Karen Woodward is a mixed media artist specializing in the creation of flameworked glass sculpture. Karen works at her own professional studio in St. Louis and at the Craft Alliance Education Center, where she is Chair of the Glass Department. Karen teaches all levels of torched worked glass to both children and adults. She has also instructed many other studio craft courses including foundry casting for bronze, centrifugal casting for jewelry, and glass fusing.

Karen received her BA in Art History from the University of Texas in Austin and her MFA in sculpture from Washington University. In 2004 Karen was selected to study at the Pilchuck Glass School and the Corning Museum of Glass in New York. Her work has been featured in the New Glass Review 25 published by the Corning Museum of Glass, the Urban Glass Art Quarterly, and the Passing the Flame book series. In 2004, Karen received a public art grant to create a neon and glass installation for the City of St. Louis, which was part of an urban revitalization project on the Delmar Loop in University City. This work was featured in the Urban Glass Art Quarterly.

Karen was born in New York, raised in Texas, and lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri. When she is not in the studio or participating in art related activities, she she enjoys spending time with her sweet husband Dr. Crankenstein, Baby Jackie the Nutty Buddy, Joey the Jo-Jo Shabbadoo, Andy Bird, and Peppercorn the parrot.