Education
2016/17 PhD course work, Humanities, York University, Canada
2015 M.A. cum laude, Art History, York University, Canada
1990 B.Ed., Visual Arts, Dramatic Arts, University of Toronto, Canada
1986 B.F.A. cum laude, Studio Art, Concordia University, Canada
1982 School of The Toronto Dance Theatre, Professional Training Program, Canada
Awards & Scholarships
2021 Craft Ontario, Lily Yung Memorial Award
2020 Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Abroad Grant
2017 York University, Doctoral Ontario Graduate Scholarship
2014 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Master’s Scholarship
2013 York University, Graduate Master’s Scholarship
2004 Ontario Arts Council, Artist in Education Grant
1991 Ontario Arts Council, Artist in Education Grant
Exhibitions (Selected)
2024 Matrilineal Hauntings, Schneider Haus National Historic Site, Kitchener, ON (touring solo, catalogue)
2023 Essence: Joël Brodovsky-Adams, Susan Collett, Kathy Kranias, Montserrat Duran Muntadas, Brad Turner, curated by Peter Flannery, Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Canada (invitational, catalogue)
2022 Matrilineal Hauntings, curated by Lera Kotsyuba, St. Michael’s College University of Toronto, Canada (solo, catalogue)
2022 Breakthrough PLUS, curated by John Gagné, Leslie Grove Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2021 Award Recipient Group Exhibition (Lily Yung Memorial Award), Craft Ontario Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2021 3D Virtual Exhibition with Maria Elena Kravetz Gallery, Artspaces Kunstmatrix
2020 A New Light: Canadian Women Artists, Embassy of Canada Art Gallery, Washington D.C. (invitational, catalogue) Link: Virtual Gallery
2020 Intersect Chicago (SOFA Chicago), online edition, represented by Maria Elena Kravetz Gallery
2020 Sovereignties, curated by Marina Dempster, The Lyceum Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2017 FUSION Clay + Glass Show Artscape Wychwood Art Barns, Toronto, Canada
2012 Together in Clay: Faculty Show, Sheridan Gallery, Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada
2011 Ontario Craft '11, Craft Ontario Gallery, Toronto, Canada (catalogue)
2010 Archetypes in Clay, David Kaye Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)
2009 Fetes Picasso: Small Art Objects 2009, Galerie Aqui Siam Ben, Vallauris, France (catalogue)
2009 AIR New Work: Abboud, Burke, Kranias, Sormin, Galerie Aqui Siam Ben, Vallauris, France
2009 Becoming The Persephone, curated by Janette Platana (essay), Art Gallery of Peterborough, Canada (solo)
2008 Toronto Interior Design Show, Canada, represented by David Kaye Gallery
2008 Danaids Series, Gardiner Museum Shop, Toronto, Canada
2008 Elemental, The Assembly Hall Gallery, Toronto, Canada (invitational)
2007 Walks with a Minor Goddess, A.K. Collings Gallery, Port Hope, Canada (two person)
2007 Ontario Craft 07, Craft Ontario Gallery, Toronto, Canada (catalogue)
2007 Summer 2007 Group Exhibition, David Kaye Gallery, Toronto, Canada (gallery artists)
2006 New Faces, David Kaye Gallery, Toronto, Canada (invitational)
2005 Faculty Show, Sheridan Gallery, Sheridan College, Oakville, Canada
2003 Artists of the Kawartha Studio Tour, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Canada (catalogue)
1995 Ontario Craft ‘95, Craft Ontario Gallery, Toronto, Canada (catalogue)
1995 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Canada
1993 Ceramics + Painting: Kathy Kranias and Lisa Bernstein, E-Side Studios , Toronto, Canada (two person)
1992 Clay Forms: Susan Brison, Kathy Kranias, Eva Lapka, Susan Low-Beer, Claire Salzberg, Gallery Lynda Greenberg, Ottawa, Canada (invitational)
1992 Gallery Artists, Ashton's Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1991 Group Show, Roschar Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1990 Kathy Kranias Sculptures, E-Side Studios, Toronto, Canada (solo)
1989 Parkdale Artists, Masaryk-Cowan Centre, Toront0
Catalogues
Essence, Waterloo: Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, 2023.
