master’s degrees in art. She is a member of Los Angeles Art Association, IAA-USA, Women United, LACMA, MOCA, in Who’s Who in America and Professional Women (2023), ArtTour Magazine (NY), AATOLAU interview, Artist Talk Magazine (UK), ARTtour Magazine, Dodho Magazine, Lens Magazine, ArtForum, Artillery, etc.

She was given camera and crayons at 3 and inspired by California motifs: light, trees, the ocean, music and vernacular architecture that defined/influenced her left-handed aesthetic. She is featured in publications and exhibited 14 solo and internationally in over 130+ venues with 510+ exhibitions from London, Rome, Berlin, Glasgow, Budapest, Athens, Prague, Paris, Barcelona, Florence, Venice, Sao Paulo,Seoul, Tokyo, Dubai, Sydney, Zurich, etc. from California to New York, winning 450+ awards – most recently: TIFA, PISPA, Exposure One, reFocus, B&W SPIDER Awards, 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Awards,Botticelli International Prize in Florence, FUSION Art, TeraVarna, LA Art Show and International Color Awards 2024.