Karen is an independent creative producer of outdoor arts, with a particular interest in creating dynamic relationships between artists and communities, site specific and outdoor dance performance, and art in the public realm.
She is the driving force behind Bicycle Ballet since dreaming up the initial idea on a sunny Sunday afternoon on a low tide beach and is privileged to continue developing crazy, bicycle-related ideas with a fantastic and supportive group of collaborators.
Karen has produced outdoor arts events and performances for the last 16 years, including for Zap Art, over 100 outdoor festivals and events; around 30 commissions of new work of all scales, by UK and international companies including WILDWORKS, Transe Express, Groupe F, The World Famous and KompleX KapharnauM, some with large-scale, community, professional development and educational projects alongside. Further information in Producing the Goods, Karen’s chapter on page 12, from ’Zap Art, 25 Years of Cultural Innovation.
She has also worked with Periplum, Charlie Morrissey, and done various bits & pieces for Red Earth, Magnetic Events, Up Stream and Rachel Henson in the last few years. She is currently developing a range of future projects, more info soon on www.kp-projects.co.uk.