Matrilineal Hauntings, Toronto: Kathy Kranias, 2023
Canadian Women Artists, Washington D.C.: Global Affairs Canada, 2020.
Colour: what do you mean by that?, Toronto: Propeller Gallery, 2018.
Small Art Objects - Relating to Blue, Vallauris: A.I.R. Vallauris Press, 2012.
Ontario Craft '11,Toronto: Ontario Crafts Council, 2011
Fetes Picasso: Small Art Objects, Vallauris: A.I.R. Vallauris Press, 2009.
Ontario Craft '07, Toronto: Ontario Crafts Council, 2007.
Ontario Craft ‘95, Toronto: Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto, 1995.
Articles & Reviews
2022 FUSION magazine “Maker Profile: Kathy Kranias” by Amy Bell, vol. 45, no.3, pp. 10-13.
2020 The Globe & Mail, Arts, “Art Trip: Canadian Artists Abroad,” by Chris Hampton, March 21, R2.
2020 Artsfile, by Paul Gessell, January 24, https://artsfile.ca/exhibition-at-canadian-embassy-in-washington-includes-works-by-three-ottawa-women/
2020 Washington Diplomat, by Diana Oxner, April 1 https://www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21873:canadian-embassy-puts-its-art-collection-in-new-light-by-reinforcing-diversity-equality&catid=1595:april-2020&Itemid=428
2018 Stern, Nurielle and Mary McKenzie “Developing Ideas Through Making” (image), Studio: Craft and Design in Canada, vol. 13, no. 1, 2018, p. 33.
1992 "Soliloquy", full page image, CraftNews, April-May, Volume 17, no. 2, , 1992, p.14
1985 "Montreal Artists Want to Leave Their Mark on Nicaraguan Wall," The Montreal Gazette, 1985, D3
Residencies
2017 Canadian Craft Biennial, Art Gallery of Burlington, Masterclass with Anton Reijnders
2009 AIR Vallauris, Vallauris, France, Artist in Residence
Invitational Artist Talks
2023 Rue Pigalle, Essence at Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, ON
2022 Modern Literature and Culture Research Centre, Toronto Metropolitan University, ON
2021 45th Anniversary Celebration, Craft Ontario, Toronto, ON
2021 Award Recipient Talk (Lily Yung Memorial Award) Craft Ontario, virtual edition
2021 Touching Form: Movement and the Haptic, X-Camera Speaker Series, Inter Arts Matrix, Waterloo, ON, virtual edition
2019 Burlington Potters Guild, Art Gallery of Burlington, ON
2018 Propeller Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017 Mississauga Potters’ Guild, Mississauga, ON
2012 Toronto Potters’ Guild, Toronto, ON
2005 Ceramics Department, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON
Collections
Public Collections: Global Affairs Canada Visual Art Collection AWBZ (5 sculptures, 2019)
Private Collections in Canada, France, US: including AIR Vallauris, Gail and Ian Brooker, Ruth Mandel, and Cliff Ledwos
Teaching
2021 Mississauga Potters Guild, Led a 5 month ceramic mentorship program
2004-2018, Crafts and Design Program, Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, Expressive Drawing (2018, 2017, 2015, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007), Object Drawing (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004), Presentation Drawing (2006, 2005, 2004), Introduction to Object Drawing (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007), Imagery for Objects (2007), Introduction to Ceramics (2011/2012)
2002-2004 Art Gallery of Peterborough, ceramics instructor, school groups
1990-1998 Toronto District School Board, senior visual arts and dance/drama teacher (grades 9-12), William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate, Sir Sanford Fleming Collegiate, Parkdale Collegiate
1988-1990 Royal Ontario Museum, exhibition facilitator and creative arts teacher, school groups
1988-1990 Faywood Arts Centre, North York School Board, sculpture and dance teacher, school groups
1987-1989 The School House, independent school, part-time primary/junior visual arts teacher
Conference Papers
2021 Presenter, Replacing the Myth of Modernism: The Yvonne Williams Studio, session: Modernist Norms and Modern Media, Nicole Burisch (convener), 4th Conference of the Canadian Women Artists History Initiative, virtual edition
