Caren Kinne's work explores themes of anemoia*, memory, nostalgia, and utopia. Working with various materials from colored pencils to printmaking and occasionally sculpture, her visual language conveys a whimsical overtone through the use of bright colors and organic forms. Her two-dimensional works include purposefully ambiguous backgrounds, lending to a notion of anywhere and anywhen.
*Anemoia is a contemporary word coined by author John Koenig in his publication The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows meaning: “nostalgia for a time you've never known.” - Koenig, J. (2021). The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. Simon & Schuster.
Bio: Caren Kinne was born and raised in the renowned Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. It is from here that she works in her bright and cozy studio in the heart of the rich artistic culture and scenic countryside of the area. Caren has shown her work in exhibits both nationally and internationally and has won several art awards.
As a child, Caren found entertainment in drawing and artmaking- whether designing her fashion illustrations, inventing whimsical places and characters, or crafting with the women in her family. Looking back, one can see the traces of these early influences, which in a way, have now come full circle- in both the playfulness and nostalgic elements of her work today.
Caren holds a B.F.A. in studio arts with a concentration in painting, and a master's degree in art education. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally she and has won several art awards.
