In 1997, she opened The Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles, California, and was influential in the underground "Lowbrow (art movement)," pop surrealism, and Street Art scene, with exhibitions by Shepard Fairey, Camille Rose Garcia, Mercedes Helnwein and Todd Schorr.
She founded The Merry Karnowsky Gallery in Los Angeles, California, in 1997, being instrumental in the underground "Lowbrow (art movement)," pop surrealism, and Street Art scene, with exhibitions by prominent artists such as Shepard Fairey, Camille Rose Garcia, Mercedes Helnwein and Todd Schorr.