Karl Haglund

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• ​Biography/Statement
  ​My most recent work has been focused on the idea of transformation. Root in relation to place. Where we start, where we end up and everything in-between. My influence comes largely from mid-century modernist work, I have always been drawn to the expressive colors and lines found there. I have an obvious love for cityscapes. City lights and neon colors – I try to capture the busied tension created by so many people in such a small geographic space. An expression of my small town Iowa upbringing that yearned for a larger life.
  I studied Anthropology as an undergrad and Public Policy as a graduate student at UNI (Northern Iowa). Anthropology tends to inform much of the work: considering origins of people, places and things, breaking down what is obvious and trying to relate what is strange. I work and read consistently to inform the work I do.
   
  My process evolves, but relies heavily on mark-making and paint-manipulation as the foundation. I spread paint with pieces of chipboard, roll it around with a roller and spray it onto the canvas with squirt bottles. My paint brushes are being used less and less. I work in acrylic paint – bringing in various other mediums as I feel needed. Including: marker, pencil, oil pastel, oil stick, and magazine clippings.    
  

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• EDUCATION:
  2010 B.A. Anthropology, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
  
  
  SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
  
  2016-2017         
  ​Ongoing exhibits of guitar paintings and prints
  Vintage Vinyl, St Louis, MO
  965 Guitars, Cedar Rapids, IA
  
  2015         
  With Respect To, Charles City Arts Center, Charles City, Iowa.
  Ongoing exhibits of guitar series - prints and/or originals:
  Vintage Vinyl, St Louis, MO *guitars
  Aromas Coffee, Charles City, IA
  Coffee Cat, Mason City, IA *guitars
  Electric Fetus, Minneapolis, MN
  Grimeys Music, Nashville, TN
  Landlocked Music, Bloomington, IN
  Luna Music, Indianapolis, IN
  
  2014
  ​Fifteen Keys - The Guitars of St Louis, KDHX The Stage, St Louis, MO. Featuring artwork based on the guitars of the St Louis music scene.
  Ongoing exhibits of guitar series - prints and/or originals:
  Vintage Vinyl, St Louis, MO *guitars
  Aromas Coffee, Charles City, IA
  Coffee Cat, Mason City, IA *guitars
  Electric Fetus, Minneapolis, MN
  Grimeys Music, Nashville, TN
  Landlocked Music, Bloomington, IN
  Luna Music, Indianapolis, IN
  
  2013
  ​Bucktown Arts Fest, Chicago, ILL
  Artafest, Charles City, IA
  Iconic Guitars by Karl Haglund, Coffee Cat, Mason City, IA
  
  2012
  Vintage Vinyl Guitar Show, Vintage Vinyl, St Louis, MO
  Featured Artist - Art on Broadway, Albert Lea Art Center, Albert Lea, MN
  Featured Artist - All work, Coffee Cat, Mason City, IA.
  Featured Artist - All work, Coffee Attic, Iowa Falls, IA
  2011 The Hammon and the Beans, Charles City Art Center, Charles City, IA
  
  GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
  2012 Local Artists Holiday Exhibit, Charles City Art Center, Charles City, IA
  
  
  PRESS and FEATURES:
  2014
  ​Ashley Miller, Paintings Turn Cool Licks Into Sweet Pics, Mason City Globe Gazzette. June 22, 2014 
  Allison Babka, Painter Karl Haglund Brings St. Louis Musicians' Guitars to Life On Canvas, St Louis Riverfront Times. October 8, 2014
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  Artist Karl Haglund Shares Stories Behind Paintings for Billy Bragg, Ryan Adams & STL Musicians. October 9, 2014
  Joe Roberts, Interview, With talk of setting his own work on fire and scatological insights into Picasso's work, Karl Haglund casually defies the persona of the stuffy and elite artist. KDHX.org. Oct 8, 2014
  
  2012
  Something You Said, Interview, www.somethingyousaid.com http://somethingyousaid.com/2012/08/20/karl-haglund-talks-art-and-guitars/
  Editors Pick, GO St Louis!, St Louis Post-Dispatch, Vintage Vinyl Art Show and Print Kickoff, October
  Andrea Pendergrast, The Product of Imagination, Art Is For Everyone, Charles City Press, January 17, 2012
  H Fender Jaguar του Kurt Cobain και άλλες ιστορικές κιθάρες, Oneman Online Magazine, Greece
  http://www.oneman.gr/keimena/diaskedash/sto_rafi/h-fender-jaguar-toy- kurt-cobain-kai-alles-istorikes-kithares.2073236.html
  
  
  PROFESSIONAL:
  2012-2015: Vice President, Charles City Arts Council, Charles City, IA