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Karen Topp

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About ME

I am a French-born artist who has made London home for over twenty-five years. 


My work examines the relationship between making and material, with a focus on repetition, rhythm, and the tactile qualities that come from exploring different surfaces. I am interested in how both my body and the materials respond to each other—showing tension, release, and unexpected visual results.


Over time, I have moved from painting alone into mixed media, textiles, animation, and working with found materials. I often start by focusing on small details or textures—whether in everyday objects or my own photographs—and build new works around these fragments.

Awards and Accolades

Shortlisted, London Art Collective, ArtEvol, London 2025

Selected to exhibit, Coat Collaborative, At the Door, London 2025

Longlisted, Visual Art Open Emerging Artist Awards, 2024

Longlisted, Visual Artist Association, Artist of the Year Awards, 2024

Longlisted, Visual Artists Association, Professional Artist Award, 2023

Selected to exhibit, What is Art? Boomer Gallery, London 2023

Selected to exhibit, Artsdepot Winter Showcase, 2023

Selected to exhibit, Summer Online Exhibition, Highgate Contemporary Art, 2023

Training and Education

Advanced Printmaking:  Practice and Discourse, City Lit, London, 2025-26

Extended Drawing for Artists and Makers, City Lit, London, 2024-25

Year of the Portrait and Figure (Advanced), City Lit, London 2022-23


Various short courses over the years at Central St Martins, Chelsea College of Art / UAL, City Lit, and London Drawing.


MA Philosophy, Université de Toulouse, France (2000)

Baccalauréat with Philosophy, Modern Languages, Fine Arts and Mathematics, France.

Recent exhibitions

The Colour of Shadows, group exhibition with East Finchley Open Artists, Original Gallery, London, Nov 2025.

Surface, end of year show for the Extended Drawing programme, City Lit, London, Jul-Aug 2025.

At The Door, selective group exhibition curated by Coat Collaborative, London, Jul 2025.

State of Flux: group exhibition, co-curated with The Brick Lane Gallery, London, Feb-Mar 2025.

Regular open studios and fairs, East Finchley Open Artists (EFOA), London, 2023-2025.

Artsdepot Winter Showcase, curated by  Artsdepot, London, Nov 2023 to Feb 2024.  

FLUID, group show with Victoria Caution, Jacqui Cooke and Miranda Leung, Espacio Gallery, London, Nov-Dec 2023.  

GAIA, group show curated by the Camden Image Gallery, London, Sep 2023.

Summer Exhibition, curated by Highgate Contemporary Art, Online, Aug-Sep 2023. 

What is Art (Fifth Edition), curated by Boomer Gallery, London, Feb 2023.  

Winter Exhibition, group show with Kim Scouller, Daniel Shadbolt, Miranda Leung, Fariyal Wallez, Laura Smith and Sarah Jane Moon.  The Wood Norton, Cotswolds, Nov2022 to Feb2023.

The Figure, Reframed, showcase for the Advanced Year Of The Figure and Portrait at the City Lit, London, May 2022. 

Finding the Light, in collaboration with Luke Mitchell. Camden Image Gallery, London, Jun 2021.

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