Katie lives and works in Manchester and is currently a studio holder at Paradise Works. 😘
Education
2015-2018 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Manchester School of Art
2014-2015 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, The Northern School of Art
Selected Exhibitions
2020
Obstructions, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester (Upcoming - Nov)
Enough is Definitely Enough, Pineapple Black, Middlesbrough (Until 17th Oct)
The Warrington Contemporary Arts Festival Open Exhibition, Warrington (Until 20th Dec)
More T’ North, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
Enough is Definitely Enough, Oceans Apart Gallery, OA Studios, Salford
Ride Your Pony, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery, Warrington
2019
Air Gallery Open 2019, Air Gallery, Altrincham
Neo: Artist, Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Bolton
Happy Ending, PS Mirabel and Bunker Gallery, Manchester
The Biscuit Factory Foundation Open Contemporary Young Artist Award, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle
2018
Where are you in these interesting times, Scaffold Gallery, Manchester
Castlefield Gallery at The Manchester Contemporary, Manchester
Per-am-bu-late, Vertical Gallery, Manchester
Catflap @ Insitu, Insitu, Manchester
Catflap, Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester
Fresh, Old Courthouse Gallery, Thirsk
Testing Ground, The Great Medical Disaster Gallery, Great Northern, Manchester
Beagle, Hope and Union, Stockton-On-Tees
2017
Middlesbrough Art Weekender, Middlesbrough
Where's your coat you're going to be cold, Caustic Coastal curated by Shy Bairns, Salford
Commissions
Paradise Works Multiples Commission – 2020
Box on the Docks, Media City UK, Salford – 2020
The University of Salford Spring/Summer Micro-Commission – 2020
Awards and Bursaries
The Essential School of Painting (ESOP, London) Artist Scholarship – Painting course with Dan Coombs – 2020
A-N Time Space Money Bursary - 2020
Nominated for Jerwood Collaborate, Jerwood Arts, London - 2019
Castlefield Gallery Mentee Award - 2018
Residencies
Artists’ International Delegation to Denmark with Castlefield Gallery and The Artists Information Company (A-N) – 2019
Joya: arte + ecologia, Andalucia, Spain - 2016
⭐️ 🌭 ⭐️
Katie Tomlinson is also a member of ‘Catflap,’ a painting collective based in Manchester. Through an ongoing series of crits, artist talks and group exhibitions Catflap facilitate the learning about painting and the artistic development of early career artists. In 2018/19 CATFLAP ran an artist-led gallery and project space (Bunker Gallery) and curated 10 exhibitions across the course of the year.