REDACTED: CoverUp - An Exhibition on the Epstein Files

192 works have been created to raise funds to support Democratic women candidates in the upcoming key 2026 midterm elections, nationally. A series of assembled works using the pieces removed from the Redacted works. The Gild compositions are pieced together to reveal an incomplete facade over the gilded panels, showing the cracks and gaps in the government-supported cover-up. The individual pages are sourced at random from the released and redacted Epstein files. Each is 8 1/2 x 11 x 1/8" Basswood panels surfaced with faux Venetian Plaster, Pearlescent paint, and Metallic coating, used in combination to create a false facade of wealth (slightly garish and tacky - à la Trump-style) while revealing the excessive amount of information that is being hidden from the public release of the documents. The entire wall will be literally papered with the individual panels. Artist Bio Hovey grew up in the Northeast Kingdom, a rural area in northern Vermont. There she developed an appreciation of the natural world and a respect for the environment. This is also where she learned many of the hand-craft and construction techniques that are present in her current installations and paintings. After studying Computer Science at the University of Vermont, Hovey transferred to the School of Visual Arts in New York to study Graphic Design. While attending SVA, she was awarded the prestigious Bea Feitler Scholarship. In 2002, after working many years as a professional designer, Hovey returned to study sculpture at San Francisco State University where she received her MFA in 2005. Hovey was nominated as the Art department’s Hood Recipient and graduated with honors. Over the last several years, Hovey has exhibited regionally, nationally and internationally at institutions including the Terra Foundation and the Everson Museum. In 2012, Hovey installed a site-specific solo exhibition at the Telfair Museum. Hovey’s wanderlust and art career have taken her on artist residencies throughout the United States and Europe, and to China. Hovey just returned from her second stay in South Africa. She combined her passions for cycling, art and animal rights. Hovey rode in a 9 day/950 km mountain bike race to raise monies for a rhino preservation group called 12 Hours. After the ride she joined the non-profit, educational group, RhinoArt to bring art, awareness and financial support to the education of youth in rural communities. Hovey concluded her stay at a UNESCO World Heritage site in Cradle of Humankind where she completed a new work about rhino poaching titled man-I-cure. The piece is in the permanent collection of the Nirox Foundation in Johannesburg. Since her return from Africa, Hovey has been preparing for a solo exhibition, karrie hovey : spaces (in) between, at the Tiburon Heritage and Arts Commission. Hovey currently maintains a studio in the DogPatch in San Francisco. She is a 15 year resident of Mill Valley, CA.