Kari (she/her) graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Electronic Media Arts Design from University of Denver (Magna Cum Laude) and a Master of Visual Arts from Washington University in St. Louis. As a graduate student she was the recipient of the Olin Fellowship for Women in Graduate Study through Washington University in St. Louis and the Monticello Foundation. She is currently a Lecturer in Photography at Binghamton University, State University of New York. She has previously taught at Florence Institute of Design International, accredited through the University of Chester, England, Santa Reparata International School of Art and the University of Denver. In addition to teaching, she has conducted several workshops at Anderson Ranch Arts Center and the Studio Art College International. She has previously held positions as the Studio Coordinator of Photography & New Media at Anderson Ranch Arts Center and the Academic Coordinator at Caravaggio & Contemporary in Florence, Italy. She has participated in residencies at Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and Alfred University as well as being awarded a scholarship workshop to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. While an undergraduate student she was awarded six grants to complete independent research projects, attend an international new media conference and complete an internship with Anderson Ranch Arts Center. She has also been awarded a travel grant through Washington University in St Louis, a project grant through the Puffin Foundation and a campus development grant through Binghamton University. Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions in the Museum Bourbon del Monte in Monte Santa Maria Tiberina, Italy along with San Marco Basilica and Female Arts in Florence in the city center of Florence. Her work has been included in group exhibitions in locations including Kunst(zeug)haus Rapperswil Museum and Kammgarn West Schaffhausen in Switzerland, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center Candela Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and Belmont University.