| Biographical details | |||||
| Born in 1972 in Wyrzysk, Poland. Moved to London in 1999. Living and working in Edinburgh, Scotland, since 2007 | |||||
| Member of: | |||||
| Scottish Potters Association | |||||
| Edinburgh Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers | |||||
| Society of Scottish Artists | |||||
| Contact details | |||||
| Email info@katherinesola.com | |||||
| Write to: Katherine Sola, The Bridge Pottery Collective, 2.32, Edinburgh Palette, St Margaret’s House, 151 London Road, EDINBURGH, EH7 6AE | |||||
| Education | |||||
| 2004–2007 | BA (Hons) Ceramics | ||||
| Camberwell College of Arts | |||||
| University of the Arts London | |||||
| 2002–2004 | Edexcel Diploma in (Art) Foundation Studies | ||||
| The City Lit, London | |||||
| Work experience | |||||
| January 2022 | Forthcoming artist in residence, Isle of Mull, Scotland | ||||
| Nov–Dec 2021 | Invigilator at Royal Scottish Academy for Society of Scottish Artists and Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour | ||||
| January 2020 | Invigilator at Royal Scottish Academy for Visual Arts Scotland | ||||
| June 2017 | Watercolour and landscape drawing, Orkney, Scotland | ||||
| Oct–Nov. 2006 | Collaboration with performance artist/writer Marian Lech Bednarek, Rybnik, Poland | ||||
| October 2006 | Work placement with Ryan McClelland, London | ||||
| October 2006 | Assisted Katharine Morling at Origin: The London Craft Fair, Somerset House, London | ||||
| June–August 2006 | Assisted Clare Twomey in mouldmaking and slipcasting for Trophy installation at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, in September 2006 | ||||
| Current collaborations | |||||
| Collaboration with textile artist Helen Potten | |||||
| Selected exhibitions | |||||
| 2021 | Harvest of Energy installation of mosaic lustres, Syrenians Community Garden, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh | ||||
| 2020 | Collaboration with lustre specialist Alison Robinson, online exhibition at St Margaret's House, Edinburgh | ||||
| 2020 | Harris Tweed textile and lustre jewellery, online Christmas exhibition | ||||
| 2020 | Photography of artist's own Harris Tweed textiles, Castle Menzies, Weem, Scotland | ||||
| 2019 | With/Out Boundaries – an exhibition of ceramics by members of the Bridge Pottery Collective, St Margaret's House, Edinburgh | ||||
| 2019 | Selected ceramic brooches, collaboration with textile artist Helen Potten | ||||
| 2018 | ArchiTexture – exploring the infinite possibilities of clay, the ultimate building material, Bridge Pottery Collective, Edinburgh Palette, St Margaret's House, Edinburgh. Curated by the artist | ||||
| 2017 | Grown Together – 18 artists celebrate what trees and woodland mean to them, curated by Tansy Lee Moir, Edinburgh Palette, St Margaret's House, Edinburgh | ||||
| 30–31 May 2010 | Salon exhibition, ArtSpace2Let, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||
| 23 January–7 February 2010 | Embassy Gallery, Roxy Art House, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||
| 4–31 January 2010 | Newington Library, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||
| 25 August–11 September 2009 | Fabric of the Land, Department of Geology and Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland | ||||
| August 2009 | ExpressArt, C Venue 34, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||
| 30–31 July 2009 | Lost in the Woods, Lost in the Fields installation, Polanowo, Wyrzysk, Poland | ||||
| July–August 2007 | Summer Show, Edgar Modern, Bath, England | ||||
| June–July 2007 | International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth, Wales | ||||
| June 2007 | Degree show, Camberwell College of Arts, London, England | ||||
| 2006 | The Foyer Gallery, Camberwell College of Arts, London, England | ||||
| 2006 | Eleven+, Queens Wood, Highgate, London, England | ||||
| 2005 | Industrial Poland Meets Urban London, Waiting Room Gallery, Palmers Green, London, England | ||||
| 2004 | Foundation show, The City Lit, London, England | ||||
| Publications | |||||
| Tender Buttons: Ceramic Fruit Display (2007), included in Archives and Special Collections Guide, University of the Arts London (2009) | |||||