UNEXPECTED Featured Artist: Kari Woo

Kari Woo is a jewellery and mixed media artist based out of Canmore, AB. Known for her notably understated and modern aesthetic, her distinct line of contemporary art jewellery aims to create substance and meaning through design. Woo’s accomplished mixed media works, which focus largely on issues of cultural identity and appropriation, have been exhibited both across Canada and internationally. Other past works range from installations, performances and sculpture to interactive art objects and a recent foray into public art. Kari is a fine art school graduate, a former brick + mortar shop owner, an event organizer, community collaborator, aspiring sculptor and proud parent.

Check out more of Kari’s work at http://www.kariwoo.com/ and see her piece Sticks + Stones at UNEXPECTED opening on Nov 24th at the CCBC Gallery.