Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen

{{short description|American glass artist}}

Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen (born 1960, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American glass artist and educator. She attended Ohio University.{{cite web |title=Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen |url=https://glassfurnace.org/sanatci/karen-willenbrink-johnsen/ |website=The Glass Furnace |access-date=14 May 2023}} She went on to work as an assistant to the glass artist William Morris.{{cite web |title=Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen |url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Karen_Willenbrink_Johnsen/11287638/Karen_Willenbrink_Johnsen.aspx |website=AskArt |access-date=14 May 2023}} She often collaborates with her husband, Jasen Johnsen.{{cite web |title=Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen and Jasen Johnsen |url=https://www.cmog.org/bio/karen-and-jasen-willenbrink-johnsen |website=Corning Museum of Glass |access-date=14 May 2023}}

Willenbrink-Johnsen, along with fellow artists Tom Joyce and Judy Tuwaletstiwa, created the series Trinity/Ashes for the exhibition Living and Dying in the Nuclear Age for the City of Albuquerque.{{cite web |title=Judy Tuwaletstiwa, Tom Joyce, Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen, Trinity/Ashes series |url=https://www.cabq.gov/trinity-exhibition/living-dying/tuwaletstiwa-trinity-ashes |website=City of Albuquerque |access-date=14 May 2023 |language=en}}

She has taught at the Corning Museum of Glass, the Pilchuck Glass School,{{cite web |title=Karen Willenbrink Johnsen |url=https://talkingoutyourglass.com/karen-willenbrink-johnsen/ |website=Talking Out Your Glass |access-date=14 May 2023}} and held a residency at the Museum of Glass.{{cite web |title=Five Minutes with Karen Willenbrink-Johnsen |url=https://www.museumofglass.org/as-the-pipe-turns/2022/11/3/five-minutes-with-karen-willenbrink-johnsen |website=Museum of Glass |date=12 July 2016 |access-date=14 May 2023}}