JILLIAN WHO?


Jillian Katz is an artist.  
She is (sometimes still) a designer. Reach out to her to request a selection of graphic and service design work samples. 

Immortal Waste

 Beginning as self-inquiry using affordable surface materials, Immortal Waste is evolving into something else. This slow, sporadic work-in-progress doesn’t have a due date or an end goal.
The “artist statement” is equally in flux. Sharing pieces as they are being made requires an acceptance of materialising mess and imperfection: one of my biggest fears. Perhaps that’s the point.

Coping with Harsher Realities
Oil and etching on reclaimed plastic 
2025
Accepting Complements
Oil, etching, and diamond on reclaimed plastic
2025

Private Conversation
Oil on wood panel
2024
The Hug
Oil pastel on paper
2023–2024
Étude No.1 Magenta
Oil on canvas
2024
Étude No.1 Blue
Oil pastel on paper
2023

P/l/ot W/Hole!


A love letter to resilience born of struggling to leave the house, these composites remind us to celebrate the cracks that make us w/hole.  Daily walks led to daily photos, resulting in too many images to print individually. 
 The series is updated like journal entries: when I find myself musing that two images feel compatible, they come together to express something new. Once enough composites are created, I plan to design a Zine or similar editorial piece of the collection.




About Jillian Katz
While unlearning camera shyness, Jillian’s preference is to assume the role of model and photographer. She currently paints self-portraits almost exclusively. Her process is slow, and she tends to require multiple projects to feel meaningfully engaged in creative practice. While she is Toronto-born, Jillian resides in Los Angeles. The sunshine called...you understand.



hellojilliankatz@gmail.com
@jillianktz


It may have taken her 30-something years, a full career in graphic & service design, and much “discomfort” that she wouldn’t wish on anyone, but Jillian Katz is an artist. After escaping a pre-scripted life that wasn’t meant for her, Jillian is now enrolled in the school of “Fuck Around and Find Out” (FAFO). She loves it here...most of the time. 

Jillian would love to meet with anyone interested in discussing her work, life, art, science, magic, death, and/or everything in between. Email is the best way to reach her.


EDUCATION

Fuck Around and Find Out (FAFO). FAFO does not award established certifications. Instead, a student who has completed a challenge receives another challenge. Some call this “The School of Life”.
2014 – Present

Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCADU).
BDes, graphic design focus
2010 – 2014


SHOWS

SAB Gallery
Female Art Night
October 2024

SAB Gallery
Female Art Night
April 2024

PRESS

CanvasRebel
Interview, 2025


P/L/OT W/HOLE!