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About Karen

Artist and traveller collaging the journey

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Karen Stamper Interview – Art2Life 2025

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&Gallery Solo Show

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Travel Sketchbooks

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Sketchbook Freedom

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Bound 5 @andgallery_ Edinburgh 5 - 30th July . .

Bound 5
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#karen_stamper_collage #andgalleryedinburgh #salvageseries #collageassemblage #contemporarycollage #alwayslookingatart

Studio time @emilyball_painting This was a reside

Studio time @emilyball_painting
This was a residency that gave me the time and space to develop the beginnings of my Salvage series.

Working quietly alongside five serious artists was a wonderful way for me to push my work and take bold steps in a new direction.
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#seawhitestudio #emilyballpainting #karen_stamper_collage #artistresidency #salvageseries

Rest and Repair @andgallery_ #edinburgh 5 -30th J

Rest and Repair
@andgallery_
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#contemporarycollage #karen_stamper_collage #collageassemblage #salvageseries #andgalleryedinburgh

@andgallery_ #edinburgh 5 - 30th July Salvage

@andgallery_
#edinburgh
5 - 30th July

Salvage is my solo exhibition of 15 pieces - all layered, sanded, painted, cut, glued, scratched, tied, fixed, patched and ready to show off in this beautiful contemporary gallery.

Catalogues available from the gallery
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#karen_stamper_collage #collageassemblage #contemporarycollage #andgalleryedinburgh #edinburghart

Salvage 15 @andgallery_ Edinburgh 5 -30th July .

Salvage 15
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#karen_stamper_collage #contemporarycollage #collageassemblage #andgallery #soloshow

Feeling Chipper - on a Sunday @andgallery_ 5th -

Feeling Chipper - on a Sunday
@andgallery_
5th - 30th July
#edinburghart

Please message me for pv invite on Saturday 2-4pm 🙂
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#karen_stamper_collage #andgallery #contemporarycollage #salvageseries #collageassemblage

Inspiration. Paper, patching, edges, drapes, folds

Inspiration. Paper, patching, edges, drapes, folds and rubbing down.
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#karen_stamper_collage #contemporarycollage #abstractinspiration #salvageseries

I love hanging and rearranging these small collage

I love hanging and rearranging these small collage assemblages. Each grouping brings different conversations.

You can see some of these in my solo show @andgallery_ #edinburgh
5 - 30th July
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#andgallery #karen_stamper_collage #salvageseries #contemporarycollage #assemblagecollage

Lead the Way @andgallery_ Edinburgh 5th July -

Lead the Way
@andgallery_ Edinburgh
5th July - 25th July
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#karen_stamper_collage #salvageseries #contemporarycollage #andgalleryedinburgh

Wrap 3 &Gallery Edinburgh 5 - 30th July . . . #an

Wrap 3
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#andgallery #karen_stamper_collage #salvageseries

There has been a lot of pasting, sanding, binding,

There has been a lot of pasting, sanding, binding, dipping and tying for my show at @andgallery_ Edinburgh in July.

5 - 30th July 2025

I will be showing 15 pieces from my Salvage series from the urban boatyard.
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#urban #boatyard #salvage #karen_stamper_collage #&gallery #edinburghart

Patching, fixing and tying up. Theses images all b

Patching, fixing and tying up.
Theses images all became inspiration for some of the work you can see in my solo show coming up in July in Edinburgh.
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#karen_stamper_collage #contemporarycollage #salvageseries #collageassemblage #wallsculpture

What a treat to visit @florakas1983 and hear him t

What a treat to visit @florakas1983 and hear him talk so passionately about his rare collections of Greek life. From printing presses to old toys 😍

#tholariaamorgos #greecetravel

#tholariaamorgos #greecetravel

Vasilis shared his collection of old photographs w

Vasilis shared his collection of old photographs with painted and stitched decoration. I loved the back of the panels!
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#iama_amorgos #greekart #amorgos #thebluewalk

Work in progress for a solo show in July. ‘Feel

Work in progress for a solo show in July.
‘Feeling Chipper’ went through a few more stages before it felt right.
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#karen_stamper_collage #soloshow #workinprogress #contemporarycollage #abstract

Portholes, windows, portals hiding what is behind.

Portholes, windows, portals hiding what is behind.
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#windows #portals #abstractcomposition

Inspiration always from the worn and patched. The

Inspiration always from the worn and patched. The damaged, tender materials with their memory of labour and use.
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#assemblage #collage #wornandweathered #boatyard #karen_stamper_collage

Tied wrapped, bound and held. . . . . #karen_sta

Tied wrapped, bound and held.
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#karen_stamper_collage #assemblage #collage #contemporarycollageartist

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After attending Art College in Yorkshire I headed south, with my sketchbooks in hand to far sunnier countries: Turkey, Greece, India, Morocco, the Caribbean, and then eventually settling in New Zealand before returning to the UK ten years later.. Read More

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