Karis is an artist, designer, and arts educator working out of Oklahoma City. They received their BFA from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and went on to receive their MFA from the State University of New York at Buffalo. While exhibiting works across the U.S. and Canada, Karis also spends their time working in many facets of the Oklahoma Arts community through volunteering and teaching. The artists in Oklahoma are a pure and untapped resource that Karis finds truly inspiring as an artist and advocate. They work to empower and bring together underrepresented Oklahoma artists.