Katherine Filice is an abstract artist based in Northern California whose practice is rooted in direct material collaboration with the natural world. Working with ink, oil, charcoal, earth pigments, and found organic materials, she makes paintings shaped as much by landscape, time, and living process as by her own hand. Central to her practice is a method of burying raw canvas in forest environments and excavating it after a year or more — allowing soil, moisture, roots, and seasonal change to mark the surface before she returns to it in the studio. Art writer Nancy Kay Turner has described the resulting works as "sensuous, tactile, and provocative."

Her practice has been shaped by sustained mentorship from New York painter Michael David and by deep engagement with the critical community through the Yellow Chair Salon and NYC Crit Club 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 throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia, and is held in private and corporate collections worldwide. Solo exhibitions include The Nature of Things at Be Seen Gallery, Lost in the Woods at the Pacific Art League, and Lost & Found at 1202 Contemporary. Her work has been included in the Monterey Museum of Art Biennial, the Triton Museum of Art, the New Museum Los Gatos, and art fairs including the San Francisco Art Fair, LA Art Show, Atlanta Art Fair, and Aqua Art Miami. An exhibition at the Sasse Museum of Art is forthcoming in 2026.

EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS

SOLO EXHIBITS
”The Nature of Things” | Be Seen 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, FAIRS
Atlanta Art Fair 2024, 2025
Tryst + Torrance Art Museum + City of Torrance | Kipaipai Fellows Room 2025
NUMU, New Museum Los Gatos + Los Gatos Art Association Greater Bay Area Open 2024, 2025
2025 Monterey Museum of Art Biennial
San Francisco Art Fair 2025, 2026
2024 NUMU, New Museum Los Gatos “Boundaries”
2024 Triton Museum Salon
LA Art Show 2022, 2023, 2024
2022 M.David & Co. Summer Invitational Yellow Chair Salon
2022 Aqua Art Miami
2021 Supermarket Art Fair Stockholm Sweden
Asia Contemporary Art Show 2018, 2019
2018 ArtRooms London

Katherine’s work has also been included in numerous
group exhibitions and art fairs across the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

ACCOLADES
Kipaipai Fellow
Pacific Art League Beyond 20/20 Best in Show
ArtGeminiPrize Finalist
Artist of the Year ACA (Art Comes Alive) Award
Saatchi Art Chief Curator Selection

PUBLICATIONS + PRESS
Davis, Genie. "Bridges Built in Brushstrokes"
Voices Across Boundaries exhibition catalog
Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA, 2026.
Exhibition Catalog “The Secret Language of the Forest”
Michael David, exhibition statement, "Human Nature,"
LA Art Show with Gallery 1202, Los Angeles (2022)
Expat Living in Hong Kong “Female Artist Not to Miss”
Asian Art News: Featured by Asia Contemporary Art Show
Widewalls
The Value
HK Artion
Lianapress
Metro Active
South Valley Magazine
Be Art Be Artist Magazine