2017 Convener with Lera Kotsyuba, Craft and Public Art, Inaugural Canadian Craft Biennial, OCAD University, Toronto, ON, Canada
2015 Presenter, Critical Spatial Practice: The Architectural Stained Glass of Marcelle Ferron, Dr. Sandra Alfoldy (convener), Universities Art Association of Canada Conference, Nova Scotia School of Art and Design, Halifax, NS, Canada
2015 Presenter, Canadian Innovator in Modern Architectural Stained Glass: Marcelle Ferron, Dr. Peter Coffman (convener), Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Conference, Annapolis Royal, NS, Canada
Visiting Art History Lecturer
2018 The Yvonne Williams Windows at KLUC, Kingsway Lambton United Church, Toronto, ON
2017 A Passionate Career: Sarah Hall Glass, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 Canadian Innovator in Modern Architectural Stained Glass: Marcelle Ferron, Ontario College of Art and Design University, Toronto
2016 Canadian Innovator in Modern Architectural Stained Glass: Marcelle Ferron, Sheridan College Craft & Design Program, Oakville, ON
2016 Stained Glass Technology, Art History Department, York University, ON
Juror
2019 FUSION Clay and Glass Show, Artscape Wychwood Barns, Toronto, Canada
2018 Scholarship Awards for FUSION: The Ontario Clay and Glass Association, Toronto, Canada
2018 Toronto Potters Biennial Exhibition, Gardiner Museum Shop, Toronto, Canada
Curatorial Intern
2014 Textile Museum of Canada, Programs Department: 120 hours, researched and wrote a resource guide for the exhibition The Eternity Code: Archeology, Textiles and Preservation
Academic Researcher
2014 Dr. Leslie Korrick, York University: 135 hours, searched databases for images and articles on Zaha Hadid, collated citations and abstracts
Curriculum Development
2007 developed course outlines for 3 drawing courses, Diploma Program, Craft and Design, Sheridan College, ON
2003 designed ceramics workshops and educational materials for school groups, Art Gallery of Peterborough, ON
Published Writing
2024 Kranias, Kathy, Marcelle Ferron: Fused Glass, Montreal: Éditions Simon Blais, 2024.
2023 Kranias, Kathy, Matrilineal Hauntings, Toronto: Adfactor Print & Design, 2023.
2020 Kranias, Kathy “The Public Art Glass of Robert Jekyll and Sarah Hall,” exhibition catalogue essay for Public Art in Glass, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery: 2020, pp. 8-13. (Ontario Museum Association Award of Excellence in Publications)
2019 Kranias, Kathy "Review of Can Craft? Craft Can! National Exhibition" Journal of Canadian Art History, vol. 39:2/40:1, 2019 , pp. 202-209.
2018 Kranias, Kathy "Making, Material, and Orientation: My Process in Clay" Studio: Craft and Design in Canada, Fall/Winter, vol. 13, no. 2, 2018, pp. 30-33.
2018 Kranias, Kathy "Stained Glass with a Solar Future." Faith and Form, vol. 51, Issue 1, 2018, pp. 32-33. https://faithandform.com/feature/stained-glass-with-a-solar-future/
2017 Kranias, Kathy "A Passionate Career" in A Thousand Colours - Sarah Hall Glass, Friesens, 2017, pp. 282-289.
2017 Kranias, Kathy "The Whole Story: Writing Glass: Virtual, Real" Studio: Craft and Design in Canada, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 26-31.
2017 Kranias, Kathy "Book Review of Glass: Virtual, Real." The Journal of Modern Craft, vol. 10, no. 2, 2017, pp. 223-225.
2017 Kranias, Kathy "Sarah Hall: A Passionate Career in Stained Glass." Stained Glass Quarterly, vol. 112, no.2, 2017, pp. 26-31.
2016 Kranias, Kathy “Craft and Design: Canadian Architectural Stained Glass After World War Two.” Studio: Craft and Design in Canada, vol. 11, no. 2, 2016, pp. 30-35.
2016 Kranias, Kathy “Canadian Innovator in Modern Architectural Stained Glass: Marcelle Ferron.” Stained Glass Quarterly, vol. 111, no.1, 2016, pp.32-37.
2015 Kranias, Kathy “Canadian Innovator in Modern Architectural Stained Glass: Marcelle Ferron.” Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada, vol. 40, no. 2, 2015, pp. 3-10.