Koren Christofides has spent over three decades of art making as a painter, textile artist and, since 2007, a ceramist. Human Nature, when seen through the lens of old tales, mythology, fables, fashion and proverbs about women, has deeply inspired her work. This source material, which can be difficult in text, is recreated by Christofides to appear more vibrant in visual art. The artist’s work, moreover, has long been concerned with the origin of thoughts and ideas that still influence and challenge our own.

During the last three to four years, the Natural World has taken precedence. Koren Christofides has been working on creating a faux functional table setting that is an installation about eating outdoors with animals. Animals that many humans try to avoid such as bats, rats and snakes. Myths, fables and proverbs remain relevant because they often tell stories about the human condition through the ruse of animals. The artist’s choice of creatures is about facing our fears and establishing a more reasonable live-and-let-live perspective.

Koren Christofides has traveled throughout Western Europe, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Iran, Columbia and Mexico. From 1997-2009 she lived in France. The artist is the editor of Fables of La Fontaine Illustrated, University of Washington Press, Seattle/London, 2006. Her art was included in the Drawing Center Viewing Program from 2006 through its closure in 2014. In Autumn 2012 she was one of five ceramic artists featured in SKIN, an exhibition curated by Matt Nolen at The Thomas Hunter Project Space in New York City. From June 7 to June 30, 2012 Gallery IMA hosted a solo exhibition titled Koren Christofides: Fashion, Fables and Proverbs, Embroideries, Ceramics and Paintings. In March 2016, the gallery hosted another solo exhibition for the artist titled, A Modern Medieval Bestiary.

In 2018 art critic Matthew Kangas published Koren Christofides: A Medieval Modern Bestiary in Ceramics Art and Perception/Technical, January 2018 #107. Her work was also featured in Ingenting er hottere enn bøker! by Bjørn Hatterud for Billedkunst No. 5. From December 2019 to January 2020 Koren Christofides’ ceramics were included in Queer and Peculiar Craft, a group exhibition curated by Andrew Robinson for the Abrazo Interno Gallery at the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center on the Lower Eastside. In April 2020 Christofides’ work was selected for The 23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition by Jo Lauria at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas. Koren Christofides is currently represented by Gallery IMA, Seattle.