Karen Covic is originally from the UK where she studied at the Slade School of Art. After making Auckland her home, she began studying towards a masters of fine arts at Whitecliffe. She is an active member of the Auckland artist community, working from her downtown Auckland studio.

Karen is a process driven artist, which can be seen in her painting Rosa II (2022), a bold, inky composition that creates a daring, imaginative wonderland.

As a process driven artist, Karen Covic is primarily interested in the way in which materials respond to different surfaces, and how colours combine to create harmony or conflict. Her underlying interests lie with portraying our internal landscapes, what makes us who we are, the experiences and the events that have shaped our characters, both good and bad. If we could penetrate through to those vibrant, tangled environments, what would they look like.

Karen Covic is a contemporary painter living in Auckland. Originally from UK, she relocated 10 years ago with her young family and Kiwi husband. Working in the creative industry for 10 years, she always pursued her love of art by attending life drawing and painting classes. Before she left UK she spent a summer at the prestigious Slade School of Art in University College London. This confirmed her need to be an artist. She has studied for three years at Browne School of Art in Auckland and has undertaken the BSA VAMP programme being mentored for a year by Simon McIntyre and more recently by Emil McEvoy. She has a studio downtown and is currently completing her MFA.

Courtesy of Railway Street Gallery + Studio