BIO
Katie Crane is an abstract painter based in downtown Toronto. Guided by emotion, memory, and intuition, she explores the energetic power of colour, a lifelong fascination that has shaped her career in photography, design, and painting. With a focus on contemporary abstraction, she blends muted tones with vivid bursts of colour to create atmospheric works that evoke feeling more than form. Her paintings reflect on the layered realities of women’s lives, the beauty in imperfection, and the search for lightness within a complex world.

BORN
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 1981
Lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.

EDUCATION
2005-2007: Commercial Photography, Dawson College, Montreal
2010- 2011: Graphic Design, Toronto Image Works, Toronto
2021: Abstraction in Acrylics, Toronto School of Art, Toronto
2022: Woman of Abstract Expressionism, Toronto School of Art, Toronto
2023: Drawing for Abstract Painting, Toronto School of Art, Toronto
2024-2025: Abstract Painting with Joe Fleming, Joe’s Studio, Toronto

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
2007-2010: Photographer
2010-present: Graphic Designer and Art Director

EXHIBITIONS
2024, Stockyard Studio Show, Toronto, ON
2025, Stock 6 Exhibition, Toronto, ON