The cultural theorist and activist bell hooks writes, “What we cannot imagine, cannot come into being”. This is the ethos of my work. My not-so-secret agenda is one of love, magic, justice, beauty, and pleasure. Through my work, I call in futures where we are all liberated, loved in our wholeness, and fully resourced.

My artist coven includes Yoko Ono, Hilma af Klint, Enya, Masaru Emoto, Sinéad O’Connor, Adrienne Maree Brown, Nikola Tesla (my birthday twin), Hildegard of Bingen, Sappho, Sun Ra, and Wilhelm Reich +++

Karen Donnellan (they/she, siad/sí) is a psychic artist and energy healer. After earning a Bachelor of Design in Glass from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin and a MFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology, New York, they served as Director of the National Casting Center Glass Studios, Associate Professor of Glass, and Chair of the Sculpture/Dimensional Studies Program at Alfred University, NY from 2014-2022.

Donnellan has received numerous residencies, most notably at the Toledo Museum of Art, Edinburgh College of Art, the Creative Glass Center of America, and Pilchuck Glass School. Their artwork, encompassing sculpture, installation, music, words, and video, is held in several public and private collections and has been shown at venues internationally, including the Smithsonian Museum, Corning Museum of Glass, Tushanwan Museum, and the Museum of American Glass.

As an energy healer, Donnellan is a practitioner and teacher of the Rising Star, Prema Birthing, Reiki, and Seichem modalities. They are also an active member of AerachAiteachGaelach, a collective of LGBTQ+ Irish speaking artists, researchers and activists.

Email: karen@karendonnellan.com

Instagram: @cosmicwetness