Kathy Kranias is an award winning Canadian artist based in Toronto. She earned her BFA from Concordia University and MA from York University. Her practice is deeply rooted in the material processes of clay and explores themes of female agency, sexuality, femininity and transformation, often referencing the ancient mythologies of her Greek heritage. Kranias has exhibited widely, including the 2024 solo exhibition Matrilineal Hauntings at Schneider Haus Museum National Historic Site, 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’ work has recently been featured in the publications 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, The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, and numerous private collections across Canada, US, and France. Kranias served as studio faculty in the Craft & Design program at Sheridan College (2004-12, 2015-18) and senior visual arts teacher with the Toronto District School Board (1990-98).

Kranias has written catalogue essays on Canadian art, design and craft 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 in the field to Journal of Canadian Art History, Journal of Modern Craft, Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, and Studio: Craft and Design in Canada, among others.