Karen Lofgren

{{Short description|Canadian artist}}

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Karen Lofgren (born 1976 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian artist.

Lofgren received her MFA at CalArts.{{cite web|url=http://royaleprojects.com/artists/karen-lofgren/|title=Karen Lofgren biography|accessdate=8 April 2018|work=royale projects: contemporary art|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409044252/http://royaleprojects.com/artists/karen-lofgren/|archive-date=9 April 2018|url-status=live}} Her works include installation, site-specific projects, video, and sound.{{cite journal|last1=Sutherland|first1=Caitlin|title=No Dull Affairs at Onsite OCAD|journal=Daily Serving: An International Publication for Contemporary Art|date=29 August 2013|url=http://dailyserving.com/2013/08/no-dull-affairs/|accessdate=8 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317101729/http://dailyserving.com/2013/08/no-dull-affairs/|archive-date=17 March 2015|url-status=live}} She has been an artist-in-residence at Pitzer College (2009) and the Vancouver Biennale (2014).{{cite web|title=Karen Lofgren|url=http://www.vancouverbiennale.com/resident-artists/karen-lofgren/|website=Vancouver Biennale|date=3 July 2014 |accessdate=22 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910083028/http://www.vancouverbiennale.com/resident-artists/karen-lofgren/|archive-date=10 September 2015|url-status=live}} Lofgren has had solo exhibitions at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena, California, Royale Projects Contemporary Art in Palm Desert, California, and Machine Project in Los Angeles.{{cite journal|last1=Berardini|first1=Andrew|title=Exhibition Review, Pitzer College Art Galleries|journal=Artforum|date=25 August 2009|url=http://artforum.com/archive/id=23531|accessdate=8 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402102214/http://artforum.com/archive/id=23531|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite journal|last1=Baxter|first1=Jared|title=The desert, the edge of the city|journal=ArtSlant|date=12 May 2013|url=http://www.artslant.com/la/articles/show/34969|accessdate=8 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180355/http://www.artslant.com/la/articles/show/34969|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite book|title=Machine Project: A Field Guide to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art|date=2008|publisher=Machine Projects Press|isbn=978-0-9753140-4-3|pages=30–31}}