Karin Gulbran works primarily in ceramics with extensive narrative scenes painted in glaze. She has developed a vocabulary grounded in investigating and conveying her everlasting interest for all things connected to the realm of the natural world. Each of Gulbran’s works carries the viewer into the artist’s personal expressionistic lexicon that is formed intuitively and emotionally through the creative process. Organic forms provide the basis of inspiration for which the artist’s practice predominantly deals with, without being a literal representation or didactic interpretation of nature. Feeling is conveyed within Gulbran’s oeuvre through the use of sensual glazed surfaces, alternately smooth and rough, matte and glossy.

Karin Gulbran was born in Seattle in 1967. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions include: Obscure Mirrors & Totemic Lamps, Pierre Marie Giraud, Bruxelles (2022); Somnambulist, MASSIMODECARLO, London, United Kingdom (2021); Weird Sisters, MASSIMODECARLO, Milan, Italy (2018); The Woods, Pierre Marie Giraud, Brussels (2016); Karin Gulbran, White Columns, New York (2014). Group exhibitions include: Wishing Well, Parker Gallery, Los Angeles (2023); These lacustrine homes, curated by Mai-Thu Perret, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles (2021); Vision Valley: The Glendale Biennial, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, USA (2018); The Brightsiders, curated by Adam Miller, Verge Center for the Arts, Sacramento, USA (2017); Tiger Tiger, Salon 94, New York (2015).