Barbara Koenen
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    • The Correct Time (1989 - 2022)
    • War Rugs
      • Making a Spice War Rug
      • War Rug Prints
      • Afghan War Rug No.35, Paratroop Version AK-37(SOLD)
      • Twin Towers- Tribute Rug Carpet-9/11- USA History
      • Inspiring Guns tank Afghan War Rug
      • Esari Turkoman Rug with Poppies
      • Mashadi War Rug
      • Runner
      • Silk Road
      • Baluchi Drixa
      • Nova War Rug
      • Avtomat Kalashnikova
      • More War Rugs
    • Grenade Cosies
    • Muse
    • Grigri 4 Spring
      • 6/6 Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
      • 5/21/98 Hyde Park Art Center
      • 5/22/98 Chicago Cultural Center (Washington St)
      • 6/4 Metra Station – Randolph Street and Michigan Avenue
      • 6/5 DePaul Center, Jackson and State
      • 6/7 Field Museum of Natural History
      • 6/8 Marshall Fields State Street store
      • 6/9 State of Illinois Building, Dearborn and Randolph
      • 6/10 Rainforest Café, Wells and Ontario St.
      • 6/11 Museum of Contemporary Art
      • 6/12 Traffic Court – LaSalle Street (Reid Murdoch Bldg)
      • 6/13 Ten in One Gallery, 1510 N. Damen
      • 6/14 Supreme Life Building (King Drive and 35th)
      • 6/15 Pioneer Court – Chicago Tribune
      • 6/16 Water Tower Pumping Station Visitor Center, Pearson + Michigan
      • 6/17 Prairie Avenue Historic District – Glessner House
      • 6/18 Refco Headquarters, 111 W. Jackson
      • 6/19 CTA Elevated - Randolph and Wabash platform
    • Gumdrop Trees in Skokie
    • Buddha at the Hot Dog Stand
    • Paintings
    • Watercolors
    • #Sunrise #Dawn
    • Projects
      • Consuming War
      • E PLURIBUS
      • UNUM
        • MISTAKES WERE MADE: Nathan Mason + Catherine Schwalbe, April 29 - June 3, 2017
        • MUSCLE FIBER SUNRISE: Steve Williams and Dave Richards
      • Posters
      • More Projects
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Barbara Koenen
  • Home
  • Art / Projects
    • The Correct Time (1989 - 2022)
    • War Rugs
      • Making a Spice War Rug
      • War Rug Prints
      • Afghan War Rug No.35, Paratroop Version AK-37(SOLD)
      • Twin Towers- Tribute Rug Carpet-9/11- USA History
      • Inspiring Guns tank Afghan War Rug
      • Esari Turkoman Rug with Poppies
      • Mashadi War Rug
      • Runner
      • Silk Road
      • Baluchi Drixa
      • Nova War Rug
      • Avtomat Kalashnikova
      • More War Rugs
    • Grenade Cosies
    • Muse
    • Grigri 4 Spring
      • 6/6 Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
      • 5/21/98 Hyde Park Art Center
      • 5/22/98 Chicago Cultural Center (Washington St)
      • 6/4 Metra Station – Randolph Street and Michigan Avenue
      • 6/5 DePaul Center, Jackson and State
      • 6/7 Field Museum of Natural History
      • 6/8 Marshall Fields State Street store
      • 6/9 State of Illinois Building, Dearborn and Randolph
      • 6/10 Rainforest Café, Wells and Ontario St.
      • 6/11 Museum of Contemporary Art
      • 6/12 Traffic Court – LaSalle Street (Reid Murdoch Bldg)
      • 6/13 Ten in One Gallery, 1510 N. Damen
      • 6/14 Supreme Life Building (King Drive and 35th)
      • 6/15 Pioneer Court – Chicago Tribune
      • 6/16 Water Tower Pumping Station Visitor Center, Pearson + Michigan
      • 6/17 Prairie Avenue Historic District – Glessner House
      • 6/18 Refco Headquarters, 111 W. Jackson
      • 6/19 CTA Elevated - Randolph and Wabash platform
    • Gumdrop Trees in Skokie
    • Buddha at the Hot Dog Stand
    • Paintings
    • Watercolors
    • #Sunrise #Dawn
    • Projects
      • Consuming War
      • E PLURIBUS
      • UNUM
        • MISTAKES WERE MADE: Nathan Mason + Catherine Schwalbe, April 29 - June 3, 2017
        • MUSCLE FIBER SUNRISE: Steve Williams and Dave Richards
      • Posters
      • More Projects
  • Info
  • Contact
  • BLM1
  • BLM2
  • BLM3
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  • Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx)

    Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx)

    My obsession since 2017, the Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange (CCRx) is a nonprofit sparks creativity and distributes surplus to Chicago teachers, artists and nonprofits.

  • UNUM

    UNUM was an exhibit space I ran in my art studio in East Garfield Park from 2016 - 2019.
    Exhibition History

  • Make McCormick Place Lakeside into Municipal Rec Center 6-2022 Chicago Tribune Op-Ed

  • Fragrant Re-Imaginings of Afghan War Rugs

    Interview with Tori Pelz, The Rapidian

  • One Seedy, Explosive Muse

    Lauri Apple's review on Gapers Block

  • Muse, Gastronomica 2011

    My essay, Muse, explores the unlikely intersection of pomegranates and hand grenades. It appeared in Gastronomica Journal of Food and Culture, Summer 2011.
    Photography by William Zbaren
    Preview Muse

  • Forget Jeff Koons...Try a Pomegranate

    Victoria Lautman's article about Muse on Huffington Post

  • Blobs and Spice...

    Lori Waxman's review of Oasis in the Chicago Tribune, 1-21-11

  • Imaginary Monuments for Chicago, NewCity 9/7/11

    Lucky Drinking Bird at Meigs Field / something Island.

  • Pecha Kucha -- Artist in War and Peace

  • Paul Germanos Muse Photos

    photos of Muse exhibition by Paul Germanos

  • Deanna Isaacs, Reverse Samson, lots of snarky comments Chicago Reader 1-21-09

  • WBEZ interview 3-17-09 CityRoom

  • Bad at Sports interview about Chicago Artists Resource 1-22-06

  • Koenen Making War Rug Out of Spice and Curating Consuming War

    Interview with Dan Godston, www.examiner.com

  • Blog

    My blog
    Not sure how long ago I posted last...

© BARBARA KOENEN
Website by OtherPeoplesPixels