Karen Fiorito is originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and currently resides in Los Angeles, California. She has recently exhibited in Rome, New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Her artwork has appeared in Art in America, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Boston Phoenix, the LA Weekly, the Phoenix New Times and the Seattle Weekly. Fiorito received her Master's in Fine Art in Printmaking from Arizona State University and her B.F.A. from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She currently owns and operates her own fine art printmaking studio, Hard Pressed Studios, which produces prints for such artists as Robbie Conal, Mear One, Winston Smith and Faviana Rodriguez.