Karen Cox is an award-winning documentary photographer who works both in Ireland and internationally. Photography is an ever-changing experience which has brought her to places and people to document both known and untold narratives. Her work spans documentary and photojournalism, portrait and commercial. Her photographs have appeared in publications worldwide including The New York Times, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, The Irish Times among others and also regularly feature in the Irish national papers and other publications. She continues to show her work in exhibitions globally.
Solo Exhibitions
The National Museum of Ireland 2025 – ‘Women of the Thar Desert’ – https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Country-Life/Exhibitions/Women-of-the-Thar-Desert
‘New Orleans Jazz’ 2024 – Clew Bay Hotel Gallery, Westport, Ireland.
Galway International Arts Festival 2024 – ‘Women of the Thar Desert’ – https://www.giaf.ie/festival/event/karen-cox
‘Borderland – Ukraine’ – https://galwaycitymuseum.ie/exhibition/borderland-ukraine-outdoor
‘Three Stones’ – https://www.thelinenhall.com/gallery/exhibitions/three-stones-the-cross-and-the-circle
‘The Thar Desert’ – https://westival.ie/collections/preview-events/products/karen-cox-photography
Documentary Photography Projects (Selected)
2025 (ongoing) – The Legacy of Dervla Murphy
2024 (ongoing) – ‘The Oldest Thing in the House’
November 2023 (ongoing) – Inishturk island, County Mayo, Ireland
March 2023 – 2025 – Princeville community, North Carolina, US
September 2022 – Women of the Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India
May 2022 – Taita Pedro Velasco, leader of the Misak people from the ancestral territory of the Cauca Valley, Colombia
May 2022 – Creation of the opera, ‘Omar’ in Charleston, South Carolina
April 2022 – Ukraine / Poland – War refugees
January 2021 – The Guarani indigenous tribal group, Argentina
2022-2025 – Selected Press / Publications / Awards
https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/Brown-bear-goes-on-display-at-Turlough-Park
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/travel/the-burren-ireland.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/fashion/watches-enamel-alison-moriarty-ireland.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/sports/golf/british-open-royal-portrush.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/arts/music/mars-opera-jennifer-walshe-mark-oconnell.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/realestate/ireland-raffle-house-winner.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/realestate/ireland-house-raffle.html
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250509-the-flawless-biscuit-that-took-years-to-master
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/travel/ireland-blackwater-valley.html
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/fashionandbeauty/arid-41628367.html
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/1252663592/1a-05-21-2025
https://gardenandgun.com/articles/rhiannon-giddens-goes-back-to-the-porch/
https://www.hotpress.com/music/track-of-the-day-alannah-thornburgh-chasing-the-hare-23057700
https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0117/1490752-behind-the-music-alannah-thornburgh/
https://www.rollingstone.fr/rhiannon-giddens-linterview/
https://ralphmagazine.com/products/ralph-mag-issue-three
https://klofmag.com/2025/02/rhiannon-giddens-justin-robinson-what-did-the-blackbird-say-to-the-crow/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/black-history-in-country-music
https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/on-these-haunted-streets/352208
https://www.westportchambermusic.ie/
23rd Julia Margaret Cameron Awards – https://www.fotonostrummag.com/23-jmca
https://www.dodho.com/winners-portrait-awards-2024/
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41317414.html
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41291356.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/27/fashion/craftsmanship-knives-patrick-brennan-ireland.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/nyregion/sept-11-memorial-ireland-kinsale.html
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/rhiannon-giddens-adia-victoria/
https://galwaycitymuseum.ie/event/exhibition-borderland-ukraine-2022/
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-343-reasons-a-small-town-in-ireland-mourns-on-sept-11/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/23/fashion/watches-box-neville-ofarrell-ireland.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/04/climate/an-irish-abbey-where-the-grass-is-always-warmer.html
https://www.creativeireland.gov.ie/en/event/borderland-ukraine-2022/
https://www.dodho.com/winners-portrait-awards-2023/
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/arts/ireland-blindboy-podcast.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/fashion/craftsmanship-pottery-sinead-fagan-ireland.html
