karen margolis

The Enso, Japanese for circle, is my inspiration for imagery. It is a sacred symbol in Zen Buddhism, embodying infinity and perfection. I am attracted to this mystical aspect as well as the paradox of imperfection and reinterpret the circle in both positive and negative space as a shared language connecting body to mind. Straddling destruction and creation, my art making involves two distinctly opposing procedures, burning holes into material as an act of erasure and constructing discrete components into compositions. Within these margins I explore internal mechanisms as well as damage and mending through intimate expressions of how we are touched by circumstances of life.