My work does the unlikely job of combining the artistic traditions of minimalism, surrealism, portraiture and store window displays. I do this while exploring optical phenomena, light and seeing. Lenses, light, light bulbs, microscope parts and images of eyes are utilized in much of my work.
In personal, humorous and poetic ways, the human condition is put “under the lens”. The cycle of life, relationships, politics, everyday heroes, fantasy and Greek mythology are all there. In many of the works I examine the emotional and physical realities of parenthood. The work provides an opportunity to explore the sublimity of the emotional bond between parents and children, while at the same time the more complex issues of selflessness and selfishness, control and power, independence and dependence, freedom and protection.
Selected Exhibitions and Projects
Karl Klostermann House, Srní, CZ, 2025, objects, collages and dioramas for permanent museum interpreting the literary work and context of Czech writer Karl Klostermann and the Bohemian mountains.
Honeylight/Světlomed, Solo show, Galerie pod Kamennou žábou, České Budějovice, CZ, 2017
The Adventurers/Dobrodruzi, Sladovna, Písek, CZ 2015, dioramas for interactive children's exhibition
Enigma, Group show, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA USA, 2013
Collectico, Group Show, Collectico pop-up gallery, NY, NY, 2012
Under the Lens/Pod lupou, Solo show, Galerie pod Kamennou žábou, České Budějovice, CZ, 2010
Community, Group show, Cordell Taylor Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2000
Out of the Closet: Clothing as Imagery in Contemporary Art, Group show, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1999
Forsaken and Found, Group show, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1997
Sculpture Houston Show, Public Art group show, Tranquility Park, Houston, Texas, 1996
Territories, Solo Show, Lanning Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1994
Brave New World, Group show, Lanning Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1994
Introductions, Two-person show, Lanning Gallery, Houston, Texas 1993
Sculpture Houston, Public Art group show, Buffalo Bayou Artpark, Houston, Texas 1993
Works by Karey Rawitscher, Solo Show, Downtown Grounds, Houston, Texas 1991
Location Dislocation, Mother Dog Studios, Houston, Texas, 1992
New Works by Three Houston Artists, Group show, DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas, 1992
Houston Area Exhibition, Group show, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1992
Objevárium Curatorial Projects
Journey Into the Unknown/Cesta do neznáma, Concept and curation of interactive exhibition about Odysseus, Sladovna, Písek, CZ, 2012
Time Machine/Stroj času, Concept and curation of interactive exhibition about the history of Europe, Sladovna, Písek, CZ, 2014
Pilařiště, Concept and curation of artistic playspace, Sladovna, Písek, CZ, 2015
Leonardo, Concept and curation of interactive exhibition about Leonardo da Vinci, Sladovna, Písek, CZ, 2016
Play It Mini, Tiger/Zahraj si mini, Tygře, Concept, curation and artist for artistic mini-golf course, Sladovna, Písek, CZ, 2017
Flying High/Leťme vysoko, Concept and curation of interactive exhibition about flight, Sladovna, Písek, CZ, 2020
Sixth Sense City/Šestý smysl města, Concept and curation of interactive artistic exhibition about cities, Objevárium, České Budějovice, CZ, 2022