Katherine Warinner is a Bay Area artist working primarily with printmaking. Inspired by a love of design, the landscape and natural processes, she seeks to illuminate and elevate the timeless beauty of the natural world. She has been an artist-in-residence at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley and InCahoots Residency in Pataluma, where she prints her large scale works on paper. Along with national gallery representation, her work is in private and corporate collections. Born in the Midwest where she attended college and graduate school receiving an BFA in Painting and an MA in Design, she has lived in Marin County for over 30 years.
Representation
Cura Contemporary, Morgan Hill, CA
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Huff Harrinton Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
education
1979 Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, il, BFA in Painting
1980 Queens College, Flushing, NY, Graduate Painting Studies
1985 Kent State University, Kent, OH, MA in Graphic Design
2005 Monotype Workshop, CCA, Oakland, CA
residencies
2019 InCahoots Residency, Petaluma, CA, Partial grant
2015 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA. Sustainability grant, ongoing AIR 2009 –
2014 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, CA, Winter residency
solo and 2-person exhibitions
2025 Looking Through, Sea Ranch Lodge, The Sea Ranch, CA
2022 Featured artist, Colibri Gallery, Morgan Hill, CA
2021 Abstract Nature, Marin Art and Garden Center, Ross, CA
2013 Thought Patterns, Room Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2010 Abstract Dialogs, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
2010 Organic Abstraction, 123 Bolinas, Fairfax, CA
2007 Garden Inside, Atrium Art Gallery, Marin Cancer Institute, Greenbrae, CA
2007 Patterns of Intention, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
group exhibitions
2025 Paper Planes, Slate Contemporary, Oakland, CA
2024 inaugural Exhibition, Cura Contemporary, Morgan Hill, CA
2024 Mono Variations, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024 Summer Dreaming, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2024 Organic forms, Colibri Gallery, Morgan Hill, CA
2023 Autumn’s Palette, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2023 The Voice in the Hand, Petaluma Art Center, Petaluma, CA
2023 National Small Works, Washington Printmakers Foundation, Washington DC
2021 Material Matters, Seager/Gray Gallery, Mill Valley, C
2020 Flux, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2019 Her Way, Jay Jay Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2019 Axis 14th Juried, AXIS Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2018 California Society of Printmakers 105th Annual, Piedmont Center for the Arts, CA
2017 California Society of Printmakers 104th Annual, Piedmont Center for the Arts, CA
2017 Paper as Voice, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2016 Roadworks, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2016 Marin Contemporary, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2016 Abstract, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2015 Artists Annual, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2013 Drawing, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2012 The Elements, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2011 Art House, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2010 Into the Flow, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2010 Annual Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2010 27th Annual Juried Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2010 Monotype Marathon, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2009 Sausalito Art Festival, Sausalito, CA
2009 Bay Area Women Artists, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2009 Crossing the Line, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2009 Invoking Spirit, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2009 Kala Artists Annual, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2008 Singular Impressions: Monotypes, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA
2008 Monotype Marathon, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
2008 Annual Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2008 25th Annual Juried Show, Award of Merit, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2007 Art Jam, Pamela Skinner/Gwenna Howard Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2007 Annual Juried Exhibition, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2006 Annual Juried Exhibition of Marin Artists, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2006 21st Annual Juried Show, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes, CA
2005 Bay Area Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2005 In the Abstract, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
2004 Originals: The Fine Art of Printmaking, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA