Keren Kroul

Keren Kroul makes large-scale watercolor paintings on paper and paper installations. Examining identity through time, memory, and place, they are fantastical landscapes of the mind.

Born in Haifa, Israel, to an Argentinean father and Israeli mother, Keren grew up in Mexico City, Mexico and San José, Costa Rica. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she teaches Art, Design, and Spanish.

Keren is a 2023 McKnight Visual Artist Fellow. She exhibits nationally, and has received support from private and state foundations, including: the McKnight Foundation (2023 Visual Artist Fellowship; 2021 Next Step Fund Grant), the Minnesota State Arts Board (2023, 2022, 2021 Creative Support for Individuals Grants; 2019, 2017, 2015 Artist Initiative Grants), and the Jerome Foundation (2017 Emerging Artist Exhibition Grant). Her work has been featured on TV in MN Original (TPT-Twin Cities PBS), and in print publications such as Paint Lab, Color Lab, Tangled Art and New American Paintings.

Keren holds a BA in Fine Arts from Brandeis University (Waltham, MA) and an MFA in Painting from Parsons School of Design (New York, NY).