about
Katarina is an interdisciplinary artist. Her background in engineering and technology innovation has established a framework through which she sees the world: one of perpetual flux and adaptation (human and non-human). It is often easier to understand change in things than ourselves; the implications on our lived experience has become a focal point of inquiry.
Formally her work gravitates to repetition, networks and multiples. Her early work in photography was captivated by notions of randomness and subtle variation (as in nature). This continued fascination - and its consequence to authorship and aura – has extended to three dimensional space. Here she intuitively seeks process, materials and forms that express a reality grounded in becoming.
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Education
2017 MASc Two-year independent research thesis in sustainable energy, engineering (UofT)
2015 BASc Honours Chemical Engineering, Minor Bioengineering, Thesis in Tissue Engineering (UofT)
Exhibitions
2025 pentimento (group), on show: Fitness Roller Print (After Cage and Rauschenberg), Ignite Gallery, Toronto
2024 Provocation: Investigating Technology (group), British Columbia
2024 on show: Rage, Rage (group), Gallery 1313, Toronto
2024 All the small things (group), on show: osmotic membranes I, II, III, Northern Contemporary, Toronto
2024 Come hang with us (group), OCAD, Toronto
2017 residues (solo), diy installation, Toronto
Notable Experiences
2024 Research Assistant to Simone Jones
2024 Talk on Multiples, Networks, Repetition / “Surface Obliterations”, for Simone Jones’ Form and Time
2018-2023 Work experience in art, design, technology & innovation
2020 AI Reading group participant, spanning ethics, literature and sci-fi led by Ajay Agrawal
2017 Extended, slow travel through Chile, Colombia and Mexico
2017 Massey Junior Fellow, Host of first panel on AI at Massey
2015 One of thirty-six selected for NEXT Canada, national program
2013 Year-long work experience at AGFA Graphics (Antwerp, Belgium)
2012 Sustainability-related research in biofuels (Lund University, Sweden)