07/27/2026
Check out works by Karen J. Revis in the exhibition HANDS ON FIRE curated by Michelle Weinberg and Leslie Kerby • The source of Karen J. Revis’s fire is her identity as a Black woman, channeling the experience of her communities in Washington, DC and New York City into iconography that conveys the history of our country. A consummate printmaker, Revis creates powerful works by carving and incising linoleum, layering images using collagraph, lithography and etching. Through her work, she processes the violence of slavery and capitalism, transforming this history into exultant imagery that radiates a profound beauty. Her bold patterns and colors are influenced by African symbols and the legacy of African design, and she employs handmade papers created with a variety of fibers to produce moving statements. • Karen J. Revis is a New York-based printmaker and a member of the Black Women of Print collective. As part of the collective’s 2023 portfolio, Revis’s recent work has been acquired by several major institutions, including the Whitney Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, and the Jordan Schnitzer Collection in Portland, Oregon. Revis’s work is also in the permanent collection of the Yale Gallery. More recently, Richard Wright’s estate commissioned Revis to illustrate "Native Son" in a collaboration with Suntup Press. The limited edition was released in 2026. In 2020, two of Revis’s prints were chosen by Colossal Media as part of their "Represent: Black Arts" project, with murals in New York City and Los Angeles. Her work also features in the Winter 2026 issue of Hammer and Hope, the Spring 2023 issue of Architectural Digest and issue 22 of Pressing Matters. For more: visit karenjrevis.com Karen J. Revis
