Katie Kozak

Kathryn Kozak (born 1985; alternatively Katie Kozak) is a Canadian contemporary visual artist based out of Vancouver, BC. Her multi-media works combine film, photography, collage and sculpture.

Early life and education Kozak was raised in Denare Beach, SK. She is a queer artist of Métis and Ukrainian settler descent, with ancestral roots in the Métis communities of St. François Xavier and Boggy Creek, MB.

Kozak holds a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Victoria and attended Emily Carr University of Art and Design from 2009 through 2012. She later completed an MFA at the School for Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC. The success of Baba's House then led to larger and equally popular iterations of the exhibit at Moosejaw Museum and Art Gallery 2015–2016, the Ukrainian Museum of Canada in 2015, and NorVA Centre in Manitoba in 2017. In 2014, ARTINFO Canada named Durey on their "30 Under 30" list and cited his collaborations with Kozak on Baba's House as a notable indicator of his future success.

Kozak and Durow have since gone on to collaborate on multiple exhibits across Canada including What You May Call (2013), Snow Gallery (2014), Candelabra (2019), Endless Summer (2023), and Aporia (Notes to a Medium) (2024).

Kozak displays most of her work at small local galleries in Saskatchewan and British Columbia, but has also participated in larger group exhibits throughout Canada. Her more recent works draw inspiration from her father's Métis ancestry and explore themes around connectivity to land, relationships, ritual and traces. and explore topics of ephemerality and a return to nature.

Work

Residencies

Artist in Residence, Lobe Spatial Sound Studio, Vancouver, BC - September 2022 Sointula Art Shed, Sointula, BC - 2018 - 2019

Major exhibitions

Aporia (Notes to a Medium), Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Jan 12, 2024 – Apr 14, 2024 Vancouver special: disorientations and echo, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, May 29, 2021, to January 3, 2022 Snow Gallery, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, February 2014 Scanning a life: Baba's House, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, 2014