Artists Registry
Sarasota FL United States
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Artist's Statement
Statement of Work
“When I did this painting, in 1994, my feelings were strictly related to my art. My concept was to show how humanity builds and constructs only to have things fall down again. At the same time, individual people, like myself as an artist, climb up and fall down. I climb up and I fall down. And that goes on for eternity, like a tower that never ends.”
Zukowski’s painting depicts just a single tower with elements of Classic Roman architectural style rather than two sleek modern buildings. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man, albeit with one set of arms, is another reference to ancient architecture, in this incredibly moving painting. One of the architectural representations, however, just below Vitruvian Man, depicts square windows in a modern style.
At the base of Zukowski’s tower, an evil face vomits fire and hatred on the injured and dying. People fall out of windows accompanied by angels. At the top, an American flag is seen through a smokey haze. Frightened people seem to pause before jumping from an upper floor where the wall has been ripped away. A metal object that could be interpreted as the wing of an airplane crashes through this surrealistic “Tower of Babel.”
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Karin Zukowski, a/k/a Karizu, a published, award-winning artist and illustrator, emigrated to the United States from Vienna, Austria in 1964.
While residing in the New York area, she attended classes at F.I.T., Parsons School of Art & Design, Pratt, Society of Illustrators, and Nyack Center for the Arts. Upon relocating to Sarasota, Florida with her family, she obtained a BFA from Ringling College of Art & Design.
Karizu's interest in expressive, surrealist and outsider art inspired her to hold classes for incarcerated teens and adults in drawing, painting, and other forms of artistic expression. Additional teaching engagements include a watercolor class in Tuscany, Italy; drawing classes at the Lifelong Learning Academy/USF, Sarasota, Florida; producing art with seniors at local facilities, and working on creative projects with private clients.
Karizu's paintings and illustrations have been featured on book covers, and published in the Sarasota Herald Tribune, Sarasota Magazine, and various other publications. The originals are held in private collections in the United States and abroad.
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Exhibitions and Awards
November 2009, Raymond James Featured Artists Exhibition, Raymond James Office, Sarasota
April 7, 1998 "Tower of Babel," Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts in New York, sponsored by Austrian Cultural Forum of New York
Corporate Collections
Harte & Co., New York, NY
Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY
AnnTaylor Inc., New York / Tampa, FL
Benz Research & Development, Bradenton, FL
Marcia Interiors, Sarasota, FL
Sternberg Interiors, Sarasota, FL
Public Art
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Sarasota, FL
Private Collections
USA
Dr. and Mrs. James Thomas, Longboat Key, FL
Marilyn Rogers, Tennessee
Bill and Marilyn Bruno, Hope Mills
Monika and Fred Bodner, Boca Raton, FL
Guenther and Helga Timm, Toms River, NJ
Greg Felden, Sarasota, FL
Mrs. Walt Theurer, Sarasota, FL
Cory Fuller, Sarasota, FL
Gertrud and Charles Thiede, Sedona, AZ
April Danello-Konietzky, Bradenton, FL
Tina and Scott North, Sarasota, FL
Hoan Van Nguyen, Sarasota, FL
Sarasota Auction, Nokomis, FL
Linda Dickey, St. Petersburg, FL
Dr. and Mrs. Mobley, Sarasota, FL
Frank and Rhea Escobar, Sarasota, FL
Ronni Miller, Sarasota, FL
Ethel Seldin Schwartz, Seacliff, NY
Tamara Nicholson, St. Paul, MN
Gloria Kitt, Delray Beach, FL
Shawn and Carol Paul, Bradenton, FL
Kathy Dandois, Sarasota, FL
Roxie Nelson, Arlington, TX
Alexis Upham, Sarasota, FL
Richard Lindt, Sarasota, FL
INTERNATIONAL
Edouart (Eddy) Toussaint, Montreal, Canada
Helmtrud Feil, Taunusstein, Germany
Martha Peitzmann, Karlsruhe, Germany
Karl and Christine Koch, Neulengbach, Austria
Heinz and Bagy Berenbrok, Bruehl, Germany
Alexandra and Marin Schrott, Stockerau, Austria
Anni Schrott, Stockerau, Austria
Otto E. Kugler, Baden-Baden, Germany
Henry and Mrs. Von Prittwitz, Behnsberg, Germany
Education
F.I.T.
Parsons School of Design
Pratt
Society of Illustrators
Nyack Center for the Arts
Ringling College of Art & Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts