Karen has extensive experience working in key cultural organisations nationally and internationally. She was Touring Exhibitions & Special Projects Manager at the Museum of Contemporary Art (2005-2013) delivering an ambitious touring program and site-specific commissions and was Manager, International Signature Projects (Venice) at the Australia Council for the Arts (2013 – 2015) where her primary responsibility was the overall development and management of Australia’s representative exhibitions at the Venice Biennale. She was most recently Creative Producer of Exhibitions at the State Library of New South Wales (2015-2018).