Kara Coonrod

Artist Statement

Kara Coonrod is an inter-disciplinary artist who utilizes mediums such as ceramics, sculpture, digital technology, fibers, and metals in pursuit of philosophical expression. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Houston in 2019 and is scheduled to receive her Master of Fine Arts from Missouri State University in the spring of 2026.

She has previously exhibited in several group shows across Missouri and Texas and currently practices at her home and studio at MSU in Springfield, Missouri. Her current body of work focuses on a minute component of the female reproductive system and the psychological, social, and political spheres that shape her beliefs regarding individual sexuality, reproduction, and existence as a human being first, woman second.