Karis Chambers is a 2D Artist, designer and educator based out of Oklahoma City. They received their BFA from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Karis has exhibited figural and collaborative works across the U.S. and Canada. They serve as an arts educator for University of Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma Contemporary, and Firehouse Art Center. Karis is Co-Founder of cow-boys collab and facilitates for Mid-America Arts Alliance.

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My work is about what it feels like to be alive in a body. I paint flesh as both a physical material and an emotive language. Through saturated color and disconnection, I look for the place where the human form starts to fall apart and become something unfamiliar. Bodies are containers for everything we are: meat full of memory holding both magnificence and decay. In my 2D practice, I explore this strange space and invite others to see themselves in it with me.