Karina is an artist working across textiles and illustration, drawing inspiration from traditional European folklore, classical narratives, and her Welsh working-class heritage. Her practice is rooted in a deep appreciation of history, traditional craft techniques, and the enduring power of storytelling. Through materials and image, Karina explores how inherited narratives and skills are carried forward and reimagined incontemporary contexts.

Alongside her artistic practice, Karina is a lecturer, teaching in both illustration and fine art craft. Over the past five years, she has built a growing network across Wales through her work in community-based textiles. She runs the Cardiff Sewing Social, which operates primarily as a safe, queer and accessible third space. The group has also been involved in a range of collaborative and activist projects, including a Palestinian peace quilt, union banner making, a women's rights quilt, and most recently a disabled rights quilt.

Current associations:

Freelance Facilitator 

Lecturer on BA Illustration and FD Makers at Coleg Gwent in association with University of South Wales and Cardiff Metropolitan September 2023

Education:

PGCE/PCET, Cardiff Metropolitan, 2022

MA Illustration and Animation, Coventry University, 2018

BA Design Craft, De Monfort University, 2014

BTEC National Diploma in Fashion, 2009

Funded projects:

Celf Cymru “Create” Grant to run “Gwneud” an exhibition that celebrates Welsh textiles and facilitates free workshops that upskills communities, March 2025 

Residencies:

Kindred house, Winter Residency, Margate, 2026

Colomendy stwidios, Spring residency, Cardiff, 2024

Commission:

Teimlo, Celf ar y Cyd, 2026 in collboration with Efa Blosse Mason and Oriel Davies