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77 KAREN MCKINNELL UNTITLED blown glass with steel wool, height 8.5” — 21.6 cm., engraved signature and dated 1994 Exhibited: Terminal 3, Toronto Int. Airport, Toronto, ON $75—125
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Karen McKinnell was born in 1963 in Halifax Nova Scotia and received her Diploma of Applied Arts at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, in 1992. Upon graduating, she was a awarded a three-year residency at the Harbourfront Centre’s Craft Studio and was one of the founding members of the Geisterblitz Glass Studio in Toronto in 1998. McKinnell won several awards throughout her education, including Sheridan’s Board of Governor’s Silver Medal Ward for Academic Excellence and Glass Art Association of Canada Award. She has exhibited her glass works across Canada and continues to work part-time making glasswork as she raises her family on Toronto Island.