Karin Stöver Biography

A Photographer Named Karin

That's Karin with an "I"

Karin Stöver definitely has an "eye" for what makes excellent photographs. This award-winning photographer has been showing her work throughout the US, lecturing to college students and professional photography associations about her work. As if her schedule wasn't full enough, she and her supportive husband, Hans, own and operate Prismatek, a company that imports and distributes fine European fabric through their network, located in Palm Coast, FL.

Karin is a fine art and editorial photographer who relocated from Germany not quite 20 years ago. Her rise to being a well-respected photographer in the US happened over a relatively short period of time for artists – about 13 years. However, Karin's drive to be the "best" along with her sensitivity to detail and color, discipline, and an unwavering thirst for "learning" served her well - these factors are the underlying premise for all her endeavors and have made her name quite recognizable as a successful creative photographer.

Karin has been published in the International Library of Photography, Southern Accents, and American Massage Therapy magazines (and of course Karin's work is in a number of private collections as well.) A dynamo of energy, Karin is a member of the Art League of Daytona Beach, The Beaux Arts of Volusia, and the Flagler County Art League. She studied with Master Photographer Costa Manus at the Photographic Center in Skopelos, Greece and still takes classes at the Southeast Center of Photographic Studies of the Daytona Beach College. It was PerHans Romnes, who convinced her to visit Jerry Uelsmann. After being invited to his house several times she was inspired to learn his technique creating an image through multiple layers of film.

Karin's exhibits and awards are too numerous to delineate here; however, "Best in Show" and "Blue Ribbon" awards along with solo and group exhibits throughout the US are not exceptions to, but saturate her resume. Her work is consciously composed, yet Karin recognizes the potential of "chance" as an important aspect of her work. A provocative narrative is perhaps the most encompassing adjective that can be applied to Karin's complex black and white and color images.

Paraphrasing comments from her instructions at Daytona Beach College, Karin has the ability to arrange and rearrange her subjects in a mystical way and create visual magic, engaging the viewer.

Karin, using conventional darkroom methods, concentrates on strong composition as the basis for her images and employs color to both support her strong underlying linear structure and to dramatize her content.

Exhibits & Awards
1996  Art League Palm Coast – Sunday afternoon with the Artist: 1st prize
1997  Art Assoc. St. Augustine – Drake Harris Memorial Award
1997  Art League Palm Coast – Sunday Afternoon w. the Artist -2nd place
1997  Purchase Award Barnett Bank in honor of environmental project Lake Disston
1997  Solo Exhibition Flagler County Council of the Arts; Flagler Auditorium
1998  Ormond Beach, The Casements Rockefeller Summer house. The Casement Award      
1998  Ormond Beach, The Casements; Rockefeller Summer House. 3rd  place
1998  Art Assoc. St. Augustine; Cutting Edge; Honorable Mention
1998  Art Assoc. St. Augustine; Members Show 3rd place
1999  Art Assoc. St. Augustine; Cutting Edge; Equal Award
1999  Art Assoc. St. Augustine; Members Show: Award of Distinction
1999  Palm Coast Photography Club: 2nd Place
1999  Art League Palm Coast: Sunday Afternoon w. the Artist: 2nd prize
2000  St. Augustine Art Assoc. Cutting Edge: Equal Award
2000  St. Augustine Art Assoc. Members Show: 3rd place
2000  Art League Daytona Beach: Honorable Mention
2000  Art League Palm Coast, Sunday Afternoon with the Artist: 1st prize
2001  Art Assoc. St. Augustine, Cutting Edge: Honorable Mention
2001  Palm Coast Public Library, Group Exhibit
2001  Art Association St. Augustine, Honors Show: 2nd Prize
2001  Beaux Arts: Ormond Memorial Garden Museum; Group Exhibit
2001  Barnes & Noble, Daytona Beach: Solo Exhibit
2001  Beaux Arts, Daytona Beach: Merit Award
2002  Beaux Arts, Daytona Beach: Award of Distinction
2003  Beaux Arts, Daytona Beach: Merit Award
2004  Palm Coast Art League, Art in the Park: Best of Show
2004  Port Orange, Jazz and Photo Festival: Best of Show
2004  Flagler Beach, Ingenhaag Gallery: Three Artist Exhibit
2004  Palm Coast, Atlantic Grill: Three Artist Show
2005  Art League. Daytona Beach, Annual Members Show: 2nd  Prize 
2005 Port Orange, Jazz and Photo Festival: Best of Show
2005 Art League Palm Coast – Sunday Afternoon with the Artist: 1st prize
2006 Art Assoc. St. Augustine_”Outer Limits”1st. Price
2006  Palm Coast Art League: Art in the Park 2nd place (PeopleCateg.) and  2nd Place, 3rd place (AbstractCateg.)
2006 Art League Daytona Beach, “Alternate Visions” Artwork and sculpture by Karin Stoever and Peter Cerreta
2007 Art League Daytona Beach, Annual Members show: Artist Achievement Award

2008 Beaux Arts Daytona Beach: members show, second place

2008 Arte League Palm Coast: second place

Publications
1997: American Massage Therapy Assoc. (ATMA) Summer Edit. Cover
1998: Summer  ATMA Cover and Editorial photos
1998: Fall ATMA Cover
1998: Mouse Pads, Prismatek
1999: Spring ATMA Cover and Editorial photos
1999: Int. Library of Photography; Best Photos of the 20th Century
2001: Southern Accents: Exclusive Photography. Show House “Rosemary Beach”, FL

2009: COLOR: 2 pages, 5 images, Merit Award

Judging
2000 Flagler Women’s Club: 35th Annual Art Show
2005 Art League Palm Coast: Sunday Afternoon with the Artist, judging Student’s show

 

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