Kathy Kranias is an award winning Canadian artist based in Toronto and France. Her practice is deeply rooted in the material processes of clay and engages themes of female agency and transformation, often referencing the ancient mythologies of her Greek heritage. Kranias’ sculptures are widely exhibited, including A New Light: Canadian Women Artists at the Embassy of Canada Art Gallery, D.C. and Essence at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo. Kranias’ solo exhibitions include Matrilineal Hauntings at Schneider Haus Museum National Historic Site, Becoming The Persephone at the Art Gallery of Peterborough and Archetypes in Clay at David Kaye Gallery. Her work has been recognized through publications in ESPACE Art Actuel, Ceramics: Art + Perception, Studio: Craft and Design in Canada, and The Globe and Mail, among others.

Kranias’ sculptures are held in the public collections of Global Affairs Canada and The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, and numerous private collections in France, U.S. and Canada. Kranias served as studio art faculty in the Craft & Design program at Sheridan College (2004-2018) and senior visual arts teacher with the Toronto District School Board (1990-1998).

Kranias has written catalogue essays on Canadian art glass for Marcelle Ferron: verre fusionné/fused glass (2024, Éditions Simon Blais), Public Art in Glass (2020, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery) and A Thousand Colours: Sarah Hall Glass (2017, Friesens). She has contributed essays and reviews to Journal of Canadian Art History, Journal of Modern Craft, Journal for the Society of the Study of Architecture in Canada, and Studio: Craft and Design in Canada, among others.