Bio
Katy Krantz is a Los Angeles based artist whose multidisciplinary practice includes painting, ceramics and community based public art. Her work centers around process and play, with the unpredictable nature of the studio taking a vital role in the work. Krantz earned her MFA from CUNY, Hunter College and her BA from University of California, Santa Cruz. She has exhibited across the United States and abroad, showing her work at such venues as the Oakland Museum and the Richmond Art Center, as well as the City Museum of Cuernavaca, in Mexico. She has had solo shows at IKO IKO space in Los Angeles, Totokaelo in Seattle and Sunday Takeout in Brooklyn. Krantz’s public projects can be seen throughout Los Angeles County. Her work was featured in Kate Singleton’s 2016 book, “Ceramics: Contemporary Artists Working in Clay.” She is a 2020- 2021 Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-In-Residence grantee and is currently serving as Culver City’s 2023-2025 Artist Laureate.
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Katy Krantz
Born 1975, Lives in Culver City, CA
Education
2007 MFA, Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY
1998 BA, Studio Art, University of California, Santa Cruz
1998 BA, American Studies (honors), University of California, Santa Cruz
Community Based Projects
2022 “Wilmington Ebb and Flow,” ceramic tile mural, Wilmington Town Square, Los Angeles, CA
2022 “Tree of Life,” “Headwaters” and “Chaparral Patchwork” three ceramic tile murals commissioned by Meta Housing Corporation for Bell Creek Apartments, Canoga Park, CA
2022 “Small World,” ceramic tile mural, El Marino Elementary School, Culver City CA
2021 Circle Song, ceramic tile mural, Canyon Country Community Center, Santa Clarita, CA
2021 The Art of Self Care for Parents and Caregivers during COVID, online workshop series conducted with support from the Los Angeles Public Library
2020 Favorite Things, ceramic tile mural, University Parents Nursery School, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Quarantine Quilt, fabric quilt made in collaboration with patrons and staff of Baldwin Hills Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library
2016 The Garden, ceramic tile mural, University Parents Nursery School, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Bullseye, shuttle bus stop signs, Mar Vista Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Kumba Was Here, site specific installation, Former INS Building, Seattle WA
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2017 Mother Mother, Sunday Takeout, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Katy Krantz, Totokaelo, Seattle, WA
2013 Symbiosis, Seattle Design Center, Seattle WA
2010 The Centerpiece, Iko Iko Space, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Alchemy, Saffron, Brooklyn, NY
2006 New Paintings, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Deep Decoration, Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1998 Reckless La-La, Dancing Man Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 On The Verge of Recognition, Well Well Projects, Portland, OR
2019 (Beyond) Redemption, Backspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Wares: Ceramics Traditions in Contemporary Practice, East Side International, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Dressed Up Normal, Tappan Collective, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Drawing for Sculpture, TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 DUG, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Pap Art, San Francisco College Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Pap Art, Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
2008 Pollock-Krasner Fellows at Byrdcliffe, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
2008 Annual Works on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
2003 Out of Line, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2003 Scenes and Zines, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2002 Turf: West Contra Costa County Artists, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2002 Visions of Peace, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland, CA
2000 Laberinto de Las Culturas, SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco CA
2000 La Flor y La Calavera, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA (catalog)
2000 Accidentes Vivenciales, Museo de la Ciudad de Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Selected Awards and Fellowships
2023-25 Culver City Artist Laureate
2020-21 LA Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-in-Residence, Los Angeles, CA
2019-20 Baldwin Hills Library Artist-in-Residence, Project Art, Los Angeles, CA
2012 EDGE Professional Development Program, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2008 Pollock Krasner Fellow, Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Woodstock NY
2007 Nancy Ashton Memorial Prize, Hunter College
2005 Lutz/Riedel Fellowship, Hunter College
2002 Full Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
1998 Irwin Scholarship, UC Santa Cruz
Selected Bibliography
2021 Alvarenga, Emily. “Artist Calling for Community Help in Local Mural,” (image) The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, 4/21/21
2016 Singleton, Kate. “Ceramics: Contemporary Artists Working in Clay,”pp. 152-157, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA
2016 Garland, Heather Elizabeth. "Drawing for Sculpture at TSA New York,” paintingisdead.com 2/11/2016
2014 James, Emem. “Katy Krantz: Fire and Earth,” metalmagazine.com 10/1/14
2010 Davila, Florangela. “Artscape: New Arts Space in Old INS Building,” KPLU 88.5 (radio interview) 10/31/2010
2010 Lacitis, Erik. “Old INS Building gets new life as arts space,” (image) The Seattle Times, 10/17/2010
2009 Saint Anne’s Review, A Journal of Contemporary Arts and Letters (two Images) Fall 2009
2006 La Rocco, Ben. Art Review, Brooklyn Rail, 2/06
2006 “Katy Krantz at Metaphor Contemporary Art, IN Brooklyn (cover image) 1/26/06
2005 “El Corazon de la Muerte: Altars and Offering for Days of the Dead,” Oakland Museum of California, (museum catalog)
