Katie North (b. 1987, Philadelphia, PA) is a multidisciplinary artist who currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Recent works include naturally dyed, hand-quilted textiles and soft sculpture that explore themes of place, home, and impermanence. North graduated with a BA from Portland State University in 2011 and MFA from Temple University in 2016. Her works have recently been exhibited at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts in California, Intersect Arts Center in St. Louis, and the Kling Gallery at the St. Louis Airport. She participated in the Farm Studio Artist Residency in Rajasthan, India in 2025. Previously, she has exhibited at the Coconino Center for the Arts in Flagstaff, AZ, Gretchen Schuette Gallery in Salem, OR, Betty Feves Memorial Gallery in Pendleton, OR and Temple Contemporary in Philadelphia, PA. North won a Juror’s Award for Mighty Tieton’s 10X10X10 group show. Her work is part of the permanent collection at Intersect Arts Center.
CONTACT
katenorthmakes[at]gmail[dot]comEXHIBITIONS
2026 Conjuring Color, Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR
Poignance Past Winter, Pantheon Arts at Expensify, Portland, OR
2025 Art of Play, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Field Guide, Kling Gallery West, St. Louis Lambert International Airport, St. Louis, MO
Earth Rain Sunshine, East Portland Community Center Gallery, Portland, OR
2024 Field Guide, Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO
2023 Wild Hues, Experiment Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 Ritual Ceremony Seclusion, Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
2018 Parallax, Art Gallery at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
2017 Idios Kosmos, The Tiny Llama, Portland, OR
Paracosm, Firehouse Gallery, Grants Pass, OR
10x10x10 Tieton, Mighty Tieton, Tieton, WA
Fare Thee Well, Ugly Art Room, Corvallias, OR
2016 Asunder: A Reconstruction of Space and Place, Betty Feves Memorial Gallery, Pendleton, OR
In the ribs of the unanswered Why, Temple Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA
Don’t Take This the Wrong Way, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
Spacelapse, Diamond Screen Film Festival, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Reflections, Meridian Street Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Push Block, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Feardom, Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR
2011 Collaborations, Multnomah Arts Center Gallery, Portland, OR
Material Language, Littman Gallery, Portland, OR
A Fragile Affair, ZGF Gallery, Portland, OR
A Fragile Affair, PNCA Window Gallery, Portland, OR
2010 Kitengela Glass: an African Odyssey, Food for Thought Gallery, Portland, OR
Untitled, The Brody Theater, Portland, OR
Untitled Group Show, Joe’s Cellar, Portland, OR
2009 Bones, Pride of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
Education
2019 M.Ed, Portland State University, Portland, OR
2016 MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Vision and Rationality Interdisciplinary Seminar, Temple Rome, Rome, Italy
2011 BA, Portland State University, Portland, OR
Awards & Residencies
2025 Studio Residency, Farm Studio, Rajasthan, India
2017 Juror’s Award, 10x10xTieton, Mighty Tieton, Tieton, WA
2014 University Fellowship, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2011 International Sculpture Center, Outstanding Student Achievement Nominee
2009 Studio Residency, Kitengela Glass, Nairobi, Kenya
