JILLIAN KATZ WHO?

Jillian Katz is an artist and designer. This site is dedicated to her art practice. While her design site is under renovation, reach out to her if you’re interested in viewing design samples. 

Immortal Waste

 Current Series in Progress. Designed to be non-archival, these self portraits are done on canvas made of reclaimed plastic bags. 

Plastic brings the series to life: as the paintings age, crack, scratch, and wear, so do we. How they evolve and disintegrate cannot be controlled. Each painting takes months to create, allowing details to emerge on their own time. A portrait is ready to move from the studio to the world once Jillian begins integrating an insight about herself, seeing her reflection more clearly than before.


Coping with Harsher Realities 
Oil and etching on reclaimed plastic | 2025

Accepting Complements 
Oil, etching, and diamond on reclaimed plastic | 2025

Les Études





Étude No.1 Magenta | Oil on cotton | 2024

The Hug | Oil pastel on paper | 2023–2024

Private Conversation | Oil on wood panel | 2024

Étude No.1 Blue | Oil pastel on cold-pressed watercolour paper | 2023

P/L/ot Whole!


Well-worn streets and undisturbed flora bring tension to self reflection: a soft, new life breaks through the hard ground. Our past is our texture.

P/L/ot Whole is an ongoing photographic assemblage series which celebrates the cracks that make us whole. There is no end to this project, and anyone can contribute if they would like. Inquire here.


About



Jillian Katz is a Canadian artist and graphic + service designer. Primarily working with oil paint, her practice is a reflection on doing, being, and the opposite. Self-portraiture has been her preferred method since childhood to process her humanity in relation to a world that can often (sometimes all at once) feel like friend, stranger, and foe.

Her process is slow, and she tends to require multiple projects to feel meaningfully engaged in creative practice. While she is Toronto-born, Jillian currently resides in Los Angeles. The sunshine called...you understand.

Academish



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 (OCADU). 
BDes, graphic design focus. 2010 – 2014


Exhibitions

SAB Gallery’s Female Art Night
Los Angeles, CA. October 2024

SAB Gallery’s Female Art Night
Los Angeles, CA. April 2024

Golden West College: Self/Not-Selfie
Los Angeles, CA. October–November 2025
Curated by Tony Pinto


Contact



hellojilliankatz@gmail.com
@jillianktz

Press/Media



CanvasRebel
Interview, 2025

Heart of Hollywood Magazine
Live interview, 2025
© Jillian Katz 2025

P/L/OT W/HOLE!