Karina is a photographer, mixed-media artist, poet, and graphic designer based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She received her Bachelor of Fine Art with a focus on Photography and an English minor from UW-Milwaukee. Family history, memory, nature, travel, and expressionism have significantly influenced her work.

Karina serves as an Emeritus Member of the Board of Directors for Guildess: Contemporary Female Art Collective. She is also a member of Coalition of Photographic Arts (CoPA), Milwaukee Artist Resource Network (MARN), Wisconsin Scottish and St. Andrew’s Society of Milwaukee.

Karina works in both commercial and fine art photography. Her fine art has been shown in various galleries in Milwaukee and Chicago. Professionally, she works with Visual Image Photography (VIP), based in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, doing yearbook photography. As a freelance photographer, she concentrates on portraiture and event photography, transforming today's moments into timeless memories. She’s had photographs published in Highlander Magazine, Shepherd Express, OnMilwaukee.com, and Riverwest Currents.

Any chance to steal away in her van to go camping, she seizes – with her camera, pen (ok, laptop) and a dog-eared book along for the adventure.

[[photo by Jessica Zalewski 2009]]