“Karl Unnasch is a mid-west whisperer and national treasure.”
— Chris Pennington,
Twin Cities Public Arts Facilitator
“... few produce work that so subtly upends cultural expectations of subject matter and form."
— Matthew Fluharty, Founder & Executive Director of Art of the Rural
“One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen in Oklahoma.”
— Nathan Gunter, Editor of Oklahoma Today Magazine
"...mastery of stained glass construction and evocative folkloric narratives, fusing glass with the hardness and roughness of construction machinery".
— Lucas Cowan, Public Art Curator,
Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Boston
"...“[A] gentle, shocking,
hallucinatory creation.”
— Ralph Helmick, Public Art Network Year in Review Juror
“With stained glass panels of iconic cultural imagery, Karl Unnasch transformed an ancient International Harvester tractor into a glowing reverie of dreams…”
— The Soap Factory, Minneapolis
“...beautifully crafted - whimsical interpretations of things people readily know and identify with.”
— Solveig Anderson,
Paramount Center for the Arts, St. Cloud, MN
“...so photogenic.”
— Jeremy Freiburger, Ontario Public Art Facilitator
“We were delighted to work with Karl … we published some of his work in the Stained Glass Quarterly and that brief interaction was enough for us to know we were definitely going to need to know more."
— Megan McElfresh, Executive Director of the Stained Glass Association of America
“[Karl's...] roots are in the rural area;
he really spoke about [...] working class values
and ideals […] in the thought behind his work.
We found that really inspirational."
— Rachel Breen, Anoka-Ramsey Community College Art Faculty and Chair of the Art Committee
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