https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Country-Life/Projects/St-Brigid-in-willow
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41060222.html
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-41025329.html
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2022/10/13/een-beetje-echte-wildernis-a4144941
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/04/fashion/jewelry-claddagh-ring-ireland.html
https://www.uncg.edu/faculty-staff/alumna-stars-in-rhiannon-giddens-opera-at-spoleto-festival/
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41001896.html
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-40962311.html
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04/27/arts/blo-boasts-full-lineup-live-shows-2022-2023-season/
https://www.farmersjournal.ie/sometimes-a-little-added-pressure-is-just-what-we-need-688879
2021- Selected
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2021-12-17/sd-et-best-albums-of-2021
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/co-mayo-house-prices-ballina-castlebar-and-westport-nrzqxz932
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/arts/music/aria-code-opera-podcast.html
https://www.nonesuch.com/journal/listen-rhiannon-giddens-performs-npr-world-cafe-2021-07-23
https://www.mixonline.com/recording/rhiannon-giddens-and-francesco-turrisi
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/02/arts/design/brexit-art-trade.html
https://www.mayonews.ie/features/37403-the-best-job-in-the-world
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/opinion/ireland-family-cemetery.html
Album interior photography – Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi ‘They’re Calling Me Home’ – Grammy Award for Best Folk Album 2022 (https://www.discogs.com/master/2098600-Rhiannon-Giddens-With-Francesco-Turrisi-Theyre-Calling-Me-Home)
Image of Rhiannon Giddens on Spotify billboard (April 9 – 15) in Times Square, New York
Uncut Magazine – May edition 2021
https://www.songlines.co.uk/awards/2022/rhiannon-giddens-with-francesco-turrisi
2020 – Selected
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/13/arts/music/rhiannon-giddens-silkroad.html
Carnegie Hall Brochure – 20/21 Season
Rhythms (Australia’s National Roots Music Magazine) – Cover (Jan/Feb edition)
2019 – Selected
Black & White Minimalism Magazine, Edition 15
Album cover and photography – Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi ‘there is no Other’ (https://www.discogs.com/master/1560851-Rhiannon-Giddens-With-Francesco-Turrisi-There-Is-No-Other)
Uncut Magazine – May 2019
https://nypost.com/2019/10/03/rhiannon-giddens-puts-banjo-and-fiddle-skills-on-display-at-the-met/
Songlines Magazine – June 2019
Brochure cover of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC) – Fall edition
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/25/716045548/first-listen-rhiannon-giddens-there-is-no-other
Group Exhibitions:
November 2025 – ‘Landscapes’ – A Photographer’s Place, Raleigh NC, US.
2024 – https://www.dodho.com/winners-portrait-awards-2024/
October 2023: ‘71% – The State of Water’ (Exhibition and Book) – Trieste Photo Days International Photo Festival, Italy.
August 2023: ‘Portraits’ – Exhibition Selection – Chania International Photo (CIP) Festival, Crete, Greece.
June 2023: Dodho Magazine – Portrait awards 2023: Winner
June 2023: ‘Quiet Landscape’ – PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont, US.
June 2023: ‘Portraiture’ – The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Scotland.
May 2023: ‘The Shadow Aspect’ – Praxis Gallery, Portland, Minneapolis, Minnesota, US.
May 2023: ‘Focus: Trees and Water’ – Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US.
November 2022: ‘Golden Hour’ – The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Scotland.
September 2022: ‘Focus: Shadow and Light’ – Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US.
June – July 2021: ‘In Celebration of Trees’– PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont, US.
March – June 2021: ‘Monochrome‘ – Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
January 2019: ‘Black and White’ – Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece.
April 2018: ‘In Living Colour’ – 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US.
November 2017: ‘People and Winter’ – Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece.
April/May 2017: ‘Moments of Colour’ – Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece.
October 2016: ‘Geometry’– New York Centre for Photographic Art, New York, US.
August 2015: ‘Trees’ – 1650 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US.
June 2015: Animal Portraits Exhibition – Camden Image Gallery, London, UK.
May 2015: ‘Monochrome’ – Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece.
Feb/March 2015: ‘Colour Burst’ – PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.
Memberships:
Press Photographers Association of Ireland