2003 Kroth, Maya. "Out of Line: The Many Faces of Feminism at the Oakland Art Gallery," SF Station.com, 8/2003
2003 Westbrook, Lindsey. "Chicks Awry: Extra Spice at the Oakland Art Gallery," East Bay Express, 7/16/2003
2001 Cover Image and Interview, Oakland’s Urbanview, 10/24/01-10/30/01
2000 Santiago, Chiori. "Borderland," (image) The Museum of California Magazine, Fall 2000 "Exponen ‘Las Otras’ en El Museo de la Ciudad de Cuernavaca," (image) La Union de Morelos, 5/24/2000
https://scvtv.com/2021/12/16/finding-art-circle-song-community-tile-wall
Katy Krantz
Born 1975, Lives in Culver City, CA
Education
2007 MFA, Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY
1998 BA, Studio Art, University of California, Santa Cruz
1998 BA, American Studies (honors), University of California, Santa Cruz
Community Based Projects
2022 “Wilmington Ebb and Flow,” ceramic tile mural, Wilmington Town Square, Los Angeles, CA
2022 “Tree of Life,” “Headwaters” and “Chaparral Patchwork” three ceramic tile murals commissioned by Meta Housing Corporation for Bell Creek Apartments, Canoga Park, CA
2022 “Small World,” ceramic tile mural, El Marino Elementary School, Culver City CA
2021 Circle Song, ceramic tile mural, Canyon Country Community Center, Santa Clarita, CA
2021 The Art of Self Care for Parents and Caregivers during COVID, online workshop series conducted with support from the Los Angeles Public Library
2020 Favorite Things, ceramic tile mural, University Parents Nursery School, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Quarantine Quilt, fabric quilt made in collaboration with patrons and staff of Baldwin Hills Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library
2016 The Garden, ceramic tile mural, University Parents Nursery School, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Bullseye, shuttle bus stop signs, Mar Vista Art Walk, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Kumba Was Here, site specific installation, Former INS Building, Seattle WA
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2017 Mother Mother, Sunday Takeout, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Katy Krantz, Totokaelo, Seattle, WA
2013 Symbiosis, Seattle Design Center, Seattle WA
2010 The Centerpiece, Iko Iko Space, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Alchemy, Saffron, Brooklyn, NY
2006 New Paintings, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Deep Decoration, Giorgi Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1998 Reckless La-La, Dancing Man Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 On The Verge of Recognition, Well Well Projects, Portland, OR
2019 (Beyond) Redemption, Backspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Wares: Ceramics Traditions in Contemporary Practice, East Side International, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Dressed Up Normal, Tappan Collective, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Drawing for Sculpture, TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 DUG, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010 Pap Art, San Francisco College Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Pap Art, Truman State University Art Gallery, Kirksville, MO
2008 Pollock-Krasner Fellows at Byrdcliffe, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY
2008 Annual Works on Paper, Long Beach Island Foundation, Loveladies, NJ
2003 Out of Line, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA
2003 Scenes and Zines, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2002 Turf: West Contra Costa County Artists, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2002 Visions of Peace, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Oakland, CA
2000 Laberinto de Las Culturas, SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco CA
2000 La Flor y La Calavera, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA (catalog)
2000 Accidentes Vivenciales, Museo de la Ciudad de Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Selected Awards and Fellowships
2023-25 Culver City Artist Laureate
2020-21 LA Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-in-Residence, Los Angeles, CA
2019-20 Baldwin Hills Library Artist-in-Residence, Project Art, Los Angeles, CA
2012 EDGE Professional Development Program, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2008 Pollock Krasner Fellow, Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Woodstock NY
2007 Nancy Ashton Memorial Prize, Hunter College
2005 Lutz/Riedel Fellowship, Hunter College
2002 Full Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
1998 Irwin Scholarship, UC Santa Cruz
Selected Bibliography
2021 Alvarenga, Emily. “Artist Calling for Community Help in Local Mural,” (image) The Santa Clarita Valley Signal, 4/21/21
2016 Singleton, Kate. “Ceramics: Contemporary Artists Working in Clay,”pp. 152-157, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA
2016 Garland, Heather Elizabeth. "Drawing for Sculpture at TSA New York,” paintingisdead.com 2/11/2016
2014 James, Emem. “Katy Krantz: Fire and Earth,” metalmagazine.com 10/1/14
2010 Davila, Florangela. “Artscape: New Arts Space in Old INS Building,” KPLU 88.5 (radio interview) 10/31/2010
2010 Lacitis, Erik. “Old INS Building gets new life as arts space,” (image) The Seattle Times, 10/17/2010
2009 Saint Anne’s Review, A Journal of Contemporary Arts and Letters (two Images) Fall 2009
2006 La Rocco, Ben. Art Review, Brooklyn Rail, 2/06
2006 “Katy Krantz at Metaphor Contemporary Art, IN Brooklyn (cover image) 1/26/06
2005 “El Corazon de la Muerte: Altars and Offering for Days of the Dead,” Oakland Museum of California, (museum catalog)
2003 Kroth, Maya. "Out of Line: The Many Faces of Feminism at the Oakland Art Gallery," SF Station.com, 8/2003
2003 Westbrook, Lindsey. "Chicks Awry: Extra Spice at the Oakland Art Gallery," East Bay Express, 7/16/2003
2001 Cover Image and Interview, Oakland’s Urbanview, 10/24/01-10/30/01
2000 Santiago, Chiori. "Borderland," (image) The Museum of California Magazine, Fall 2000 "Exponen ‘Las Otras’ en El Museo de la Ciudad de Cuernavaca," (image) La Union de Morelos, 5/24/2000
https://scvtv.com/2021/12/16/finding-art-circle-song-community-tile-wall
