Katherine Filice is a painter based in Northern California whose practice is rooted in material collaboration with the natural world. Working with ink, oil, charcoal, earth pigments, paper and found organic materials, she makes paintings shaped as much by landscape, time and living processes as by her own hand. Art writer Nancy Kay Turner has described her works as “sensuous, tactile, and provocative.”

Her practice has been shaped by sustained mentorship and deep engagement with the critical community through the Yellow Chair Salon, NYC Crit Club, Stanford Continuing Studies and other programs. She is a Kipaipai Fellow. Before devoting herself fully to painting, Filice founded and led a creative studio in Silicon Valley for over thirty years, a foundation that informs her rigorous approach to visual problem-solving and her long attention to the relationship between making and meaning.

Filice's work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions and fairs throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, and is held in private collections worldwide. Solo exhibitions include The Nature of Things at Be Seen Gallery, Lost in the Woods at the Pacific Art League and The Secret Language of the Forest at 1202 Contemporary. Her work has been included in the Monterey Museum of Art Biennial, Triton Museum of Art Salons, New Museum Los Gatos, Sasse Museum and major art fairs including Future Fair (NY) and Aqua Art Miami.

EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS

SOLO EXHIBITS
”The Nature of Things” | Be Seen Pop-up Gallery at the Neon Exchange 2025
”Lost & Found” | 1202 Contemporary 2024
“Lost In The Woods” | Pacific Art League 2022
”The Secret Language of the Forest” | Gallery 1202 2022
”The Line Between You and Me” | Gallery 1202 2021
”The Secrets We Keep” | Gilroy Center for the Arts 2019

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Sasse Museum, “Voices Beyond Boundaries” 2026
Triton Museum Salon 2026
Tryst, Torrance Art Museum, City of Torrance, Kipaipai Fellow 2025
NUMU, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos Art Association Greater Bay Area Open 2025
Monterey Museum of Art Biennial 2025
NUMU, New Museum Los Gatos “Boundaries” 2024
Triton Museum Salon 2024
NUMU, New Museum Los Gatos, Los Gatos Art Association Greater Bay Area Open 2024
M.David & Co. Gallery | Summer Invitational Yellow Chair Salon 2022
ArtCan, “Vienna Calling”, Austria 2018

SELECTED FAIRS
Future Fair, New York 2026
San Francisco Art Fair 2025 2026
Atlanta Art Fair 2024 2025
LA Art Show 2022 2023 2024
Aqua Art, Miami 2022
Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden 2021
Asia Contemporary Art Show, Hong Kong 2018 2019
ArtRooms, London 2018

Katherine’s work has been included in numerous other group exhibitions and art fairs across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Her work is also included in E Pluribus Unum, a collaborative installation envisioned and curated by Jane Cornish Smith, now part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Encaustic Art.

PUBLICATIONS + ESSAYS
Exhibition Catalog Voices Across Boundaries
Exhibition Catalog “The Secret Language of the Forest”
Michael David, Exhibition Statement, "Human Nature”
Nancy Kay Turner “Nature’s Infinite Secrets”

Katherine Filice is also a proud member of the Gallery Climate Coalition, ecoartspace, and Women Eco Artists Dialog (WEAD), reflecting her ongoing commitment to thoughtful and responsible engagement with the natural world.