Katrina Chaytor, Calgary
Katrina is a nationally and internationally known ceramic artist and educator based in Calgary, Alberta, where she has been a member of the ceramics faculty at the Alberta College of Art + Design since 2001. Born and raised on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, she received her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax and her MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She has exhibited in numerous national and international group, two-person and solo exhibitions.

Katrina Chaytor is best known for her hand-built functional ware including elaborate sets of stacking condiment pots and flower holders. These are constructed with the precision of an architect and decorated with the eye of a painter. She builds complex ornament through repeating patterns or motifs such as computer keyboard icons, circuitry references and desktop symbols. Her work encourages viewers to notice the beauty and graphic interest inherent in the industrial world and to recognize how such ornament functions in the design of our everyday environment.

Artists > Katrina CHAYTOR