Karly Richlinski is an artist and student living and working in the Chicagoland area. She is currently attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a Painting concentration. Her latest work explores portraiture through color and application, with an emphasis on composition. She draws inspiration from close relationships with those around her and her personal life experiences.
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Education
2025 — BFASA University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2021 — Mundelein High School
2023
The Collective Magazine Issue 13: Transgression — Printed magazine and online
"b-sides" zine for The Collective Magazine — Printed magazine
2022
Commissioned Corporate Artwork — Glen Ellyn, IL
2021
Commissioned Pet Portraiture — Mundelein, IL
IHSAE ArtConnectED Student Art Show — Online
2014
Lake County Art Fair — Grayslake, IL
2013
Lake County Art Fair — Grayslake, IL
Awards
Talented Student Scholarship — University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2021)