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A Series Titled "Meta"
At the end 2019, I thought long and hard about how I could incorporate my abstract drawings into my collage work. One of my colleagues...

Kara Mshinda
Apr 28, 20212 min read


Perception, Print Media, and Practice
Much of my artwork is rooted in memories of veneration and dissonance with print media. Magazines like Ebony, Jet, Essence, and Black...

Kara Mshinda
Apr 21, 20212 min read


The End of Winter
Earlier this year I reacquainted myself with film photography. I purchased some a used Minolta Maxxum 300si along with some film. It had...

Kara Mshinda
Nov 7, 20201 min read


Activator: Cover Art for 80s Feel good jams and gems
What a year! What a summer. While our little one was away visiting family my husband, a DJ and music historian, and I had an opportunity...

Kara Mshinda
Sep 6, 20201 min read


Taking Up Space-in-Residence
From February 10 to February 24 I had the unique opportunity of participating in an artist residency curated by Wit López . The...

Kara Mshinda
Mar 2, 20193 min read


The Temperature of Water: My Art Education Part I
At my first art showing of this year, I was posed with the following questions, "What inspires you?" "Do you have a background in art?"...

Kara Mshinda
Apr 17, 20182 min read


Looking Back at the New Year Series of 2017
The passing of a year has given me some distance to think and reflect on the creation of my New Year Series. At the start of 2017, I was...

Kara Mshinda
Mar 12, 20182 min read
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