Immortal Waste
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
About
Jillian Katz is a Canadian artist and graphic + service designer. 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 successful student receives updated skills and new, more complex challenges to match. Also known as “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
Press/Media
CanvasRebel
Interview, 2025
Heart of Hollywood Magazine
Live interview, 2025
BoldJourney
Interview, 2025
Design Practice
Jillian has a 10-year career as a graphic and service designer.
Alongside her corporate work, Jillian enjoyed a handful of freelance editorial, logo and brand system design.
Jillian still engages in design work on a part-time, freelance, or contract basis. Email her at hellojilliankatz@gmail.com with any inquiries or hellos.