Marziah
Karch was born in 1971 in a small town in Kansas. She demonstrated a
talent for painting before she learned how to speak, much to the
irritation of her parents. Her parents did come to love her artwork
later, after she learned not to paint on the walls.
After
she graduated high school, she became a German foreign exchange student.
Pieces of Berlin Wall in hand, she returned to Kansas and completed her
Bachelor’s in Printmaking at the University of Kansas in 1995. She has
lived in Lawrence, Kansas ever since.
Marziah
began exploring the use of computers in artwork during her undergraduate
work in college. She continues to use both traditional and digital media
in her work, including digital reproduction techniques.
As
a printmaking major, she learned to value fine papers and quality,
archival prints. She tries to bring those same values into the digital
arena, by using longer lasting inks and higher quality papers.
Marziah’s
printed work has appeared in several role-playing games, including games
by Event Horizon Productions, Game Designer’s Workshop, Rune’s Law,
and Wyrd Images. She has also acted as art director for various
projects.
Marziah’s
artwork has also been featured in several online galleries and
magazines, including Speculative Vision (http://speculativevision.com/), artFUTURE (http://www.artfuture.com/SciFi.html), and Quantum
Muse (http://www.quantummuse.com).
Marziah’s
awards include Best Science Fiction at Mage Con North IV, Best of Show
at Mage Con North V, and Best Use of Color at Gateway 2.
Marziah
married Harold Agnew in 1994 and has no human children; however, she
does have a four-foot long iguana named Draco.
Among her hobbies, she enjoys going to various science fiction
conventions, making gourmet iguana food, building computers from spare
parts, reading voraciously, collecting DVDs, and taking online college
classes.
You
can see some of her work on her own website at
http://www.marziah.com
